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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 25632047, member: 1886&quot;]Two for one? 173rd Airborne Brigade on one side and&nbsp; 3rd Battlion 319th&nbsp; Artillery Regiment on the other. 173rd Airborne was the first combat unit to arrive in Vietnam. And the only U.S&nbsp; Airborne unit to make a jump. They jumped into Operation Junction City and according to Vietnam historian Shelby Stanton, were accused of&nbsp; grandstanding. The 3rd/319th provided support Artillery to the 173rd.&nbsp; Both units were at Camp Radcliff in An Khe.</p><p><br /></p><p>There may have been some mocking towards the 173rd&#039;s jump at Junction City,&nbsp; in the movie&nbsp; Apocalypse Now. Remember Captain Willard? He was 173rd ABN. There was a scene where they had a beach barbecue. Col. Kilgore yells: &quot;I&#039;m trying to forget about you captain.&quot; Then he snickers: &quot;Airborne.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1640065[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1640066[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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