NUI BA DEN - Rare Patch - 1st CAVALRY 1st / 25th INFANTRY - Vietnam War - 0527

Description

Patch - Tay Ninh Province - Excellent and Rare Piece
Very Rare, Joint Divisional Patch
United States Army - USARV
1st Infantry Division - Big Red One
25th Infantry Division - Tropic Lightning
25th Cavalry Division - The First Team
Nui Ba Den - Signal Relay Unit - Black Virgin Mountain
Measures - 4.2 x 3.8 inches (10.5 x 9.5 cms)
Nui Ba Den – Black Virgin Mountain and Tay Ninh Combat Base
Black Virgin Mountain (Vietnamese: Núi Bà Đen, Khmer: Phnom Chol Baden) is a mountain in the Tây Ninh Province of Vietnam.
To the Vietnamese the mountain is the center of a myth about Bà Đen, a local deity of Khmer origin.
During the Vietnam War the area around the mountain was very active as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ended a few kilometers west across the Cambodian border.
The Mekong Delta is generally a flat region with the exception of the Black Virgin Mountain. The mountain commands everything in its sight and was therefore a strategic location for both sides during the war.
In May 1964 the mountain top was assaulted by the Special Forces 3rd MIKE Force and the peak was held by American forces as a radio relay station. Due to it’s height Nui Ba Den was able to provide signals to almost all units in South Vietnam and Cambodia and into Laos and North Vietnam.
Supplied by helicopter for much of the war the Americans controlled the top and the Vietcong controlled the bottom and surrounding foothills.
The base was occupied by over 140 Americans when on the night of 13th May 1968 the base was attacked and overrun by the Vietcong. By the morning of the 14
th
of May the Vietcong had been driven off by gunship and artillery fire.
The results of the attack were 24 U.S. killed, 2 U.S. MIA and 25 Vietcong killed.
In January 1969 the mountain was extensively searched by US Special Forces and Ranger Units.
In the tunnels that honeycombed the mountain they found arms caches, and engaged Vietcong units stationed on the mountain. Throughout the war the Vietcong returned to the mountain and its cave bases.
Colonel Donald Cook was the first Marine captured in the Vietnam war. For a time he was held near Black Virgin mountain.
In late 1973 the mountain was closed as an American base and handed over to the South Vietnam Army.
During the closing days of the war when the mountain was abandoned by Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops, the local population left the region afraid of the approaching communist soldiers.
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