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You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young men carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub. -- George Bernard Shaw |
30th Infantry(293 total words in this text)(1964 Reads)  Organized 12 February - 19 August 1901 at Fort Logan, Colorado, at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, and in the Philippine Islands Assigned 21 November 1917 to the 3d Division Relieved 12 January 1940 from assignment to the 3d Division Assigned 15 May 1940 to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division) Relieved 6 April 1951 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 3d Infantry Division Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Withdrawn 26 May 1992 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command 30th Infantry Honors Campaign Participation Credit Philippine Insurrection: Mindoro 1901 World War I: Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918 World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SICILY Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MOUNT ROTUNDO Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BESANCON, FRANCE Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR Army Superior Unit Award for 1996 French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for CHAMPAGNE-MARNE French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere |
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American troops capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
1796: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy. 1857: The Bengal Army in India revolts against the British. 1861: Union troops and civilians riot in St. Louis. 1862: The Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee takes place. 1863: General Thomas J. Jackson dies of pneumonia a week after losing his arm when his own troops accidentally fired on him during the Battle of Chancellorsville. 1865: Union cavalry troops capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irvinville, Georgia. 1917: Allied ships get destroyer escorts to fend off German attacks in the Atlantic. 1940: As Germany invades Holland and Belgium, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain. 1941: Englands House of Commons is destroyed during the worst of the London Blitz as 550 German bombers drop 100,000 incendiary bombs. |
