Logistic Battalion "Gorizia"

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Logistic Battalion "Gorizia"
Battaglione Logistico "Gorizia"
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Battalion coat of arms
Active20 Oct. 1975 - 20 Oct. 1997
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Branch Italian Army
Type Military logistics
Part of Mechanized Brigade "Gorizia"
Garrison/HQ Gradisca d'Isonzo
Motto(s)"Per non fermarsi mai"
Anniversaries22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Decorations Valor dell'esercito bronze medal BAR.svg
1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor [1]
Insignia
Unit gorget patches
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The Logistic Battalion "Gorizia" (Italian : Battaglione Logistico "Gorizia") is an inactive logistics unit of the Italian Army, which was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Gorizia". [2] The regimental anniversary falls, as for all units of the Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Italian Army's first major automobile use to transport reinforcements to counter the Austro-Hungarian Offensive at Asiago in 1916. [3]

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History

As part of the 1975 army reform the units of the Infantry Division "Folgore" were reorganized and on 1 November 1975 the Mechanized Brigade "Gorizia" was formed in the city of Gorizia. Already on 20 October of the same year the Logistic Battalion "Gorizia" had been formed in Gradisca d'Isonzo for the brigade. Initially the battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, and a vehicle park. [2] At the time the battalion fielded 692 men (38 officers, 85 non-commissioned officers, and 569 soldiers). [4]

On 12 November 1976 the battalion was granted a flag by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone. [2] [5]

For its conduct and work after the 1976 Friuli earthquake the battalion was awarded a Bronze Medal of Army Valor, which was affixed to the battalion's flag and added to the battalion's coat of arms. [2] [1]

On 10 December 1981 the battalion was reorganized and consisted then of the following units: [2]

From 2 February to 1 May 1993 the battalion, together with personnel from the Army's Medical Command, formed the Medical Unit "Gorizia", which operated as part of the Unified Task Force in Somalia. [2]

On 1 April 1996 the battalion was transferred to the Mechanized Brigade "Mantova". On 20 October 1997 the Logistic Battalion "Gorizia" was disbanded and on 16 October of the same year the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 383.
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  4. ↑ Stefani, Filippo (1989). La storia della dottrina e degli ordinamenti dell'Esercito Italiano - Vol. III - Tomo 2°. Rome: Ufficio Storico - Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito. p. 1190.
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