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US MILITARY TOKEN - US 101st AIRBORNE - NCO / EM MESS - 25c - Vietnam War - 4428

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    Description

    For your kind consideration.
    US MILITARY - Issue Coin / Token. Vietnam War
    EM / NCO CLUB - 101st Airborne Division - 25c
    Non Commissioned Officer - Enlisted Mens Mess - Camp Eagle - Hue / Phu Vai
    United States Army Vietnam - USARV - 101st Airborne - Paratroopers - Elite Airborne
    101
    st
    Airborne Division (Airmobile)
    The Screaming Eagles
    The first element of the 101
    st
    Airborne, the 1
    st
    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 19
    th
    of November 1967.
    The 101
    st
    Airborne Division was to remain in Vietnam until the 10
    th
    of March 1972.
    Operating from Phan Rang and throughout CTZ III the 101
    st
    were to deploy to CTZ I and Quang Tri Province and Thua Thien Province during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
    The 101
    st
    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 101
    st
    Airborne were fully Airmobile (Helicopter insertion).
    This is an interesting period for the 101
    st
    Airborne – Not all operatives Airborne Qualified, only those that are airborne qualified are entitled to use the ‘Airborne’ tab above the Screaming Eagle.
    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 101
    st
    Airborne were then involved in the US / ARVN Invasion of Laos in (December 1971 – January 1972) – Operation Lam Son 719.
    The 101
    st
    Airborne served 1,573 days in Vietnam.
    For your kind consideration.
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