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1st Special Forces Brigade (South Korea)
Unit of the Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1st Special Forces Brigade (Airborne) (Korean: 제1공수특전여단; Hanja: 第一空輸特戰旅團), also known as Eagle (독수리), is an Airborne Special Forces unit of the Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command.
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History
On 1 April 1958, 1st Combat Group was founded and most members were from the 8240th Army Unit.[1][2]
On 1 October 1958, reorganized as the 1st Special Forces Group.[citation needed]
On 15 September 1972, reorganized into as the 1st Special Forces Brigade.[citation needed]
Vietnam War
1,172 of 1st Special Forces Group participated in the Vietnam War.[3]
They were attached to Capital Mechanized Infantry Division and 9th Infantry Division.[citation needed]
They conducted the special operations including long-range reconnaissance patrol, surprise attacks by hit-and-run tactics and so on.[4]
Operation Paul Bunyan
64 of 1st Special Forces Brigade participated in the Operation Paul Bunyan in 1976.[5][6]
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Criticism
1st Special Forces Brigade was involved in three military coup d'états - May 16 coup (1961), Coup d'état of December Twelfth (1979),[7] and 2024 South Korean martial law.[8][9]
On 21 May 1964, some of its members broke into a courtroom and the house of a judge to demand an arrest warrant.[10]
Notable former members
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