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On November 8th, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, War Zone D in Vietnam were ambushed by over 1200 V.C. Forty-eight American soldiers lost their lives that day.
When Jim Matchin visits the home of his former unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, he sees memorials to fallen soldiers from World War II and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Matchin, who served ...
While activated during the Vietnam War, 173rd Airborne Brigade was known as 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) and spent most of its time in the country of Vietnam.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade was organized back in 1917 as an infantry brigade at Camp Pike, Arkansas, a part of the 87th Division.
Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade were dug in on the steep southern slope of Hill 875, fighting beside napalm fires and exposed to the guns of North Vietnamese Army shooting from tunnels nearby.
Armored Personnel Carriers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade rumble along in a tanks as they move through Vietnam's War Zone C to a new area of operations, March 9, 1967, during the Vietnam War. The ...
In this week’s At War newsletter: An investigative report obtained by The Times reveals new details about one of the Vietnam War’s worst friendly-fire incidents.
An internal inquiry had confirmed an officer’s widely publicized charge that members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade had tortured detainees in Vietnam.
French photojournalist Catherine Leroy receives a pin from Col. Bob Siegholz, left, commemorating her parachute jump with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Operation Junction City during the Vietnam ...
In late 1965, Lt. Jack Price of the 173rd Airborne’s 503rd Infantry Regiment bought his company a lifetime subscription to Playboy.
On April 30, 1975, the capital of South Vietnam was captured at the Fall of Saigon, an event that marked the end of the Vietnam War. To honor its 50th anniversary, look back at some of the most str… ...
Phase one of operation junction city, the war's biggest operation so far, has not produced much-but the troops keep trying. All three battalions of the 173rd U.S. Airborne Brigade made new ...