User talk:Philster48

79th Infantry Division (United States)
I dropped a note about your edit to the division's page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. I'm not sure about the significance of the parentheses around the campaign credit. I didn't want you to be blindsided. If you're interested in editing military history, I recommend you join the project. And welcome!-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  18:40, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

I don't know the significance of the parentheses either but assume it's related to the later addition of Alsace to the Ardennes campaign. If you look at the entries for the 313th, 314th and 315 Infantry Regiments in The Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1, they are all listed without the parentheses. My father fought with the 79th Infantry Division (314IR) and I successfully petitioned the Army to included the Ardennes-Alsace campaign in his campaign credits. I'm sure the Center for Military History would have a definitive answer.

Good to know, thanks. Getting the Army to answer an email is often a fruitless effort. I sent them one about lineage and honors of the Regiment of Riflemen years ago and don't ever expect a reply.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  21:30, 26 June 2016 (UTC)