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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Medical Brigade(156 total words in this text)(2050 Reads)  Activated 1 January 1966 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas Inactivated 19 March 1973 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland Activated 21 September 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Redesignated 21 June 1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Medical Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company 44th Medical Brigade Honors Campaign Participation Credit Vietnam: 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 Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970 |
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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. |
