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299th Engineer Battalion(344 total words in this text)(3663 Reads)  Activated 1 March 1943 at Camp White, Oregon Inactivated 18 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York Allotted 28 March 1947 to the Organized Reserves Activated 27 May 1947 with Headquarters at Hempstead, New York (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Inactivated 31 July 1950 at Hempstead, New York Redesignated 11 October 1954 as the 299th Engineer Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army Activated 3 December 1954 in Germany Inactivated 17 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington Activated 21 December 1975 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (Company D [inactive] withdrawn 16 April 1989 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently activated at Pine Bluff, Arkansas; inactivated 15 November 1993 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas) Assigned 16 October 1992 to the 4th Infantry Division Inactivated 15 November 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas 299th Engineer Battalion Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY Valorous Unit Award for DAK TO-BEN HET Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997 Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1970-1971 Company C additionally entitled to: Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1971 |
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1862:
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
