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[1] [2] The morning report supported strength accountability from before World War II until the introduction of SIDPERS during the 1970s. [1] The report was signed by the unit's commanding officer, and submitted to the appropriate higher administrative unit. It was the source for tabulation of the Army's centralized personnel records.
Most of its units were part of the Florida Army National Guard and the Georgia Army National Guard. From 1946 to 1955 it was an infantry division. During World War II the denotation 48th Infantry Division was a 'phantom division' created for Operation Quicksilver, part of Operation Fortitude South II.
World War I recruitment poster for the 472nd Engineers (1918–1919), a regiment of the United States Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Army Corps of Engineers topographic engineer making a map during World War I. "The Army Map Service had its inception in a warehouse located at Ft. McNair (formerly the Army War College), where space was set aside ...
The four corners of the crenelated square allude to their four campaigns in World War II, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. The 18th Engineer Brigade later deployed to South Vietnam , during the Vietnam War , where its battalions saw six years of combat service and supported fourteen campaigns, building infrastructure for ...
Tet offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack (31 January – 11 February 1968) Tet offensive attack on Joint General Staff Compound (31 January – 1 February 1968) Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (31 January 1968) Tet offensive attack on the United States embassy (31 January 1968) Battle of West Saigon (5–12 May 1968)
The Battle of South Saigon (also known as the Battle of the Y Bridge) took place from 7–12 May 1968 during the Vietcong (VC) May Offensive of the Vietnam War. Four VC battalions attempted to advance over a series of bridges into south Saigon , but were blocked by US Army units and eventually forced to retreat with heavy losses.
The emergence of two people who say the suspect confessed to them helped investigators determine who killed Hiram “Ross” Grayam, a decorated World War II veteran who was fatally shot execution ...
XXIV Corps was created on 15 August 1968 to replace the "Provisional Corps Vietnam," a temporary headquarters (known as MACV Forward Command Post or MACV Forward between 25 January and 10 March) created 10 March 1968 during the Tet Offensive. [2]