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571st Transportation Detachment(361 total words in this text)(2242 Reads)  Constituted 3 November 1944 in Army of the United States as the 3330th Quartermaster Service Detachment Activated 12 December 1944 in the Philippine Islands Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3330th Quartermaster Driver Detachment Inactivated 10 October 1945 in the Philippine Islands Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3330th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment Redesignated 26 December 1950 as the 571st Transportation Driver Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army Activated 25 August 1951 in Korea Inactivated 1 November 1951 in Korea Redesignated 11 October 1954 as the 571st Transportation Detachment Activated 24 September 1954 in Hawaii Inactivated 25 March 1958 in Hawaii Activated 10 December 1958 in Germany Inactivated 25 September 1961 in Germany Activated 23 March 1962 at Fort Benning, Georgia Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam Activated 1 September 1969 in Vietnam and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Hood, Texas 571st Transportation Detachment Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II - AP: Leyte; Luzon Korean War: UN Summer-Fall Offensive Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DONG XOAI Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1967 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1967-1968 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970 Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970 |
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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. |
