print. (function() { The 3d Battalion was scheduled to activate at Fort Carson as part of the 5th IBCT/4th Infantry Division. from around the world. On 1 June 1966, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment was activated for the first time at Fort Benning, Georgia. The Battalion was sited for valor for its actions in Saigon-Long Binh and through their actions in both the Tet and Sanctuary counter offensives. Men of Company "D", 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry deploy near Long Binh, October 1969.jpg 1,397 933; 97 KB NARA 111-CCV-606-CC54808 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers wading through stream during cordon and search January 1969.jpg 1,426 1,816; 240 KB utmx_section("Legacy Footer"), 199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE NATIONAL HALL OF HONOR. The regiment was moved to Fort Benning, Georgia, on 8 March 1944, where it provided cadre for the Infantry School. The brigade was conducting Operation Uniontown in ng Nai Province when the 1968 Tet Offensive began. The 3rd is the oldest regiment still active in the Regular Army, having been first organized as the First American Regiment in 1784. The unit also trains for its support role to civil authorities in a wide range of scenarios and for deployments in support of overseas contingency operations. Contents 1 Early history 2 Vietnam War This honor was earned by BG Frederic E. Davison. For the next several days following its recapture of the racetrack, the battalion proceeded to clear remaining VC guerrillas from Cholon. 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry: Unit - Other: 152nd Military Police Platoon: Company: B: Dates with Brigade: . On 1 June 1966, the 2nd Battalion was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia and assigned to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade (199th LIB). Redesigned 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 199th Infantry Brigade. Headquarters Company 199th: Unit - Other: 199 lt infantry brigade 7 th batallion: Company: C: Dates with Brigade: agust 67 to august 68: var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 3-11 IN MEO and Harassment Complaint Procedures. The brigade saw its first casualties in the initial month of the operation when a company from 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, was caught in an ambush in the Thu Duc district of Saigon. Units assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade (Light): 856th Radio Research Detachment (Army Security Agency), 76th Infantry Detachment (Combat Tracker), 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), Troop A, 9th Cavalry (previously Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, rest of the squadron disbanded on the same date), 102nd Engineer Company (Company D, 15th Engineer Battalion). LRRP and Ranger detachments were also represented within the unit, this being assigned to the 71st Infantry Detachment (LRRP), F Company, 51st Infantry (LRP) and Company M, 75th Infantry. After the initial assault was repulsed, the battalion renewed its attack at 1630 with support from helicopter gunships. The regimental motto is Noli Me Tangere (from Latin: "Touch Me Not"). The brigade was comprised of 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry; 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry; and 4th and 5th Battalions, 12th Infantry, which formed the backbone of the brigade. The 2nd Battalion has the following units: HHC Scout Platoon Mortar Platoon Medical Platoon Battalion Staff Sections: (S1, S2, S3, S4, S6) Company A First Platoon Second Platoon Third Platoon Mortar Section Company B First Platoon Died in the Vietnam War C Co 3rd Inf. Subsequent patrols also resulted in the destruction of over 200 enemy bunkers and outposts in the area. After distinguishing itself in the first conflict of the war, the 3rd Regiment went on to fight in every major conflict until the war ended. The 199th Infantry Brigade (Separate)(Light) Redcatchers is often one of the most overlooked and underrated U.S. Infantry units to serve during the Vietnam War. (1,397 933 pixels, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/, Last edited on 22 September 2022, at 06:06, work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that persons official duties. Troop ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina as the 100th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 100th Infantry Division. Adkins had previously served in World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Gallantry: Biden presents Medal of Honor to retired Army Col. 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Operating in conjunction with the 11th Armored Cavalry and the 18th ARVN Division, elements of the 199th focused on building and occupying outposts in the thick jungle to interdict and engage NVA units, mainly the veteran 33d NVA Regiment as well as the 274th VC Regiment. The 199th Infantry Brigade is most notable for its participation in combat operations during the Vietnam War. 2nd Battalion operated in the Bien Hoa Province from 1967 to 1968 and throughout the Long Binh province until 1969. Team Battlehard redeployed back to Fort Myer in July 2004. The regiment's reactivation was shortly before the state funeral of General of the Armies John J. Pershing held on 19 July 1948 in which soldiers of the 3d Infantry played a prominent role. Activated 2 December 1946 at Louisville, Kentucky. 199th Light Infantry Brigade. The brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company was transferred to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command on 9 November 2006 and reactivated on 27 June 2007. Men of Company "D", 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry deploy near Long Binh, 6 October 1969, Men of Company "D", 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry deploy near Long Binh, October 1969.jpg. John was fatally wounded on May 16, 1968 in the Long An province of South Vietnam. The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1966, and arrived in Vietnam that December. The 199th currently serves as a combined arms leadership development formation for new Army officers and noncommissioned officers at the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia. The regiment arrived in Le Havre, France on 18 March 1945, and was attached to the reconstituted 106th Infantry Division with the mission of containing the isolated German garrison at St. Nazaire. 5-12 Infantry located and destroyed an enemy complex of ninety bunkers to the east of Xuan Loc, and also captured a large cache of munitions. It was reorganized and redesignated on 23 November 1866 as Company E, 37th Infantry. In the months following the Tet Offensive, the 199th continued to clear enemy forces throughout III Corps Tactical Zone, including the Saigon area and the southern part of War Zone D. The brigade also saw action at the Cambodian border, west of Tay Ninh. Reorganized and Redesignated 12 May 1952 as the 100th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 100th Infantry Division. On 1 February 1968, the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry participated in one of the most important and strategic battles of either offensive when it single-handedly retook the Phu Tho Racetrack from a mixture of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units that had congregated there. The 3d Infantry also served in the Philippines during the Philippine Insurrection from 3 February 1899, to 15 April 1902. The 4th Battalion was reactivated at Fort Myer in 2008. The resulting unit was designated on 22 May 1816 as Company B, 3rd Infantry. In March 1864, it was reassigned to the 4th Brigade, 1st Division of the 5th Corps. The soldiers of The Old Guard served in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and Operation Enduring Freedom. Fort Benning, GA 301905. 199th Infantry Brigade 2-16 Squadron 3rd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment Armor Basic Officer Leader Course (ABOLC) Command and Tactics Directorate(CATD) Direct Commission Course (DCC) Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course (IBOLC) International Military Student Office (IMSO) Maneuver Captain's Career Course (MCCC) Maneuver Captain's Career Course . Unit: 7th Support Battalion: print. During the Vietnam War, the brigade took part in eleven campaigns, received five unit decorations, including a Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, two Republic of Vietnam (RVN) Crosses of Gallantry with Palm, and an RVN Civil Action Honor Medal First Class. _gaq.push(['_setAllowHash', false]); _gaq.push(['gwo._setAccount', 'UA-230305-28']); Infantry School Home Page Infantry Historian Infantry Magazine 197th Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion 46th Infantry 2nd Battalion 29th Infantry 2nd Battalion 47th Infantry 3rd . 199th Infantry Brigade. RT @willo1246: #NeverForget Sp4 John Henery Dixon, of Chesapeake Virginia, who served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, B Company. After his promotion to first lieutenant, he commanded a rifle company, Bravo Company of the 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry. The 4th Battalion of The Old Guard was officially activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on 1 July 1966, and commanded by LTC Harold J. Meyer. Other elements of The Old Guard include the Commander-in-Chief's Guard (Company A), replicating the personal guard of General George Washington; wearing Colonial blue uniforms, powdered wigs, and cocked hats; and bearing Brown Bess muskets and halberds at ceremonies and special events; the US Army Drill Team, which demonstrates its skill and precision around the nation, and Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, which plays traditional arrangements of marching music, dating back to the time of the Continental Army. On 12 May 1952, it was redesignated as the 100th Reconnaissance Company. 3-11 IN Harassment Prevention & Response. By the time NVA and VC units withdrew in the early hours of 14 May, the 199th accounted for approximately 550 enemy casualties and seventy-one detained, while losing nineteen in the entire brigade. After six months of intensive training at Fort Benning and Camp Shelby, Mississippi, the brigade arrived in Vietnam on 10 December 1966 and primarily operated from the vicinity of Long Binh, north of Saigon, in III Corps Tactical Zone. The unit was reactivated on 14 February 1942 in Newfoundland and inactivated on 20 November 1946 in Germany. Special events include the Twilight Tattoo, a weekly performance in the adjacent Washington area on Wednesday evenings from May to July, and the Spirit of America, a historical pageant presented at three national venues in September. Another company of 2-3 Infantry, destroyed 123 bunkers to the west of Xuan Loc. The 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Redcatchers) served with distinction, honor and valor in the Republic of Vietnam from November 28th, 1966 to October 15th, 1970. Late in the war, the regiment staged at Camp Myles Standish, near Taunton, Massachusetts, on 27 February 1945, and departed from Boston bound for France on 8 March 1945. In-country training and combat operations commenced immediately, throughout the remainder of 1967 the battalion conducted search and destroy missions outside Carentan and to the west of c Ph. Contrary to the jungle warfare that the brigade had experienced prior to the Tet Offensive, the fighting in Cholon resembled the urban fighting in Germany in the final months of World War II as the soldiers of 3-7 Infantry were engaged in bitter close-quarter, house-to-house fighting. The 1st Battalion was inactivated 1 June 1941 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, with its soldiers being assigned to the 63rd Infantry and was re-activated 14 February 1942 in Newfoundland. It then served in Louisiana and Mississippi from 1874 to 1877, and Montana, Minnesota and South Dakota from 1877 to 1898. The unit was organized around four of the United States Armys most historic and celebrated Infantry Regiments; the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry and the 4th and 5th Battalions of the 12th Infantry. On 15 March 2001, 2-3rd Infantry was reactivated with a new generation of soldiers as a part of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington. Old Guard soldiers also perform all dignified transfers of fallen soldiers returning to the United States.[8]. Our funding helps to acquire and conserve Army historical art and artifacts, support Army history educational programs, research, and publication of historical materials on the American Soldier, and provide support and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals. Chaplain Angelo Liteky became the first chaplain of the Vietnam War to earn the Medal of Honor the fifth in military history. Also in February, through the Chieu Hoi program, the brigades 179th Military Intelligence Detachment, in conjunction with the civil affairs office and South Vietnamese local forces, accounted for the defection and apprehension of over 250 suspected VC, including several high ranking VC officials, from the Saigon region. Cholon was finally cleared of VC resistance by 7 March, but sporadic fighting in Saigon continued for the rest of the month. First Lieutenant Wayne Morris of 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, received the Distinguished Service Cross. 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry: Company: C: Dates with Brigade: March 1969 to April 1969: . var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; 199th Light Infantry Brigade. The Old Guard is the only unit in the U.S. Armed Forces authorized, by a 1922 decree of the War Department, to march with fixed bayonets in all parades. _gaq.push(['gwo._setDomainName', 'none']); Page 1 of Site Map; Welcome Home; Media Guide / Photos, Video ect. [2] The unit was briefly reactivated at Fort Lewis Washington from the remains of the 9th Infantry Division. The Brigade was deactivated on the same field where it was created. Although The Old Guard primarily functions in a ceremonial role, it is an infantry unit and thus required to meet standards for certification in its combat role. 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Circular Showing the Distribution of Troops of the Line of the United States Army. var _gaq = _gaq || []; [26], In December 2011, 2nd Battalion deployed to Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, where they were responsible for providing base security for U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Navy SEALs who were engaged in village stability operations.[22]. The 2nd Battalion was re-activated on 22 October 1943 at Camp Butner. On 1 June 1966, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment was activated for the first time at Fort Benning, Georgia. The 205th Infantry Brigade was headquartered at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, until its inactivation. Subscribe to. On 5 October 1898, a force of about 80 menincluding soldiers of the 3d Infantry, U.S. It was then sent to Alaska where it served from 1 July 1904, to 6 August 1906, when it was sent to Washington state until it was sent back to the Philippines about 1909. After returning from Cuba, the 3d Infantry was stationed at Fort Snelling in Minnesota. (The 199th LIB was not at any time in its history associated with any of the other Brigades that fought valiantly with the Americal Division in I Corps). Enemy mortar and rocket barrages hit the 199th and II Field Force headquarters at 0300 at Long Binh and Bien Hoa Air Base. After eight hours of intense fighting, the track was retaken. The Old Guard's current duties include, but are not limited to, providing funeral details at Arlington National Cemetery, guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, providing honor guards for visiting dignitaries, supporting official ceremonies and providing a quick reaction force for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. print. [21], On 12 November 2003, the 2nd Battalion deployed to Iraq with the 3d Brigade (Stryker), 2nd Infantry Division to begin a tour of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. On order, it conducts defense in support of civil authorities in the National Capital Region and deploys elements in support of overseas contingency operations. The Army Historical Foundation is the designated official fundraising organization for the National Museum of the United States Army. The 3rd United States Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. 3-11 Open Door Policy. The 199th Infantry Brigade (Light) is a unit of the United States Army which served in the Army Reserve from 1921 to 1940, in the active army from 1966 to 1970 (serving in the Vietnam War ), briefly in 1991-1992 at Fort Lewis, and from 2007 as an active army training formation at Fort Benning . Member Directory. Bailey, Robert N. CPT, "Operations of Company A, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, in the Attack of a Fortified Base in War Zone C, Republic of Vietnam,2-5 February 1967" The 199th Inf Bde arrived in Vietnam from Ft Benning GA on 10 Dec 66 and departed on 11 Oct 70. . Never listing more than 25,000 personnel on the roster during its history, there were more staff officers assigned to rear echelon jobs at Tan Sanh Nhout Airbase than there were members of the 199th LIB in January of 1968. From May 1862 to March 1864, it served with 1st Brigade, 2nd Division of the 5th Corps. The Old Guard gained national attention for the support it provided to the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Company E, 37th Infantry had been first constituted on 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company E, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry and organized on 7 February 1866 at Newport Barracks, Kentucky. Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets Capturing the towns of Neustadt and Ludwigshafen, the division reached the Rhine River on 24 March. Tet offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh; Part of the Tet offensive of the Vietnam War: Tet offensive attack on Long Binh and Bien Hoa, 31 January 1968 [25], Charlie Company, 1st Battalion deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, in 2009 to execute its theater internment support mission. Hospital Steward (later Major) Oscar Burkard received the Medal of Honor for rescuing casualties during the battle. After the end of the War of 1812 in early 1815, the Army had a total of 44 Infantry regiments which were consolidated into only eight regiments. The 3rd Infantry Regiment, the very first American regiment, was first constituted on 3 June 1784 in the regular Army consisting of companies from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. On 16 March, Company B was landed by helicopters near M Kh, Qung Ngi Province and proceeded to kill between 60 and 155 civilians in the My Lai Massacre. 199th Light Infantry Brigade. The 3rd Infantry saw extensive service during the United States Civil War and was credited with 12 campaigns. During the American involvement in Vietnam, the 199th LIB proved time and time again that it was one of the finest and most professional infantry units to have ever served in the United States Army. Of further interest, the first black man to ever command an Army brigade in combat commanded the 199th in 1968 and 1969. Whereas the larger divisions usually contained three to four brigades, the 199th LIB took orders specifically from MACV and II Field Force, although some of the units' infantry battalions were op-conned to other units at various times. The structure of 199th Infantry Brigade at that time was: Then-Lieutenant Colonel Peter W. Chiarelli commanded the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry. Building 76, S-3 Section. (Organized Reserves Redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; Redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve). In mid-June 1969, the 199th was deployed to the northeast of Saigon, with its major operations centering in Long Khanh province, a sparsely populated region dominated by rubber plantations and areas of heavy jungle. A UH-1D helicopter passes overhead. One company from the 198th Infantry Brigade (A Company 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry) also was sent to Kham Duc, where a successful extraction was later performed. Shortly after the Brigade was released from the 3rd Marine Division, one battalion (2nd Battalion - 1st Brigade) was deployed to the aid of the besieged Special Forces camp at Kham Duc. Organized in December 1921 at Huntington, West Virginia. })(); 199th Infantry Brigade 2-16 Squadron 3rd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment Armor Basic Officer Leader . The unit was consolidated on 19 November 1869 with one-half of Company E, 37th Infantry, and consolidated unit was designated as Company B, 3rd Infantry. The 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment traces its lineage to when it was first constituted on 3 June 1784 as a company of the First American Regiment and organized on by September 1784 in Pennsylvania or New Jersey. When the tension was increased between the Warsaw Pact and NATO to breakout the war and necessary to be reinforced, the 199th Infantry Brigade will be fully mobilized immediately and sent to Berlin to take on the duty and defend. After 14 days at sea, the main body arrived at Qui Nhon harbor and proceeded by vehicle convoy north along Highway 1 to c Ph Base Camp and a base of operations known as Carentan. Although contact against enemy elements was light and scattered with few casualties, the brigades pressure on NVA operational capacity in Long Khanh resulted in the disruption of NVA and VC units in the area and relieved the immediate threat to Saigon. Rather than preserving the existing designations of the Army's oldest units, it was decided instead to consolidate units based on their geographic proximity rather than seniority. In 1792 the United States Army was reorganized into the Legion of the United States, with the 1st Infantry forming the nucleus of the 1st Sub-Legion. 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry: Unit - Other: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment: Dates with Brigade: 03/68 to 03/69: . 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; On 1 June 1966, 2-3rd Infantry was assigned to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and deployed to Vietnam. When the 9th Infantry Division was inactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington, in 1991, a brigade of the 9th was redesignated the 199th Infantry Brigade (Separate) and remained at Fort Lewis until it was inactivated on 16 July 1992. The regiment's mission is to conduct memorial affairs to honor fallen comrades and ceremonies and special events to represent the U.S. Army, communicating its story to United States citizens and the world. It was relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division on 24 July 1968, and inactivated on 25 July, concurrent with the inactivation of the 6th Infantry Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Bond was the only general officer killed in ground combat during the entire war). During World War I, recent West Point graduate Captain Matthew Ridgway was assigned to the 3d Infantry. Elements of the 199th, including 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry; 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry; Troop D, 17th Cavalry; and 2d Battalion, 40th Artillery, as well as elements from the 11th Armored Cavalry, launched a counteroffensive to dislodge enemy fighters from the village of Ho Nai, which was adjacent to the 199ths main base at Camp Frenzell-Jones. In November 1940, the 1st Battalion was relocated to Fort Crook, Nebraska. It deployed to Iraq again in 2009 and Afghanistan in 2011. It then served a 15-month deployment in 20062007. 199th Light Infantry Brigade. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; In October 2013, the brigade underwent changes to its task organization as part of restructuring within the Maneuver Center. var _gaq = _gaq || []; The 3d Infantry Regiment (less the 2nd Battalion) was re-activated on 6 April 1948 at Fort Myer, Virginia. Their main missions in the province were pacification, elimination, and neutralization of enemy forces, as well as augmenting the fighting capabilities of ARVN units as part of the Vietnamization program, which was well underway in 1969. It was relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division on 24 July 1968, and inactivated on 1 February 1969 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. It was reorganized and redesignated as the Antitank Platoon, 100th Airborne Division, on 31 August 1950. Marshals and Indian Policefought in the Battle of Sugar Point against 17 members of the local Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians near the Leech Lake Reservation. Detachments from the regiment were serving at Fort Pickens in Florida and in Saluria on the Gulf Coast of Texas when the war began in April 1861. The 197th Infantry Brigade transform our nation's civilian . The regiment was then assigned to duty in the occupation of Germany and was located at Babenhausen. The 3d Battalion of the 3d Infantry, from 1963 until its inactivation in 1994, was one of the three light infantry battalions that made up the Army Reserve's 205th Infantry Brigade (Light) (Separate), which in turn was the round-out brigade for the Regular Army's 6th Infantry Division (Light), based at Fort Richardson and Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The 100th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop remained in Germany after the war ended as part of the occupation forces. In one operation on 18 September 1968, the brigade uncovered a large enemy supply depot containing fifty-five gallon drums of weapons and ammunition, 2,600 pounds of rice, and three fully equipped hospitals. During this phase of its deployment, the brigade conducted reconnaissance-in-force operations, destroying enemy bunkers and supply caches as well as interdicting VC and NVA soldiers trying to infiltrate the area. The drum major of the Fife and Drum Corps traditionally bears an espontoon[10] (a historic pike-like weapon) in his right hand to direct and command his unit. 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry: Unit - Other: 3rd 22nd infantry, 25th Division: Company: Alpha: Dates with Brigade: 3-70 to Deactivation: Home Town: Jefferson City, Missouri: (Sub-Legions were the remote ancestors of today's Brigade Combat Teams, with organic Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery units.) It stars James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones and D. B. Sweeney. [2], During 1969, the 199th was responsible for the security of the region north and east of the capital, and in 1970 moved into the "Iron Triangle" when other units participated in the Cambodian Incursion.[2]. This was the first deployment of an element of The Old Guard since the Vietnam War. As the fighting intensified around the Saigon/Long Binh/Bien Hoa area on 31 January, the brigades 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry, was flown into Saigons Cholon district to retake Phu Tho Racetrack from VC units that had infiltrated the capital.
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