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The 123rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Monroeville in Huron County, Ohio, and mustered in for three years service on September 24, 1862, under the command of Colonel William Tecumseh Wilson. The regiment was attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia, to January 1863.
Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army officer, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre of the South Vietnamese village known as Sơn Mỹ on March 16, 1968, alongside Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence ...
Vietnam veteran Bob Romig was presented with this year's honor as the Wayne County Veteran of the Year. Romig shared some of his experiences serving in southeast Asia in 1969-70. ... Romig was a ...
The 123rd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The designation was first used in World War I for an Alabama National Guard unit part of the 31st Division . In 1942, the 123rd was reactivated as a component of the Illinois Army National Guard and fought in World War II where it received acclaim for its jungle ...
1st Battalion 225th Infantry Assigned to 46th Infantry Division (1959-1977) Redesignated Airborne Infantry Battalion (1965-1969) [116] used airborne personnel to form Co E & F 425th Infantry, [213] assigned to 38th Infantry Division (1977-1993) 242nd Infantry (New York Army National Guard) – Converted 1975 from 142nd Armor [214]
Andreotta was killed shortly after the events at My Lai while serving in B Company (the "Warlords") of the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the Americal Division (the 161st Assault Helicopter Company had been reorganized into the 123rd Battalion in January 1968). On April 8 he was serving as the door gunner aboard OH-23 helicopter 62-03813, along ...
Ronald L. Haeberle (born c. 1941) is a former United States Army combat photographer best known for the photographs he took of the My Lai Massacre on March 16, 1968. The photographs were definitive evidence of a massacre, making it impossible for the U.S. Army or government to ignore or cover up. [2]
During World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — nicknamed the Six Triple Eight — was the first and only unit of color in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) stationed in Europe.