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1st Battalion, 505th Infantry(416 total words in this text)(2171 Reads)  Activated 6 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia (505th Parachute Infantry assigned 10 February 1943 to the 82d Airborne Division) Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company A, 505th Airborne Infantry Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 505th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) Relieved 15 January 1959 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry 1st Battalion 505th Infantry Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: * Sicily (with arrowhead); * Naples-Foggia; * Normandy (with arrowhead); * Rhineland (with arrowhead); * Ardennes-Alsace; * Central Europe Vietnam: * Tet Counteroffensive; * Counteroffensive, Phase IV; * Counteroffensive, Phase V; * Counteroffensive, Phase VI; * Tet 69/Counteroffensive; * Summer-Fall 1969; * Winter-Spring 1970 Armed Forces Expeditions: * Dominican Republic; * Grenada Southwest Asia: * Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations * Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for STE. MERE EGLISE Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NIJMEGEN * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for STE. MERE EGLISE * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COTENTIN * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Fourragere * Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class) for NIJMEGEN 1944 * Netherlands Orange Lanyard * Belgian Fourragere 1940 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM AND GERMANY * Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969 * Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968 * Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969 |
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1759:
British forces seize Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe from France.
1865: Union cavalry units continue to skirmish with Confederate forces in Henderson, North Carolina and Munsford Station, Alalbama. 1924: The U.S. Senate passes the Soldiers Bonus Bill. 1942: In retaliation for the British raid on Lubeck, German bombers strike Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other "medieval-city centres." Almost 1,000 English civilians are killed in the bombing attacks nicknamed "Baedeker Raids." 1945: The Soviet Army fights its way into Berlin. 1950: Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao Zedong and the communists. 1975: At a speech at Tulane University, President Gerald Ford says the Vietnam War is finished as far as America is concerned. This was devastating news to the South Vietnamese, who were desperately pleading for U.S. support as the North Vietnamese surrounded Saigon for the final assault on the capital city. |
