The Cold War
Like most National Guard units, the regiment was not called up for Korea or Vietnam, but continued the traditional National Guard role of assisting in disasters and disturbances at home. Realignments saw it once again returned to the 42nd Rainbow Division in 1947. In the 1960s, while playing for the New York Knicks, Cazzie Russell was a member of the regiment and wrote a sports column for the regimental newspaper. In March 1970, the regiment was called to federal service for one week to assist during the federal mail strike as part of Operation Graphic Hand. From 1993 to 1996, the regiment was reassigned to the Air Defense Artillery branch. After howls of protest from the unit and its veterans, it returned to its traditional infantry roots and its original regimental number in 1996.
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Famous quotes containing the words cold and/or war:
“How dost, my boy? Art cold?
I am cold myself. Where is this straw, good fellow?
The art of our necessities is strange
And can make vile things precious.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—Richard Blake, and William Cameron Menzies. Col. Fielding (Millburn Stone)