Legendary Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Tm 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav Historical HiLites
Chinese Bandit 13
of Frenchy Theriault...FIRST Wave"
The legendary Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav
1965-66 was awarded TWO Presidential Unit Citations, the nation's
highest unit decoration for extraordinary heroism for their
participation in the Battles of the Ia Drang (Pleiku November 1965)
and Nathan Hale (Trung Luong June 1966)...the ONLY Recon LRRP unit to
be awarded TWO Presidential Unit Citations during a single combat tour
of duty; conducted the historic FIRST night combat rappel during the
Battle of the Ia Drang along the Cambodian border while attached to
the 1st Airborne Brigade and lead by RANGER Lawson; and performed DOD/
MACV/OP-35 directed long range reconnaissance (LRRP) operations lead
by 101st RECONDO Grimes along the northern Cambodia and southern Laos
borders in the spring of 1966 ..."Laying Down FIRST Tracks in the
Central Highlands…Chinese Bandits Penetrate Deeper...and Where Others
FEARED to Tread!"
RANGER Jerry Conners, Captain (jconne...@att.net) 775-847-0214
(Class 502)
Master Parachutist (Honor Graduate of 101st ABN Jumpmaster Class),
Special Forces Weapons Expert (1964-65 SF MOI, Weapons & Branch),
101st RECONDO (Brand Number 1919), Army Aviator, AMOC, NRAS-PAL, Task
Force Gramas..."Loose Nukes" Recovery Team Greece/Turkey 1974,
Sensitive Weapons Theft (RAF Terrorist) Interdiction Team Misseau,
Fort Campbell Sport Parachute Club 1963-64
Chinese Bandit 13
Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66
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