71st Airborne Brigade (United States)
The 71st Airborne Brigade was an airborne brigade of the United States Army and the Texas Army National Guard. The brigade was active from 15 January 1968 until 1 November 1973.
The formation traces its history to the 71st Infantry Brigade of the 36th Division in World War I, when it had the 141st and 142nd Infantry Regiments assigned.
The 71st Airborne Brigade consisted of three airborne infantry battalions:[1]
- 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
- 3rd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
On 1 November 1973, the brigade was inactivated and used to activated the 36th Infantry Brigade (Airborne).[2]
The brigade's lineage lives on today, embodied in the 71st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Aumiller, Timothy S. "United States Army Infantry, Artillery, Armor/Cavalry Battalions, 1957-2011" p31, from
- ↑ http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/articles/postwarii.htm
- ↑ Rottman, Gordon L. (1990). "US Army Airborne 1940-1990" {https://books.google.com/books?id=MKWV45JxCP8C},Osprey Publishing, Ltd. p49 and http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/articles/postwarii.htm
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