The Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66 was
awarded two Presidential Unit Citations for extraordinary heroism for
their participation in the Battles of the Ia Drang (November 1965) and
Nathan Hale (June 1966); conducted the historic FIRST night combat
rappel lead by RANGER Lawson; and performed DOD/MACV directed long
range reconnaissance (LRRP) operations lead by 101st RECONDO Grimes
along the northern Cambodia and southern Laos borders in the spring of
1966..."Laying Down FIRST Tracks in the Central Highlands".

RANGER Jerry Conners
Master Parachutist, Special Forces Weapons Expert, 101st RECONDO, Army
Aviator
Chinese Bandit 13

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Combat/Reconnaissance Patrol of the Recon 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav during
Operation Nathan Hale June 23, 1966

On July 19, 1966 the 2d Bn (ABN) 327th Inf, 101st Airborne Division
conducted air assaults northwest of Tuy Hoa in the vicinity of Trung
Luong Valley and encountered heavy resistance and casualties from...

SPRING 1966 LONG RANGE RECONNAISSANCE PATROL (LRRP) by RANGER Jerry
Conners (Chinese Bandit 13)

A Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol was formed from members of the 1st
Bn (ABN) 8th Cav Recon platoon and attached to division headquarters
in the spring of 1966 as directed by the Department of Defense where
seven LRRP teams from the US Army Special Forces, US Marine Corps,
Navy and other Army units were established to conduct simultaneous
patrols within the Republic of Vietnam.