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The 327th Infantry Regiment (Bastogne Bulldogs) [1] is an infantry regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) of the United States Army.During World War II, the 327th was a glider-borne regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
During the same period the 1/327th Infantry found and destroyed a fleet of 54 enemy trucks 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Firebase Veghel. [2]: 72 At 11:30 on 30 May Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, while on a reconnaissance in force, engaged an estimated enemy platoon which was shortly reinforced by a company size unit ...
The operations officer of the 2/327th Infantry, Major Charles W. Dyke, scored it a "disaster" and the product of a "shoddy, ill-conceived plan." In particular, according to Dyke, the number of helicopters assigned to the operation was insufficient, leading to a slow buildup of combat power at the landing zone when speed was essential.
Tiger Force was the name of a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit [1] of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the Vietnam War from November 1965 to November 1967.
Operation Hawthorne, 2-20 June 1966. On 3 June elements of the ARVN 42nd Regiment moved north by road from Đắk Tô to Toumorong, while the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment was deployed by helicopter to blocking positions north and east of Toumorong.
On 15 January, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, was flown into Tuy Hòa Airfield. On 18 January, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, was landed by LST at Tuy Hòa Port. The 2/502nd proceeded to patrol north of the Đà Rằng River while the 2/327th and the South Korean 2nd Marine Brigade patrolled south of the Đà Rằng. On 31 ...
The plan was for 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment to move along Highway 7B, that paralleled the Đà Rằng River north of the base area, while the 2/327th Infantry would be landed by helicopter to the south. Both Battalions would move at night to conceal the operation.
In early April, 2/502nd Infantry was rotated to Tuy Hoa Air Base and 1/327th and 2/327th began a block and sweep operation in the mountains northwest of Tuy Hòa. On 7 April a company from 1/327th engaged an entrenched company-sized force, killing 28 defenders.