Talk:25th Infantry Division (United States)

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Could someone who knows either the history of this division or the geography of Luzon disambiguate the San Jose refrence in the WWII paragraph to one of the two cities by that name on the island? Thanks. Gentgeen 10:28, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It only took two and a half years :) but, based on the other locations given in the sentence, it seems most likely to be San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, which is not far from Umingan and Lupao. --Russ (talk) 14:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2d or 2nd

I see a lot of 2d battalions here and assume that 2nd battalion is meant. If so there's an editing job to be done User:Brenont 02:31, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

No. The US Army writes "second" in unit names as 2d, not as 2nd. Why? hell if I know, but 2d is correct, not 2nd.

[edit] 65th Engineer Battalion

Where are the references to 65th Engineer Battalion?

C-65th was the first unit of the division to deploy to Vietnam, earning that company, and the battalion, the official motto of "First In, Last Out!"

Additionally, it was 65th Engineer Battalion that was primarily responsible for clearing the tunnels of Cu-Chi during the Vietnam conflict.

There is also no mention of them deploying with 2-27 Wolfhounds to Southwest Asia. I find that very, very odd, because when I was a sapper with 1st platoon, C-65th, my squad provided breaching support to B-2-27. Wolfhounds never went anywhere for live-fire or force-on-force training without taking sappers...all emphasis was on MOUT, trenches, and bunkers...breach, breach, breach again. We practically lived in the SRs, the KRs, East Range, and PTA, going everywhere they did and blowing silhouettes, door-knockers, bangalores, and pop-n-drops.

There probably ought to be a mention of the combat leaders course (a policy to requirement being only half-heartedly implemented, but a good idea anyway) and the air assault school run by the Light Infantry Training Center on East Range.

I might add some of this stuff myself, but I left in 2000 and the transformation to Stryker and additiion of an airborne element since then means things have obviously changed a lot.

BTW, the LRSD element at Schofield was airborne-qualified and maintained jump status.

[edit] Trivia error

The trivia section refers to the 'Nam comic book featuring the "23rd Infantry Brigade" as a fictional part of the 25th ID. IIRC, the unit in the comic was actually from the 23rd Infantry Regiment (4th Battalion, to be exact), but I don't have those comics anymore, can anyone verify? 64.75.222.2 (talk) 04:14, 14 April 2008 (UTC)CPT Hoolie