326th Medical Battalion (United States)

Its lineage and honors are perpetuated by the 626th Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

During most years, the Regiment conducted its annual training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, hosted by the post's station hospital.

The main body of the 326th Medical Battalion arrived in Vietnam on 22 July 1967 and departed on 23 December 1971.

Company D, an Aero Medical Evacuation (Medevac) Unit active until 2015, was often referred to by its callsign, "Eagle Dustoff".

[10] During the 1990 Gulf War (Desert Shield/Desert Storm), Eagle Dustoff (D Co, 326 Med Bn) was deployed to the Saudi Arabian Theatre of operations on Aug 22 1990 and was the first US Army Medevac unit in country.

Two days after assuming duty, Eagle Dustoff moved 40 miles Northwest of Dhahran to King Fahd International Airport where Medevac operations remained until Jan 18, 1991 when all 12 Medevac birds were moved 700 miles NW to TAA Campbell at the start of Operation Desert Storm.

On February 28, 1991, the remaining personnel from Eagle Dustoff convoyed with the 326 Med Bn and the rest of the 101st Airborne 115 miles into Iraq to FOB Cobra.

Operations at FOB Cobra lasted until after the cease fire with Iraq and for a week after when the unit returned to TAA Campbell.

The motto translates to “I Rise Up.”[13] The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 326th Airborne Medical Company on 24 November 1942.

It was amended to place the insignia on a shield with motto below and authorized for the 501st Airborne Medical Battalion on 29 August 1952.

The original design of the insignia was reinstated with motto added, for the 326th Medical Company on 29 October 1957.

[13] From a wreath Argent and Sanguine, two stretchers saltirewise Proper interlaced with an annulet per pale Gules and Azure, the outer edge fimbriated of the first, and charged with a mullet of seven points of the second.

Distinctive Unit Insignia, 326th Medical Battalion
Distinctive Unit Insignia, 326th Medical Battalion
Coat of Arms, 326th Medical Battalion
Coat of Arms, 326th Medical Battalion
Background Oval, 326th Medical Battalion
Background Oval, 326th Medical Battalion