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History 327th Infantry

Name: Melvin Fenn
Hometown: Alvarado , Texas
Date: July 28, 2010 - 11:58 AM (pacific)

Great site. I can smell burning bamboo and taste the unique taste of the water there. My achilles still hurt so I have that effect going. Very proud I served; collectively we halted the cancer of communisim in that region of the world. We had a window of opportunity, for the blink of time we were just the right age...we took it and served. --Shot in right calf, medic Pate fixed it, did not infect...no lost time since we did not move much just then. A rare time of carrying a rolled up poncho at all, shot through it into the butt...Pate and Lt Eklund pulled it out...don't think any of us enjoyed it. Laughing. Grenade to right side during an assualt; no idea where we were when that thing flipped me, but instantly back to the feet as if carrying a fountain drink and not wanting to spill a bit...another piece of those frags just may be making it to the surface at this very time, and it is minorly exciting after so many decades. Bad deal on a parachute jump (no idea of who to thank for getting me out of that little deployment), and a comma for a few days, then right back to work. No purple hearts, as they were refused, same as I saw other guys do for insignificant wounds. I remember a cigarette lighter we were given just prior to leaving, one of my daughters holds it now, it reads on the face: "America's Finest at Freedoms Frontier". Wow, did I wear out several pairs of boots for that honor. We were tired, right! ---I've had a great life as I hope others have as well...lustfull times, confused times, fortunate and earned...most things once wronged were gotten 'better'. I Cannot complain.

Bastogne

The 327th Infantry Regiment has a long and glorious history dating back to its inception in the First World War. The men and now women of this regiment have been proud to serve their country in peacetime and in war.

These pages have been created to show the history of the regiment with its deployments in World War I and II, Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and the current day

Iraq

and Afganistan. We will continue on with the 327th in peacetime or into any future deployments, as they become necessary to protect the freedom of our country and others.

Our troop’s pages in the Active Duty section portray the narrative of past and current events written by the troops themselves as they chronicle their stories and time in history.

The content for this site is provided by both the active duty personnel and Vietnam veterans of the 101st Airborne 327th Infantry Regiment as well as the 101st Abn Div Association... through the generations.

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327th Infantry Regiment - THROUGH THE GENERATIONS!