Patch of the Tiger Force of United States Army's 101st Airborne Division
Active
November 1965 to November 1969 (Vietnam)
Country
United States
Branch
United States Army
Type
Special operations forces
Size
45
Part of
U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ
Fort Campbell (1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade)
Engagements
Vietnam War
Decorations
United States Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Notable commanders
David Hackworth
Military unit
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Mass killings during the Vietnam War
Châu Đốc
Huế Phật Đản
Xá Lợi Pagoda
U.S. Embassy bombing
Saigon bombing
Bình An/Tây Vinh
Bình Tai
Bình Hòa
Thủy Bồ
Đắk Sơn
Huế
Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất
Hà My
Mỹ Lai
Sơn Trà
Thanh Phong
Sơn Thắng
Thạnh Mỹ
Đức Dục
Highway 1
Cai Lậy schoolyard
Tiger Force
Viet Cong and PAVN terror
Vietnam War Crimes Working Group
Winter Soldier Investigation
Tiger Force was the name of a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit[1] of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the Vietnam War from November 1965 to November 1967.[2]: 22–3 The unit gained notoriety after investigations during the course of the war and decades afterwards revealed extensive war crimes against civilians, which numbered into the hundreds.[3]
^Rottman, Gordon (2008). US Army Long-Range Patrol Scout in Vietnam 1965-71. Osprey Publishing. p. 33.
^Sallah, Michael; Weiss, Mitch (2006). Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0316159972.
^Ward, Geoffrey C.; Burns, Ken (2017). The Vietnam War: An Intimate History. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 235–8. ISBN 9781524733100.
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