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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 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. It fought during World War I as part of the 82nd 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 ...
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.
On 9 June 5 km west of Phú Lộc District, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment at Firebase Tomahawk sustained a coordinated mortar and ground attack by elements of the PAVN 4th Regiment. Nearby on the same day, other elements of the 2/327the Infantry were hit by an unreported number of mortar and rocket rounds.
The new Task Force Oregon commander, MGen Richard T. Knowles planned for the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment to be deployed by helicopter to the west of Base Area 121, the South Korean 2nd Marine Brigade would move in from the north and two ARVN Ranger Battalions would move in from the south ...
[1]: 81–2 The second phase of the operation began on the morning of 6 November. On 8 November the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment was added to the sweep forces. On 10 November the U.S. forces located a PAVN base camp and engaged in a battle with the entrenched forces of the 5th Battalion, 95th Regiment that lasted throughout the night ...
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.