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unusual facts about U.S. 1st Infantry Division



32nd Field Artillery Regiment

From February 2007 until April 2008, the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, Task Force Patriot, as part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division served in northwest Baghdad where it conducted dismounted infantry operations to secure the populace and defeat extremist, insurgent, and criminal threats to security.

They Marched Into Sunlight

Terry de la Mesa Allen, Jr., commander of 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division, son of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen; killed in action in Vietnam October 17, 1967


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Joseph Dawson

Joseph T. Dawson (1914–1998), officer in the U.S. 1st Infantry Division during World War II