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Photo provided by Andy Yoshida
| Unknown trooper Bien Hoa Reception Center Bien Hoa, Vietnam December 1967 |
The operation to move the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell to South
Vietnam, codenamed Operation Eagle Thrust, was the largest airlift transfer of men
and equipment from the United States to Southeast Asia.
Approximately 10,500 troops and 14,000 pounds of basic combat equipment were
flown over 9,700 miles during a period from November 17 until late December 1967.
Vietnam, codenamed Operation Eagle Thrust, was the largest airlift transfer of men
and equipment from the United States to Southeast Asia.
Approximately 10,500 troops and 14,000 pounds of basic combat equipment were
flown over 9,700 miles during a period from November 17 until late December 1967.
| General William Westmoreland, commander of all U.S. troops in Vietnam and a former commander of the 101st Airborne Division greeted units of the 101st at Bien Hoa airport on December 13, 1967. |