Parachute Regiment

After weeks of reconnaissance, on the morning of July 1, 1970, the North Vietnamese started firing mortars at the firebase. The began to besiege the Americans, in the firebase. During the siege that held on for 23 days, 75 US servicemen were killed. The battle for the hilltops raged for days. The 101st was surrounded, outnumbered almost ten to one and running low on supplies. It was only the high ground and the bravery of its defenders that kept the enemy from overrunning the FSB Ripcord. Major…

The Royal 22e Regiment work adequately together. However, a few individuals catch the eye. Firstly, Corporal Joseph Kaeble, who showed heart, albeit nearly every other part of his body was crippled. Here is his story. He was born on May 4, 1892 in the French-Canadian village of St. Louise, Quebec. The Great War broke out in 1914, and Joseph Kaeble was the perfect man for the job. After months of training, he shipped overseas with the 22nd battalion (Van Doos). Serving for two whole years in…

I was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 13 April 1967. My father was a Christchurch businessman, and my mother was from a farm roughly 30 miles from the city. Both sides of the family had immigrated to New Zealand from the UK and Ireland in the mid 1800s. During my early childhood I spent a great deal of time on the farm, and only wanted to grow up to be a farmer. My family moved away from Christchurch in 1970 to the deep south of New Zealand’s South Island. Invercargill is a small city…

Over the last 1.5 years, the 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) has undergone significant change. Following a nine month deployment to Afghanistan, the Brigade appears to be overcome by stress, fatigue, leadership, and ethics issues. While many might categorize these as normal post deployment occurrences, they appear to run much deeper. The events of the previous deployment coupled with the death of the Brigade Commander, Brigade Sergeant Major and a Battalion Commander appear to be the…

On Monday, May 22, 1865, a small band of soldiers from the 22nd and 28th Iowa regiments left their camp. The night before, there had been a heavy rainstorm. Their destination was a large peach orchard not far from the rows of white canvas. In previous visits to the orchard, soldiers had discovered a kennel of “bloodhounds,” ferocious animals trained for the pursuit of enslaved people and believed by the soldiers to have been used in the apprehension of Union soldiers who escaped from Confederate…

stretched uncomfortably thin throughout I Corps. Two battalions of the 3d Infantry Regiment were west of Hue, one on a routine sweep mission and the other undergoing training at the Van Thanh Division School, while the remaining two battalions of the regiment were searching for the enemy near the coast southeast of Hue. The 1st1st Regiment was stationed at Quang Tri City fifty kilometers to the northwest, and the 2d Regiment was another twelve kilometers…

was under the command of Major General Edwin V. Sumner, commander of the Second Army Corps. This narrative will discuss the events that took place with Gorman’s brigade by discussing the task and purpose of the brigade, including the individual regiments in Gorman’s brigade. The unit’s disposition in accordance with the enemy and friendly units in the same area of operations. This narrative…

On the afternoon May 22, 1865, a small band of soldiers from the 22nd and 28th Iowa regiments left their camp. There had been a heavy rain the night before. Their destination was a large peach orchard not far from the rows of white canvas. Some of the men had visited the orchard before. They had discovered a kennel of “bloodhounds,” ferocious animals whom they knew were once used in the pursuit of enslaved people and believed had been placed on the trail of Union prisoners of war. The owner of…

The Highlanders had a productive two weeks of prospecting, processing, and training. I brought four CO Cmd teams in last week for quarterly Co Sustainment Training where we drilled into MAP, Battle Rhythm, Army doctrine on Commander’s Activities, RFA development, among many other topics. The development of the MAP for Chaplain and AMEDD remains a “stubby pencil” effort for the MRB until a digital MAP comes on line; we’ll continue to train in every training event. The Brigade executed our…

nobody in his regiment is shooting but himself. One of the soldiers told Henry that he is shooting at nothing. Looking at the battlefield, Henry sees that the Confederates had fled the battle and all the soldiers in his regiment is looking at him, especially the lieutenant. The lieutenant explains “By heavens, if I had ten thousand wild cats like you I could tear th' stomach outa this war in less'n a week!”…