Rare BEERCAN BADGE - 173rd Airborne Brigade - Paratroopers - Vietnam War - 1569

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I was fortunate to come across a small collection of Beercan pieces some years ago. They all show varying level's of use.
Please view. These are in-country, hand cut, hand made pieces.
173rd Airborne Brigade - United States Army
Elite Airborne Paratroopers - Operation Junction City
US ARMY -
Measures - 2 x 1.4 inches (5 x 3.5 cms)
Operation Junction City
Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation conducted by United States and ARVN forces.
The Operation commenced on 22 February 1967.
It was the largest U.S. airborne operation since Operation Varsity in March 1945, the only major airborne operation of the Vietnam War, and one of the largest U.S. operations of the war.
The operation was named after Junction City, Kansas, home of the operation's commanding officer.
The stated aim of the almost three-month engagement involving the equivalent of nearly three divisions of U.S. troops was to locate the elusive 'headquarters' of the Communist uprising in South Vietnam, the Central Office of South Vietnam (COSVN).
By some accounts of U.S. analysts at the time, such a headquarters was believed to be almost a "mini-Pentagon," complete with typists, file cabinets, and staff workers possibly guarded by layers of bureaucracy. In truth, after the end of the war, the actual headquarters was revealed by Viet Cong (VC) archives to be a small and mobile group of people, often sheltering in ad hoc facilities and at one point escaping an errant bombing by some hundreds of meters.
Junction City's grand tactical plan was a "hammer and anvil" tactic, whereupon airborne forces would "flush out" the VC headquarters, sending them to retreat against a prepared "anvil" of other forces.
The U.S. forces included most of the 1st Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division including the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, the airborne troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and large armored elements of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (11th ACR).
Although the objective of the Operation was never achieved it was still considered a success by Allied Forces.
Results of the battle as claimed by US Forces was - Allied Forces sustained, 282 killed, 1576 wounded,3 tanks destroyed, 21 AFVs destroyed, 5 howitzers destroyed and 11 trucks destroyed.
The Viet Cong claimed considerably different results of, 13,500 U.S./ARVN Killed or Wounded, 800 armored vehicles destroyed, 119 howitzers destroyed.
The Viet Cong released no figures on their own losses with the US claiming they had killed more that 2,700 Viet Cong.
Both the Viet Cong and the United States claimed Operation Junction City as a Victory.
The Viet Cong adopted the name Operation Junction City for their part in the battle (The only time they did this during the war and in April 1967 awarded a Badge to participants of the campaign, the only badge they ever issued in English. The badge is bannered across the top ‘Chien Thang’ – Triumph.)
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Infantry Division, 1
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Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25
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