4th Infantry Division

States Army soldier and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. He was private First Class, U.S. Army 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, and 25th Infantry Division. Ernest was born on September 2, 1931 in Russell, Kentucky. At eight years old, his parents passed away, therefore Ernest was raised in an orphanage at the Methodist Children's Home in Versailles, Kentucky. He had 125 brothers and

Examining the Different Ways in Which D-day Landing at Omaha Beach is Depicted in Saving Private Ryan and The Longest Day ‘ Saving Private Ryan’ was made in 1998 by Stephen Spielberg and gives a graphic depiction of the events at Omaha beach on D-day, focusing on a small section of the army and portrays it on a more personal level. ‘The Longest Day’ was made 17 years after the war in 1963 by director Darryl Zannuck. This gives us more of an overview of the entirety of D-Day

VIII Corps including the 106th Infantry Division. The 28th Infantry Division and also the reduced 9th Armored Division. The 4th Infantry Division set up from north to south. The VIII Corps headquarters was located in Bastogne. The VIII Corps were holding the southern edge of the U.S. First Army front lines adjacent to the U.S. Third Army. By 12:00pm on the first day of the attack, December 16, there were twice as many German divisions, including two panzer divisions, identified in the sector moving

Australian army as a private for the 13th Infantry Battalion. On the 8th of March 1916, Stanley boarded the HMAT Star of England from Sydney and endured a long trip at sea until he disembarked in Egypt on the 11th of April 1916. On the 16th April, not long after arriving in Egypt, Stanley was transferred to the 4th Australian Division Pioneer Battalion in Tel el Kebir. It was here where Stanley served the majority of his time as an ANZAC soldier. The 4th Pioneers were created when the Australian

1. The applicant requests award of the Air Medal. He also requests a personal appearance. 2. The applicant states he served in a combat role with Company C, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division throughout 1967 in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam. With his unit, he participated in excess of 25 air mobile combat missions during his tour of duty. His entire chain of command to include the Battalion Chaplain received the Air Medal; however, he was overlooked

the Hochwald Forest Defenses, and close the area up to the Rhine River. The plan was launched on February 8, 1945 and ended successfully within a month of fighting. The plan ended successfully through amphibious attacks from the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, intense firing on the Hochwald Forest Defenses and air attacks on the enemy positions. Within this month, 15,634 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing in action (including 5,304 Canadians) and the banks of the Rhine River were in the control

in London to begin work on the final invasion plan. The Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC) planners proposed to land three divisions (two British and one American) abreast onto Normandy's sand and shingle beaches, followed immediately by two more and flanked on the east, near Caen, by elements of a British parachute division. Many details, including the exact landing date, were not specified by COSSAC in order to leave some flexibility to the Supreme Commander. The weather

b. In a Statement, dated 8 June 2011, Mr. HEL, former commanding officer of C Company, stated he fully supports 1LT JRB 's letter, dated 8 April 2011, seeking military awards for the remaining 13 Soldiers (including himself) of his original 35 man platoon who were left under his command after 8 months of combat service in Vietnam. As the commanding officer of C Company, during 1967, 1LT JRB served under his command as platoon leader. Their unit fought in some of the worst terrain imaginable and

The History of the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion When Allied commanders during World War II needed engineers to clear the beaches of Normandy, when the 4th Infantry Division needed airfields repaired, roads maintained, and bridges built in Vietnam, and when the 24th Infantry Division needed someone to identify and mark the main routes into Iraq during the Gulf War there was one unit that stood above all others. That unit was the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion. The 299th was activated on March

The anarchic nature the international system and the uncertainty of political leaders’ intentions within it leads states and sub-state groups to approach their interactions with mistrust, insecurity, and sense of fear. These perceptions held by state leaders are the causes of threats to security. This is seen in the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the formation of NATO against the threat of the Soviet Union, and the American counterinsurgency operations in Iraq between 2003 and 2004. Although