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Maj. Gen. Allan M. Pepin, commanding normal of Joint Job Power– Nationwide Capital Area and U.S. Army Navy District of Washington, delivers a speech throughout a commemoration of the 104th anniversary of the third Infantry Division’s stand on the Marne River, July 15 on the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Outpost honors 104th anniversary of Division’s stand on Marne River
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Outpost 5845, Worldwide Outpost of the Society of the third Infantry Division, held a commemoration ceremony on the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, positioned in Arlington Nationwide Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, July 15, in honor of the 104th anniversary of the third Infantry Division’s immortal stand in France in the course of the Second Battle of the Marne.
“In my view, the third Infantry Division is the best infantry division on the earth,” stated David W. Mills, a present member of the Outpost 5845. “It’s the solely infantry division that has a monument in Arlington Nationwide Cemetery, which to me, is sacred floor.”
Throughout World Battle I, the division earned the title “Rock of the Marne” in the course of the Second Battle of the Marne on the Marne River close to Chateau-Thierry, France, July 15, 1918. This was the final main German offensive of the conflict. The Germans deliberate to march up the Marne River and keep on to Paris however failed after they met third ID. When the German items retreated and the French Allies pulled again their troops, the then Commanding Common of the third ID, Maj. Gen. Joseph Dickman, instructed the French Allies “Nous resterons la,” translated to English, this implies “We’ll keep right here.” The third ID’s heroism throughout this battle was a turning level within the conflict.
“We’re honored to have in attendance in the present day diplomatic representatives for the various nations during which the division has served all through its 105 years of existence,” stated retired Lt. Col. Tim Stoy, a member of Outpost 5845. “We served there in fight, we had been stationed there in peace, we educated there, and we labored together with your armed forces in numerous conflicts.”
Navy officers from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Korea, the Philippines and Ukraine attended the commemoration, displaying publicly the nice influence the division has had on their nations throughout its storied historical past.
“I believe this occasion is particularly essential as a result of it proves that former enemies who had been preventing towards one another in two horrible world wars can change into shut mates and dependable allies,” stated German Brig. Gen. Frank Graefe, the German Protection Attache.
After the commemoration ceremony, attendees honored the third ID by holding a wreath laying ceremony on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This ceremony acknowledged the sacrifices the Troopers and group needed to make not solely in the course of the Second Battle of the Marne however all through World Battle I.
“The third ID has an impressive fight status and deserves higher recognition even amongst its personal Troopers,” Stoy stated. “There is no such thing as a higher division within the Army; and each Marne Soldier must know and be pleased with this.”
