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Following operations in the Central Highlands in March and April 1966, the 1st Cavalry Division returned to Bình Định Province in May. Intelligence indicated the presence of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 22nd Regiment, 3rd Division on the Bong Son plain and the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division commanded by Col. Hal Moore was given the mission of engaging it.
The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmoble) sailed from Charleston, South Carolina to Qui Nhơn, Republic of Vietnam on 17 September 1965. The first major action undertaken by the brigade began on 10 October 1965, and was followed by participation in the Battle of Ia Drang (14 November, 15,17) officially known as the Pleiku Campaign.
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]
Operation Wallowa was launched on 4 October 1967 under the control of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, when it replaced the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and two battalions of the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. [4] [1]: 225–6 The operation involved intensive surveillance of the Hiệp Đức District-Quế Sơn Valley. Small ...
At 17:30 a unit of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, was attacked 8 miles (13 km) west-northwest of Phước Bình, the unit returned fire supported by artillery and airstrikes and the enemy withdrew after 20 minutes, leaving six dead and one individual weapon.
Units of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division killed nine PAVN/VC in two clashes 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Saigon. [99] 29 February. South Korea completed the withdrawal of its 2nd Marine brigade from South Vietnam. Two Republic of Korea Army divisions totaling 36,000 men remained in South Vietnam. [61]: 301 [31]: 55
1st Cavalry Division 22nd Division Capital Division: 3rd Division: Casualties and losses; U.S figure: Operation Thayer: 35 killed and missing Operation Irving: 52 killed [1] Operation Thayer II: 242 killed 947 wounded South Vietnam unknown South Korea unknown PAVN claim: 1,800+ killed or wounded [2]:chapter 4: U.S body counts: 2,669 killed ...
On 26 October the 1st Cavalry Division was ordered to move from northern I Corps to III Corps northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border in an operation named Operation Liberty Canyon. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was the lead element of the Division and was air-lifted to Quần Lợi Base Camp to begin operations.