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The 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery battalion assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.Carrying the lineage of Battery C, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, the battalion carries campaign streamers from World War I, World War II, and Vietnam, and has served with the 4th Infantry Division and 8th Infantry Division.
The week-long activities rekindled a sense of brotherhood among the veterans and a feeling that they shared an experience that was too significant to ignore. In 1983, VVA took a significant step by founding Vietnam Veterans of America Legal Services (VVALS) to provide assistance to veterans seeking benefits and services from the government. [3]
1st Battalion, 27th Artillery (April–November 1967) [3]: 102 6th Battalion, 27th Artillery (March 1970-April 1971) [3]: 102 2nd Battalion, 32nd Artillery (October 1969-January 1972) [3]: 103 A Battery, 5th Battalion, 42d Field Artillery (January–March 1972) 44th Signal Battalion (May–June 1972) [3]: 182 82nd Brigade Support Battalion
A reception honoring local Vietnam veterans will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The museum offers free admission, open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays. The facility is also open by appointment by ...
A Vietnam veteran is an individual who performed active ground, naval, or air service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. [ 1 ] New Zealand Army veteran Rob Munro (left), receiving a Mention-in-dispatch award from Governor-General Patsy Reddy for action in Vietnam.
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 8th Division. Regiment (less 1st Battalion) activated 3 January 1941 at Fort Myer, Virginia. Reorganized and redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 16th Field artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 3 June 1942 as the 16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 9th Armored ...
HARLINGEN — For decades, the area's veterans have been calling for a memorial honoring the local soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. Now, a veterans group is planning to build a 6 1/2-foot ...
On September 3, 1954, fourteen 120mm and 155mm Chinese Communist artillery in Xiamen (Amoy) and Dadeng (Tateng) fired six thousand rounds at the Kinmen (Quemoy) Islands in a five-hour period. [20] Two Americans of the US Military Assistance Advisory Group, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Medendorp and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Lynn, were killed in the ...