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The third Duster battalion to arrive was the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery. Activated in June 1966 it arrived in Vietnam in June 1967 and set up operations in the Central Highlands, based out of An Khê (1967–70) and later Tuy Hoa (1970-71).
The Division and the 10th Division were the target of Operation Sam Houston from 12 February to 5 April 1967, losing 733 killed. [3]: 167–77 The Division was the target of Operation Francis Marion from 6 April to 11 October 1967, losing 1,530 killed. [3]: 287–309 The Division was engaged in the Battle of Dak To from 3 to 23 November 1967. [4]
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation: Boi Loi Woods and Long Nguyen Forest north of the Iron Triangle, Bình Dương Province: 123: Apr 26 – May 1: Operation Puckapunyal [1] [5]
The 1st Infantry Division had its headquarters at Dĩ An from February 1966 until September 1967 and from November 1969 until April 1970. [2] Other units stationed at Dĩ An included: 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery (1967-April 1970) [2]: 98 12th Aviation Group comprising: 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry (February–June 1968) [2]: 125
During the Vietnam War Lai Khê was a garrison town as the ARVN 5th Division was based there for most of the 1960s/70s. [1] Lai Khe barracks, 24 April 1967 Lai Khe helicopter revetments, 24 April 1967. Lai Khê was also the Headquarters for the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division from October 1967 until January 1970.
At the beginning of 1967 the United States was engaged in a steadily expanding air and ground war in Southeast Asia. Since its inception in February 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, had escalated in the number and significance of its targets, inflicting major damage on transportation networks industry, and petroleum refining and storage facilities.
Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation of the Vietnam War conducted primarily by US forces that took place from 8 to 26 January 1967. The aim of the massive search-and-destroy operation was to eradicate the Iron Triangle, an area northwest of Saigon that had become a major stronghold of the Viet Cong (VC).
On 12 June the U.S. 1st Infantry Division launched Operation Billings to destroy elements of the VC 9th Division, which had built-up strength north of Phước Vĩnh Base Camp in War Zone D. When the operation concluded on 26 June, the 1st Infantry Division had lost 57 killed while the VC had lost 347 killed.