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The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Blackhorse Regiment") [1] is a unit of the United States Army garrisoned at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in California.The regiment has served in the Philippine–American War, the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War II, the Vietnam War, Gulf War and Iraq War.
Men of the 1st Squadron 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, halt their M-113s in a Vietnamese cemetery near Long Binh, 23 February 1969. After sundown on the 22nd, elements of the VC 274th Regiment, 5th Division made their final preparations while occupying three hills along Highway 15 approximately three kilometers south of the base.
Wickam joined the army from Chicago, Illinois in 1966, [1] and by January 6, 1968, was serving as a corporal in Troop F of 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.On that day, near Loc Ninh in the Republic of Vietnam, Wickam single-handedly attacked several enemy bunkers before being fatally wounded.
Operation Akron was an operation in the Vietnam War conducted by the U.S. 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and the 1st & 3rd Squadrons, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (11th ACR) and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Rangers and 18th Division elements in Hát Dịch, lasting from 9 to 29 June 1967.
Redeployment of the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from South Vietnam to the United States: Jan 4 – 21: Operation Golden Dragon II [2] ROK 2nd Marine Brigade clear and search operation: Quảng Nam Province: 1: Jan 11 – Mar 29: Operation Upshur Stream [1]
1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN Airborne Division operation against PAVN Base Areas 353, 354, and 707: north and northeast of Tây Ninh: 1017: 119 May 6 - June 27: Operation Toan Thang 45 [2] 3/1 Cavalry and 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment operation against PAVN Base Areas 350 and 351
By January 1, 1969, he was serving as a staff sergeant in the Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. On that day, near Biên Hòa in the Republic of Vietnam , Yano, who was normally a technical inspector, volunteered to act as helicopter crew chief and door gunner on the aircraft commanded by John Bahnsen during combat action in ...
A regiment of armoured cavalry, such as the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (the Black Horse Regiment) in Vietnam, consisted of three full squadrons of armoured cavalry. The squadron normally consisted of a headquarters troop, three cavalry troops, a tank company, a 155-mm self-propelled howitzer battery, and an aviation troop.