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About the 3rd & the 5th
While it is not that long ago some of the younder guys might not know. There are a bunch of guys who served in the 5th Group and then the 3rd Group but really only served in the same battalion.
5th Group had all three battalions at Ft Bragg. When the Group HQ and the first two battalions moved to Ft Campbell the 3rd battalion stayed behind. The Army stood down the battalion at Bragg, stood up it's replacement at Ft Campbell and then renamed the Bragg battalion as 1st Battalion, 3rd Group. So those guys served in both groups but really in the same battalion.
The orders and paperwork shuffle were a little more confused but the above is the condensed version.
Pete
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