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Firebase Nancy (later known as Firebase My Chanh) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) fire support base located 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam. History
The 4th Somerset Light Infantry (SLI) were kept in reserve, ready to exploit any success. [29] On the east bank of the Orne, the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division raided Etavaux with two companies moving along the railway close to the river, supported by a creeping barrage and tanks from the Sherbrooke Fusiliers on higher ground.
2nd battalion The Rifle Brigade (minus one company) Mortar support, 3rd battalion Coldstream Guards [1] 5th Australian Anti-tank Battery, 2/2nd Australian Anti-Tank Regiment (2 Pounder Anti Tank guns) 8th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (25 Pounder Field guns) 22nd Guards Brigade group. 1st battalion Durham Light Infantry; 2nd battalion Scots ...
The D.L.I. at war: the history of the Durham Light Infantry, 1939–1945. Brancepeth Castle (Durham): Durham Light Infantry. — Durham Light Infantry; Sandes, Edward W. C. (1952). From Pyramid to Pagoda: the Story of the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) in the War, 1939–45, and Afterwards. York: West Yorkshire Regiment.
The US forces included most of the 1st Infantry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, the airborne troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and large armored elements of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (11th ACR). [9]: 115–7
The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the U.S. military to receive specialized training for fighting in mountainous conditions.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade trained at Camp Shelby from September to November 1966 in preparation for deployment to Vietnam from Fort Benning Georgia. The 199th was the only combat unit to train at Camp Shelby during the Vietnam War. Camp Shelby was federalized as a FORSCOM Mobilization Center on June 6, 2004.
The 164th Infantry Regiment landed on Guadalcanal on 13 October 1942 ahead of its brother regiments, as emergency reinforcement for the 1st Marine Division. The regiment was the first U.S. Army unit to engage in offensive action during World War II as part of the Battle of Guadalcanal.