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The 173rd Airborne Brigade serves as the conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe. [6] It was a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army's V Corps and after June 2013, subordinate to US Army Europe. The 173rd Airborne Brigade currently consists of 3,300 paratroopers [7] in six subordinate battalions as well as a headquarters company: [8]
173d Airborne Brigade, 199th Light Infantry Brigade and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security and defence operations: around Long Binh: Oct 16: Operation Cuu Long 22/KT [2] ARVN operation: Dinh Tuong Province: 14: Oct 16 – 17: Operation Craddock [1] US search and destroy operation: III Corps: Oct 16 – Dec 3: Operation Leeds [1]
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 ...
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 ...
From 3 to 6 May 1965 United States Air Force (USAF) transport aircraft deployed the 173rd Airborne Brigade from Okinawa to Bien Hoa Air Base to secure the air base and surrounding areas and the port of Vũng Tàu. [1] The 173rd established their base on the northeast perimeter of the air base.
The Battalion received a Presidential Unit Citation, two Meritorious Unit Commendations, and a Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with palm streamer and a Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal. On 14 January 1972, the Support Battalion was relieved from assignment to the 173rd Airborne Brigade and subsequently deactivated.
Four Vietnam war veterans from the 173rd Airborne Brigade reunited Thursday, more than four decades after an explosion nearly killed one of them. KTLA captured the emotional reunion. "A band of ...
The 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (2-503rd IR) is an active duty airborne infantry battalion in the United States Army, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and stationed at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy.