NY National Guard's 69th Infantry Continues Lead of NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade
Although 1,000 of its soldiers are deployed in the Horn of Africa, members of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment will still lead the world's largest St. Patrick's Day parade down 5th Avenue on March 17. "The Fighting 69th," as it is known throughout the Army, was organized in 1849
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