529th Regimental Support Company
3d U.S. Infantry Regiment
529th Regimental Support Company, 3d U.S. Infantry
Regiment conducts Food Service, Maintenance, Transportation, Medical and
Munitions support to all ceremonial and tactical Regimental missions.
On order, supports Regimental contingency operations in the National
Capital Region.
The 529
th Quartermaster Petroleum
Supply Company is cited for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the
performance of outstanding service in support of combat operations in
Korea during the period 9 October 1950 to 9 April 1951. This company was
given the mission of receiving and storing class III supplies and
issuing them to I and X Corps. Despite the most adverse weather
conditions and the difficulty of operating with considerably less than
its authorized strength, the unit successfully established and operated
16 supply points at various locations Korea. On many occasions, because
of its nearness to the forward areas, the unit was required to prepare
its own defense measures against hostile actions, a task which the unit
was neither equipped nor organized to perform. When it became impossible
to transport supplies by rail and road to the forward combat elements,
the company instituted a plan by which class III supplies could be air
dropped to units in remote areas. Despite the handicaps engendered bya
lack of adequate transportation, adverse weather conditions, and an
acute shortage of operating personnel, the members of this company
nevertheless manifested a high degree of skill, determination, and
efficiency in completing all assignments. The 529
th
Quartermaster Petroleum Supply Company displayed such outstanding
devotion to duty and performed its exceptionally difficult tasks in such
a superior manner as to set it apart from and above other units with a
similar mission. The technical ability and zeal with which the members
of the company performed their duties reflect great themselves, the
Quartermaster Corps, and the military service of the United States.
(General Orders 760, Headquarters, Eighth United States Army)