unit history information
for 155 AHC
B-23 SF DET
CIDG
52 CAB
For date 680407
155 AHC was a US Army unit
B-23 SF DET was a US Army unit
CIDG was a Vietnamese Army unit
52 CAB was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Darlac Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Ban Me Thuot
Description: The 155th Aviation Company unit history states they worked with various intelligence agencies and conducted a combat assault east of Ban Me Thuot. The mission was designed to liberate a group of Montangards and two Americans from a VC prison camp. Details and results of this operation remain classified (Editor's note: at the time the unit history was written). During the evening, the company staged a night combat assault in the local area for self-defense purposes. Working with Special Forces Detachment B-23, 110 CIDG troops were airlifted from East Field into an LZ controlled by the 52d CAB Pathfinders. The success of this mission proved the concept feasible in the event of a suspected or actual enemy attack on the installation.
The source for this information was 1968 Unit History of the 155th AVN by SP4 Royce J. Campbell
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Date posted on this site:
05/13/2023