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The regiment was reorganized in August 1963 as the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 5th Cavalry Regiment and later as the 3rd Squadron, 5th Armored Cavalry. The units arrived at Fort Benning in 1965, and then proceeded to South Vietnam as air and armored cavalry. The 1st Cavalry Division was the first full division committed to the Vietnam War.
The Battle of Binh An took place on 27–28 June 1968 in Quảng Trị province during the Vietnam War.The US 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment and Troop D, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment defeated the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) K14 Battalion, 812th Regiment, 324th Division.
The 164th Aviation Group is a former group of the United States Army that was operational during the Vietnam War as part of the 1st Aviation Brigade. It was constituted "20 December 1967 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 164th Aviation Group, and activated in Vietnam." [3] It was officially formed on 1 February 1968.
9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment security and escort operations: Long Khánh District: Apr 21 – 25: Operation Grand [1] 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Apr 21 – May 17: Operation Union I/Operation Lien Ket 102 [1] [9]: 52
The villagers met elements of the South Vietnamese 5th Marine Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, 18th Division and the 3rd Squadron, 5th Armored Cavalry moving on the road less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Thai Hiep in response to the contact at the air base. The villagers told the ARVN forces how they were driven out of ...
In the Battle of Tam Kỳ the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and Company A, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment engaged the PAVN 3rd Regiment, 3rd Division The battle resulted in 436 PAVN killed. [26]: 484 4 March. A USAF C-123 was shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire near Khe Sanh killing all 44 persons on board. [62]
The 3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron (Vietnamese: Thiết Đoàn 3 Thiết giáp) a battalion-sized unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the South Vietnamese army. It was part of II Corps that oversaw the twelve provinces of the central highlands ; corps headquarters being in the mountain town of Pleiku .
1st and 3rd Battalion 26th Marines and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment operation: Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces: 21 Apr 19 – 26: Operation Baxter Garden/Lam Son 214 [7]: 252 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Tank Battalion rice denial operation: 8 km east of Huế: 55: 13 Apr 19 – May 17: Operation Delaware [7]: 312 [14]