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The Units that were assigned

To The

199th Light Infantry Brigade

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Redcatcher

199TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE VIETNAM
ORDER OF BATTLE

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Headquarters & Headquarters Company

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2nd Battalion

3rd United States Infantry Regiment

( The Old Guard )

2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry

Because of its direct desent from the First American Regiment, the 3rd Infantry is accorded the singular honor of having the shield of the coat of arms of the United States as the basis for its arms. The thirteen stripes, in this instance, commemorate the unit's service in the campaigns of Resaca de la Palma, Montery, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Chapultepec, Bull Run, Peninsula, Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Santiago, and luzon (1899-1900); the alternating colors of silver and red symbolize a constancy of honor and courage. The chief, blue for valor and loyalty, represents the regiments outstanding record in the Civil War. The whit Maltese cross, the badge of Sykes' Division in which the 3rd served, in triple form alludes the regiment's numerical designation. The inescutcheon, in the national colors of Mexico, symbolize the unit's distinguished service during the Mexican War. The cocked hat of the crest commemorates the founding of the First American Regiment in 1784. The Chapultepec baton is made from the flagpole which in 1847 stood in front of the cathedral in the Grand Plaza in Mexico City. The head and ferrule are of Mexican silver. The baton was presented to the regiment in 1848 and is still in the possesion of the 3rd Infantry.

Motto:

Noli Me Tangere

Because of its direct descent from the First American Regiment, the 3rd Infantry is accorded the singular honor of having the shield of the United States as the basis for its arms. The 1st Battalion 3rd Infantry has the additional role as honor and ceremonial unit in the nation's capital.

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3rd Battalion

7th United States Infantry Regiment

( Cotton Balers )

3rd Battalion 7th Infantry

The shield is white and blue, the old and present infantry colors. The field gun is for the battle of Cerro Gordo, where th 7th participated in the decisive attack by an assult on Telegraph Hill, a strongly fotified point. This portion of the shield is in the Mexican colors---red, white, and green. The wall is for the battle of Frederickburg in which the regiment held for twelve hours a position only eighty yards in front of a stone wall protecting the enemy. The base alludes to the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 3rd Division with which the 7th Infantry served during World War I. The cotton bale and bayonets in the crest are taken from arms of the 7th Infantry adopted in 1912.

The 7th Infantry was an old frontier regiment organized in 1812 in Tennesee, Georgia, and adjacent territories and known as the cottonbalers, having once stood behind cotton bales to mow down marching British Recoats at the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812. It was famed for strong-point assault. It also served in the Indian Wars and the Spanish American War.

MOTTO:

Volens et Potens

( Willing and Able )

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4th and 5th Battalion

12th United States Infantry Regiment

( Warriors )

4th Battalion 12th Infantry

5th Battalion 12th Infantry

The field is blue for infantry. This regiment took part in the Civil War; its great achievement was its first engagement at Gaines' Mill Virginia, on 27 and 28 June 1862, where its losses were almost 50 percent. This is shown by the moline crosses which represent the iron fastening of a millstone and recall the crushing losses sustained. The wigwam stands for the Indian Campaigns in which the regiment took part. The chief is for the War with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection, yellow and red being the Spanish colors, red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the block-house at El Caney, Cuba, and the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands.

Motto:

Ducti Amore Parriae

( Having Been Led by Love of Country )

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D Troop

17th Armd Cav

D Troop 17th Cavalry

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2nd Battalion

40th Artillery

( All For One )

2nd Battalion 40th Artillery

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7th Support Battalion

( Sustainers )

7th Support Battalion

Motto:

On Call to Serve

Units assigned to th 7th Support Battalion were:

76th Infantry Combat Tracker Dog Detachment

Company M, 75th Infantry

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OTHER UNITS ASSIGNED

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75th Infantry Ranger Regiment

71st Infantry Detachment (Long Range Patrol)

71st Infantry Detachment (LRP) 199th Infantry Brigade

Co M (Ranger),75th Infantry

199th Infantry Brigade

1 Feb. 1969 - 12 Oct

Symbolism of the coat of arms.

The colors; blue, white, red and green represent four of the original six combat teams of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), which were identified by a color code word. The unit's close cooperation with the Chinese forces in the China-Burma-India Theater is represented by the Sun symbol from the Chinese Nationalist Flag. The white star represents the Star of Burma. The lightning bolt is symbolic of the strike characteristics of the behind-the-line activities.

Motto:

Sua Sponte

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44th Military History Detachment

856 Army Security Agency Detachment

313th Signal Company

79th Scout Dog Platoon

49th Scout Dog Platoon

Company F, 51st Infantry

87th Engineer Company

503rd Chemical Detachment

152nd Military Police Platoon

40th Public Information Detachment

179th Military Intelligence Detachment

HHC MP Combined Reaction Infantry Platoon

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