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Airborne Division. 5th Airborne Battalion. 1st Regiment. 21st Regiment. Casualties and losses. 99 killed. US body count: 283 killed. Operation Texas was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place northwest of Quảng Ngãi, lasting from 20–25 March 1966.
The 5th Cavalry Regiment ("Black Knights" [1]) is a historical unit of the United States Army that began its service on March 3, 1855 as the Second Cavalry Regiment. On August 3, 1861, it was redesignated as the 5th Cavalry Regiment following an act of Congress directing "that the two regiments of dragoons, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and the two regiments of cavalry shall hereafter be ...
Both 1st and 3d Battalion received a 23-man Deep Reconnaissance Platoon. [5] DRPs gained additional importance in 2006, when all active-duty Force Recon companies were transferred to Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command and became Marine Special Operations Battalions. Force Recon Marines not in an MSOB became part of the DRPs, which ...
117 killed. US body count: 702 killed. 29 captured. Operation Houston was a security operation in the Vietnam War conducted by the United States Marine Corps ’ Task Force X-Ray to reopen and secure Route 1 between Da Nang and Phu Bai Combat Base that took place from 26 February to 12 September 1968.
Iron Soldiers! The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", [ 1] is a combined arms division of the United States Army. The division is part of III Armored Corps and operates out of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. It was the first armored division of the United States' Army to see battle in World War II.
The 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7) is an infantry battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment of the United States Marine Corps. It is currently based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines, it is part of the 1st Marine Division . Famous Marines who have served in 1/7 include General ...
Operation Tran Hung Dao I [ 1][ 10] ARVN 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th and 11th Airborne Brigades, VNMC 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 6th Brigades, 30th, 33rd, 35th, 38th & 41st Ranger Battalions, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment and 199th Infantry Brigade operation to defend the Saigon area during the Tet Offensive. Saigon. 953.
US body count: 1,290 killed. 513 probably killed. 1 captured [ 1] 100 weapons recovered. Operation Buffalo (2–14 July 1967) was an operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone, around Con Thien .