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Reprint of VFW's Uniqueness in the 199th Light Infantry Redcatcher October 2000
Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register
Medals Awarded - Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross
General Donates to the NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM
THE ARMY REPORTER May 11, 1970
The Association of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade wishes to express deepest sympathy.
Summary of Casualties by Month and Year
199th Light Infantry Areas of Operations/Base Locations
Area of Operations Maps (1:250,000)
Brigade Reunion 2002 Photos XXXVI - Part II
Brigade Reunion 2002 Photos XXXVI - Part III
Brigade Reunion 2002 Photos XXXVI - Part IV
Brigade Reunion 2002 Photos XXXVI - Part V
Brigade Awards Photos XXXV - 2001 Reunion
Brigade Program Photos at XXXIV Reunion
A 3/7 Reunion Dayton Ohio - 2000
Cards at the Wall - Photos by Tom Ward
The 2005 Association Meeting was held at B M B Brigade Main Base Arlington Va. during Memorial Day 2004.
The next Association meeting will be on Memorial Day 2005.
For Association and Reunion Information Telephone 703-448-0199
Or EMAIL at brigade199@pngusa.net
NOTICE: BRIGADE BYLAWS PROHIBIT THE PROVISION OF ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES as always no registration fee is required you cover only your own costs
T O P S E Z :
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* CSM for membership is George Holmes and "Top and Mrs Top" can reached be at 410-327-7212 after 18:00 EST for Brigade Locator Assistance, how to handle veterans issues in the world, and the status of your Vung Tau R & R request.
Gen. Forbes was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on 18 Apr with the full military honors he requested and that he deserves. In place of flowers, contributions in his name can be made to Parkinson Disease Association, 601 N. Caroline St., Suite 5064, Baltimore, Md, 21287.
Mrs Forbes and the family wish to thank all of you for your prayers and warm, caring thoughts"
Robert C. Forbes, Jr
His family knows of the respect, honor and love that many members of the 199th have shown him over the past 35 years and are deeply appreciative of all you have given him."
The following is from the program for the Mass of Christian Burial with
Military Honors In Memory of
Major General (Retired) Robert Charles
Forbes, Sr., US Army,
July 17, 1917 -
March 18, 2002
Memorial Chapel
Fort Meyer, Virginia
April 18, 2002
Robert Charles Forbes, Sr. Born in Camden, New Jersey in 1917, son of Charles Forbes, a civilian engineer, and Caroline Shay, grew up in central Pennsylvania graduated from William Penn High School in Harrisburg and entered the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a B.A. degree with honors in 1939. In 1942 he married Anne Catherine Eckenrode. Their family grew with four children: John, Robert Jr., Elizabeth and Michael.
For 33 years Bob Forbes pursued a career in the U.S. Army. Moves were
frequent to various posts in he U.S. as well as abroad in England, Germany,
Korea and Vietnam. His most frequent posting -four times- was to Washington
D.C.
Bob Forbes performed all assignments he received to the best of his ability,
which was considerable. Demonstrating his strongest leadership during the
command of troops, he saw combat in Germany and Vietnam, receiving
decorations for valor during service with the 63d Infantry Division and the
199th Light Infantry Brigade.
Retiring in 1973, Bob and Anne settled in Atlanta. He joined the Lions Club, was elected president of the Atlanta chapter, and enjoyed regular games of golf and travel to distant countries. Later they moved to his last home in Catonsville, Maryland.
Those who loved him will remember him for his many roles I life as son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great grand father, lover, confidant, pal, soldier, actor, director, pipe-smoker, golfer, student, teacher, leader, follower, card player, father-in-law, churchgoer, uncle, cousin, comrade-in-arms, joke-teller, matchmaker, friend humanitarian, traveler, tourist and lover of music---among others.
Note: Major General Forbes was fittingly buried with honors by a detachment of the 3d Infantry, The Old Guard. He had commanded the 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry (Old Guard), 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Separate) , in The Vietnam War in 1968-1969.
Respectfully submitted
William J. Carr, Jr.
Sergeant Major, USAR, Retired
C/2/3/199th LIB, RVN, 1966-1967
The epitaph unveiled in January on the gravestone of Frederic Davison at Arlington National Cemetary is very simple: "These are his credentials." The words are borrowed from the famous comment made during World War II by Brigadier General Charles Conham when his 8th Infantry Division won the surrender of a German force. A higher-ranking German officer haughtily asked what credentials Conham had to accept the German's surrender. Canham gestured to some of the 8th Infantry soldiers who had fought their way through Europe and said simply, "These are my credentials." For those who knew Davison, himself a World War II veteran, it is very fitting that this tribute to soldiers is on his headstone. But there is much more that should be said about the Washington native and Army pioneer, who died this year at age 81 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Davison was the first black person to command an Army brigade in combat, leading the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam during the Tet 1968 Offensive. He also was the first black person to command a division, leading the 8th Infantry in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, in 1972-1973. Davison was a man who had a profound influence on those who served with him or under him, judging from some of the eulogies delivered at his funeral. Dennis Hightower, a Harvard professor who served with Davison in Vietnam, said Davison was a strong mentor who was unafraid to "call you a knucklehead if your logic was flawed," according to an article in a military newspaper. In an interview with the Washington Evening Star in 1968, Davison described what it was like to be a black company commander during World War 11: "I was going to be the best captain in the area. If I had to work twice as hard, then I'd work twice as hard. I don't like to be whipped by anything, and I don't like to admit that anybody is better than I am."
He is believed to have been at work on the side of the Pentagon where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed Tuesday morning.
Maude attended officer candidate school, was commissioned in 1967 as a second lieutenant postal officer and spent one year in Vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. Later, he had various postings in the United States, Germany and Korea.
He has been stationed in Washington since August 1998 and was nominated for his current postion at the Pentagon almost 16 months ago by then-Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen.
New School Honors Veteran's Memory
Video Tape of May 24, 1998 filmed & produced by 1SG James Diamond DSC CP-A 4/12 66-67 is available from Jay Voorhees, 3900 West Hill Road Painted Post, NY 14870 for $25 pp (payable to- 199th.Memorial Fund).
WASHINGTON - All 755 members of the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade killed in Indochina from 1966-70 were remembered with modest cards near each name etched in the memorial wall of more than 58,400 names of Americans making the ultimate sacrifice.
10:00 GMT 28 Feb 68, announced unit awards: Military Medals Third Class to the units that attached No Te airfield in Can Tho, 15-16 Feb; Tan Son Nhut 17-18 Feb; Trang Bom District capital, Bien Hoa Province, 17-18 Feb 68, destroying 700 tanks and APCs, nine 155s and 105s of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and killing 200 enemy troops. The Military Medal First Class was awarded to the Hue Self-Defense Unit for the action on 22 Feb 68.
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