unit history information
for A/1 AVN
119 AVN

For date 650908


A/1 AVN was a US Army unit
119 AVN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Quang Ngai
Description: The A Company, 1st Aviation Battalion unit history states the unit was alerted to movement to Quang Ngai. Combined with elements of the 119th Avn Co, Company A performed an airlanded assault and extraction mission in support of the 5th Special Forces Group. Fifty SF advisory personnel and 210 ARVN Airborne Rangers were lifted from the stagefield at Quang Ngai to the LZ at BT137003 in one lift and later extracted in one lift from the same LZ. No hostile fire was received. Close air support was provided by eight USAF A1E's utilized for prestrike, and eight USAF B-57's were used for air cover. The mission was completed and Company A returned to Ban Me Thuot.

The source for this information was STAGECOACH, History of the 155th AML by CPT John A. Geurin


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