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Herdword newsletter units attached to 173d in vietnam. The 173rd airborne brigade arrived from okinawa on may 7, 1965 and departed vietnam on august 25, 1971. Airborne brigade, vietnam and quite to the contrary of popular belief, the vietnam war is the most important war the usa ever fought. Vietnam war veteran patches, military gifts and more at. March 26, 1963 on the island of okinawa, the only separate airborne brigade to exist in the history of the us army was activated. Us army military insignia,us army patches,shoulder sleeve. The brigade was the first major united states army ground formation deployed in vietnam, serving there from 1965 to 1971 and losing almost 1,800 soldiers.
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