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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(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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(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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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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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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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 By the time the last Australian personnel were withdrawn in 1972, the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) numbered 400,000, most still in North Vietnam. 50,000 PAVN cadre and soldiers infiltrated South Vietnam during 1965. Group 559...
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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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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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(2002). In the ANZAC Spirit: The Fourth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/NZ (ANZAC): South Vietnam 1968 to 1969. Slouch Hat Publications. p. 155. ISBN 0-95797521X...
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