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Topic: Company C.
Each veteran honored yesterday had already received the Distinguished Service Cross – the nation’s second-highest military award – but 19 of them were previously overlooked for the Medal of Honor due to their racial or ethnic backgrounds. Yesterday’s ceremony follows a 12-year Pentagon review, ordered by Congress, of past discrimination in the military. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
Former Fort Campbell Soldier, Vietnam hero to receive Congressional Medal of HonorBy Elizabeth M. Collins, Soldiers Live
It was the year Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were both assassinated. It was also the year the Vietnam War exploded into new levels of violence. And as troops poured into ‘Nam and more and more young men died — 1968 was the deadliest year of the Vietnam War — Americans watched it all from their living rooms with anger and disgust. The protest movement gained traction. Protesters spit on returning Soldiers, called them rapists and baby killers. In fact, the U.S. agreed to begin peace talks in Paris that year, due in part to the dwindling support at home. It was also the year Santiago Erevia became a Soldier. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
The Story of “Old Abe,” famous Wisconsin War Eagle on 101st Airborne Division patchWritten by Capt. James A. Page
However the history and symbolism of the patch is often forgotten. The eagle on your shoulder is not just any American Bald Eagle, but instead, it commemorates the most famous animal mascot that ever served in the United States Army. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
Fort Campbell’s 1st Brigade Combat Team trains with improved M320 grenade launchersWritten By Sgt. Jon Heinrich
Company C, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, demonstrates this as they spent the day shooting their M203 and M320 grenade launchers at Range 22B. Twenty-three Soldiers from the Cannibals Company and two from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st BCT, fired from various positions using 40mm Target, Practice Trainer orange paint rounds. ![]() Specialist Rodney C. Wall, training room clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, aims down the sights of his M320 grenade launcher module Feb. 8 at Range 22B here. The range was held by Company C, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st BCT. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Jon Heinrich, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
Rakkasan Soldiers presented medals for ValorBy Army Pfc. Christopher McKenna
On May 12, 11 more Soldiers learned what it felt like to have their courage publicly recognized when they received awards with “V” Devices at a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Salerno, where U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander for International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, was on hand to present awards. ![]() Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander for International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, and Col. Viet Luong, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, stand in front of the brigade headquarters building, May 12, with a group of Soldiers whom received award for valor. There were three Bronze Star Medal’s with “V” Device as well as eight Army Commendation Meal’s with “V” Device awarded. (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Christopher McKenna) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
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