: 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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Save them some work, Bob. We all know what some bureaucrats think about doing productive work. Look at the 545th; it did not even exist in Sept 1969, and they list them with some RVN award.

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Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 52d Aviation Battalion
Presidential Unit Citation—29 Oct–30 Nov 67, DAGO 38, 71
Valorous Unit Award—18 Sep–28 Oct 65, DAGO 20, 67; 28–30
May 66, DAGO 40, 67
RVN Gallantry Cross w/Palm—Apr 63–Jan 66, DAGO 46, 68; 1
Mar 66–26 Mar 67, DAGO 22, 68;27 Mar 67–17 May 68, DAGO
21, 79 amended DAGO 21, 69; 1 Apr–26 Jun 70, DAGO 11, 73; 1
Jan 69–30 Sep 70, DAGO 6,74; 1 Oct 70–31 Aug 72, DAGO 6, 74
RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal, FC—1 Jul–31 Dec 70, DAGO 5,
73; 1 Aug–30 Nov 71, DAGO 32, 73

Airlift Platoon

Others: (N) NUC—9 Apr 62–30 Nov 64, DAGO 17, 69

52d Aviation Platoon

Valorous Unit Award—18 Sep–28 Oct 65, DAGO 20, 67

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119th Aviation Company

Valorous Unit Award—18 Sep–28 Oct 65, DAGO 20, 67; 28–30
May 66, DAGO 40, 67
RVN Gallantry Cross w/Palm—1 Mar 66–26 Mar 67, DAGO 22, 68;
27 Mar 67–17 May 68, DAGO 46, 69, amended DAGO 21, 69; 1
Apr–26 Jun 70, DAGO 11, 73
RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal, FC—1 Jul–30 Oct 70, DAGO 5,
73

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545th Transportation Detachment

Valorous Unit Award—18 Sep–28 Oct 65, DAGO 20, 67; 1 Oct–31
Dec 69, DAGO 32, 73
RVN Gallantry Cross w/Palm—1 Mar 66–26 Mar 67, DAGO 22, 68;
27 Mar 67–17 May 68, DAGO 46, 69, amended DAGO 21, 69; 1
Sep 69– Feb 70, DAGO 11, 73, amended DAGO 42, 72; 22
Feb–19 May 71, DAGO 42, 72
RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal, FC—1 Sep 69–1 Feb 70, DAGO
42, 72