A little more (or more accurate) details needed here. There was a 23rd Infantry Division, more commonly referred to as the Americal Divison...maybe even known as the Oregon Task Force Division. It was stationed at Chu Lai (I Corps=Military Region I). Both Generals Powell and Schartzkoph (Desert Storm fame) were part of that division during the war.
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Over 14,800 US Marines died in Vietnam, but some were tank crewmen or aviators.
Australia sent a regiment of their Centurion tanks to Vietnam, along infantry and artillery.
An training team with the South Vietnam army, an infantry task force (brigade group), an air transport detachment and a destroyer.
Charlie Company of 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (the Americal Division), arrived in South Vietnam in December 1967 Charlie Company of 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (the Americal Division), arrived in South Vietnam in December 1967 Charlie Company of 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (the Americal Division), arrived in South Vietnam in December 1967 Charlie company was sent to the village of my lai, and us soldiers were ordered to kill the villagers as they never knew who was in the viet cong or on the opposition to them .
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There were drafted hippies in the infantry in Vietnam; they were good men.
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The Australians deployed Infantry, Artillery, some aviation assets, and a full squadron of Centurion battle tanks to Vietnam.
Australia sent one squadron of Centurion tanks and infantry and artillerymen to South Vietnam.
For WW2: Armored Infantry Divisions were equiped with half-tracks. Regular Infantry Divisions walked (or trucked). During the Vietnam War those Armored Infantry Divisions gave way to the new MECHANIZED INFANTRY DIVISIONS, equipped with M-113 APC/ACAV (Armored Personnel Carriers/Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles). Only one US Army Mechanized Infantry Division was in Vietnam (and only it's 1st Brigade); the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division (Red Diamond Patch). Regular Infantry Divisions in Vietnam were called "Straight Legs", "Straight" meaning...straight foot soldiering.
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North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam on 30 April 1975 with a conventional tank & infantry attack.
Over 14,800 US Marines died in Vietnam, but some were tank crewmen or aviators.
There were 5 Army soldiers on a MAT team. 2 Infantry Officers and 3 NCO's. The NCO's were a medic, light weapons infantry and heavy (crew-served) weapons infantry.
The NVA 202nd & 203rd Tank Regiments with their accompanying infantry.
Australia sent a regiment of their Centurion tanks to Vietnam, along infantry and artillery.