“The 173rd were good soldiers and they did their fair share they certainly did no more than the many other ‘non-elites’ did, like the 4th Division grunts, the artillery and others,” said Steve Stark, an artillery liaison specialist assigned to the 6th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, at Dak To, in an article by Tim Dyhouse for VFW Magazine. That’s a sore spot for some veterans who were at Dak To. Seemingly forgotten is the fight waged by the division’s “leg” (non-airborne infantry), engineer and artillery units.
In accounts of the November 1967 battle of Dak To, one of the largest and longest battles of the Vietnam War, the center of attention is often the elite 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, assigned prior to the battle to the 4th Infantry Division.
A Fight to Remember: The 4th Infantry Division at Dak To Close
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