Talk:24th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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[edit] Opening paragraph

I'm not sure when or who added the current opening, but since 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment already has an article of its own, I linked it ... I also changed the tense from current to past ... now, this is just a brief footnote to the history of the unit, and IMO it does not belong as the opening paragraph ... there was already confusion that led to the Battle of Mosul (2004) being added to the {{Buffalo Soldiers}} template because that unit fought there ... OTOH, I did not want to move/delete it without discussion and WP:Consensus.

1. The era of the Buffalo Soldiers ended with the desegregation of the US armed forces after World War II (Executive Order 9981), so no units or battles after then should be associated as such ... in other words, there are no "modern" Buffalo Soldiers.
2. The Buffalo Soldiers article specifically references this article, not its vestigial, modern descendant.
3. This article should follow a consistency of layout with its companion article, 25th Infantry Regiment (United States).

My suggestion is that (a) the paragraph be moved to the end of the article as "Final Disposition" or some such, and that (b) the section currently labeled "History" become the opening to the article, as it used to be ... see 25th Infantry Regiment (United States) for comparison ... Happy Editing! —72.75.65.41 (talk · contribs) 19:34, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Since no one has raised any objections, I am moving the current opening paragraph to the end, in a new section titled "Modern legacy." —72.75.65.41 21:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)