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The battle of Dak To (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Đắk Tô - Tân Cảnh) in Vietnam was a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between 3 and 23 November 1967, [1] in Kon Tum Province, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
The North Vietnamese 1st Division attacks allied outposts around Dak To in the Central Highlands, an area that has been the scene of heavy fighting since the summer. Elements of the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), and 173d Airborne Brigade, reinforced by South Vietnamese troops, engage the enemy in difficult ...
I served as an infantryman in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. In the attached video you will see some of the places that my unit served and fought at. Our first base camp was at Bien Hoa near Saigon. We carried out 'search and destroy' missions in war zones C and D before moving…
3 Οκτ 2019 · The Battle of Dak To saw US forces drive the North Vietnamese from the Kontum Province and decimated the regiments of the 1st PAVN Division. As a result, three of the four would be unable to participate the Tet Offensive in January 1968.
Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade slugged it out with four NVA regiments in the Central Highlands. The centerpiece of the battle was the 110-hour fight for Hill 875. U.S. paratroopers of the 173rd Abn. Bde. battle an entrenched and virtually invisible NVA on Hill 875. Some 27% of the brigade’s GIs were either killed or wounded, with rifle
The battle for Dak To during November and December 1967 was a disaster for the 1st North Vietnamese Army Division. Although the enemy had expected to gain an important psychological victory by swiftly striking western Kontum Province from border sanctuaries, his four fresh regiments were decisively defeated in what a ranking Communist officer ...
3 Δεκ 2018 · After the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong suffered heavily in their January-March 1968 Tet Offensive, a relative calm descended on Dak To, and MACV placed the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, there to secure the region.
