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Montgomery County Regiment; Active: 1779-1783: Allegiance: North Carolina: Branch: North Carolina militia: Type: Militia: Part of: Salisbury District Brigade: Commanders; Notable commanders: Col. John Little Col. William Lofton
The Area of Operation was expanded to include Dau Tieng area in the exploitation of Viet Cong logistical bases located there and subsequently to include all of War Zone C. VC Units located in the area included elements of the 9th VC Division (271st, 272nd, 273rd Regiments), 101st NVA Regiment, 70th Guard Regiment, U80 Artillery Regiment ...
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Quick Facts Active, Allegiance ... The Montgomery County Regiment was authorized on February 8, 1778 by the North Carolina General Assembly of 1778. It was created at the same time that Montgomery County, North Carolina was created out of the northern half of Anson County, North Carolina.
1967. 1967. 1967 OVERVIEW This was the year of big operations – like JUNCTION CITY (Feb. to Apr.), CAMDEN (Dec.), and YELLOWSTONE (Dec.) – and it was the year of the 2/12th Infantry’s historic BATTLE OF SOUI TRE (March 21). There were two events in 1967 that “upset the apple-cart” and pissed off members of the battalion: 1.)
On February 8, 1779, the NC General Assembly created Montgomery County and its regiment of Militia out of the northern half of Anson County and its Militia. All officers were appointed and commissioned by the Governor. The Montgomery County Regiment was active until the end of the war.
DESCRIPTION. From May 18 to 26, 1967, Soldiers of 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division fought a series of five battles over a period of nine days in Pleiku province near the Cambodian border. American leadership wanted to fight infiltrating North Vietnamese as close to the Cambodian border as possible to prevent them from gaining a foothold in ...
US body count: 393 killed. 174 individual and 47 crew-served weapons recovered. Operation Montgomery Rendezvous was a security operation during the Vietnam war conducted by the 101st Airborne Division in the area southwest of Huế in western Thừa Thiên Province, from 8 June to 15 August 1969.
