GAS & FLAME
(WWI)
(WWI)
Authorized by War Department General Order 108 on 15 August 1917, this was the original designation of the unit that became the Red Dragons.
What is the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas and Flame)
Operating under this code name, the Red Dragons were the only Allied unit to serve the entire 38-day Sicilian campaign without relief.
What is SAPPHIRE
Upon reaching YongByon, North Korea in October 1950, the battalion was assigned this code name and kept it for the remainder of the war.
What is NATIVE
These tracked smoke-generator vehicles, based on the M113 and known as Lynx, were used by the Red Dragons in Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom until the last ones were retired in 2005.
What are M-1059s
This Latin motto of the Red Dragons translates as “We Conquer with Fire.”
What is Flammis Vincimus
Beginning 19 October 1917, the influx of enlisted personnel into the regiment at Camp American University was described as this.
What is “near continuous''
This officer, initially a Major, trained the battalion for 14 months with paratroopers, mountain work, and four amphibious exercises before leading them into Sicily.
Who is (LTC) Robert W. Breaks
This Master Sergeant ordered guns destroyed with thermite grenades, then led his platoon over a mile of mountain ridge in pitch darkness. He went back twice for stragglers and vanished. Battalion HQ is named for him.
Who is MSG Hugh D. Whitacre
During the “100-Hour War,” Headquarters and the attached companies traveled this many kilometers across the desert in four days while supporting VII Corps.
What is 375 kilometers (233 miles)
Adopted in 1935, the Red Dragon insignia clutches this object, symbolizing the battalion’s ability to strike the enemy.
: What is a blue lightning bolt
These three campaign streamers from World War I are still carried on the battalion colors today: Flanders 1918, Lys, and ____.
What is Lorraine 1918
At San Fratello Ridge (Hill 715) on 6 August 1943, the battalion fired an eight-hour smoke screen on a 3,500-yard front to protect two trapped battalions of this infantry regiment.
What is the 15th Infantry
During the long retreat after the Chinese intervention, the Red Dragons and this British formation formed the rear guard and were the last units to cross the Han River.
What is the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade
During the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, the first vehicle to enter Baghdad Airport was a Red Dragon of this reconnaissance system.
What is a (M93) Fox NBCRS
Revived at the 2017 Centennial Celebration, the Fire Shot Ceremony involves drinking from the muzzle of this historic weapon’s barrel.
What is the M2 4.2-inch chemical mortar
On 13 July 1918 the Regiment was re-designated as this unit, which won streamers for Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne.
What is the 1st Gas Regiment
In Traunstein, Germany, HQ Company captured a young Luftwaffe deserter named Joseph Ratzinger who later became this religious leader.
Who is Pope Benedict XVI
The Red Dragons remained in combat for this many days in Korea, never relieved or placed in reserve, participating in eight of the ten UN campaigns.
What is 1,007 days
In 2012 the 2d Chemical Battalion assumed this national mission, tasked to respond to major CBRN incidents inside the United States whether of foreign or domestic origin.
What is the Defense Chemical Response Force (DCRF)
As of the unit history, the battalion includes HHC (Hellfire), 21st (Blackjacks), 181st (Double Dragons), 172nd (Gladiators), and this company (Dragon Masters) at Fort Campbell.
What is the 63rd Chemical Company
During the assault on Stella Freyung on 1 November 1918, a sergeant went in without a mask and stopped a leak of this chemical agent so the mortar could keep firing.
What is phosgene
The battalion was in combat for this many days during World War II — only one day fewer than the Army record held by the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion.
What is 511 days
On 23 January 1953 all personnel and equipment of the 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion were transferred to this unit, which continued fighting until the Armistice.
What is the 461st Infantry Battalion (Heavy Mortar)
In September 2018, forty-two Red Dragon soldiers deployed to this island in Panama and successfully demilitarized a collection of abandoned 500-pound phosgene bombs from World War II.
What is San Jose Island
According to the unit history, the Red Dragons carry this total number of campaigns and citations.
What is 30