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A bold general may be lucky, but no general can be lucky unless he is bold. -- Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell |
172d Chemical Company(128 total words in this text)(2424 Reads)  Activated 26 October 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts Disbanded 3 August 1945 in Italy Reconstituted 31 August 1950 in the Army of the United States Activated 18 September 1950 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Allotted 13 June 1951 to the Regular Army Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 172d Chemical Company Inactivated 1 April 1956 in England Activated 1 March 1981 at Fort Carson, Colorado 172d Chemical Company Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II - EAME: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; North Appenines; Po Valley Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations None |
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1813:
U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.
1859: Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy. 1864: Union troops secure a crucial pass during the Atlanta campaign. In the spring and summer of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph Johnston conducted a slow and methodical campaign to seize control of Atlanta. 1915: German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois. 1936: Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country. 1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy. 1945: Herman Goering is captured by the U.S. Seventh Army. 1951: Three hundred and twelve Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy planes hit Sinuiju Airfield in one of the largest air raids of the war. 1955: Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). |
