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The 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne was based at Camp Eagle from September 1970-February 1971 and finally from May–December 1971. [2]: 159 Camp Eagle was used to support the 101st Airborne's major operations in the A Shau Valley - Operation Apache Snow in 1969 and Operation Texas Star in 1970.
1st Battalion, 321st Artillery (1-321) deployed to Vietnam attached to the 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division from 12 – 17 December 1967. After 30 days of in-country training, during which the battalion undertook missions in support of the 2d Brigade, the battalion supported Operations Manchester, San Angelo and Atalla.
Following the conclusion of the Battle of Huế, Lieutenant general William B. Rosson, the I Field Force commander ordered Major general Olinto M. Barsanti, commander of the 101st Airborne Division to deploy the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and the newly deployed 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division to take over the Jeb Stuart operational area from the 1st Cavalry Division as it ...
Men of the Recon Element of the 2nd Troop, 17th Cavalry, attached to the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, clear an LZ on a hilltop, 21 November 1969 On 23 October at 18:15 a forward observer saw PAVN in fortified positions 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northwest of Gio Linh and directed naval gunfire from USS Waddell onto the position, destroying ...
Bunkers and trench line on the perimeter of Mai Loc Camp, 16 October 1969 Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, lays the foundation for a blastwall to protect an M102 105mm howitzer, 16 October 1969. Mai Loc was located approximately 8 km southwest of Ca Lu Combat Base and 25 km west of Quảng Trị. [1]
2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 1st Division Firebase Birmingham (also known as FSB Birmingham , LZ Birmingham and Huế Southwest Airfield ) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase southwest of Huế in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province , Vietnam .
Operation Wheeler/Wallowa was launched as part of the operations conducted by Task Force Oregon, a multi-brigade force of the U.S. Army, made up of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; and the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, with its headquarters at Chu Lai Base Area.
Operation Montgomery Rendezvous was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 101st Airborne Division in the area southwest of Huế in western Thừa Thiên Province, from 8 June to 15 August 1969.