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The 173rd Airborne Brigade was made part of Task Force Viking, a special operations task force that contained elements of the 10th Mountain Division [78] and the 10th Special Forces Group. [79] The use of the 173rd as a part of a special operations task force was a unique first in U.S. Army history. [ 78 ]
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade and ARVN 45th Regiment operation: Quang Duc Province and Phước Long Province: 101: 9 May 2 – 12: Operation Lihue [1] 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division security operation on Route 22: between Cu Chi and Tây Ninh: May 3 – 15: Operation Lewis and Clark [1] 2/1 Cavalry ...
Two days later, the first soldier from the 501st Forward Support Company, 173d Airborne Brigade, Supply Support Activity (SSA) arrived at Bashur Airfield. The operation was classified as a combat jump by the Army, although the landing zone was secured by Kurdish and American forces, which is not typical of combat jumps. [ 4 ]
173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team first major offensive action by launching an operation, along with ARVN airborne units and 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, into War Zone "D", about 32 km northeast of Saigon: Long Khánh Province: Jul 6–9: Operation 17-65 [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade operation: Phước Thành Province: Jul 6–10
173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Jan 4 – 9: Operation Lincoln (I Corps) [1] 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Jan 5 – 7: Operation Niagara Falls [8]: 26–30 1st Infantry Division operation to place a blocking force for Operation Cedar Falls
On November 8th 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on "Operation Hump", war zone "D" in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1200 VC. Forty-eight American soldiers lost their lives that day. Severely wounded and risking his own life, Lawrence Joel, a medic, was the first living black man since the Spanish–American War to receive the United States ...
On 15 April 1969 the 173rd Airborne Brigade assumed a new task in the four northern districts of Bình Định Province with the mission of conducting operations in support of South Vietnamese Government pacification.
173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry clear and search: Bình Định Province: Mar 6: Operation Stingray I [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade clear and search operation: Bình Định Province: Mar 10 – Apr 8: Operation Federal Overlander [3] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force: east of Long ...