ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill.— Veterans who served in conflicts around the world in jungle environments gathered Wednesday, Sept. 8, to commemorate an Army division established exclusively for expertise ...
A monument placed at Rock Island National Cemetery to honor the 23rd Infantry Division, known as the Americal Division, will be dedicated during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday. All those who served ...
Spc. 5 James C. McCloughan was born in South Haven, Michigan, April 30, 1946. McCloughan spent his childhood in Bangor, Michigan, where his parents moved to take over a family farm. It was there that ...
A new monument fills a space along the Rock Island National Cemetery's Memorial Walkway, honoring an Army division deployed only three times during unique periods since its creation. Members of the ...
Seventy years ago, the Victor II Attack Group of the Americal Division supported by the Seventh Fleet's Task Force 74 with 59 ships appeared off the coast of Talisay 6 kilometers from Cebu City for ...
This week, my good friend and fellow historian Prof. Jobers Bersales escorted some ten Vietnam veterans belonging to the Americal Division, who brought along David Taylor, the official historian of ...