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during summers. Known Organized Reserve officers who commanded the RAI brigade headquarters were Captain Henry Fulks (9 September 1926 to after June 1935), 1st Lieutenant Roy W. Dart (8 April 1936 to June 1937), and Major John A. Greene (June to after July 1937). The brigade headquarters, along with
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The 11th Infantry Brigade served as the active associate unit for the brigade HHC in event of mobilization between 1921 and 1927. The brigade was redesignated as the 11th Brigade on 23 March 1925, and its headquarters organized on 9 September 1926 as a Regular Army Inactive (RAI) unit – manned with
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on 17 June. On 6 May 1921 the brigade headquarters was redesignated as its headquarters and headquarters company (HHC). The brigade was inactivated there on 7 September. As Dashiell remained in France after the brigade departed, command passed to Colonel Erneste V. Smith in June, Colonel Charles B.
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with Palm for 1969 and 1970, while the HHC received the award for 1968–1969 and 1971. The brigade HHC was inactivated at Fort Lewis on 30 November 1971, along with the rest of the brigade. Its lineage is continued by the inactive 1st Brigade,
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where members of the brigade's 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry murdered between 340 and 500 civilians in 1968. Many of its former servicemen were interviewed in the documentary
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structure with three regiments that eliminated brigades. Four days after the relief of the brigade headquarters, the 6th was reactivated under the Triangular structure at
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The 11th Infantry Brigade was deployed to South Vietnam in December 1967 due to a need for additional American troops there, and during the Vietnam War served in the
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Stanton, Shelby L. Vietnam Order of Battle, A Complete Illustrated Reference to U.S. Army Combat and Support Forces in Vietnam 1961–1973. Stackpole Books, 1981.
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The 11th Infantry Brigade was awarded two campaign streamers in World War I and eleven campaign streamers and one foreign unit award in the Vietnam War.
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parade on 27 May 1933 in Chicago. The headquarters was relieved from the 6th Division on 6 October 1939 when the army shifted from a
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A 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry squad leader shouting instructions after taking sniper fire on a patrol southeast of Chu Lai, 1971
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The Brigade began its overseas service in June 1918 and spent 43 days in combat in France. It was commanded by Brigadier General
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on 15 June. A fourth infantry battalion, the 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry, was activated at Schofield on 1 November.
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Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions
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Summers, Harry G. Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
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The headquarters of the 11th Infantry Brigade was constituted on 16 November 1917 in the
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The brigade HHC was reconstituted on 15 April 1966 in the Regular Army and activated at
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as a light infantry brigade. The brigade is known for its responsibility in the
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on 1 June 1921, and Colonel Frank B. Watson from 3 July to its inactivation.
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Field Artillery: Regular Army and Army Reserve, Part 1 (Army Lineage Series)
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the headquarters of the 6th Division and 12th Brigade, participated in the
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Military units and formations of the United States Army in the Vietnam War
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Stone on 10 August, Colonel Carl Reichman on 5 October, Brigadier General
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Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades
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during World War I. It is best known for its service with the
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direct support field artillery battalion, the 6th Battalion,
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For its service in Vietnam, the entire 11th was awarded the
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structure with two brigades of two regiments each to a
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23rd Infantry Division (called the Americal Division)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1971
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Index


United States Army
Infantry
World War I
Vietnam War
My Lai massacre

infantry
brigade
United States Army
6th Division
23rd Infantry Division
Vietnam War
My Lai Massacre
Regular Army
6th Division
Camp Forrest
51st
52nd Infantry Regiments
11th Infantry Regiment
William Dashiell
Aignay-le-Duc
Bad Bertrich
Occupation of the Rhineland
New York
USS Leviathan
Camp Mills
Camp Grant
Eli Helmick
Organized Reserve

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