The 12th Littoral Combat Team, or 12th LCT, is the third battalion-sized unit stood up as part of the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, which falls under the 3rd Marine Division, III Marine ...

Plank's three-tank team with A Company, 3rd Tank Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, was part of that force. By the end of the eight-day operation the United States would see 45 men killed in action.