IZPARTN!IIT a, THI ARM? HBADQUAR1ZRS OIITID STATIS ARMY YDTIAM

APO San Francisco 96375

AWARD at THI MIRHORIOtl3 UNIT OONMDDATI<II

1. TC )20. 'ftle following AWARD is announced.

Awrded: Meritorioue Unit Oomaendation Date action: 31 October 1965 to 31 December 1967 Theater: Republic or Yietnaa

5 June 1968

Reason: For exceptionally Mritorious achievement in the performance ot outataucUng serrlce: The 3D ORDRAICB BAftALION (AIII>) and its attached um.ta: the Headquarters and Headquarters ~. 3d Ordnance Battalion (JJJ,m); 54th Ordnance 0ompaJl7J 60th Ordnance OompaJITJ 78th Ordnance Detacb­•ut; 550th Ordnance O.tacment; 551st Ordnance Detachment; 576th Ordnance Oompa117; and the 40th Ordnance Compau.,, distiDguished theuelvea in S11J)port ot llilita17 operations in the Republic ot Viet.naa during the period 31 Oc­tober 1965 to 31 December 1967. Upon arrival in-country, the unit waa de­ployed to ita present location at Long B1nh Poet where it illlllediate'.q OYercame the met acnerae conditiona ot weather, terrain and comtort in dewloping an eDIIIJ)la17 a-,,r,1 tion euppl.7 center that haa rendered un­paralleled serri.ce to •jor operations throughout the III and IV Corpe Tactical Zones. Faced with the dual task or constructing living quarters in a densel7 jungled area and establishing operations in the shortest poe­sible period or ti.Ille, the •n of the unit applied their mx:1wm ettorta and succeastully began iaauing aJWJD1tion within tm week• ot their arrival. Oontinuall7 iaproving ita facilities through ettectiYe coordination and limitleaa productivity, the unit increased ita capacit7 tor handling amm-nition to a present capability ot over one hundred d tone. The 3D ORIIIAIICI B1TTALI0lf (AMII)) eatabliahed a co11prehenai Ye achoo ling progrua which waa reaponaible tor the training ot nearq five thouaand men in the handling ot ena;r exploaiYea and clemlitiona. Through diligence and enthu­aia•, the aen ot the unit ban tonaed the battalion into a JIOdel tor all unite ot its type in the republic. In addition to ita regular taaka, the unit baa developed and maintained a highly aucceaatul civic action prograa which baa aernd to greatly enhance relationships between local ciYiliana and the United States 111.litar., torcea. The auperb support rendered by the •nor the battalion have contributed 1-aaurabq to the counterinaurpnq efforts ot the Free World Force• in the Republic ot Y.letna. The remark­able proficiency and dewtion to dut,7 diapla:,ed b7 the ...t>era of the 3D ORDNAIIC! BATTALION (AMII>) are in keeping with the highest traditions of the llilita17 aenice and refiect distinct credit upon thaaelvea and the Armed Forcea ot the United statea. Authorit7: B.r direction of the Secretary of the AnllT, under tbe proYisiona ot paragraph 203, AR 672-5-1.

GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 2707, dated 5 June 1968, DA, HEAIX2UARTERS UNITED STATP.S ARMY VIETNAM, APO San Francisco 96375 (Cont)

FOR THE OOMMANDER:

R. N. DALLAM Colonel, AGC Adjutant General

DISTRIBU'l'ION: 5-Fach unit concemed 2-AVHGA 1-AVHIG 1-AVHIO 1-AVHAG-A 1-AVHAG-AR 75-AVHAG-PD 6-CINCUSARPAC 1-00MUSMACV ATTN: MACAO-PD 1-COMUSMACV ATTN: MACJO)l

SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION: 2-TAGO, DA ATTN: AGPB-AB

ROBERT C. TABER Brigadier General, US Artq Chief of start

2-Chiet ot Militar., History, DA ATTN: HSD-OHB 2-TAGO, DA A'M'N: AGSD