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did the army use paratroopers, the 82 airborne, in viet-nam?
did they actually jump out of planes in viet-nam and set up fire bases once on the ground or were they taken to fire bases by helicopter.
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- Boris BadenovLv 53 years ago
Screaming Eagles, the 101st, were the big boys then. The 82nd had one brigade there, but nothing like the 101st at Firebase Ripcord and Hamburger Hill.
- Anonymous3 years ago
The 82nd Airborne didn't fight as a division during Vietnam. They had The Tiger Brigade deployed to SE as part of a readiness exercise. The 101st Airborne actively fought in Vietnam as well the 173rd Airborne Brigade so the answer is yes.
- jeeper_peeper321Lv 73 years ago
They sent one brigade for 6 months in 1967 as a test to see how fast they could deploy a brigade and then start pulling combat operations
and it did not count as a tour in vietnam
