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Mission Statement:
3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, was originally constituted on 15 July 1940 in the Regular Army as Company C, 69th Armored Regiment, an element of the 1st Armored Division. It activated on 31 July 1940 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and inactivated there on 10 January 1942. It reactivated on 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, (the 69th Armored Regiment was concurrently relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 6th Armored Division), but it was inactivated on 8 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. The former Company C, 69th Tank Battalion, was reconstituted on 21 August 1950 in the Regular Army as Company C, 69th Medium Tank Battalion, an element of the 6th Armored Division. It activated on 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and inactivated there on 16 March 1956.
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