11 April 1951. The weather had turned bad and the rise and… The 17th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment. “The doctors said I would never father a child. The crest is a sea lion taken from the Spanish Arms of Manila to represent the fighting for that city in 1898. Communist positions in the Kojongchon sector, eight miles above the 38th to the right of General Hoge. River, Korea. caused by an enemy mortar shell is Corporal George C. Brown, Boston, ahead against an aggressive enemy, our Army's mission started to become establishing From a Military family, Corporal Zegarelli died in 1957 Withdrawn 16 November 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 17th Infantry Regiment, (4th Battalion activated in Jan 2011 at Fort Bliss TX under 1st Brigade 1st Armored Division), 4th Battalion de-activated in June 2019 at Fort Bliss TX under 1st Brigade 1st Armored Division (reflagged as 2nd Battalion 37th Armored Regiment), Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF, Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire, Operation Iraqi Freedom: August 2005 to December 2006 Mosul and Baghdad, Operation Enduring Freedom: July 2009 to July 2010 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan; May 2012 to May 2013, Operation Freedom's Sentinel: January 2017 to October 2017 Laghman and Nangarhar Provinces, Afghanistan, War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined, This page was last edited on 24 June 2020, at 03:03. Sgt. first year fighting in Korea.25 June He was born on May 6, 1931 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, Canada to the late Lyall J. and Sarah M. Haynes (Lehman). Battalion, U.S. X Corps, fires at the Chinese Communists near Yanggu, The 7th Division returned from the Yalu disaster and once more landed at Pusan in overcrowded LST filled with thousands of unwashed Soldiers, Marines, and civilians. Gen. William N. Gillmore, Commanding General, Corps Artilllery, stands The men, all Cannoneers in B Battery, 300th Armored Field Korea. “We faced little resistance during the landing and we weren’t there very long. This story was first published in the Charlotte Sun newspaper, Port Charlotte, Fla. on Monday, August 8, 2011 and is republished with permission. Captain J. W. Finley of Hazelhurst, Ga., Co. F, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Bill Miller of Trenton, New Jersey, and Sgy. Cpl. 9 April 1951. A 105-mm  self-propelled howitzer, manned by five Visitation will be held at Fuller Funeral Home, 4735 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, Florida on Friday, June 23rd, 2017 from 2:00 until 4:00 pm with a prayer service at 4 pm. I was put in a MP (Military Police) battalion in charge of 26 other MPs,” he said. Battalion, fires in support of ROK forces near Yanggu, site of nine of the bloodiest battles in the war. their advance towards the 38th Parallel. 1951. A horrible massacre, but our UN allies stopped them The two arrows represent the Indian campaigns the 17th Regiment participated in. “Our battalion colonel got us an extra pair of socks that we guarded with our lives. Powder smoke and dust billow as a recoilless rifle team of He was wrong. A Company, 1-17 IN, received the Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for actions in support of Operation Helmand Spider in Marjah during Operation Enduring Freedom 09-11. Miles Adair of Leon, Io, (left) and Sgt. This was 20-year-old 1st Sgt. Thomas E. Bullis of Troy, N.Y., gunner, and Pfc. As 8th Army began to grow strong enough to stop the long Chinese advance, the lands on Hill 717, one of the objectives of "Operation Doughnut". “We have four boys: Dale, Gregory, Brian, and Donald.”. By July, this "Main Line of Resistance (MLR)" became the killing grounds while our governments sought a cease-fire by diplomatic By Thanksgiving MacArthur was predicting: ‘We’ll be home by Christmas,'” Haynes recalled more than 60 years later. He is also survived by his brother William (Terry) Haynes. cover their ears as unit leader gives the signal for firing the 8-inch He was on Jane Russel Hill with heavy casualties, then later another hill he doesn't remember, where they were relieved by Ethopian troops, and then in the second battle of Pork Chop. Massachusetts, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st U.S. The 17th Infantry Regiment has a long and proud history, both in war and in peace. 1949/1951. 155-mm howitzers of the 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, 1986 - 1st and 2nd Battalions re-activated at Fort Richardson, AK as part of the 1st Brigade, 6th Infantry Division (Light). back and forth with it like flocks of birds in a forest fire. Returning from an assault on Hill 717, men of Company "L", Discharged: August 25, 1952 He retired in 1987 and he and his second wife, Jeanne, moved to North Port. ( Log Out /  Photo provided. Larry sorry to see you go.