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101st Airborne Division (Vietnam) Company M, 75th Infantry (Ranger) 1 February 1969: 12 October 1970: 71st Infantry Detachment (LRP) 199th Infantry Brigade (Light) (Vietnam) Company N, 75th Infantry (Ranger) 1 February 1969: 25 August 1971: 74th Infantry Detachment (LRP) 173rd Airborne Brigade (Vietnam) Company O, 75th Infantry (Ranger)
During the Vietnam War, the 101st Airborne Division fought in several major campaigns and battles, including the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969. In mid-1968, the division was reorganized and redesignated as an airmobile division and in 1974, the division was again redesigned as an air assault division. The titles reflect the division's ...
Operation Jefferson Glenn ran from 5 September 1970 to 8 October 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated during the Vietnam War and the final major offensive in which the 101st Airborne Division fought. [1]
Tiger Force was the nickname of an infamous long-range reconnaissance patrol unit [27] of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the Vietnam War, and was responsible for counterinsurgency operations against the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and ...
The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") [1] is a specialized modular light infantry division of the US Army trained for air assault operations. [2] The Screaming Eagles has been referred to by journalists as "the tip of the spear" [3] as well as one of the most potent and tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions. [4]
Operation Jefferson Glenn, an operation by the 101st Airborne Division and the ARVN 1st Division to shield critical installations in Huế and Da Nang began. It was the last operation of the 101st Airborne during the war. the operation resulted in 2,026 PAVN/VC killed.
Movement of the 101st Airborne Division to South Vietnam: Nov 1 – Jan 18 1968: Operation Coronado IX [1] [10]: 58 9th Infantry Division, US Navy Task Force 117 and 5th Battalion, VNMC operation: Kien Hoa and Dinh Tuong Province: 349: 32 Nov 1 – Jan 20 1968: Operation Lancaster [34]: 722 [9]: 143
On 29 April the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Hac Bao (Black Panther) reconnaissance company of the 1st Division made contact with a PAVN force in a hamlet 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Huế. They exchanged small arms fire until elements of the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne arrived and cordoned off the area blocking escape routes.