News: III Corps Historical Half
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Roger Dey
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Sgt. 1st Class Roger Dey Runners round a corner and head toward Camp Liberty during the III Corps “Historical Half,” a half marathon that took them through Camps Victory and Liberty Sept. 26, to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the beginning of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign in 1918. That campaign marked the first combat action the Corps was involved in. The half marathon was conceived of as a way to give Corps soldiers and other service members a fitness goal to work towards, said Lt. Col. Robert Menti, III Corps Special Troops Battalion commander.
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - Four-hundred-and-forty- eight service members and civilians took part in III Corps’ “Historical Half,” Sept. 26 at Camp Victory.
The Historical Half was a half marathon held in honor of the 92nd anniversary of the Corps first-ever combat engagement at the start of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign in 1918.
The winding 13.1 mile course took runners through Camp Victory and neighboring Camp Liberty.
The half marathon was conceived of as a way to give Corps soldiers and other service members a fitness goal to work towards, said Lt. Col. Robert Menti, III Corps Special Troops Battalion commander.
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Date Taken:09.26.2010
Date Posted:09.27.2010 05:10
Location:CAMP VICTORY, IQ
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