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The '''53rd Armored Division''' was an [[Wikipedia:Armored warfare|armored division]] of the [[UNSC Army]] active during the [[Human-Covenant War]]<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 '''''Halo Waypoint'''''] - ''Hero-Courage''</ref>. Its most notable action was during the [[Battle of Actium]] in 2545, where the division assaulted three large [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] assembly areas; unfortunately, all of the soldiers in the 53th Armored were killed during a nuclear strike destroying the enemy force.


The '''53rd Armoured Division''' was a unit within the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]], and part of the force stationed on the colony world [[Actium]]. When the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Actium|invaded]] the planet, the division played a major role in the defence. While in the month of fighting the 53rd suffered total anihilation, the words Colonel Ocono Mentieth<!--Likely misspelling, do not create page--> used to increase moral of his men was remembered by humanity long after everyone who heard it first-hand was dead.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Halo Waypoint'' video] - [[Hero-Courage]]</ref>
==Actium speech==
{{Quote|Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this war, our birthright — our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you my fellow soldiers - were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity. And they will fear us.|Colonel Ocono Mentieth}}
While in the month of hard fighting, the division suffered 100% losses on Actium. However prior to it's annihilation, a speech given by Colonel Ocono Mentieth, a brigade commander, was given in front of the 12,000 soldiers of the 53rd Armored to boost their morale in their perilous situation. This same speech would become legendary throughout the colonies as a symbol of [[Human|human]] resistance against the genocidal Covenant Empire.


==List of appearences==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**[[Origins|Origins, part 2]]
**[[Origins|Origins, part 2]]
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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==Related pages==
===Internal===
*[[UNSC Army]]
*[[List of UNSC military units|List of units and formations of the UNSC Army]]
*[[Battle of Actium]]
[[Category:UNSC Military Units|Armored Division 53]]

Revision as of 09:16, July 3, 2011

Template:Infobox Military Unit The 53rd Armored Division was an armored division of the UNSC Army active during the Human-Covenant War[1]. Its most notable action was during the Battle of Actium in 2545, where the division assaulted three large Covenant assembly areas; unfortunately, all of the soldiers in the 53th Armored were killed during a nuclear strike destroying the enemy force.

Actium speech

"Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this war, our birthright — our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you my fellow soldiers - were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity. And they will fear us."
— Colonel Ocono Mentieth

While in the month of hard fighting, the division suffered 100% losses on Actium. However prior to it's annihilation, a speech given by Colonel Ocono Mentieth, a brigade commander, was given in front of the 12,000 soldiers of the 53rd Armored to boost their morale in their perilous situation. This same speech would become legendary throughout the colonies as a symbol of human resistance against the genocidal Covenant Empire.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint - Hero-Courage

Related pages

Internal