In June, 1944 the Big Red One and its 16th Infantry Regiment were again the tip of the spear as the allies assaulted fortress Europe.
Solenopsis invicta, the “Red Imported Fire Ant”, native to South America, has proven a tenacious and destructive pest in the United States, costing Americans billions of dollars every year. That is why, in the late 1950s, the United States embarked on an all out war against the six-legged menace.