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Vietnam Timeline 3/5 CAV Black Knights
January 20 1967 – OPERATION COLBY
January 28 1967 – OPERATION IOLA
February 2 1967 - Official arrival of 3rd/5th Cavalry in Vietnam.
February 6 –24 1967 - OPERATION GREENLEAF
February 15 1967 – OPERATION TUCSON
February 27 1967 – OPERATION LAM SON 67
February 27 1967 – OPERATION SUITLAND
March 19 – April 13 1967 – OPERATION JUNCTION CITY II * Battle Of Bau Bang
April 2 1967 – OPERATION PORT SEA II
April 22 1967 - Troop Movement
June 19 1967 - Sweep of Courtenay Rubber Plantation
June – July 2 1967 – OPERATION QUICKSILVER
July 8 1967 – OPERATION PADDINGTON
July 21 1967 – OPERATION KITTYHAWK
August 22-27 1967 – OPERATION AKRON III
October 5-7 1967 – OPERATION CORONADO VIII
October 8 1967 - Largest Arms Cache Of The War Found
November 4 1967 – OPERATION SANTA FE I
November 16 1967 – OPERATION ENTERPRISE
November 22-26 1967 – OPERATION WITCH
November 30 1967 – OPERATION SANTA FE III
December 16 – 26 1967 – OPERATION REINDEER
December 22 1967 – February 16, 1968 – resumption of OPERATION KITTYHAWK
December 31 1967 - C Troop Ambushed
January 11-15 1968 – OPERATION AKRON V
January 31 1968 A Troop Battle
January – February 1968 - Tet and Saigon Counter Offensive Campaigns
February 16 - March 27 1968 - Troop Movement
February 28 1968 – OPERATION TAMPA
March 8 – 1968 - OPERATION ROCK
March 13-21 1968 – OPERATION WORTH
March 30 1968 – First phase of TASK FORCE KILO
April 1 –15 1968 – OPERATION PEGASUS
April 9-15 1968 – OPERATION CHARLESTON
April 30 1968 - Squadron Command Post Attacked
Operational Report Quarterly ending April 30
May 3 1968 – Squadron moves to Wunder Beach
May 4-16 1968 – OPERATION RICE
May 21–July 31 1968 – OPERATION JEB STUART III
May 29 1968 - Battle of Gia Dang III
June 27-28 1968 – The Battle of Binh An
July 2 1968 - Officer change
August 20-23 1968 – Battle at La Hue
October 31 1968 - Squadron Moves to Camp Evans
November 2-7 1968 - OPERATION COMANCHE FALLS III
December 2 - 15 1968 – OPERATIONS BLACK KNIGHT I AND II
January 1969 - Troop Movement
February 24th 1969 -3/5 Cav. Operational control 1 Beg 5th Inf. Div.
February 28 - March 3 1969 - The Battle of Cam Hung
March 22 - April 2 1969 – OPERATION MONTANA MAULER
April 8 - April 15 1969 – OPERATION ELLIS RAVINE
April 18 & 19 1969 - C Troop NDP Attacked
May 1- 4 1969 – OPERATION BRISTOL BOOTS
May 5 - Aug. 14 1969 – OPERATION MONTGOMERY RENDEZVOUS
* New Info added 5/19/05.
May 10-21 1969 - OPERATION APACHE SNOW
June 20 1969 - Part 2 of OPERATION MONTGOMERY RENDEZVOUS
July 5 1969 - Part 3 of OPERATION MONTGOMERY RENDEZVOUS
July 21 1969 - Part 4 of OPERATION MONTGOMERY RENDEZVOUS
August 15 – September 21 1969 - OPERATION LOUISIANA LEE/RICHLAND SQUARE
September 1969 - Troop Movement
September 25 – October 21 1969 - Un-named Operation/Security
April 10 1970 – Mai Loc Special Forces Compound
January 30 1971 – OPERATION LAM SON 719
February 8 1966 – April 30 1971 - Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry awarded to 3rd/5th Cavalry
April 8 – July 11 1971 - OPERATION MONTANA MUSTANG
October 9 1971 - Last Cavalry TROOPERS Wounded in Action
November 8 1971 – The 3rd Squadron 5th Armored Cavalry departs Vietnam.
January 3, 1991 - 3rd/5th Cavalry in Operation DESERT STORM
3rd/5th Cav In Bosnia