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U.S. Army 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Arrives in Vietnam

September 1, 1966 - September 30, 1966

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Insignia of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment “Blackhorse” arrives in Vietnam. It is equipped with light tanks, self-propelled howitzers, helicopters, and armored personnel carriers for use in the open terrain of III Corps. The 11th is one of only a few large U.S. armored cavalry units to fight in the war.1

1Donn A. Starry, Mounted Combat in Vietnam, Vietnam Studies (Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1989), 72–75; Shelby Stanton, Vietnam Order of Battle (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003), 129–130.