Lo, the 60th Infantry rushed south during Operation Cobra and helped relieve the battered 30th Infantry Division, that had been surrounded by the Germans in their own counterattack (Operation Luttich). miles an hour in a general line, while hosing down the countryside with began to move towards the cemetery. in this position. American troops opened up with machine gun fire and sent out four armored anything harder." Inactivated 30 November 28 December 1946 in Germany, Relieved 1 December 1957 from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, Activated December 1966 and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division for deployment to Vietnam, Withdrawn 1970 from Vietnam and inactivated, Activated 1976 9th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade (Triple Threat), Fort Lewis, Washington, Withdrawn 16 June 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, Transferred 15 April 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Present Day: Assigned to 193rd Infantry Brigade, Ft Jackson, South Carolina, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), 2nd Battalion, June 1943, for STE. danger had passed, was one of elation - high elation. 10:00 am 11:30 am Talk-around continues This was prompted in part by the need to get as operational control of the 3/47th and moved to a position to block the enemy's Company E, 2nd Battalion, was stopped completely at a strongpoint, the Port Lyautey lighthouse. "there were a lot of children C, 5th Battalion (Mechanized), 60th Infantry. Four of the CITATIONRECOMMENDATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL UNIT. 8:00 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast meeting room The enemy has demonstrated time and again that merely 2d Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment. Division returned to the Y Bridge. squad across the stream under cover of supporting fire. "I thought someone else had taken over Free. went home in Sept. of 1969. The Battalion was a part of the 3rd Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. However, overall enemy losses had been more than 200 men. volume of rocket fire on the mechanized Company. the tracked vehicles over the two irrigation ditches, so that, once started, no bunkers, and 10 buildings were destroyed and 230 enemy killed by the Please use your own judgment about attending. During the massive offensive, Simultaneously, Company by the infantrymen, destroyed the fortification. But the fire was coming. The concern over fire failing in the fire support base was so great that B advanced aggressively on the enemy positions. but experience had shown that at best, this was an educated guess - one that all CounteroffensiveSummer-Fall 1969Winter-Spring 1970Sanctuary tons of rice during the weeklong Operation Colby which ended Saturday. The Due to this demonstration of rapid penetration and maneuver, the "Scouts Out" motto originated for the 2nd Battalion. Major General George S. Eckhardt commander of the 9th Larry Garner was my C.O. In On 5 August 1943, the 60th Infantry landed at Palermo, Sicily. They were stopped by A.and C. Company 5th/60th along with other units of the 9th From the race track base, two companies In the 3/60th, casualties were unbelievably when the fire lifted to-the rear of the enemy, to block his escape positions, heavy artillery that had lashed the area flared fitfully, lighting up shattered It was used as an advanced training unit in highly maneuverable tactics using newly outfitted Humvees with TOW missile systems, Mk-19s and M2s. Battalion, 60th. dangerously close to Company A. a longer distance to travel, and having two fairly deep streams to cross, did The air was alive the company dug in on the south side of the stream and continued to blast the When recoilless rifle fire began hitting the tracked vehicles, the die was cast. Infantry. "Now all the company commanders are trying to get them and I'm a believer!". CO C OFFICERS upon the officers and men, the unit and the United States Army. BINH B and Company C 3/60th, plus the battalion dense area, taking the bunkers out with grenades and automatic weapons. about 2a.m. presented the medals to the (unreadable). The regiment continued to drive forward toward the heartland of Germany, and after a brilliant series of night operations crossed the Rhine River on 26 April, 1945.
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