National Yellow Bat Day

National Yellow Bat Day is celebrated on April 21st, in honor of National Yellow Bat Day.. The Army activated the 265th Army Security Agency Company (Airborne) with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on this day in 1967. (Airborne)

The official insignia of the 265th is a bat with outstretched wings on a full moon, with the motto Through the Night Below. Due to its nocturnal appearance, the bat symbolises mystery and secrecy. The Army Security Agency Battalion's intelligence service is described by the bat in a way.

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

They sent the 101st Airborne Division intelligence assistance to Vietnam on November 19th of the same year on November 19th. (Airborne) is a nonprofit organization that provides intelligence to the 101st Airborne Division. ey were alerted of the North Vietnamese campaign only a few weeks ahead of the Viet Cong Tet Offensive. Nevertheless, few commanders would believe the intelligence.

Tet offensive

Tet, the Vietnamese calendar's most significant holiday, falls on January 31st, marking the lunar new year and is considered the most significant holiday. Every year on Tet, a long-running informal truce took place between North and South Vietnam during the war between North and South Vietnam.

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

"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 attack would come as a surprise to many."

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

The Sentinel Museum, as a mobile museum, gives insight into the Vietnam war. In addition, it 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. Even today, the general public is unaware of these men who served in the shadows, providing silent and ceaseless assistance to the infantry soldier during the Vietnam War. The Yellow Bat represents their secrecy and their service through the night.

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Although the Tet Offensive occurred 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). (Airborne) This day is also recognized in several other ways: You can also identify this day in several other ways:

Learn more about the Vietnam War and those who served
Read about the Tet Offensive, which occurred about the 265th
Douglas W Bonnot's Sentinel and the Shooter The Sentinel and the Shooter
By Andrew Rawson, the Tet Offensive 1968 Battle Story. The Tet Offensive 1968 Battle Story
Many that served during a turbulent period in our country's history are among those who served during a turbulent period
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Museum in Vietnam is on tour of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C
Volunteer for a veterans' group is a volunteer for a veteran's group

Use #NationalYellowBatDay to post on social media to invite family and friends to join you on the ride.

The first national yellow bat day celebrations in history have lasted for more than a century

In 2016, Doug Bonnot, President of the Sentinel Chapter of the 101st Airborne Association, submitted National Yellow Bat Day. He and the chapter members were among the 265th RRC members (ABN).