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Operation Attleboro was a Vietnam War search and destroy operation initiated by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade with the objective to discover the location(s) of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) base areas and force them to fight.
Redeployment of 3/1 Cavalry, 196th Infantry Brigade and four infantry Battalions from South Vietnam to the United States: May 8: Operation Pocket Money [4] Mining of Haiphong Harbour by A-7 Corsair IIs and A-6 Intruders from the USS Coral Sea: Haiphong Harbour: May 9 – Oct 23: Operation Linebacker I [5] U.S.
1 January. U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam numbered 156,800 while Free World Military Forces (largely Republic of Korea Army) numbered 53,900. [4]: 387 The South Vietnamese government announced that there had been 20 breaches of the New Year's ceasefire resulting in nine South Vietnamese and 16 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)/Vietcong VC killed.
On 6 October 1959 the Somerset Light Infantry and the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry were amalgamated as the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry [4] From 1958 all regiments adopted a common brigade cap badge, a silver bugle-horn. [5] From 1960 the Light Infantry Brigade was based at Copthorne Barracks in Shropshire. [6] On 1 July 1968 the ...
Operation Middlesex Peak was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade later joined by the 198th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division in Quảng Tín and Quảng Ngãi Provinces from 10 March to 1 July 1971.
The U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade departed South Vietnam. [3]: 349 13 October. In a report to Nixon, British counterinsurgency expert Robert Grainger Ker Thompson said that the VC infrastructure remained largely intact despite U.S. pacification efforts and that destroying it was essential to end the insurgency. [3]: 349 14 October
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade was tasked with conducting search and clear operations in the area of operations in southeastern Quảng Ngãi Province to destroy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Vietcong (VC) bases and forces, interdict PAVN/VC supply routes from the Central Highlands to the populated coastal areas and maintain liaison with Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Ranger ...
The 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, the last remaining unit of the 173rd Airborne Brigade redeployed from South Vietnam. The 173rd Airborne Brigade was the first U.S. Army combat unit to deploy to the war. [3]: 378 7 August. ANK forces recaptured the town of Prey Kry after an 11-day battle. [3]: 378 9 August