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Following operations in the Central Highlands in March and April 1966, the 1st Cavalry Division returned to Bình Định Province in May. Intelligence indicated the presence of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 22nd Regiment, 3rd Division on the Bong Son plain and the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division commanded by Col. Hal Moore was given the mission of engaging it.
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Mar 25 – Apr 8: Operation Lincoln [15] 1st and 3d Brigades, 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy/reconnaissance in force operation against the same PAVN units that had participated in the battle of the Ia Drang ...
The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmoble) sailed from Charleston, South Carolina to Qui Nhơn, Republic of Vietnam on 17 September 1965. The first major action undertaken by the brigade began on 10 October 1965, and was followed by participation in the Battle of Ia Drang (14 November, 15,17) officially known as the Pleiku Campaign.
The attacked was repulsed with artillery and AC-47 gunship support resulting in 78 PAVN killed and two captured; U.S. losses were two killed. At 02:00 the base of the 3rd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division 4 miles northeast of An Lộc was attacked by a PAVN force composed of troops from the 271st and 272nd Regiments, 9th Division.
At 12:20 a unit of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, received fire 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Lộc Ninh, the unit returned fire supported by artillery and helicopter gunships and the enemy withdrew after 10 minutes; U.S. losses were one killed.
Operation Wallowa was launched on 4 October 1967 under the control of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, when it replaced the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and two battalions of the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. [4] [1]: 225–6 The operation involved intensive surveillance of the Hiệp Đức District-Quế Sơn Valley. Small ...
Operation Pershing was an operation conducted by the 1st Cavalry Division, the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 22nd Division and the South Korean Capital Division in Bình Định Province, lasting from 12 February 1967 to 19 January 1968.
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation: Boi Loi Woods and Long Nguyen Forest north of the Iron Triangle, Bình Dương Province: 123: Apr 26 – May 1: Operation Puckapunyal [1] [5]