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T he first Ivy unit to land in
Vietnam was the 4th Division’s 2nd Brigade in August 1966,
bringing three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion
ashore at Qui Nhon. Along with the support elements, the brigade
immediately moved to the Central Highlands and the area around
Pleiku.
Establishing the division base camp at Dragon
Mountain (later renamed Camp Enari) the brigade, along with the
3rd Brigade of the 25th Division, pushed into the area west of
Pleiku in Operation Paul Revere IV. By late October, the 2nd
Brigade was operating along the Cambodian border and moved the
brigade base camp to Plei Djereng.
From this location, known as Three Tango, the
infantry units moved across the Se San River where they met
North Vietnamese Regular Army units in a series of pitched
battles. By the close of 1966, the 2nd Brigade had killed more
than 700 enemy.
As Operation Paul Revere IV waned into
Operation Sam Houston in early 1967, the brigade again found the
NVA and bloodied his large units. The close of Sam Houston left
another 635 enemy killed at the hands of the 2nd Brigade.
Before Sam Houston ended in early April, the 2nd Battalion,
8th Infantry APCs Move Across The Monsoon Flooded Highlands adopted
armored personnel carriers (APCs) |
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