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During the period 30 September through 5 October 1969 the Brigade conducted Operation Darby Trail III in the area of the I Corps and II Corps boundary. The Brigade’s mission was to conduct reconnaissance operations in the An Lão Valley and to interdict the movement of the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 2nd Regiment, 3rd Division across ...
Following the conclusion of Operation Patrick on 30 March 1968 when the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, moved to the Central Highlands to rejoin its parent division. I Field Force, Vietnam commander General William R. Peers redeployed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of the 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, as well as its headquarters from Kontum Province to the coastal plain.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade serves as the conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe. [6] It was a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army's V Corps and after June 2013, subordinate to US Army Europe. The 173rd Airborne Brigade currently consists of 3,300 paratroopers [7] in six subordinate battalions as well as a headquarters company: [8]
The 173rd Airborne Brigade was based at Tuy Hòa from October–November 1967. [2]: 158 Other units stationed at Tuy Hòa/Phú Hiệp included: 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry (December 1970-January 1972) [2]: 145 91st Evacuation Hospital (December 1966-July 1969) [2]: 216 203rd Reconnaissance Airplane Company (October 1967-July 1970)
101st Airborne Division and ARVN 3rd Regiment, 1st Division clear and search operation: Thừa Thiên Province: 317: 61 Mar 4 – 25: Operation Darby Crest II [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry clear and search: Bình Định Province: Mar 6: Operation Stingray I [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade clear and search ...
Sep 19 – Jan 31 1969: Operation Bolling [35] 1st Cavalry Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade operation: Phú Yên Province: 715: 55 Sep 22 – 28: Operation Richmond [1] [11] 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment engineering security operation: along Route 20, Long Khánh Province: Sep 22 – 29: Operation Shelbyville [1] [9]: 171