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Mar 22

22 MARCH 1945 - CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGN BEGINS - #WWII

On the night of 22 March 1945, elements of the XII Corps' 5th Infantry Division began the Third Army's assault crossing of the Rhine River.

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The assault troops met no resistance when they reached the east bank at Nierstein. Farther upstream at Oppenheim, however, the first wave of boats came under heavy German automatic weapons fire before they were halfway across.

Despite the heavy opposition for about thirty minutes, the assault boats continued over. Once across, the infantrymen attacked and forced the surrender of scattered enemy strongpoints. By midnight assault units had expanded the bridgehead and attacked villages beyond the river.

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Mar 21

SOLDIER PROFILE – SERGEANT LEIGH ANN HESTER, FIRST WOMAN AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR VALOR

SGT Leigh Ann Hester became the first woman awarded the Silver Star for combat valor through her actions on 20th MAR 2005, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

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While escorting a supply convoy near Baghdad in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, SGT Hester’s squad was ambushed by a group of approximately 50 insurgents armed with AK-47’s, heavy machine guns, and RPG’s.

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Outnumbered 5 to 1 and taking withering fire, Hester’s squad leader directed the squad to flank the enemy position in a nearby trench line and orchard. Hester positioned her vehicle so that her gunner could enfilade the enemy positions and dismounted. #WomensHistoryMonth

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Mar 20

20 MARCH 2003 – OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM GROUND CAMPAIGN BEGINS - 20th ANNIVERSARY

The main thrust of the OIF ground assault burst forth from Kuwait, with the I MEF striking northwards while the U.S. Army’s V Corps swung northwest to towards the lower Euphrates Valley.

The 3rd ID led the charge, breaching an earthen berm on the border and blitzing about 90 miles northwards to seize the enemy airbase at Tallil by 22 MAR. 3rd ID elements secured critical Euphrates River crossings and reached As Samawah, 130 miles away from Kuwait.

By 23 MAR, the 101st ABD was conducting attack helicopter assaults which penetrated as far as Baghdad. Special Forces units attached to Task Force Viking and Task Force Dagger penetrated Iraq from the northeast and southwest during these early days of OIF. #Armyhistory #USArmy

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Mar 19

19 MARCH 2003 – OPN IRAQI FREEDOM AIR CAMPAIGN BEGINS -20th ANNIVERSARY
“My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.”
– Pres. G.W. Bush

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On 19 MAR 2003, Pres. Bush declared Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF), a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with the goal of deposing Saddam Hussein’s decades-old despotic regime and eliminating its capacity to create or utilize weapons of mass destruction. #USArmy #TRADOC #IraqWar @USArmy

The U.S. Army’s involvement in OIF began on the night of 19 MAR, when the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) attacked enemy border observation stations in the country’s southwest.
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Mar 18

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM - 20TH ANNIVERSARY - STRATEGIC SETTING

Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, the military intervention to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussein’s dictatorial regime, began on 19 MAR 2003 and was the culmination of months of planning and international negotiation. #IraqWar

A 46-strong coalition of the willing was assembled under U.S.-leadership. Four countries (the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and Poland) committed combat troops to the initial invasion. The U.S. Army contributed 50% of the deployed personnel utilized in the campaign.
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The most of the ~230,000 U.S. Army soldiers were deployed under V Corps, which organized itself in Kuwait and included the 3rd ID, the 4th ID, the 82nd ABD, and the 101st ABD. V Corps and the I MEF would thrust northwest from Kuwait into Iraq at the start of OIF.
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Mar 18

18 MARCH 1945 - CENTRAL VISAYAS CAMPAIGN BEGINS - #WWII

After attacking Palawan and Mindanao, General MacArthur directed the capture of the now-isolated Central Visayas, or Visayan islands, of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Bohol.

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While Filipino guerrillas controlled much of the countryside, 30,000 Japanese troops held the vital coastal town. Beyond his immediate objective to liberate the Philippines, the two ports were to be important staging areas for the expected invasion of Japan.

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The four islands were in close geographical proximity, but the high mountain range that ran north-south down Negros divided the region into two areas of operations, code named VICTOR I and VICTOR II.

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