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The 9th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Old Reliables") is an inactive infantry division of the United States Army. It was formed as the 9th Division during World War I , but never deployed overseas. In later years it was an important unit of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Vietnam War .
In late 1968 the 1st Brigade, 9th U.S. Infantry Division operated in Định Tường Province, using night ambush tactics; the 2nd Brigade continued its mission with the Mobile Riverine Force. Although engagements in the operation were typically small, the 9th Infantry Division fought several sizeable engagements. [7]
In Operation Shenandoah II from 29 September to 10 December 1967, the U.S. 1st Infantry Division and ARVN forces engaged the division along Highway 13. [ 9 ] : 46–69 Within this operation in the Battle of Ong Thanh on 17 October 1967 the Division's 271st Regiment ambushed the U.S. 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment killing 68 U.S. for the ...
9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment security and escort operations: Long Khánh District: Apr 21 – 25: Operation Grand [1] 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Apr 21 – May 17: Operation Union I/Operation Lien Ket 102 [1] [9]: 52
World War I Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant William Shemin of the regiment's Company G. The 47th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Syracuse, near Syracuse, New York, on 1 June 1917, almost two months after the American entry into World War I, with a cadre from the 9th Infantry Regiment; [9] [10] Initially assigned to Major General George H. Cameron's 4th Division; within the division ...
MRF 9th Infantry Division, 9th ARVN Division, ARVN 21st Division joint riverine, air and ground search operations to locate and destroy Vietcong MR 3 headquarters and to cordon and search Cu Lao May island in the Hậu River southwest of Cần Thơ. The operation was also to relieve enemy pressure on the city of Cần Thơ
[2]: 189 On 1 June 1967, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) comprising the 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and the US Navy River Assault Squadrons 9 and 11 was established at Đồng Tâm. By this time the base occupied 12 square kilometres and included a 500m runway and a loading basin for boats. [2]: 190 [4]
[8]: 47–8 On 25 March at 15:40 a Ranger unit of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, engaged an enemy platoon 15 miles (24 km) north of Tân An, killing five and capturing one. [ 9 ] : 49 On 26 March at 11:45 a unit of the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, engaged an enemy force 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Tây Ninh supported by ...