Alabama Army Combat Infantrymen - I-65 Welcome Center - Ardmore, AL - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of rest area: Limestone County
Location of rest area: 3 miles S. of AL/TN line on I-65, near Ardmore

Monument Text:
(front):

DEDICATED TO ALL ALABAMA
COMBAT INFANTRYMEN
Freedom Has A Price
The Protected Will Never Know

Erected by the Combat Infantrymen's Association
Alabama Chapter
(rear): TO HONOR ALL COMBAT
INFANTRYMEN
We were boys and we were young
We became men on that hill we overran
Some of us lived, many of us died
For a moment with us abide
and Join in prayer with me
To honor those of the Combat Infantry

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To explain how special this Army badge is, I have a friend, who spent 13 months in combat in Vietnam. He was in the US Army, Cavalry actually, but fought with infantry units....
HE can NEVER receive this badge, because he did not have an infantry MOS, he was designated Cavalry.

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"The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military award. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an Infantry, Ranger or Special Forces unit, of brigade size or smaller, any time after 6 December 1941." ~ Wikipedia

Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial In Honor Of: All Alabama Army Veters who earned the Infantrymen's badge Marker Text: (front): DEDICATED TO ALL ALABAMA COMBAT INFANTRYMEN Freedom Has A Price The Protected Will Never Know Erected by the Combat Infantrymen's Association Alabama Chapter (rear): TO HONOR ALL COMBAT INFANTRYMEN We were boys and we were young We became men on that hill we overran Some of us lived, many of us died For a moment with us abide and Join in prayer with me To honor those of the Combat Infantry Who Put it Here?: Combat Infantrymen's Association, Alabama Chapter Description of Memorial: Square tombstone style monument Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed Date of dedication: Not listed

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