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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Flag, US 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate)
... US 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate)...US 173rd Airborne Brigade... Newhaven gippsland Flag US 173rd Airborne Brigade Airborne A folded ...A folded flag that has yellow and orange stripes on top and bottom, dark blue on half left and orange on half right. The flag also has a logo of a sword carried by a wing.Airborneflag, us 173rd airborne brigade -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, 173rd Airborne Brigade Flag, 1993
... 173rd Airborne Brigade Flag...173rd Airborne Brigade... Newhaven gippsland Vietnam war 1965/1971 173rd Airborne Brigade ...coloured photo of 173rd Airbourne Brigade Flag used from Europe to Vietnam.'First In Last Out "vietnam war 1965/1971, 173rd airborne brigade -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Flag, 173rd Airborne Brigade (US)
... Flag, 173rd Airborne Brigade (US)..., fly half red. Badge of 173rd Airborne Brigade (730 x 490 mm... half mid blue, fly half red. Badge of 173rd Airborne Brigade ...173 AIRBORNE BRIGADE (SEPARATE) US ARMY 1 RAR BATTLE GROUP BIEN HOA 1965-1966 On May 5, 1965, the Brigade deployed to South Viet Nam as the first US Army ground combat unit in that war. Upon arrival, the 1st Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a battery from New Zealand (161Royal NZ Artillery) were attached to the Brigade -- making the 173d Airborne the only multi-national combat unit in the war. Initially headquartered in Bien Hoa, the Brigade operated in the four provinces around Saigon. (Xuan Loc, Long Khanh, Phuoc Long & Phuoc Tuy), but (in its roll as a "Fire Brigade") also went to the Central Highlands (Pleiku / Kontum) to fight Viet Cong. The 173d also conducted constant operations against the southern stronghold of the VC Main Force in the legendary Iron Triangle in War Zone D. The brigade was organized as a balanced airborne combat force consisting of two infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, a support battalion, an engineer company, a cavalry troop, an armour company, and a headquarters company. Upon activation, it became the first and only separate airborne brigade in the United States Army. This was the beginning of a long series of "Firsts" for the Brigade. On 5 May 1965, it became the first US Army ground combat unit committed to the war in South Vietnam, where further organizational changes were to take place. Australians attached to the Brigade were: 1st Battalion, of the Royal Australian Regiment (I RAR) and support troops of the 4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse Regiment (1Troop), 105 Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery, 161 Field Battery Royal New Zealand Artillery, 3 Field Troop Royal Australian Engineers, 161 Reconnaissance Flight, Royal Australian Army Air Corps, 1st Australian Logistical Support Company. The Brigade's two infantry battalions, the First Battalion of the 503' Infantry (1/503`d) and the Second Battalion, of the 503`d Infantry (2/503`) and the attached Australians of 1 RAR constituted the infantrymen available to the Brigade. Their mission was to protect the Bien Hoa Air Base and to close with and destroy or capture the enemy. This was in fact the first operational ground force formed under the ANZUS Defence Treaty. ANZUS was a mutual defence treaty signed in 1951 between Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. In 1965 the spirit of this treaty appeared as 173d Airborne Brigade (Sep) a tri-national brigade. The only such tri-national fighting force formed during the Vietnam War. On deployment to South Vietnam in 1965, 1 Troop A Squadron, 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment was part of the US 173rd Airborne Brigade combat group. Flag, two colours divided vertically, hoist half mid blue, fly half red. Badge of 173rd Airborne Brigade (730 x 490 mm) in centreflag, 173rd airborne, south vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, 161 Recce Flt Members Qualified for MUC
... 173rd Airborne Brigade... whilst attached to 173rd Airborne Brigade from May 65 to May 66... whilst attached to 173rd Airborne Brigade from May 65 to May 66 ...Framed Document in a black frame. List of 161 Recce Flt Members that Qualified for Award of the US Meritous Unit Citation whilst attached to 173rd Airborne Brigade from May 65 to May 66muc, 161 reconnaissance flight, 173rd airborne brigade -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Cross of Gallantry with palm
... 173rd Airborne Brigade... in support of US 173rd Airborne Brigade from May 1965 to June 1966... Newhaven gippsland 1st Battalion RAR 173rd Airborne Brigade Nguyen ...Framed document of Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Citation awarded to 1st Battalion RAR for Gallantry in support of US 173rd Airborne Brigade from May 1965 to June 1966. Presented by Nguyen Cao Ky ( PM 1965-67) + VP (68-71) dated May 14 1996Cross of Gallantry with Palm. Airborne Patch1st battalion rar, 173rd airborne brigade, nguyen cao ky -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Soldier With A Comic
... US 173rd Airborne Brigade... Australian Regiment Bien Hoa Province 1RAR US 173rd Airborne Brigade ...Photograph of a Soldier in Jungle Greens sitting on his backpack reading a comic.soldier, photograph, down time, 1st battalion, royal australian regiment, bien hoa province, 1rar, us 173rd airborne brigade -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Poster - Poster, Information Board, 173 Airborne Brigade US Army
... 173rd Airborne Brigade... Newhaven gippsland 1RAR 173rd Airborne Brigade Image from the First ...One photo and text superimposed on photo of two US servicemen. Describes the history of 173 Airbourne and service of 1RAR with the 173 Airbourne BrigadeImage from the First Three Years Pictorial History of the 173rd1rar, 173rd airborne brigade -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Functional Object - Cigarette Lighter
... 173rd Airborne Brigade...Cigarette Lighter 173rd Airborne Brigade To a wounded ...Silver lighter with inscription and 173rd Airborne graphic.To a wounded Trooper. Unit badge of 173rd Airborne (SED). Penguins, High Quality Lighter & a map of Vietnam.cigarette lighter, 173rd airborne brigade -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne
... United States. Army. Airborne Brigade 173rd -- History ...You know it's going to be hot when your brigade is referred to as a fireball unit. From May 1967 through May 1968, the Sky Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne were in the thick of it, humping eighty-pound rucksacks through triple-canopy jungle and chasing down the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam.You know it's going to be hot when your brigade is referred to as a fireball unit. From May 1967 through May 1968, the Sky Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne were in the thick of it, humping eighty-pound rucksacks through triple-canopy jungle and chasing down the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam.united states. army. airborne brigade, 173rd -- history, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- regimental histories -- united states