Army - 48th Infantry Scout Dog Plt Tab w 23rd ID SSI - mug desert Just as EOD technicians accept

Just as EOD technicians accept nothing less than perfection in their craft

Their precision

and anyone who honors the pilots who dominated the skies over Europe

and received numerous other decorations for their valor and service

from dump trucks and fuel trucks to generators and compressors

Army - 48th Infantry Scout Dog Plt Tab w 23rd ID SSI - mug desert Just as EOD technicians acceptThe 48th IPSD was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, on 2 September 1966, with Lt. Ian L. Jones in command. After training at Fort Benning (1) the unit deployed to Vietnam on 11 January 1967, with a strength of 1 Officer and 14 Enlisted men and 26 dogs.(2) After arriving in Vietnam on 15 January 1967, the Platoon moved to Tay Ninh on 23 January 1967, to join the 196th Light Infantry Brigade (LIB).