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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Tom Cotton Says Iran Problem Could Be Solved With "Several Days" Of Bombing [View all]turbinetree
(27,559 posts)disgrace to the 506Th Infantry Regiment.
This regiment would never and I mean never send a letter in any shape of form to undermine the president of the UNITED STATES.
I am not a war hawk lets make this perfectly clear but this Battalion did the following:
"1st BATTALION,
506th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(CURRAHEE)
Constituted 1 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 506th Parachute Infantry
Activated 20 July 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia
(506th Parachute Infantry assigned 1 March 1945 to the 101st Airborne Division)
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company A, 506th Airborne Infantry
Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 506th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry
Inactivated 5 June 1984 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
Assigned 16 March 1987 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated in Korea
Relieved 30 September 2005 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II
*Normandy (with arrowhead)
*Rhineland (with arrowhead)
*Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
Vietnam
*Counteroffensive, Phase III
*Tet Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive, Phase IV
*Counteroffensive, Phase V
*Counteroffensive, Phase VI
*Tet 69/Counteroffensive
*Summer-Fall 1969
*Winter-Spring 1970
*Sanctuary Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive, Phase VII
*Consolidation I
*Consolidation II
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
*Iraqi Governance
*National Resolution
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF SAIGON
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008-2009
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
*Netherlands Orange Lanyard
*Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History"
What did Cotton do again-----he sent and signed a letter to undermine the president of the UNITED STATES along with 47 other traitors and that is a violation of the LOGAN ACT and the CONSTITUTION for starters