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The First Battle of Vietnam | The Battle of la Drang - AARP

In the first major engagement of the war between regular U.S. and North Vietnamese forces, Col. Tony Nadal and his fellow 3rd Brigade, 1st Calvary Division launched the first heliborne assault of its kind against the North Vietnamese forces.