Jan 20, 2017 · Describing a routine patrol near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam, Doug Dromey told the Washington Post, “our battalion was helo-lifted into the …

Sep 12, 2011 · One of the four, the radioman, had never been on a long range recon patrol before, and the point man, also new, had never walked point before. The two veterans on the …

They were the only Ranger units to remain on active duty at the end of the Vietnam War and they continued in service until November 1974 when they were inactivated, with most of their …

Tiger Force was the name of a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit [1] of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division, which …

When US Army conventional infantry units began to arrive in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam) in May 1965 they found a country of rugged mountains and hills, open plains, …

Dec 2, 2021 · A “keyhole” patrol, or “green operation,” designed to avoid contact, employed four to 10 men to gather intelligence. “Stingray” or “black ops” teams were eight to 12 men who …

By 1965, the Viet Cong controlled much of the coast and the border areas with Cambodia and Laos and had heavily infiltrated the Mekong Delta. Both American and North Vietnamese …

The long-range reconnaissance patrols (LRRPs) of the Vietnam War operated in a silent netherworld of dark green shadows where error could mean death and where the …

Aug 26, 2011 · By late 1967, after a series of border battles initiated by the PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam) including Loc Ninh, Song Be, and Dak To, the war had reached a turning point …

Ranh Bay, Da Nang and Con Son Islands in South Vietnam conducted coastal surveillance and war-time patrols from 1964 to 1967. Nearly fifty years later many of the flight crews and …