"Spirit of Robert Rogers in the Footsteps of Lauri Torni and Tutelage
of Frenchy Theriault"
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); conducted the historic FIRST
night combat rappel 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 jconnersn94k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Class 502)
775-847-0214
Master Parachutist (Honor Graduate of 101st ABN Jumpmaster Class),
Special Forces Weapons Expert (1964-65 SF MOI, Weapons & Branch
Courses...Frenchy Theriault was my Senior Weapons Instructor), 101st
RECONDO (Brand Number 1919), Army Aviator, AMOC
Chinese Bandit 13
Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66
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