1272:) on Route 1 and then attacked their position. Although outnumbered, the Airborne held back the assault until midday when it blew the highway bridge and then withdrew onto Ca Dau mountain to the east. At 02:00 on 16 April an RVNAF EC-47 intercepted a PAVN radio transmission indicating an armored attack on Phan Rang would start at 05:00. A-37 aircraft were launched to attack PAVN positions along Route 1 and at 03:00 reconnaissance reported a large PAVN force moving through the Du Long Pass. Meanwhile, VC forces began attacking the base perimeter and on Ca Dau Mountain. At 05:00 the PAVN artillery bombardment commenced and this was soon followed by an armored spearhead of 20 tanks and armored personnel carriers of the 4th Battalion, 203rd Tank Brigade supported by truck-mounted infantry of the 101st Regiment and anti-aircraft guns. While the lead tank was destroyed by an ARVN rocket, the PAVN force quickly cut through the 3rd Airborne platoon holding Kien Kien. The RVNAF at the base mounted numerous airstrikes on the armored column destroying vehicles, taking losses from the antiaircraft fire and by 08:00 the armored vehicles were on the outskirts of the city. However the truck-mounted infantry had dispersed to avoid the airstrikes and the anti-aircraft vehicles had not kept up with the advance, leaving the 101st Regiment vulnerable to further air attacks which destroyed or damaged another 16 vehicles and killing numerous PAVN soldiers. The PAVN 3rd Division then attacked the Airborne troops on Ca Dau Mountain and allowed the 101st Regiment to resume its advance. After overcoming a Regional Force roadblock on the outskirts of the city for the loss of two tanks and many infantry, the PAVN pushed into the city capturing the Provincial Headquarters. By 09:30 the PAVN had captured the port and a bridge on Route 1 south of the city sealing off all sea and land escape routes. At 08:45 a battalion-sized PAVN mechanized force attacked along Route 11 towards the base. While one element attacked the 5th Regiment defending Route 11, the other moved around it to attack the base directly and at the same time, the 25th Regiment attacked the north of the base. The 5th Regiment soon broke and ran allowing the PAVN to attack the base's main gate while the 25th Regiment penetrated the north perimeter with explosives and captured the bomb storage area. The Airborne attempted a counterattack against the 25th Regiment, but were forced back and then squeezed between the PAVN and by 09:30 the PAVN had captured the base. Lieutenant general
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Regiments, the next day surrounded the 5th Airborne Battalion which was reduced by casualties to 20 percent strength. The 3rd Airborne Brigade was deployed in depth from Chu Kroa Mountain south for about 15 km along the high ground over the Route 21. Heavy PAVN fire knocked out five of 14 armored personnel carriers supporting the brigade and the three 105 mm. howitzer batteries in the force had to move to the rear, setting up near Buon Ea Thi, beyond supporting range of the forward Airborne positions. The collapse of the Airborne defense proceeded very rapidly afterward. At Buon Ea Thi elements of the 10th Division outflanked Airborne positions along the road and struck the 6th Airborne Battalion. Although the troopers knocked out three T-54 tanks, they could not hold. With the brigade split at Buon Ea Thi, a rapid withdrawal was imperative to conserve what was left of the decimated force. The 3rd Airborne Brigade, less than one-fourth of its soldiers still in ranks, marched back through
979:, while the Marine Division would deploy to the east from Highway 1 to the coast. Quảng Trị City would be in the division's operational area, but the plan called for the city to be bypassed so as to concentrate on the destruction of PAVN forces. On 28 June the South Vietnamese advance began and quickly ran into strong PAVN resistance and helicopter assaults were launched to land troops behind PAVN positions. By 7 July the division had reached the southern outskirts of Quảng Trị City, but then President Thiệu intervened in the operation. Trưởng had planned to bypass the city and push on quickly to the Cua Viet River, thereby isolating any PAVN defenders. Thiệu, however, now demanded that Quảng Trị be taken immediately, seeing the city as "a symbol and a challenge" to his authority. The division's assault bogged down in the outskirts and the PAVN, apprised of the plans for the offensive, moving the
673:, the 3rd Troop and the 7th Battalion of the Airborne task force rolled out of their base area in an armored convoy onto Highway 1. A PAVN blocking force stopped the ARVN relief force about 400 meters short of the Citadel wall. Unable to force their way through the enemy positions, the Airborne asked for assistance. The 2nd Airborne Battalion then reinforced the convoy, and the ARVN finally penetrated the lines and entered the Citadel in the early morning hours of 1 February. The cost had been heavy: the ARVN suffered 131 casualties including 40 dead and lost four of the 12 armored personnel carriers in the convoy. The ARVN claimed to have killed 250 PAVN, captured five prisoners, and recovered 71 individual and 25 crew-served weapons. The ARVN would attempt to regain the Citadel while the Marines regained the new city south of the
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Division could participate in the offensive to retake Ban Me Thuot. Viên told Trưởng that, if possible, two battalions of the new 468th Marine Brigade and a Ranger group would be sent north to replace the Airborne Division. To adjust to the loss of the Airborne Division, Trưởng decided to pull the Marine Division out of Quảng Trị and northern Thua Thien Provinces and shift it south to cover Phú Lộc District and Da Nang. I Corps was to defend Huế and Da Nang, even if it had to give up Quang Tri, Quang Tin, and Quang Ngai Provinces. Trưởng and General Thi agreed, however, that their ability to hold Huế after the Marine Division moved south was questionable indeed. Trưởng flew to Saigon on 13 March to participate in a secret meeting with Thiệu, Prime Minister
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Regiment decided to withdraw, though clashes continued throughout the night. Quảng Trị was clear of PAVN/VC troops by midday on 1 February, and ARVN units with U.S. air support had cleared Tri Buu Village of PAVN troops. The remnants of the 812th, having been hit hard by ARVN defenders and US airpower and ground troops on the outskirts of the city, particularly artillery and helicopters broke up into small groups, sometimes mingling with crowds of fleeing refugees, and began to exfiltrate the area, trying to avoid further contact with Allied forces. Between 31 January and 6 February, the Allies killed an estimated 914 PAVN/VC and captured another 86 in and around Quang Tri.
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usual aggressiveness had been stifled. Vicious PAVN anti-aircraft fire made reinforcement and resupply of the firebase impossible. Đống then ordered elements of the 17th
Armored Squadron to advance north from A Loui to reinforce the base. The armored force never arrived, due to conflicting orders that halted the armored advance several kilometers south of FSB 31. On 25 February the PAVN deluged the base with artillery fire and then launched a conventional armored/infantry assault. Smoke, dust, and haze precluded observation by an American forward air control (FAC) aircraft, which was flying above 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to avoid anti-aircraft fire. When a U.S. Air Force
830:, constantly patrolled their jungle zones. In December the Cavalry's 2nd Brigade began a similar program with the 1st Airborne Brigade east of War Zone C, in the Phước Bình border area. Ewell reinforced the Vietnamese and advisory communications systems with US forward observers, special liaison teams, and extra radios. This assistance, together with the overlapping artillery support and the close proximity of US airmobile infantry battalions, ensured that he could quickly aid the Vietnamese units should strong enemy forces be encountered, but despite Ewell's concern, such occasions never arose, and the Airborne operations were relatively uneventful.
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Regional Forces there and outflanking the 31st Rangers at the pass. Reinforcements from the 52nd Rangers were sent to support the 31st Rangers but they were unable to break through and at 16:00 the 31st Rangers were ordered to withdraw with only 80 Rangers successfully returning to Phan Rang AB. At the same time as the attack on Du Long, the PAVN 25th Regiment infiltrated to attack Phan Rang AB. Despite helicopter gunship fire they successfully penetrated the base and headed for the hangar area where they were met by the 11th Airborne Battalion awaiting transport back to Saigon and four
685:, killing over 700 PAVN/VC by 4 February. On 5 February Trưởng exchanged the Airborne with the 4th Battalion, which had become stalled. On 11 February the Vietnamese Marines Task Force A comprising the 1st and 5th Battalions, began to be lifted by helicopter into Mang Ca to replace the Airborne, however, due to poor weather this deployment would not be completed until 13 February. The ARVN Airborne had withdrawn from the eastern wall of the Citadel when the Vietnamese Marines began to arrive at Mang Ca and the PAVN defenders had used this opportunity to reoccupy several blocks and reinforce their defenses.
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and a supporting artillery battery were staggered between 1st
Brigade firebases, making US artillery support readily available. Initially, the commanders matched each Airborne battalion with a Cavalry unit, and Cavalry personnel gave Airborne troops and their advisers' elementary instruction in combat air assaults, extractions, and resupply. 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
770:, the VC 3rd Battalion, 272nd Regiment attacked Firebase Buell II. After a 600 round mortar barrage, the infantry attacked the base but were easily repulsed leaving 76 dead for no U.S. losses. The VC retreated west taking refuge in a hamlet southwest of Tây Ninh where they were engaged late that day by the 2nd Airborne Battalion who killed 150 VC for the loss of 9 dead and 17 wounded. After midnight on 20 September the 1st Battalion, 272nd Regiment, attacked a Regional Forces outpost in Phước Tân hamlet, 20 km west of
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brigade/regimental levels but felt that integrated operations at the battalion level were unnecessary. Presumably, the
Airborne battalions were experienced enough to take care of themselves, but the Airborne brigade and division staffs needed much work. The Cavalry would have to make helicopters available and supply certain airmobile and communications equipment that the Vietnamese lacked. With these exceptions, the Vietnamese were to be in charge of their own operations, including their logistical needs.
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division, receiving on average two awards for valor per tour; over the years, they were able to build and maintain a good working relationship with their
Vietnamese counterparts and airborne units, a situation unfortunately not always found in other ARVN formations. U.S. officers were paired with their Vietnamese counterparts, from the Brigade/Division commander down to company commanders, as well as with principal staff officers at all levels. U.S. NCOs assisted the staff and company advisors.
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District east of Huế. The 8th Airborne Battalion, reinforced with two companies of the 1st Battalion, 54th Infantry, and a troop of armored cavalry, moved against the PAVN battalion and badly mauled and dispersed it. On the same day, PAVN artillery-supported infantry assaults were launched against the 3rd Division, Airborne Division and territorial positions from Đại Lộc to Quế Sơn. Nearly all these assaults were repelled with heavy PAVN losses.
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Citadel and the city. By 04:20, the PAVN's heavy pressure and overwhelming numbers forced the surviving Airborne soldiers to pull back into the city, and the 814th attacked and attempted to enter the Citadel unsuccessfully. At the same time the PAVN K6 Battalion, 812th Regiment encountered the Airborne forces in the cemetery south of the city preventing an attack on the ARVN 1st Infantry Regiment, 1st Division's
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to run extended operations well beyond their normal supply and support capabilities. However, the Airborne never operated as an entire division. Because the division commander, General Đống, failed to establish a tactical command post and rarely took to the field, his staff and support units benefited little. Americans still considered Đống a problem child and felt that the Airborne had significant weaknesses that
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March the base's six 105 mm and six 155 mm howitzers had been put out of action. In an attempt to relieve the firebase, ARVN armor and infantry of the 17th Cavalry moved out to save their comrades. Following the conclusion of the operation the Airborne were kept in I Corps instead of returning to their base in Saigon, presumably to prevent them spreading stories of the losses suffered in the operation.
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was that Da Nang was most important, but that the rest of the region could be sacrificed. He would send the 468th Marine Brigade north to help defend Da Nang as soon as the Airborne Division arrived in Saigon. This division was vital to the defense of III and IV Corps, without which South Vietnam could no longer survive.
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was replaced by Lieutenant general Ngô Quang Trưởng, commander of IV Corps and this change of command and reinforcement by forces of the general reserve stabilized the ARVN position in Thừa Thiên Province. The remainder of the Marine Division was deployed to Huế and was given responsibility for north
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to support the besieged garrison. After the initial direct assaults on the town had been repulsed, the PAVN bombarded the town and gradually reduced the defensive line, while all the time being battered by US and South Vietnamese airstrikes. On 11 May the PAVN 5th and 9th Divisions launched a massive
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tanks destroyed. The Airborne had suffered 155 killed and over 100 captured. the 2nd Battalion at Fire Support Base 30 lasted only about one week longer. Although the steepness of the hill on which the base was situated precluded armored attack, the PAVN artillery bombardment was very effective. By 3
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jet was shot down in the area, the FAC left the area of the battle to direct a rescue effort for the downed aircraft crew, sealing the fate of the base. PAVN troops and tanks then overran the position, capturing the ARVN brigade commander in the process. FSB 31 was secured by the PAVN at an estimated
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in Laos to serve as tripwires for any PAVN advance into the zone of the ARVN incursion. On 23 February the PAVN began shelling the 3rd Battalion's Fire Support Base 31. Airborne Division commander Đống had opposed stationing his elite paratroopers in static defensive positions and felt that his men's
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had been ambushed the previous day and they collected seven survivors and 55 bodies. In the afternoon, as elements of the battalion continued searching the plantation, the VC 271st Regiment started attacking them. Taking advantage of the poor weather conditions that had limited US airstrikes, as well
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and Viên during which Trưởng was told about the evacuation from the Central Highlands and ordered to prepare a plan for the eventual evacuation of I Corps. He also was permitted to delay the first airborne brigade's departure to 18 March and the rest of the division until 31 March. Thiệu's reasoning
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25 km northwest of Kontum, defended by one company of Airborne and one of Rangers came under attack by the PAVN 52nd Regiment, the assault was repulsed using intensive tactical airstrikes and the PAVN suffered 353 killed. On 21 April the PAVN launched an assault on Firebase Delta by three tanks
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supported by tanks forced their way through the 40th Regiment at Khanh Duong the Airborne held their positions. On 30 March the PAVN 10th Division supported by the 40th Artillery Regiment and with two companies of tanks attached, attacked the Airborne positions. On 31 March elements of the 28th and
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On 11 March a battalion of the PAVN 6th Regiment infiltrated through Phú Lộc, and two of its companies seized 12 fishing boats, which ferried them across Dam Cau Hai Bay to Vinh Loc Island. There they attacked Vinh Hien Village on the southern tip of the island and swept north to attack Vinh Giang.
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and in southern Quảng Trị and northern Thừa Thiên Provinces, and refugees streamed southward, until nearly the entire population of Quảng Trị Province, as many as 100,000, traveled the road to Huế. With tanks and armored personnel carriers, an ARVN task force composed of the 8th Airborne Battalion,
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In late February 1972 in response to intelligence reports of a PAVN buildup including tanks and artillery in the Central Highlands, the 2nd Airborne Brigade was placed under the control of II Corps and deployed to secure a string of firebases along a backbone of mountains stretching south-west from
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was moving into position to attack Quảng Trị from the northeast, it unexpectedly encountered the 9th ARVN Airborne company in Tri Buu village, which engaged it in a sharp firefight lasting about 20 minutes. The Airborne company was nearly annihilated and an American adviser killed, but its stubborn
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along the Cambodian border for combined operations with the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Brigade. Operating from Tây Ninh City, the two Brigade commanders opened fire support bases across War Zone C for the three participating Airborne battalions. The ARVN bases, each housing one Airborne battalion,
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On 12 March, General Trưởng received the JGS order to pull the Airborne Division out of the line and start it moving to Saigon. The deployment was to begin on 17 March. Trưởng immediately called Viên to protest the decision but learned that Thiệu had personally directed the deployment so that the
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were landed southeast of Quảng Trị engaging the K6 Battalion from the rear in a heavy firefight, while Airborne troops blocked and attacked it from the direction of the city. US helicopter gunships and artillery hit the K6 Battalion hard causing significant further casualties. By nightfall on the
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began an artillery attack on the 31st Rangers at Du Long Pass and the 3rd Airborne at Bà Râu. At 06:30 PAVN tanks and infantry attacked to 31st Rangers' position but were forced back. At 07:00 two A-37s accidentally bombed the Rangers. The PAVN then bypassed the Rangers and attacked Du Long Town
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On 15 March, the 14th Ranger Group was to begin the relief of the 369th Marine Brigade in Quảng Trị Province. While one marine brigade would remain in the Song Bo Valley for the defense of Hue, the 369th Marine Brigade would deploy to Đại Lộc District in Quảng Nam Province, and relieve the 3rd
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units the Airborne was assigned a U.S. military advisory element, originally the Airborne Brigade Advisory Detachment, and later redesignated the 162nd Airborne Advisory Detachment or U.S. Airborne Advisory Team 162. About 1,000 American airborne-qualified advisors served with the brigade and
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which together with air support from the helicopter gunships and A-37s forced the PAVN back outside the perimeter, killing over 100 for the loss of six ARVN killed and one M113 destroyed. At dawn on 15 April the PAVN shelled the 3rd Airborne Battalion at Bà Râu and Kien Kien
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noting that "those of us privileged to serve with them were awestruck by their courage and tactical aggressiveness. The senior officers and non-commissioned officers were extremely competent and battle-hardened." Eight of nine battalions and three headquarters had earned US
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and stopped in a narrow defile where Route 1 edged along the beach below Han Son Mountain, just north of Nha Trang with the 10th Division close behind. On 1 April, PAVN tanks rolled through Dục Mỹ and Ninh Hòa and headed for Nha Trang. The II Corps staff drove south to
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of Cambodia. The Airborne played a significant role in the campaign, with battalions participating in most of the individual operations and finding significant caches of supplies, alongside being the sole force dropped behind enemy lines to cut-off a potential retreat.
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operating along the sparsely populated Cambodian border, engaging regular PAVN forces that ventured south across the frontier. Although the division had conducted a number of minor combined operations with assorted ARVN units, it had remained aloof from the main
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killing all four USAF crewmen and 81 soldiers of the 7th Airborne Battalion on board. The remains of the crew and passengers were recovered, but the identities of the Airborne soldiers could not be established and they were kept at the Laboratory at
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to the west to avoid the U.S. airpower that was about to be unleashed upon Quảng Trị. On 27 July, the Marine Division was ordered to relieve the division as the lead element in the battle. The citadel was finally captured on 15 September.
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From 7 to 8 April the 2nd Airborne Brigade flew into Phan Rang to replace the remnants of the 3rd Airborne Brigade which moved back to Saigon. On 8 April the 3rd Airborne Battalion cleared Highway 1 and recaptured the villages of Bà Râu
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all-out infantry and armor assault on An Lộc, suffering severe losses to airstrikes but further squeezing the defenders. Another assault on 12 May failed to take the city. The PAVN launched a final attack on 19 May in honor of
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the 112th and 120th RF Battalions, and the 921st RF Company, succeeded in driving the enemy from nearly all populated areas by afternoon on 9 March. PAVN/VC casualties were heavy and ARVN losses few in this opening phase.
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with one Airborne company bivouacked in Tri Buu village on the northern edge of the city with elements in the Citadel, and two Airborne companies positioned just south of the city in the area of a large cemetery where
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as their numerical superiority, the VC broke the battalion into small groups and destroyed many of them. On 12 June, the strength of the 7th Airborne Battalion was reduced from 470 to just 159 soldiers.
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at 15:00 and all flyable aircraft were flown out. On the morning of 3 April the RVNAF at Phan Rang launched a heliborne operation comprising more than 40 UH-1s and six
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and northwest Thừa Thiên Province, while the 1st Division was given responsibility for the area southwest and south of Huế blocking any further PAVN advance from the
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supported by infantry and by the evening had succeeded in overrunning the base. From 23 to 24 April the PAVN overran the main ARVN bases at Tân Cảnh and
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From 4–7 March 1966 the 1st and 5th Airborne Battalions participated in
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and sent to support the 23rd Division blocking the PAVN advance at
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on 31 January 1968 the 9th Airborne Battalion was deployed around
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1949:"'The Most Brilliant Commander': Ngo Quang Truong | HistoryNet"
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3057:, Men-at-arms series 322, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 1998.
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1065:.The 3rd Airborne Brigade dug in on the high ground in the
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710:. In the afternoon two companies of the US 1st Battalion,
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2392:. Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force. Archived from
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The Vietnamese Airborne Division and Their Advisors
1892:"Opinion | The Forgotten South Vietnamese Airborne"
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3808:Military units and formations established in 1948
2502:. United States Army Center of Military History.
2155:. Center of Military History United States Army.
2105:. United States Army Center of Military History.
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657:headquarters on the morning of 31 January 1968,
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2226:U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1968 The Defining Year
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861:. The two battalions developed firebases along
3071:, Goshen, KY: Harmony House Publishers, 1995.
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2950:Rottman, Gordon Rottman; Volstad, Ron (1990).
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2065:U.S. Marines in Vietnam: An Expanding War 1966
1807:Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces
626:deployed his forces to defend Saigon. General
446:once described by former Airborne-adviser and
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2859:Black April The Fall of South Vietnam 1973–75
2303:United States Army Center of Military History
1450:Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC)
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568:fighting the PAVN 21st Regiment northwest of
516:On the afternoon of 10 June, 1965 during the
36:Binh chủng Nhảy dù Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa
3779:South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia
1924:"Ragged Edge of Vietnamization | HistoryNet"
1437:7th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (7e BPVN)
1434:6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (6e BPVN)
1431:5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (5e BPVN)
1428:3rd Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (3e BPVN)
1413:1st Indochinese Parachute Company (1ére CIP)
2538:Fulgham, David; Maitland, Terrence (1984).
2298:The War in the Northern Provinces 1966–1968
2098:
2092:
1992:Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War 1954–1965
1784:M102 105 mm light towed field howitzer
1720:Browning M1919A4 .30 Cal Medium machine gun
1103:successfully evacuating over 800 soldiers.
486:who were airdropped into combat during the
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1419:5th Indochinese Parachute Company (5e CIP)
1416:3rd Indochinese Parachute Company (3e CIP)
1330:Airborne brigade and divisional commanders
1069:, behind the 40th Regiment. When the PAVN
741:to continue pressure on PAVN/VC forces in
436:Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
378:Sư đoàn Nhảy dù Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa
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2975:Rottman, Gordon; Bujeiro, Ramiro (2010).
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3307:Civilian Irregular Defense Group program
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1475:Headquarters & Headquarters Company
1425:1st Airborne Guard Company (1ére CPGVN)
845:(Total Victory), an early phase of the
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2910:. US Army Center of Military History.
2904:Vietnam from ceasefire to capitulation
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781:under the operational control of the
701:. As the 600-man VC 814th Battalion,
421:The Airborne Division, alongside the
307:Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division
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48:Vietnamese Airborne Division insignia
26:Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division
3001:STAND DOWN, 3D BDE, 82D ABN DIVISION
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950:, on 2 May 1972 the remnants of the
389:Binh chủng Nhảy dù Việt Nam Cộng hòa
2740:. University of North Texas Press.
2735:
2722:
2621:
2379:
2336:Thompson, A.W. (14 December 1968).
1823:Republic of Vietnam Military Forces
1601:Airborne Engineer Company/Battalion
883:
841:On 1 May 1970 as part of Operation
726:with the Marine Brigade and the US
503:Republic of Vietnam Marine Division
492:Republic of Vietnam Military Forces
468:French Far East Expeditionary Corps
396:Republic of Vietnam Military Forces
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3097:The War: Belfries & Red Berets
3055:The French Indochina War 1946-1954
3053:Martin Windrow and Mike Chappell,
3047:
2365:. Allen & Unwin. p. 199.
1890:McCaffrey, Barry R. (2017-08-08).
995:who had performed well at An Lộc.
14:
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3090:
3035:National Archives at College Park
3010:National Archives at College Park
2952:Vietnam Airborne, Elite series 29
2340:. Headquarters Pacific Air Force.
2040:. NBC News Today. 27 October 2019
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1581:10th Airborne Battalion (10 TDND)
1550:11th Airborne Battalion (11 TDND)
1508:Airborne Combat Support Battalion
1465:Airborne Combat Support Battalion
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2663:. University Press of Kentucky.
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1570:3rd Airborne Artillery Battalion
1553:2nd Airborne Artillery Battalion
1536:1st Airborne Artillery Battalion
766:On 13 September 1968 during the
366:The Vietnamese Airborne Division
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102:
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2265:Battle Story Tet Offensive 1968
1641:MAS-35-S pistol (7.65mm Longue)
1578:4th Airborne Battalion (4 TDND)
1567:6th Airborne Battalion (6 TDND)
1564:3rd Airborne Battalion (3 TDND)
1561:2nd Airborne Battalion (2 TDND)
1547:7th Airborne Battalion (7 TDND)
1544:5th Airborne Battalion (5 TDND)
1533:9th Airborne Battalion (9 TDND)
1530:8th Airborne Battalion (8 TDND)
1527:1st Airborne Battalion (1 TDND)
1519:U.S. Airborne Advisory Team 162
1503:8th Airborne Battalion (8 TDND)
1500:5th Airborne Battalion (5 TDND)
1497:3rd Airborne Battalion (3 TDND)
1489:7th Airborne Battalion (7 TDND)
1486:6th Airborne Battalion (6 TDND)
1483:1st Airborne Battalion (1 TDND)
1462:6th Airborne Battalion (6 TDND)
1459:5th Airborne Battalion (5 TDND)
1456:3rd Airborne Battalion (3 TDND)
1453:1st Airborne Battalion (1 TDND)
1238:M113 armored personnel carriers
536:#56-4376 crashed en route from
416:Army of the Republic of Vietnam
318:Army of the Republic of Vietnam
110:Army of the Republic of Vietnam
2193:The Battle for Saigon Tet 1968
2030:
2008:
1994:. Cambridge University Press.
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1883:
547:Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
498:following the Geneva Accords.
57:1 January 1948 – 30 April 1975
1:
2542:. Boston Publishing Company.
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1710:M1918A2 BAR Light machine gun
2625:The Easter offensive of 1972
2099:MacGarrigle, George (1998).
1774:3.5 inch M20A1 Super Bazooka
1663:M1A1 Thompson submachine gun
1390:Airborne Advisory Detachment
728:199th Light Infantry Brigade
644:Joint General Staff Compound
586:On 4 August 1967 as part of
18:7th Airborne Assault Brigade
7:
3124:Family photos of Red Berets
3116:Red Berets of South Vietnam
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1651:Smith & Wesson Model 39
1635:Smith & Wesson Model 10
1575:4th Task Force/Brigade HHC
1558:3rd Task Force/Brigade HHC
1541:2nd Task Force/Brigade HHC
1524:1st Task Force/Brigade HHC
871:cost of 250 killed, and 11
699:Highway 1 crosses Route 555
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3798:Divisions of South Vietnam
2622:Ngo, Quang Truong (1980).
1844:Weapons of the Vietnam War
1705:FM 24/29 light machine gun
1595:Airborne Medical Battalion
1592:Airborne Support Battalion
1385:Structure and organization
1009:
918:On the morning of 3 April
898:Second Battle of Quang Tri
887:
828:11th Combat Aviation Group
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414:, it became a part of the
404:Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa
347:Recruitment poster of the
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3167:Military of South Vietnam
2954:. Osprey Publishing Ltd.
2498:Nguyen, Duy Hinh (1979).
2295:Pearson, Willard (1975).
2018:. Aviation Safety network
1732:Anti-tank rocket launcher
1589:Airborne Signal Battalion
783:1st Australian Task Force
669:base 17 km north of
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2766:Melson, Charles (1991).
2659:McKenna, Thomas (2011).
2431:Clarke, Jeffrey (1998).
2223:Shulimson, Jack (1997).
2062:Shulimson, Jack (1982).
1833:Vietnamese National Army
1402:
1200:) and the Du Long Pass (
749:attacks against Saigon.
507:People's Army of Vietnam
472:Vietnamese National Army
464:French paratrooper units
189:(Angels Kill Communists)
3337:Combined Action Program
2263:Rawson, Andrew (2013).
1972:Jean-Jacques Arzalier,
1828:Royal Lao Army Airborne
1512:Airborne Division units
1005:
620:II Field Force, Vietnam
601:
564:and elements of the US
551:Westminster, California
530:United States Air Force
474:. Among these are the
172:(Angels in Red Berets)
3037:, catalog entry here:
3012:, catalog entry here:
2857:Veith, George (2012).
2803:Andrade, Dale (1995).
2584:Cite journal requires
2149:Villard, Erik (2017).
1646:Colt.45 M1911A1 pistol
1516:Headquarters Battalion
1471:Airborne Brigade units
739:Operation Toan Thang I
528:On 11 December 1965 a
488:Siege of Dien Bien Phu
452:Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
388:
377:
362:
352:
340:
337:5th Airborne Battalion
35:
3650:Nguyễn Phước Vĩnh Lộc
2500:Operation Lam Sơn 719
2361:McAulay, Lex (1991).
2338:The Defense of Saigon
2267:. The History Press.
2191:Nolan, Keith (1996).
1608:Weapons and equipment
1012:1975 Spring Offensive
888:Further information:
859:Operation Lam Son 719
851:Kampong Cham Province
720:Operation Quyet Thang
640:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
562:37th Ranger Battalion
358:
346:
335:Hoàng Ngọc Giao (the
331:
2811:. Hippocrene Books.
2736:Lam, Thi Q. (2009).
1990:Moyar, Mark (2006).
1867:"Angels in Red Hats"
1768:M67 recoilless rifle
1736:M79 grenade launcher
1446:Airborne Group units
1016:Hue-Da Nang Campaign
1000:Battle of Thượng Đức
972:Operation Lam Son 72
758:1st Cavalry Division
712:5th Cavalry Regiment
688:At the start of the
412:partition of Vietnam
3067:Michael N. Martin,
2861:. Encounter Books.
1974:Les Pertes Humaines
1813:First Indochina War
1791:Airboat patrol boat
1694:M16A1 Assault rifle
1295:11.3455°N 108.877°E
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690:Battle of Quang Tri
632:Joint General Staff
624:Frederick C. Weyand
566:1st Marine Division
518:Battle of Đồng Xoài
450:commanding General
349:Republic of Vietnam
222:Cambodian Civil War
214:First Indochina War
186:Thiên Thần Sát Cộng
3803:Airborne divisions
3774:Ranks and insignia
3332:Presidential Guard
3106:Barry R. McCaffrey
3102:Angels in Red Hats
2569:10.21236/ada324683
2476:www.psywarrior.com
2195:. Presidio press.
1953:www.historynet.com
1928:www.historynet.com
1896:The New York Times
1494:2nd Task Force HQ
1480:1st Task Force HQ
1324:Phước Tuy Province
1316:Battle of Xuân Lộc
1219:11.793°N 109.092°E
1188:11.781°N 109.078°E
1089:Nha Trang Air Base
1085:Phan Rang Air Base
905:Tân Cảnh Base Camp
847:Cambodian Campaign
779:Operation Goodwood
754:Operation Delaware
661:commander General
636:Quảng Trị Province
423:Vietnamese Rangers
363:
353:
341:
3785:
3784:
3695:Nguyễn Viết Thanh
3655:Nguyễn Trọng Luật
3346:ARVN Sub-branches
1955:. 15 October 2007
1690:Bolt-action rifle
1619:recoilless rifles
1312:Xuân Lộc District
1157:11.68°N 109.038°E
1030:Hải Lăng District
724:Gia Định Province
588:Operation Greeley
553:in October 2019.
383:: 師團趂𢂎軍力越南共和 or
325:
324:
297:
296:
226:Laotian Civil War
3820:
3745:Trần Thiện Khiêm
3740:Trần Thanh Phong
3725:Phan Trọng Chinh
3700:Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi
3680:Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
3660:Nguyễn Văn Chuân
3620:Nguyễn Đức Thắng
3615:Nguyễn Chánh Thi
3605:Ngô Quang Trưởng
3165:
3164:
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3146:
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3129:
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2763:
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2751:
2733:
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2699:
2693:. Archived from
2692:
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2518:
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2483:
2482:
2472:"Cambodia PSYOP"
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2096:
2090:
2084:
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2059:
2050:
2049:
2047:
2045:
2034:
2028:
2027:
2025:
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2012:
2006:
2005:
1987:
1981:
1970:
1964:
1963:
1961:
1960:
1945:
1939:
1938:
1936:
1935:
1920:
1914:
1913:
1911:
1910:
1887:
1881:
1880:
1878:
1877:
1863:
1789:Hurricane Aircat
1759:Brandt mle 27/31
1586:Division Troops
1363:Nguyễn Chánh Thi
1306:
1305:
1303:
1302:
1301:
1300:11.3455; 108.877
1296:
1292:
1289:
1288:
1287:
1284:
1274:Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi
1271:
1270:
1268:
1267:
1266:
1265:11.704; 109.0595
1261:
1257:
1254:
1253:
1252:
1249:
1230:
1229:
1227:
1226:
1225:
1220:
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1195:
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1177:
1168:
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1158:
1154:
1151:
1150:
1149:
1146:
1137:
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1134:
1133:
1132:
1131:11.7188; 109.063
1127:
1123:
1120:
1119:
1118:
1115:
1043:Trần Thiện Khiêm
1022:Phú Lộc District
948:Easter Offensive
932:Battle of An Lộc
925:Đắk Tô Base Camp
894:Battle of Kontum
890:Battle of An Loc
884:Easter Offensive
679:Tây Lộc Airfield
663:Ngô Quang Trưởng
655:Mang Ca Garrison
542:Tuy Hoa Air Base
444:Ngô Quang Trưởng
303:
302:
293:
263:Nguyễn Chánh Thi
170:Thiên thần mũ đỏ
108:
106:
105:
90:
88:
87:
72:
70:
69:
46:
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22:
3828:
3827:
3823:
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3788:
3787:
3786:
3781:
3769:
3760:Trần Quang Khôi
3730:Phan Xuân Nhuận
3715:Phạm Quốc Thuần
3685:Nguyễn Văn Toàn
3675:Nguyễn Văn Minh
3670:Nguyễn Văn Mạnh
3665:Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
3645:Nguyễn Khoa Nam
3635:Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh
3625:Nguyễn Hợp Đoàn
3565:Lê Nguyên Khang
3482:
3476:
3429:
3423:
3362:
3341:
3322:Regional Forces
3285:
3207:
3169:
3159:
3157:
3093:
3050:
3048:Further reading
3045:
3044:
3024:
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1864:
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1798:
1715:M60 machine gun
1701:Assault carbine
1683:M1 Garand rifle
1668:M3A1 Grease Gun
1610:
1405:
1394:Like all major
1392:
1387:
1369:Nguyễn Khoa Nam
1332:
1299:
1297:
1293:
1290:
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1282:
1280:
1278:
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1264:
1262:
1258:
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1224:11.793; 109.092
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985:308th Divisions
900:
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683:Imperial Palace
630:, chief of the
604:
577:Operation Texas
538:Pleiku Air Base
534:C-123B Provider
460:
431:Barry McCaffrey
427:Marine Division
351:Airborne Forces
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3525:Dương Văn Minh
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3500:Đặng Văn Quang
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3353:Special Forces
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3317:Popular Forces
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1374:Đoàn Văn Quảng
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960:Hoàng Xuân Lãm
956:Mỹ Chánh River
920:Firebase Delta
885:
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