If you served with the unit during the time for which the NUC was awarded, you are entitled to the ribbon. If you served more than one unit and they both were awarded the NUC during the time period, you would be entitled to one for each unit, as long as the award was not for the same time frame. In most cases you would have to have been with the unit for 90 consecutive days during the period for which the award was given.
25th ID the "Tropical Lightning" division (in Vietnam jokingly called the "electric strawberry) & the Americal Division, same outfit that Generals Schwartzkoff and Powell served with in Vietnam.
What calvary units from Ohio served in WW1?
The NVAF MiGs battled the USAF & USN air units over North Vietnam (Air War). The NVA battled the USA, USMC, and USN riverine units in South Vietnam (Ground and Riverine War).
North Vietnam was the scene of the AIR WAR during the Vietnam War. N. Vietnam was bombed by air units from the US Navy and US Air Force. US Marine Corps units bombed in South Vietnam in support of their ground Marines. North Vietnam defended itself in North Vietnam with SAM sites and NVAF MiG 17, 19, and MiG 21 jet interceptors.
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This wasn't the case with all personnel deployed to Vietnam. Units rotated in and out of Vietnam. Incoming personnel would be sent in as replacements for soldiers who'd finished their tour before the rest of their unit or had been killed or wounded. Those personnel were sent to Vietnam and assigned to a unit there.
Yes, many USAF Reserve squadrons flew combat missions in Vietnam; especially from the F100 Supersabre units.
US Air Forces (to include naval & marine air units) engaged North Vietnamese Air Force units; and bombed targets in North Vietnam. US Navy Riverine Forces patrolled the countless rivers of South Vietnam, and interdicted enemy units moving about the waterways. US Army/Marine Ground units "Searched" for the enemy, and "Destroyed" him where ever he was found.
The Vietnam War M551 Sheridan tank, which had an aluminum hull, steel turret and steel 152mm main gun, weighed about 17 tons combat loaded. The tank served in Vietnam from January 1969 until about April 1972. It served with all US Armored Cavalry units in South Vietnam, and had a complement of 4 crewmen.
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Australia sent B57 Canberra bomber crewmen, Infantry, Artillery, and a regiment of Centurion tanks.Australia sent over more than 50,000 men (total served) and a squadron of Centurian Tanks to assist the allies in defeating the communist forces in Vietnam.
The Kentucky Army National Guard 2/138th Field Artillery was deployed to South Vietnam.