3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment is an Infantry Battalion assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team 187th Infantry Regiment ("Rakkasans"), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 3rd Battalion activated on 25 February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina as an organic element of the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment. The battalion is know as the Iron Rakkasans. The movie Hamburger Hill is about the battalions fight for "Hill 937" during the Vietnam War.

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As of December 2006, the 3rd Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. Rohling and Command Sergeant Major Dennis E. DeFreese.

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