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Dầu Tiếng Base Camp
Dầu Tiếng Base Camp (also known as LZ Dầu Tiếng or Camp Rainier) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base in the town of Dầu Tiếng in Bình Dương Province in southern Vietnam. History The base was established in October 1966. The camp was located in the Dầu Tiếng District, 60 km northwest of Tan Son Nhut Air Base and 24 km east of Tây Ninh between the Saigon River and the Michelin Rubber Plantation. The 4th Infantry Division (United States), 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising: *12th Infantry Regiment (United States), 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry *22nd Infantry Regiment (United States), 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry *22nd Infantry Regiment (United States), 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry was based at Dầu Tiếng from December 1966-June 1967. On 1 August 1967 the 3rd Brigade became part of the 25th Infantry Division (United States), 25th Infantry Division, while the 25th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade at Đức ...
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4th Infantry Division (United States)
The 4th Infantry Division is a Division (military), division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado. It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three brigade combat teams (two Stryker and one armor), a combat aviation brigade, a division sustainment brigade, and a division artillery. The 4th Infantry Division's official nickname, "Ivy", is a play on words of the Roman numeral ''IV'' or 4. Ivy leaves symbolize tenacity and fidelity which is the basis of the division's motto: "Steadfast and Loyal". The second nickname, "Iron Horse", has been adopted to underscore the speed and power of the division and its soldiers. World War I On 19 November 1917, about United States declaration of war on Germany (1917), seven months after American entry into World War I on 6 April 1917, the United States Department of War, War Department directed the organization of the 4th Division at Camp Greene, North Carolina, around a cadre of Regular Army troops that had bee ...
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Đức Phổ Base Camp
Đức Phổ Base Camp (also known as Đức Phổ Airfield, LZ Bronco, LZ Montezuma and Núi Đàng) is a former U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army base in the Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province Vietnam. History 1966-71 The base was located along Highway 1 approximately midway between Da Nang and Qui Nhơn. LZ Montezuma was originally established by the U.S Marine Corps' Task Force X-Ray and the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion 7th Marines were based here until 1 April 1967 when they were replaced by the 1st Cavalry Division in Operation Lejeune. The 1st Cavalry Division built a runway capable of landing de Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou aircraft at the base in early April. At the end of April the 1st Cavalry Division handed over the base to 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division comprising: * 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry * 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry * 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry On 1 August 1967 the 3rd Brigade became part of the 4th Infantry Divisio ...
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17th Field Artillery Regiment
The 17th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. History The 17th Field Artillery was constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin. Current Status of Regimental Elements * 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive * 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Active, assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division * 3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive * 4th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive * 5th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive * 6th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive * 7th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive * 8th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive Lineage and honors * Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Field Artillery * Organized 6 June 1917 at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin. * Assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division. ...
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27th Field Artillery Regiment
The 27th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first Constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA). History The 27th Artillery was constituted on 2 August 1918, and assigned to the 9th Division at Camp McClellan, Alabama Lineage Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama Demobilized 8 February 1919 at Camp McClellan, Alabama Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division (27th Field Artillery relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division) Redesignated 15 July 1940 as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 1st Armored Division Redesignated 1 January 1942 as Battery C, 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop C, 27th Constabu ...
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2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery
The 11th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery Branch regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. A parent regiment in the U.S. Army Regimental System, one battalion of the regiment is currently active, the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. History The 11th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted on 3 June 1916 in the Regular Army at Camp Douglas.Hymel, Kevin. "The Last Ones to Fire: The 11th Field Artillery in World War I." ''THE ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION''. https://armyhistory.org/the-last-ones-to-fire-the-11th-field-artillery-in-world-war-i/. Two months after the U.S. declaration of war following the sinking of RMS ''Lusitania'', 10 officers and 200 enlisted men of the 6th Field Artillery were transferred to the newly formed 11th Field Artillery at Camp Harry J. Jones near Douglas, Arizona. These numbers were supplemented by draftees from New York, Ohio, Missouri, and California. At ...
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14th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 14th Infantry Regiment ("Golden Dragons" ) is a United States Army light infantry regiment. It has served in the American Civil War, Boxer Rebellion, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Restore Hope, Operation Uphold Democracy, Operation Joint Guard, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Gothic Serpent, Operation New Dawn (Iraq, 2010-2011), Operation New Dawn, Operation Resolute Support,Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Inherent Resolve, and Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Operation Freedom Sentinel. The 14th Infantry Regiment did not take part in combat during World War I. It has also conducted peacekeeping and humanitarian missions in the Sinai Peninsula, Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Only the 2nd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Regiment is currently active, assigned to 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (United States), 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. History Civil War, 1861–66 ...
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5th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 5th Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the "Bobcats") is an infantry regiment of the United States Army that traces its origins to 1808. Origins: War of 1812 The 5th Infantry Regiment was created by an Act of Congress of 3 March 1815,The Fifth Regiment of Infantry
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which reduced the Regular Army from the 46 infantry and 4 rifle regiments it fielded in the to a peacetime establishment of 8 infantry regiments (reduced to 7 in 1821). The Army's current regimental numbering system dates from this act. Six of the old regiments (4th, 9th, 13th, 21st, 40th and 46th) were consolidated into the new 5th Regiment, which was organized on 15 May 1815 under the com ...
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23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 23rd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. A unit with the same name was formed on 26 June 1812 and saw action in 14 battles during the War of 1812. In 1815 it was consolidated with the 6th, 16th, 22nd, and 32nd Regiments of Infantry into what is at present the 2nd Infantry Regiment.Lt. Thompson, J.K The Twenty Third Regiment of Infantry'' in ''The Army of the United States, Historical Sketches of Staff and Line With Portraits of Generals-In-Chief.'' BG Theo F Rodenbough and Maj William S Haskin Ed. by 1896 p. 692 The modern 23rd Infantry regiment was formed during the American Civil War. The regiment saw action in wars up to the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. It included a battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve French military personnel who had been sent to the Korean Peninsula as part of the United Nations force fighting in the Korean War. War of 1812 Twenty-five regiments of infantry were approved by Act of Congre ...
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9th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 9th Infantry Regiment ("Manchu") is a parent infantry regiment of the United States Army. Unrelated units designated the 9th Infantry Regiment were organized in the United States Army in 1798 during the Quasi-War, in 1812 during the war of 1812, and in 1847 during the Mexican–American War. The 1812 regiment fought in the Battle of Lundy's Lane, and the 1847 regiment in the Battle for Mexico City. The lineage of the current regiment begins with the 1855 organization of the 9th Infantry Regiment, which was dispatched to the Pacific Northwest, where it served in the American Indian Wars. The regiment remained in the west during the American Civil War, garrisoning posts near San Francisco. After the end of the American Civil War the regiment continued its service through the final Indian Wars, then fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish–American War. During the Boxer Rebellion, the 9th Infantry was sent to China, where it earned the nickname Manchu. After ...
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26th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 26th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. Its nickname is "Blue Spaders", taken from German soldiers in World War I who saw the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia and called the soldiers “Blauerspadern”. The 26th Infantry Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System; currently only the 1st Battalion is active and assigned to the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). History At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States Army was sorely pressed to meet its overseas commitments in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. As a result, in 1901 United States Congress, Congress authorized five additional Regular Army infantry regiments; the 26th, 27th Infantry Regiment (United States), 27th, U.S. 28th Infantry Regiment, 28th, U.S. 29th Infantry Regiment, 29th, and 30th Infantry Regiment (United States), 30th Infantry. (These regiments should not be confused with United ...
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2nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 2nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army that has served for more than two hundred years. It was constituted on 12 April 1808 as the 6th Infantry and consolidated with 4 other regiments in 1815 to form the present unit. Origin The first unit designated the 2nd Infantry Regiment was constituted in March 1791 and fought in the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812 at Fort Bowyer, Alabama. Its history and lineage are not a part of the present regiment, and it became part of the 1st Infantry through the consolidations of 1815. For the history of the original 2nd Infantry Regiment, please refer to the page for the 1st Infantry Regiment At the end of the War of 1812, an act of Congress dated 3 March 1815 reduced the size of the Regular Army to a maximum of 10,000 men. Eight infantry regiments, one rifle regiment and an artillery regiment was formed from the remains of the 46 existing regiments, while the cavalry was eliminated. This was done wit ...
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Medal Of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces, military decoration and is awarded to recognize American United States Army, soldiers, United States Navy, sailors, United States Marine Corps, marines, United States Air Force, airmen, United States Space Force, guardians, and United States Coast Guard, coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded by the president of the United States (the commander in chief of the armed forces) and is presented "in the name of the United States Congress." It is often referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor, though the official name of the award is simply "Medal of Honor." There are three distinct variants of the medal: one for the United States Department of the Army, Department of the Army, awarded to soldiers; one for branches of the United States Department of the Navy, Department of the Navy, awarded to sa ...
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