MAP 6536 II, MACV PLEI ME, IA DRANG VALLEY, Vietnam War
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US MILITARY MAP Vietnam War Map Battle of Ia Drang Valley MAP Includes: Plei Ne - US / Montagnard Special Forces Base LZ DRAKE LZ FALCON - Fire Support Base, 1st Cavalry Division NVA Field Hospital - Captured by 'B Troop' 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Sheet 6536 II - Plei Me - Special Forces Base 6536 II - Titled - Xuong Kuang Superb Pictomap Piece - US Army Field Use. Map Number 6536 II - Series L 7014 South West of Pleiku Ia Drang Valley Plei Me - US Special Forces / Mike Force Base Plei Me, US Special Forces Base was one of the earlier Montagnard Mercenary Bases opened. Commencing Operations in October of 1963 the base was designated DETACHMENT A-255 (Also included, Classified Det A313). One of the first indigenous units to come under the continued command of US Special Forces Operatives (Previously CIA Controlled) Initially operating in an Eagle Flight (Rapid Reaction Force) and as a Mobile Guerrilla Force, in 1967 the detachment transferred to the Mobile Strike Force, MACV-SOG Command structure with Recon, SLAM and Hatchet Units operating from the base. From 400 operatives in late 1967 the unit had some 500 by the time of the Tet Offensive when the base came under assault with the Special Forces defending the base with little loss. One of the few units to ramp up their size after the Tet Offensive by the end of 1969
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