He enlisted in the Army on March 15, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey. He was assigned to Company K, 16th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division. John Charles Svetecz was born Sept. 23, 1923 ...

He was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. After successful campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, the 16th Infantry Regiment returned to Dorchester ...

These are the men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment — the first all-Black battalion enlisted during the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. A new mural, “Pride of the ...

He enlisted in the Army on March 15, 1939, in Newark, N.J. Sullivan was assigned to Company K, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. John Charles Svetecz was born Sept. 23, 1923 ...

The training battalion is not part of the 75th Ranger Regiment. A noise alert ... shoulder patches and insignia from the Army infantry school. Boats, gear, uniforms and weapons carried by the ...

John Wells Libs, 23, leader of 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment within the 1st ... out until he noticed the Air Force insignia. It was Pits Pitsenbarger.

Acker was a sergeant squad leader during World War II, having served in the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry ... he was lauded with the Insignia of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor ...

said Lt. Col. Thomas Sacchieri, commander of the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div. “They have a clear purpose and a sense of belonging to a team.

From Europe and the US, all the way to parts of Africa and Asia, there were few areas of the globe that were left untouched by the Second World War. Whether helping at home or serving on the other ...

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Read the original article here. Among the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division.