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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Military unit
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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1942
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkbp:colors
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Blue and Gold
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gptkbp:currentCommander
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Lieutenant Colonel
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gptkbp:engagements
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gptkb:Vietnam_War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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gptkbp:headquarters
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Fort Drum
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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gptkb:World_War_II
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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U.S. Army 8th Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:motto
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We Lead
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Golden Dragons
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gptkbp:notable_member
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gptkb:General_John_M._McHugh
gptkb:Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army_Kenneth_O._Preston
gptkb:Major_General_John_M._McCoy
gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McCoy
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_A._McCoy
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Korea
gptkb:Panama
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:U.S._Army
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gptkbp:size
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Battalion
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gptkbp:subordinateUnits
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gptkb:3rd_Brigade_Combat_Team
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gptkbp:symbol
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Dragon
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gptkbp:type
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Infantry
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gptkbp:unitAwards
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gptkb:Distinctive_Unit_Insignia
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gptkbp:unitHistory
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Participated in humanitarian missions
Reactivated in 1950
Returned from deployment in 2010
Activated in 1942
Inactivated in 1946
Conducted_training_exercises_in_Europe
Deployed_to_Afghanistan_in_2009
Deployed_to_Iraq_in_2003
Deployed_to_Vietnam_in_1966
Participated_in_Operation_Desert_Storm
Participated_in_Operation_Enduring_Freedom
Participated_in_Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
Conducted_training_exercises_in_the_U.S.
Currently_stationed_at_Fort_Drum
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