Camp Holloway Discussion Forum Archive 05 - 02/12/06 to 01/21/10

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The 119th had several unit awards including the Presidential Unit Citation (for Dakto Awarded to the entire 52nd BN.)In 1986, some idiot decided the award of the PUC applied only to the Headquarters detachment of the 52nd BN and took away the award for the lower units. That is because General Order 38 was mis read by some puke at DOD. The very first line of the the order reads "The presidential Unit Citation ( Army)For Extranory heroism is awarded to the headquarters and headquarters company 1ST Brigade, 4th infantry Division...." and then goes on to list all of the units receiving the award ( including the 52nd BN.) It lists units at platoon level for some units and lord knows platoons never had headquarters and headquarters companies. Anyway that mis read robbed a lot of folks of an honor. Screw them!I am keeping my PUC and I am also going to send a copy of the damned order to DOD requesting correction of Military Records. We were listed in the Battle register of the 70s as having it and when that was changed in 86 to a new name we lost our PUC!
Anyway my vent.
Salute
BT

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