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The Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs) were South Vietnamese special paramilitary units, led by US military and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel. The PRU was the tasked with finding and neutralizing the Viet Cong (VC) cadre and their political leadership of under the Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War .
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion reconnaissance in force operation "Happy Valley", Quảng Nam Province: Feb 7 – May 1972: Operation Shed Light [9] USAF programme to develop night and adverse weather interdiction capabilities: South Vietnam & Laos: Feb 8 – 9: Operation Bald Eagle [1] 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy ...
Original unissued patch. The Phoenix Program (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Phụng Hoàng) was designed and initially coordinated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, involving the American, South Vietnamese militaries, and a small amount of special forces operatives from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam.
K72 Unit (body recovery unit) [27] Military Command of Bình Thuận Province [28] 812th Infantry Regiment [29] Mechanized Reconnaissance Company ; Signals Company; Engineer Company; Military Command of Đồng Nai Province. Đồng Nai Regiment [30] Armored Company [31] Military Command of Tây Ninh Province [32] 174th Infantry Regiment [33]
1st Infantry Division operations in Binh Guong Province that extended to include the Loc Ninh area of Bình Long Province after PAVN/VC attacks on Loc Ninh on 29 October 1967. The Battle of Ong Thanh took place when U.S. forces were ambushed by a superior communist force. Bing Guong and Bình Long Provinces. Sep 29 – Oct 11
Operation Kole Kole was a search and destroy operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division that took place in Hậu Nghĩa and Tây Ninh Provinces, lasting from 14 May to 7 December 1967.
Almost 2 million men and women who served in Iraq or Afghanistan are flooding homeward, profoundly affected by war. Their experiences have been vivid. Dazzling in the ups, terrifying and depressing in the downs. The burning devotion of the small-unit brotherhood, the adrenaline rush of danger, the nagging fear and loneliness, the pride of service.
Tây Ninh Combat Base was established approximately 5 km west of the city of Tây Ninh and 12 km from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. [1] Tây Ninh served as the base for the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from April 1966 until August 1967. [2] Other units stationed at Tây Ninh included: 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (August 1969 – April 1970) [2]: 98