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I'll See Yo In St. Lo! |
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On July 13, 1944, Major Thomas D. Howie, one of the most well respected Stonewallers of the 116th Infantry Regiment, America's "Stonewall Brigade," was
given command of its Third Battalion. Four days later, in the early
morning hours of July 17, he leads a successful night bayonet assault
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Clearing The Vierville Draw |
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The 29th Division’s 116th Infantry was assigned the arduous mission of gaining the initial foothold on the eastern half of Omaha Beach. The 116th supported by the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion and the 743rd Tank Battalion would overcome the enemy’s coastal defenses and seize the sector’s two critical beach exits, the D-1 (Vierville) and D-3 (Les Moulins) Draws. Engineers would then assume the vital task of clearing both draws and preparing them for the inland movement of hundreds of U.S. Army tanks, trucks, and jeeps. |
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No Safe Haven |
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Depicts just one of scores of high-risk Air Assaults conducted by the 82nd Airborne Division and 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Eastern Afghanistan during 2007. |
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Catamounts In The Heat Of Battle |
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The 2d Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment valorously fought a determined enemy in the most austere and rugged conditions in the world, contributing to the peace and prosperity of the people of Afghanistan and ridding the world of hostile and threatening terrorists. |
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Taming Route Irish (69th) |
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Soldiers from the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, The Fighting 69th, conduct a raid on a house in the Ameriya neighborhood Baghdad. |
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