National Yellow Bat Day

On a full moon with the motto Through the Night Below, the official insignia of the 265th is a bat with outstretched wings on a full moon. The bat, symbolically, represents mystery and secrecy due to its nocturnal appearance. The bat accurately identifies the Army Security Agency Battalion's intelligence services.

The troops painted all the military vehicles and equipment with a yellow bat before deploying.. The symbol made the unit clearly visible from a distance and assisted in identifying all unit equipment.

They deployed to Vietnam with the designation 265th Radio Research Company (Airborne) on November 19th of the same year to provide intelligence assistance to the 101st Airborne Division's 101st Airborne Division. They learned of the North Vietnamese campaign a few weeks before the Viet Cong Tet Offensive. However, few commanders would believe the intelligence.

Tet offensive

Tet, the Vietnamese calendar's lunar new year, marks the lunar new year and is considered the most significant holiday. On Tet, a long-running informal truce took place every year during the war between North and South Vietnam.

With a series of coordinated attacks, breaking the informal truce, North Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap, the North Vietnamese commander, is set to ring in the lunar new year.

"The attack would come as a surprise to many," Doug Bonnot, author of The Sentinel and the Shooter, says, "but personnel of Bien Hoa Air Base, along with the very few small units that believed their intelligence reports, were manning their sector defensive perimeter of the base, some 12 hours before the Tet Offensive was launched."

The Viet Cong Battalion's Battle Flag of D: 275th Viet Cong Battalion hangs in the Sentinel Museum today, and the Viet Cong Battalion's Battle Flag never breached these positions.

The Sentinel Museum, which is on display in a mobile museum, gives insight into the Vietnam war. It also raises concerns of the contributions of the 265th Radio Research Company. These honorable men's sacrifices remained shrouded in secrecy long after the war's conclusion. These honorable men's sacrifices remained cloaked in secrecy until decades after the war ended. These men served in the shadows, providing silent and ceaseless assistance to the infantry soldier during the Vietnam War. The Yellow Bat symbolizes their secrecy and their service through the night.

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Although the Tet Offensive took place more than 50 years ago, the Yellow Bat's history continues. You can learn more about these service members and the 265th Army Security Agency Company (Airborne). This day can also be recognized in several other ways: You can also identify this day in several other ways:

• Take some time to learn more about the Vietnam War and those who served. Those who served are among those who served
• About the 265th, read about the Tet Offensive
• Douglas W. Bonnot's Sentinel and the Shooter Douglas W. Bonnot's Sentinel and the Shooter Douglas W Bonnot's Sentinel and the Shooter
• By Andrew Rawson, The Tet Offensive 1968 Battle Story
• Honor those who served during a turbulent period in our country's history
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Tour in Vietnam is on display at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Museum
• Volunteer for a veteran's group. Volunteer for a veteran's group

Be sure to invite family and friends to join you on social media by using the hashtag #NationalYellowBatDay to post on social media.

The national yellow bat day celebrations have lasted for the first time in history.

National Yellow Bat Day was issued in 2016 by Doug Bonnot, President of the Sentinel Chapter of the 101st Airborne Association. He and the chapter members all served with the 265th RRC (ABN). (ABN)

Yellow bat FAQ

Q. How many people were killed during the Vietnam War?

A. Approximately 500,000 US military troops served during the Vietnam War. A. During the Vietnam War, approximately 500,000 US military forces served.

Q. How long was the war period?

A. The United States entered the conflict in 1965 and remained in Vietnam for eight years, with the last military units withdrawing on March 29, 1973.

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