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RedDevil, you are right about 3rd Infantry fighting in Vietnam, but they were not in Korea.
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Originally posted by RedDevil
I don't know about Korea but some 3rd Infantry units did fight in Vietnam. I believe it was 4/3 and they were part of the Americal Division
4/3 was in the 11th LIB and 2/3 was in the 199th LIB in RVN. The 11th LIB was part of the Americal Div. and the 199th LIB was separate.
Neither of these batts were taken from the 3rd Infantry Regiment in DC. They were formed from troops at Ft. Benning and given the name and lineage.
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on 1 july 1957, b company was reorganized and redesignated as hhc, 2nd battle group, 3rd infantry. on 1 June 1966, 2nd battalion, 3rd infantry regiment was activated for the first time at fort benning, ga. on 1 June 1966, 2-3 infantry was assigned to the 199th light infantry brigade and deployed to Vietnam. 2nd battalion operated in the bien hoa province from 1967 to 1968 and throughout the long binh province until 1969. the battalion was sited for valor for its actions in Saigon-long binh and through their actions in both the tet and sanctuary counteroffensives. the 2nd battalion, 3rd infantry was inactivated on 15 October 1970 at fort benning, Georgia.
on 15 march 2001, 2-3 infantry reactivated with a new generation of soldiers as a part of the 3rd brigade combat team, 2nd infantry division at fort Lewis, Washington. 2-3 infantry continues to operate at forefront of army transformation, as the lead battalion in the interim brigade combat team concept.
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Now Im trackin Thanks Delta.
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Another website with info on the cord not much different than whats already been posted.
http://www.infantrymen.net/cordsandaguilettes.html
I don't think there's any significance of the number of knots. The aguilette was in use long before the authorization of the U.S. Infantry Cord.
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Actually, 4/3 was formed in Hawaii as part of the 11 LIB.
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Took a look at the site - good information, but the depicted shoulder "cords" are over fifty percent wrong. Armor, Signal, Artilery, etc branch cords are not authorized, as we all know. There were Vietnamese Fourrageres, they represented multiple awards of Vietnamese unit citations but were not authorized for wear on US uniforms(and they weren't green). No Korean Service cord. The 1st Special Service Force Cord did exist (They had some other interesting uniform accessories as well). As does the Old Guard's Buff Strap. As I said, a nice looking site but the content should be suspect.
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Took a look at the site - good information, but the depicted shoulder "cords" are over fifty percent wrong. Armor, Signal, Artilery, etc branch cords are not authorized, as we all know. There were Vietnamese Fourrageres, they represented multiple awards of Vietnamese unit citations but were not authorized for wear on US uniforms(and they weren't green). No Korean Service cord. The 1st Special Service Force Cord did exist (They had some other interesting uniform accessories as well). As does the Old Guard's Buff Strap. As I said, a nice looking site but the content should be suspect.
As I said the information of that website isn't much different than whats been posted. The subject was Infantry Cord I wasn't straying into the history of Branch colors or other spec | | | |