506th Airborne Infantry

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1st battalion 506th infantry


1st Battalion 506th Infantry

The 1st Battalion 506th folder contains Daily Staff Journals for various periods.

Daily Staff Journals

Daily Staff Journals are records covering a 24 hour period beginning at midnight and ending at midnight. Daily Staff Journals describe, by day/hour/minute, actions recorded at the Battalion level. "Action" includes troop deployment and movement, enemy contact, resupply, evacuation etc.. for a specified period.

March 1970

Daily Staff Journals are records covering a 24 hour period beginning at midnight and ending at midnight. Daily Staff Journals describe, by day/hour/minute, actions recorded at the Battalion level. "Action" includes troop deployment and movement, enemy contact, resupply, evacuation etc.. for a specified period.

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April 1970

These daily journals describe the action of the 1st Battalion. The records start with April 23, 1970 as the battalion was preparing a combat assault into the area around FSB Maureen during Operation Texas Star.

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May 1970

These daily journals describe the action of the 1st Battalion begining on May 1, 1970 during Operation Texas Star in the area between FSB Kathyrn and FSB Ripcord.

The quality of some of the documents is poor and we were not able to enhance the copies beyond what we have presented.

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History Summary

Battalion History journals or reports are records covering a specific one year period. History reports describe in general detail actions recorded at the Battalion level over a specific calendar year.

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OP Phantom - B 1/506, 1971



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