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Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the crack Viet Cong (VC) D800 Battalion, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment soon found itself fighting for survival in the rubber plantations of Cam My village, approximately 42 miles (68 km) east of Saigon. During this battle 134 men of Charlie ...
"Duty–Honor–Country" expresses high ideals to live by. Cassels relates such ideals here from the standpoint of the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry's combat operations in the latter stages of the Vietnam war. Mud Soldiers: Life Inside the New American Army, George C. Wilson, Collier Books. Wilson followed the troops of C Company, 2nd Battalion ...
1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: 10 km west of Lai Khe, III Corps: Sep 15 – 24: Operation Deckhouse IV [1] [5]: 188 SLF 1st Battalion, 26th Marines and 3rd Marine Reconnaissance Battalion operation as an adjunct to Operation Prairie: 12 km northeast of Dong Ha in I ...
2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment (December 1965-November 1966) [2]: 146 was based at Phước Vĩnh from December 1965 until February 1968. The 506th Infantry Regiment moved to the base in December 1967 as part of Operation Uniontown and remained there until October 1968.
The first weeks were especially dangerous for young infantry soldiers shipped to Vietnam. Army Pfc. Luia Rodgers, 20, began his tour of duty Dec. 20, 1967. He died in combat 10 weeks later.
1st Battalion, 16th Infantry (June 1967, February 1970) [3]: 142 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry (January–February 1970) [3]: 143 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry (January 1970) [3]: 143 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry (January–February 1970) [3]: 143 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising:
Firebase Bird was a U.S. Army firebase located in the Kim Son Valley in southern Vietnam during the Vietnam War. [1]In December 1966 Bird was occupied by C Battery 6th Battalion, 16th Artillery and B Battery 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery and defended by elements of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry.
2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment [3] 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment [3]: 143 was based at Phu Loi from December 1965-February 1966. The 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment [3]: 158 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment [3]: 159