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Men of the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade take cover as a mortar bomb explodes in a stream in the village of Nieuwstadt, north of Sittard, the Netherlands, 3 January 1945. The 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade was in England on the outbreak of the Second World War, originally part of the 1st Support Group, part of the 1st Armoured Division. [47]
5th Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) (604) 2nd Battalion, 95th Rifles(4 companies) (456) 7th Brigade Brig Gen Robert Anstruther (2,703 total) 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot (633) 2nd Battalion, 43rd Light Infantry (721) 2nd Battalion, 52nd Light Infantry (654) 2nd Battalion, 97th Regiment of Foot (695) 8th Brigade
In August 1965 the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division was tasked with securing the An Khê area in preparation for the arrival of the 1st Cavalry Division. Code-named Operation Highland, it was executed in three phases. In Phase I (22-25 August) elements moved by road, air and sea from Dong Ba Thin Base Camp to the area of operation.
There on the night of 17 December, the 95th VC Sapper Company of Bình Sơn District infiltrated the sleeping battalion command post, caused over 50 casualties including the battalion commander and his deputy and carried away an 81-mm. mortar, eight PRC-25 radios, 15 M-16 rifles, five .45-caliber pistols and five binoculars. [30]: 63
The division was formed on 20 September 1972 from the 28th, 66th and 95th Infantry Regiments. [1]: 306 The division was under the control of the B3 Front. [2] The 95B Regiment was one of the units targeted in Operation Paul Revere IV from 20 October to 30 December 1966. Following the operation the 95B Regiment was rendered combat ineffective.
The 95th Rifle Division (2nd formation) was established on the basis of the 13th Motor Rifle Division NKVD, which by the order of the NKVD № 001 547 from 07.28.1942 was transferred to the Red Army and in accordance with the directive of the General Staff of the Red Army (org / 2/2172 from 02.08.1942) was reformed in the 95th Rifle Division. [3]
The 95th Military Police Battalion was the largest, most geographically dispersed Military Police battalion in the United States Army. [ citation needed ] It was last located in Sembach , Germany , the unit fell under the command of the 18th Military Police Brigade .
North Vietnam: Commanders and leaders; Brig. Willard Pearson Col. James S. Timothy Maj. David Hackworth: Units involved; 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 2nd Marine Brigade: 95th Regiment, 5th Division: Casualties and losses; 55 killed 45 killed: US body count: 346 killed 33 captured