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"Spirit of Robert Rogers in the Footsteps of Lauri Torni and Tutelage of Frenchy
Theriault...FIRST Wave"
The legendary Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66 was awarded
TWO Presidential Unit Citations, the nation's highest unit decoration for extraordinary heroism
for their participation in the Battles of the Ia Drang (Pleiku November 1965) and Nathan Hale
(Trung Luong June 1966)...the ONLY Recon, LRRP, Ranger, Special Forces or Special
Operations unit to be awarded TWO Presidential Unit Citations during a single combat tour of
duty…in ANY US Conflict or War; conducted the historic FIRST night combat rappel during the
Battle of the Ia Drang along the Cambodian border while attached to the 1st Airborne Brigade
and lead by RANGER Lawson; and performed DOD/MACV/OP-35 directed long range
reconnaissance (LRRP) operations lead by 101st RECONDO Grimes along the northern
Cambodia and southern Laos borders in the spring of 1966 ..."Laying Down FIRST Tracks in
the Central Highlands…Chinese Bandits Penetrate Deeper...and Where Others FEARED to
Tread!"
Chinese Bandit 13
Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66
http://www.chinesebandits.org
RAYMOND CARLEY REMEMBERED
by Ranger Jerry Conners,
colder now
shaking
unable to breathe
or tear the collar too close
about his neck,
struggling frantically
to hold on
numb now,
through squinted eyes some light,
soaked in blood
fingers slowly grasping emptiness,
swaying in the arms of death
let there be more