Posted on Jun 23, 2015
SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
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Are you or were you a member of the 26th Infantry Regiment?

The Blue Spaders have a long and glorious military history.
In Vietnam the Spaders served longer than any other 1st Inf Division Regiment and garnered eleven battle streamers, a Valorous Unit Award and two foreign awards for its colors.

I served with HHC 1-26th in 1968

If you served with the Spaders let us know where and when!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
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PFC Andrew Van Ronzelen
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2001-2003, C 1/26inf out of Schweinfurt Germany. Good deployment to Kosovo under EXCELLENT direct leadership (SGT-SSGT F.P. Watson & SFC B. Frey), but that's about as far up as the competency went. My own personal belief is that is the reason for the many many issues and losses that future Blue Spaders faced in future engagements. What could have been an excellent unit that lived up to and beyond it's past glory was severely hamstrung by self-serving and incompetent higher-ups that cost the lives and reputations of some great men.
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SPC Sean Hollins
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VIPER 1-26 KORENGAL VALLEY AFGHANISTAN 2008
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