BLACK OPS - PARA PATCH - 101st AIRBORNE - SCREAMING EAGLES, Vietnam War
101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)
The Screaming Eagles - Elite Paratroopers
Hue - Tet Offensive - Khe Sanh - Phu Bai
Measures - 3.4 x 2.8 inches (8.5 x 7 cms)
The first element of the 101st Airborne, the 1st Brigade arrived in Vietnam in July 1965.
They later arrived in Vietnam as a full Division, out of Fort Campbell under the command of Major General Olinto M. Barsanti on the 19th of November 1967.
The 101st Airborne Division was to remain in Vietnam until the 10th of March 1972.
Operating from Phan Rang and throughout CTZ III the 101st were to deploy to CTZ I and Quang Tri Province and Thua Thien Province during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
The 101st were heavily involved in the Battle of Hue / Battle of Hue Citadel.
By 1969 the US Military had decided that full scale Paratrooper assault were unlikely to be used in Vietnam and by July 1969 the 101st Airborne were fully Airmobile (Helicopter insertion).
Battles at Dak To, Phong Dien, a HQ at Hue / Phu bai, Operations Texas Star and the last major US Offensive of the war (inside Vietnam), Operation Jefferson Glenn (September 1970 – October 1971) were to follow.
The 101st Airborne were then involved in the US / ARVN Invasion of Laos in (December 1971 – January 1972) – Operation Lam Son 719.
The 101st Airborne served 1,573 days in Vietnam.
101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)
The Screaming Eagles - Elite Paratroopers
Hue - Tet Offensive - Khe Sanh - Phu Bai
Measures - 3.4 x 2.8 inches (8.5 x 7 cms)
The first element of the 101st Airborne, the 1st Brigade arrived in Vietnam in July 1965.
They later arrived in Vietnam as a full Division, out of Fort Campbell under the command of Major General Olinto M. Barsanti on the 19th of November 1967.
The 101st Airborne Division was to remain in Vietnam until the 10th of March 1972.
Operating from Phan Rang and throughout CTZ III the 101st were to deploy to CTZ I and Quang Tri Province and Thua Thien Province during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
The 101st were heavily involved in the Battle of Hue / Battle of Hue Citadel.
By 1969 the US Military had decided that full scale Paratrooper assault were unlikely to be used in Vietnam and by July 1969 the 101st Airborne were fully Airmobile (Helicopter insertion).
Battles at Dak To, Phong Dien, a HQ at Hue / Phu bai, Operations Texas Star and the last major US Offensive of the war (inside Vietnam), Operation Jefferson Glenn (September 1970 – October 1971) were to follow.
The 101st Airborne were then involved in the US / ARVN Invasion of Laos in (December 1971 – January 1972) – Operation Lam Son 719.
The 101st Airborne served 1,573 days in Vietnam.
101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)
The Screaming Eagles - Elite Paratroopers
Hue - Tet Offensive - Khe Sanh - Phu Bai
Measures - 3.4 x 2.8 inches (8.5 x 7 cms)
The first element of the 101st Airborne, the 1st Brigade arrived in Vietnam in July 1965.
They later arrived in Vietnam as a full Division, out of Fort Campbell under the command of Major General Olinto M. Barsanti on the 19th of November 1967.
The 101st Airborne Division was to remain in Vietnam until the 10th of March 1972.
Operating from Phan Rang and throughout CTZ III the 101st were to deploy to CTZ I and Quang Tri Province and Thua Thien Province during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
The 101st were heavily involved in the Battle of Hue / Battle of Hue Citadel.
By 1969 the US Military had decided that full scale Paratrooper assault were unlikely to be used in Vietnam and by July 1969 the 101st Airborne were fully Airmobile (Helicopter insertion).
Battles at Dak To, Phong Dien, a HQ at Hue / Phu bai, Operations Texas Star and the last major US Offensive of the war (inside Vietnam), Operation Jefferson Glenn (September 1970 – October 1971) were to follow.
The 101st Airborne were then involved in the US / ARVN Invasion of Laos in (December 1971 – January 1972) – Operation Lam Son 719.
The 101st Airborne served 1,573 days in Vietnam.