“I am honored and humbled to be included, to have my son with me on this precious and special day, it is poignant to see the brigade that once swelled to nearly ten thousand strong during wartime under my father’s command, that defined our social life and had a place at every holiday,” said Zender. The Tower brigade did not hesitate to invite Zender to honor her father’s legacy. With a career spanning over 30 years, the Tower Brigade would be the last unit he would command before retiring in 1995. As a decorated Vietnam War veteran earning both the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal of Valor, he utilized his vast experience to enable and protect VII Corps throughout the 100-day war, earning the unit a Meritorious Unit Citation. Raines commanded the 7th Engineer Brigade through Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Samuel Raines, came to witness the ceremony personally. Amy and Leland Zender, daughter and grandson of the late Col. Traveling all the way from just outside Seattle, Washington, Ms. To cherish the history and impact this brigade is set to have across Europe, was a special guest that shares the bloodline of the last leader to command the Tower brigade. From horizontal construction to clearing obstacles, you clear the way.” You enable the freedom of movement of every Soldier in this Theater. In this game Engineers make the difference. In this game Sappers make the difference. “In this game centimeters make the difference. Ronald Ragin, commanding general of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command. readiness and capability in the European Theater,” said Brig. “This decorated brigade’s history of leading the way-whether fighting for freedom or providing humanitarian assistance-is its blueprint to being an essential contributor to U.S. Ragin emphasized the importance of this brigade, its history and the impact it will have within the European Theater. Rufus Beaman, senior enlisted advisor, assumed command and responsibility today of the unit during the ceremony. Moulton, commander of the 7th Engineer Brigade, and Command Sgt. and Ally forces on multi-domain battlefields in Europe.Ĭol. strategic readiness capabilities and enhances the ability to rapidly mobilize, deploy, and sustain U.S. The brigade’s call back to service 31 years later strengthens U.S. This would lead important missions around the world during peace and war as the only engineer brigade in Europe before its inactivation in 1992 at Ludendorff Kaserne, Kornwestheim, Germany. The brigade was quickly redesignated as the 7th Engineer Aviation Brigade and sent to the Pacific to construct facilities on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Army reactivated the unit as the 7th Engineer Brigade at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on 1 October 1948. After the end of hostilities in August 1945, the brigade left Manilla for Yokohama, Japan, where it participated in occupation duties until its inactivation on 5 December 1945. The brigade served for fifteen months in the Pacific Theater, where it earned campaign streamers for the New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon campaigns, and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Army Meritorious Unit Citation. This led to the founding of the 5202nd Engineer Construction Brigade later that year in June 1944 which formed into the 7th Engineer Brigade. Douglas MacArthur requested that the War Department authorize him to activate two construction brigades to manage base and other construction projects under his command. 16, 1954, the corporal was declared unrecoverable - his remains still missing.ANSBACH, GERMANY - Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command held a reactivation ceremony for the 7th Engineer Brigade July 27 at Hangar 2 on Katterbach-Kaserne. Omar Bradley presented Story’s father the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor, at a Pentagon ceremony in 1951. He wasn’t seen alive again, though his remains weren’t found, and he wasn’t taken as a prisoner. “When last seen, he was firing every weapon available and fighting off another hostile assault,” U.S. officials said that Story “fearlessly stood in the middle of the road, throwing grenades” into a truck as his squad escaped. 1, 1950 - wounded and fighting off North Korean attacks so his fellow soldiers could get to safety. Story of Buena Vista, Georgia, was last seen on Sept. Army corporal killed during the Korean War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor have been identified 73 years after he was declared missing, President Joe Biden said Wednesday during a welcome ceremony at the White House for South Korea’s president.
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