"Spirit of Robert Rogers in the Footsteps of Lauri Torni and Tutelage
of Frenchy Theriault"

The legendary Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav
1965-66 was awarded TWO Presidential Unit Citations, the nation's
highest unit decoration for extraordinary heroism for their
participation in the Battles of the Ia Drang (Pleiku November 1965)
and Nathan Hale (Trung Luong June 1966); conducted the historic FIRST
night combat rappel lead by RANGER Lawson; and performed DOD/MACV/
OP-35 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...Chinese Bandits Penetrate Deeper!"

Combat/Reconnaissance Patrol of the Recon 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav during
Operation Nathan Hale June 23, 1966...2d Presidential Unit Citation for
Extraordinary Heroism

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.