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665th Transportation Detachment(97 total words in this text)(2343 Reads)  Constituted 1 November 1967 in the Regular Army as the 665th Transportation Detachment, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas Inactivated 15 April 1971 in Vietnam Activated 16 October 2001 in Korea 665th Transportation Detachment Honors Campaign Participation Credit Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII Decorations Valorous Unit Award for VIETNAM 1969-1970 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968 |
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1863:
General Joseph Hooker and the Army of the Potomac abandon a key hill on the Chancellorsville battlefield.
1926: U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua. 1942: On this, the first day of the first modern naval engagement in history, called the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Japanese invasion force succeeds in occupying Tulagi of the Solomon Islands in an expansion of Japans defensive perimeter. 1965: The lead element of the 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers"), stationed in Okinawa, departs for South Vietnam. It was the first U.S. Army ground combat unit committed to the war. 1968: After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retake Dai Do complex in Vietnam, only to find the North Vietnamese have evacuated the area. 1982: A British submarine sinks Argentinas only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War. |
