Operation Junction City
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Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by United States and Republic of Vietnam forces begun on 22 February 1967 during the Vietnam War. It was the first U.S. combat airborne operation since the Korean War and one of the largest Airmobile operations of the war.
The US infantry enjoyed advantages in mechanization over the Viet Cong forces encountered, including the M113 and in certain locales, full battle tanks
Air drop of supplies in Operation Junction City
The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army garrisoned at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in California. The regiment has served in the Philippine–American War, the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War II, the Vietnam War, Gulf War and Iraq War. The 11th ACR serves as the opposing force (OPFOR) for the Army and Marine task forces, and foreign military forces that train at Fort Irwin.
A Troop veterans are honored for their heroism in Vietnam, October 2009.
11th ACR trooper on duty in the Fulda Gap “OP ALPHA” during the Cold War.
Soldiers assigned to the 11th ACR form up along a wall as they prepare to clear a building known to house insurgents in an area of Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, on 5 March 2005.