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Specialist Kedenburg's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp5 Kedenburg, U.S. Army, Command and Control Detachment North, Forward Operating Base 2, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), distinguished himself while serving as ...
The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a joint unconventional warfare task force created by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a subsidiary command of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV). The unit would eventually consist primarily of personnel from the United States Army Special Forces.
The United States Fifth Army was initially commanded by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, who would lead the Fifth Army for nearly two years, [8] and was to experience some of the toughest fighting of World War II, where it was engaged on the Italian Front, which was, in many ways, often more reminiscent of the trench warfare of the Western Front ...
Fifth United States Army United States Army Military District of Washington 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment: Battles / wars: Vietnam War. Operation Attleboro; Awards: Medal of Honor Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (6) Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart ...
Massachusetts Army National Guard - Ense Petit Placidam [2] (also the state motto) Michigan Army National Guard - With Honor We Serve [2] Missouri Army National Guard - Protectors of Peace [2] North Carolina Army National Guard - Always Ready, Ready Team [2] North Carolina Army National Guard - 30th Brigade Combat Team, (Formerly 30th Infantry ...
The 5th Cavalry Regiment ("Black Knights" [1]) is a historical unit of the United States Army that began its service on March 3, 1855, as the Second Cavalry Regiment. On August 3, 1861, it was redesignated as the 5th Cavalry Regiment following an act of Congress directing "that the two regiments of dragoons, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and the two regiments of cavalry shall hereafter be ...
The Code of the U.S. Fighting Force is a code of conduct that is an ethics guide and a United States Department of Defense directive consisting of six articles to members of the United States Armed Forces, addressing how they should act in combat when they must evade capture, resist while a prisoner or escape from the enemy.
Eugene Ashley Jr. (October 12, 1930 – February 7, 1968) was a United States Army Special Forces soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Ashley joined the Army in 1950, and took part in the Korean War.