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was based at Phu Loi from December 1965-February 1966. The 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment [3]: 158 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment [3]: 159 was based at Phu Loi from September 1968-December 1969 Other units stationed at Phu Loi included: 11th Combat Aviation Battalion:
The unit was constituted on 21 August 1965 and activated on 23 August 1965 at Fort Benning, Ga.The Battalion was inactivated on 16 September 1987. The 11th Aviation Battalion stationed at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Erlensee, Germany, was the air wing of V Corps. [4]
2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment (December 1965-November 1966) [2]: 146 was based at Phước Vĩnh from December 1965 until February 1968. The 506th Infantry Regiment moved to the base in December 1967 as part of Operation Uniontown and remained there until October 1968.
Gary Wetzel, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1968.
US combat forces were withdrawn in early 1973 pursuant to the Paris Peace Accords, but the war continued concluding with the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. [2] During the Vietnam War and in the following twelve months, 235 Medals of Honor were awarded and since 1978 a further 33 awards have been presented.
205th Aviation Company: Fort Sill Phu Loi [44] 12th Combat Aviation Group (Assault Support Helicopter) [11] 213th Aviation Company: Fort Benning Phu Loi [44] CH-47 Chinook: 1967-12th Combat Aviation Group (Air Mobile Medium) [17] (Assault Support Helicopter) [11] 219th Aviation Company: Fort Hood Pleiku [44] (Reconnaissance Airplane) [11] 220th ...
11th Aviation Battalion. HQ at Phu Loi sometime between 1 May 1966 [4]: 2 and 30 April 1970 [5]: 31 13th Aviation Battalion. HQ at Can Tho sometime between 1 May 66 and 31 Jul 66 [4]: 31 145th Aviation Battalion. HQ at Bien Hoa sometime between 1 May 66 [4]: 2 and 30 Apr 70 [5]: 18 210th Aviation Battalion
But the Cavalry units had relatively little to do with the day-to-day ground operations of the Airborne. Each Airborne battalion had its own area of operation and, supported by helicopters of the US 11th Combat Aviation Group, constantly patrolled their jungle zones. In December the Cavalry's 2nd Brigade began a similar program with the 1st ...