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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.
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 ...
Twenty-one soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division were wounded and one killed attacking a PAVN/VC bunker complex 42 miles (68 km) east of Saigon, a BLU-82 bomb was later dropped on the bunkers. Six South Vietnamese militiamen were killed in a clash in Xuyên Mộc District.
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.
On 26 October the 1st Cavalry Division was ordered to move from northern I Corps to III Corps northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border in an operation named Operation Liberty Canyon. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was the lead element of the Division and was air-lifted to Quần Lợi Base Camp to begin operations.
At 17:30 a unit of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, was attacked 8 miles (13 km) west-northwest of Phước Bình, the unit returned fire supported by artillery and airstrikes and the enemy withdrew after 20 minutes, leaving six dead and one individual weapon.
The U.S. 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) turned over control of the DMZ to the ARVN 1st Division. [3]: 376 8-15 July. U.S. helicopters transported 1,500 ARVN troops into the Parrot's Beak, Cambodia, meeting minimal opposition. The operation ended on 15 July with no significant contact made. [3]: 376 11 July
After the division returned from Kuwait, the 1st "Tiger" Brigade, 2nd Armored Division was reflagged as the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (separate lineage). [67] In response to the continued hostile movements by the Iraqi Armed Forces after Desert Storm, the U.S. Department of Defense ordered successive Operation Intrinsic Action ...