Editing Tiger Force (section)

==Composition==
[[File:NARA photo 111-CCV-619-CC53195.jpg|thumb|right|Members of Tiger Force move along an infiltration trail, 1968]]
The platoon-sized unit, approximately 45 [[paratroopers]], was organized by [[Major (United States)|Major]] [[David Hackworth]] in November 1965 to "outguerrilla the guerrillas".<ref name=Tiger/>{{rp|13–14, 23, 224}} Tiger Force (Recon) 1-327th was a highly decorated small unit in Vietnam, and paid for its reputation with heavy casualties.<ref>{{cite news|author=Joe Mahr|title=Unit's founder says he didn't know of atrocities|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F99999999%2FSRTIGERFORCE%2F40328015|date=28 March 2004|access-date=4 December 2008|archive-date=7 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107233127/http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F99999999%2FSRTIGERFORCE%2F40328015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 1968, Tiger Force's parent battalion was awarded the [[Presidential Unit Citation (US)|Presidential Unit Citation]] by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], which included a mention of Tiger Force's service at [[Đắk Tô]] in June 1966.<ref>U.S. Army, {{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/matrix/101abd/101abd-dec.html|title=101st Airborne Division, Unit Decorations War Department General Orders 59, 21 October 1968|publisher=U.S. Army}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>