c1967-71 US Army Vietnam War Era Pocket Hanger Fob 23rd Infantry American Division Patch Badge

c1967-71, rare Vietnam War era 'infamous' My Lai Massacre Unit Designation 'America Div' pocket hangar. Incased in plastic with leatherette hangar for attaching to the uniform. GC.

During the Vietnam War the division had a mixed record. It combined participation in numerous battles and campaigns but was marred by the My Lai massacre, which was committed by a platoon of the division's subordinate 11th Infantry Brigade, led by Lieutenant William Calley.

The division suffered a tactical defeat in the early morning of 28 March 1971, when Vietcong sappers assaulted FSB Mary Ann. The attack destroyed key infrastructure, as well as killing 33 and wounding 83 Americans.
The division was inactivated following its withdrawal from South Vietnam in November 1971.

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