The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment contributed companies to the 1st Australian Task Force, deployed in Phước Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam (South...
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The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry...
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The 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, abbreviated as 1 NZSAS Regt, is the special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on...
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Queensland, on 6 June 1965 and has since then served in a number of overseas deployments and conflicts including South Vietnam, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan...
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7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7 RAR) is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally raised in 1965 as part of Australia's...
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The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) is a mechanised infantry battalion of the Australian Army, based in Kapyong Lines, Townsville as part...
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The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) is an amphibious light infantry battalion of the Australian Army part of the 1st Division Amphibious...
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(Victor One Company) was deployed to Vietnam from the 1st Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in Malaysia. The first Victor Company...
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Company Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Vietnam 1967: The Originals) 'Royal New Zealand Artillery cravat', URL: https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/royal...
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In 1965, the United States rapidly increased its military forces in South Vietnam, prompted by the realization that the South Vietnamese government was...
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assistance in non-combat roles. Australia deployed approximately three battalions of infantry, one regiment of Centurion tanks, three RAAF Squadrons (2SQN...
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April 1965 decision to upgrade its military commitment to South Vietnam's security. By the time the last Australian personnel were withdrawn in 1972, the...
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(2017). The Vietnam War: An Intimate History. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-70025-4. "Chapter 2, US Ground Strategy and Force Deployments, 1965–1968". The...
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Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR) was an infantry battalion (later a special forces unit) of the Australian Army, forming part of the Royal Australian...
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the Scorpion Stings: The History of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Vietnam, 1965–1972. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-743-2. Beurich...
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1972 in the Vietnam War saw foreign involvement in South Vietnam slowly declining. Three allies, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand, which had each contributed...
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3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment. 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles. Transferred as 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1956...
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173rd Airborne Brigade (redirect from 173rd Infantry Brigade (United States))
Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and the 161st Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery were attached to the brigade for one year in 1965. Late in August...
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important role in Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1972. Some M113s were deployed as part of peacekeeping missions in Somalia during...
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the Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment (Queen's Cobras) was sent to Camp Bearcat at Bien Hoa, to fight alongside the Americans, Australians, New Zealanders and...
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and Royal Regiment of Scotland; or an entire arm of service, e.g. the Royal Australian Regiment includes all of the Australian Army's regular infantry (other...
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Battalion ("5/6 RVR") is one of two battalions of the Royal Victoria Regiment, and is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. The battalion traces...
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extensive action during the Vietnam War and over 600 were deployed with U.S. forces. They played an important role in infantry support though there were...
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On 27 May 1965 Holyoake, announced the government's decision to send 161 Battery, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery to South Vietnam in a combat...
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Australia began by sending advisors to Vietnam in 1962, and combat troops were committed in 1965.: 555–558 New Zealand began by sending a detachment of engineers...
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of the deployment of an infantry battalion group (1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment) to South Vietnam on 29 April 1965, the regiment was tasked...
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"Peacekeeping deployments". airforce.mil.nz. "History: NZDF Involvement in Bosnia-Herzegovina". New Zealand Defence Force: Deployments. Archived from...
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The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (French: Le Régiment royal de l'Artillerie canadienne) is the artillery personnel branch of the Canadian Army...
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Non-U.S. recipients of U.S. gallantry awards (section 161 Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery, Vietnam, 1965–1966)
Between May 1965 and June 1966, 161 Battery, 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery served as part of the US 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam. For its...
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Tanks in the Australian Army (section Vietnam War)
Recovery Vehicles. In May 1965 the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment had been deployed on active service to South Vietnam, with armoured mobility...
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