WUERZBURG CEREMONY TO MARK DEPLOYMENT OF V CORPS' 1st INFANTRY DIVISION TO IRAQ
V Corps Release
Release Date: 1/27/2004
1st Infantry Division release
WUERZBURG, Germany -- V Corps' 1st Infantry Division will host a ceremony to mark its upcoming deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, in Victory Park on Leighton Barracks here at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 30.
Bavarian Minister President Dr. Edmund Stoiber will join 1st Infantry Division Commanding General Maj. Gen. John R.S. Batiste for the ceremony.
At the completion of the ceremony, Batiste will dedicate a 'Victory Tree' as a symbol of the division's commitment to return to Germany in one year. The tree will remain lit until every Big Red One soldier returns from Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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