Editing 101st Airborne Division (section)

===Vietnam War===
{{Main|Vietnam War}}
[[File:101st Airborne Division - Vietnam 01.jpg|thumb|Men of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, fire from old Viet Cong trenches.]]

On 29 July 1965, the 1st Brigade deployed to [[II Corps (South Vietnam)|II Corps]], [[South Vietnam]] with the following units:
* 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry
* 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry
* 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry
* [[2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment|2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery]]
* [[17th Cavalry Regiment|Troop A, 2nd Squadron 17th Cavalry]]
* 101st Support Battalion (Provisional)
* Company A, 326th Engineer Battalion
* Company D, [[326th Medical Battalion (United States)|326th Medical Battalion]]
* Company B, 501st Signal Battalion
* 20th Chemical Detachment
* 181st Military Intelligence Detachment
* 406th Army Security Agency Detachment<ref name=Stanton>{{cite book |last=Stanton |first=Shelby |title=Vietnam Order of Battle |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-811700719 |page=85}}</ref>

From 1965 to 1967, the 1st Brigade operated independently as sort of a fire brigade and earned the reputation as being called the "Nomads of Vietnam." They fought in every area of South Vietnam from the [[Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone|Demilitarized Zone]] up north all the way down the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]].<ref name="fortcampbellcourier.com">{{cite news |url=http://fortcampbellcourier.com/news/commentary/article_bcd86ea2-06b8-11df-a6f1-001cc4c03286.html |title=101st combat record in Vietnam 'unmatched' |first=Mary L. |last=Gonzalez |date=21 January 2010 |newspaper=The Fort Campbell Courier |access-date=27 August 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002174246/http://fortcampbellcourier.com/news/commentary/article_bcd86ea2-06b8-11df-a6f1-001cc4c03286.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 1967 the 1st Brigade operated as part of [[Task Force Oregon]].<ref name=Stanton/>

Within the United States, the 101st, along with the 82nd Airborne Division, was sent in to quell the [[1967 Detroit riot]].

The rest of the 101st was deployed to Vietnam in November 1967 and the 1st Brigade rejoined its parent division.<ref name=Stanton/> The 101st was deployed in the northern [[I Corps (South Vietnam)|I Corps]] region, operating against the [[People's Army of Vietnam]] (PAVN) infiltration routes through [[Laos]] and the [[A Shau Valley]] for most of the war. Notable among these were the [[Battle of Hamburger Hill]] in 1969 and [[FSB Ripcord|Firebase Ripcord]] in 1970.

During the war, the division's bald eagle patch resulted in the North Vietnamese Army referring to 101st Airborne soldiers as "chicken men."<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Kristin M. |title=Storied 101st Airborne marks 70th anniversary |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/storied-101st-airborne-marks-70th-anniversary/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |agency=The Associated Press |date=2012-08-12 |quote=Page said records captured during the war showed the North Vietnamese Army warned troops to be cautious when encountering the 'chicken men,' referring to the division's bald eagle patch.}}</ref>

====Tiger Force====
[[Tiger Force]] was the nickname of a [[long-range reconnaissance patrol]] unit<ref>{{cite book |last=Rottman |first=Gordon L. |date=2008 |title=US Army Long-Range Patrol Scout in Vietnam 1965–71 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |page=33 |isbn=978-1-846032509}}</ref> of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Sallah & Weiss, ''Tiger Force'', pp. 22–23.</ref> The platoon-sized unit, approximately 45 [[paratroopers]], was founded by Colonel [[David Hackworth]] in November 1965 to "outguerrilla the guerrillas".<ref>Sallah & Weiss, ''Tiger Force'', pp. 13–14, 23, 224.</ref> Tiger Force (Recon) 1/327th was a highly decorated small unit in Vietnam, and paid for its reputation with heavy casualties.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/SRTIGERFORCE/40328015 |title=Unit's founder says he didn't know of atrocities |last=Mahr |first=Joe |date=March 28, 2004 |newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]] |access-date=27 August 2016 |archive-date=7 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107233127/http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F99999999%2FSRTIGERFORCE%2F40328015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 1968, Tiger Force's parent battalion was awarded the [[Presidential Unit Citation (US)|Presidential Unit Citation]] by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], which included a mention of Tiger Force's service at [[Đắk Tô]] in June 1966.<ref name=101stPUC>{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/matrix/101abd/101abd-dec.html |title=101st Airborne Division, Unit Decorations |website=U.S. Army |access-date=3 July 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The unit was accused of committing multiple war crimes.<ref>Sallah & Weiss, ''Tiger Force'', pp. 335, 339–346, 350–352, 354–355, 359, 361–362, 367–369, 374–375, 376.</ref> Investigators concluded that many of the war crimes indeed took place.<ref>Sallah & Weiss, ''Tiger Force'', p. 383.</ref> Despite this, the Army decided not to pursue any prosecutions.<ref>Sallah & Weiss, ''Tiger Force'', p. 306.</ref> By the end of the war, Tiger Force had killed approximately 1,000 enemy soldiers.<ref name="socialistworker.org">{{cite web |url=http://socialistworker.org/2003-2/476/476_05_WarCrimes.shtml |title="We killed anything that walked", Vietnam war crimes |website=Socialist Worker |date=14 November 2003 |access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref>

====Lam Son 719====
In 1971, elements of the division supported [[Operation Lam Son 719]], the South Vietnamese invasion of southern Laos, but only aviation units actually entered Laos.

The division began withdrawing from South Vietnam on 15 May 1971 with the departure of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry.<ref name=MACV1971>{{cite report |url=https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/reports/images.php?img=/images/1683/168300010817.pdf |title=Command History 1971 Volume II |publisher=Headquarters United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |date=1971 |access-date=7 June 2020}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>{{rp|F-1–8}} Most major units of the Division had redeployed by January 1972.<ref name=MACV1971/>{{rp|F-1–22}}

In the seven years that all or part of the division served in Vietnam it suffered 4,011 killed and 18,259 wounded in action.<ref>Sharpe & Dunstan, p.90.</ref> The division, during this time, participated in 12 separate campaigns and 17 of the division's Medal of Honor recipients are from this period of time – all this giving the 101st Airborne Division a combat record unmatched by any other division.<ref name="fortcampbellcourier.com"/>