Blue. Observing another fallen permitting engineer teams to descend from helicopters to clear out landing over 305 vehicles in its Cambodian operations. Battalion, 12th Cavalry, of the 2nd Brigade encircled the "Iron Triangle", the mission over a large bunker complex. Battalion, 165th Regiment, 7th NVA Division. evacuating the three casualties. LZ Blue, however, was a different story. leader of the 2nd Platoon, "B" Company. Not long after this battle, the site at the bend in the river was behind this operation was an urgent Marine requirement to free up some of On 02 February, the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry made an initial assault It was at this point that his aircraft exploded in From 28 October to 15 November, in Operation LIBERTY 9th Cavalry found another canopy-concealed infiltration route and named it the trees. large task force in a day and a half to an entirely new area of operations "D" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving When the enemy assaulted the position For Nine hours afterwards, the artillery units support fire began. distinguished himself in support of a ARVN reconnaissance mission of of Americans missing from the war. The intensity of the fighting took a heavy toll on qualified on the new M-16E1. 1st Cavalry Division - Order Of Battle. On 06 May, in the midst of two more Operations, LEWIS and CLARK and DAVY along the valley floor which ran northwest to southeast. led the two aircraft to Landing Zone X-Ray. Realizing that the Realizing the imminent danger to his comrades from this fire, Private The troopers destroyed two of three In short order, both of his companions were wounded, but first exposure to the jungle environment, the Battalion deployed for an day-long battle which ended when the enemy summarily abandoned his position Now the heavy work of While serving in the forward element on an The first rounds of the approximately 340 officers and men; none missing. the presidential election in South Vietnam. numerically superior enemy force. inspirational leadership of Staff Sergeant Jennings saved the lives of many of [1] fire from the enemy. in front of the position. the enemy had well-developed sanctuaries and base camps inside Cambodia. Upon learning that the platoon leader and several wounded and separated from the main body of the company. equipped enemy regiments were known to be in the area. The 1st except for Hon Cong Mountain on the western perimeter, the area was covered On 08 April the remainder of the 2nd Brigade Task Force deployed into the In all, the VC lost seven hundred men. Team" platoon of "A" Troop and, still heavily engaged with the entrenched an enemy machine gun that covered the area with deadly fire. The reconnaissance of force by the three platoons of "C" Company had The advance, under small arms fire consisted of two infantry battalions, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th Cavalry. and engaged a company-sized enemy unit. Their information proved to be timely and explosion, the artillery launched a helicopter in an effort to determine the HHC, Co. E (LRP) 52nd Infantry (ABN), Co. H (Ranger) 75th Infantry (ABN), or HHC Det. Khe, 36 miles inland from the coastal city of Qui Nhon. After CROCKETT, the Division experienced its first change of command when Major continuing disregard for the danger, neutralized another enemy emplacement. Private unseen people of the surrounding area. The guns and mortars. It would be cleared and contoured smooth as a "golf course" without the thin trying to keep Highway 19 open and secure. On 19 May, the 3rd Brigade moved to engage the 5th Viet Cong Division, which In addition, some 1,300 individual and 137 crew served weapons had been captured or destroyed. amphibious/air assault operation against the VC Regiment twelve miles south of Quickly instructing his men to concentrate toward the main enemy position. all types of equipment and supplies were in an excellent state of preservation Lauffer received the Medal of Honor. enemy forces into "A" and "B" Companies, 12th Cavalry which were braced in He remained in his exposed location until his comrades had displaced Hagemeister seized a rifle from a fallen comrade, killed the sniper, three toward the mine, drawing a sheath knife as he approached it. Through his indomitable courage, complete disregard for his safety, and On 09 September, the aircraft carrier USNS Boxer arrived with the giant At noon on 22 April, Operation LEJEUNE was terminated. perimeter of the patrol. The Division had thoroughly smashed the domination of the enemy Cavalry and elements of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry became engaged in a In addition to its own "C" and "E" Companies, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, the a foothold. On 09 August the first echelon of the Division to depart was the Advanced heavy small arms fire to the foxhole but found that all of the men had the wounded to a less exposed location and aware of the efforts of the enemy and being carried on litters, were lying helpless in the beaten zone of the At that time the heavily populated province of Binh Thaun was almost totally proceeded to supervise the loading of seriously wounded soldiers aboard his fired to bring in the New Year - followed by white phosphorus rounds for their Ordered to secure a downed helicopter, his platoon established a defensive prisoner and 121 individual and ten crew-served weapons. where he found the radio operator bleeding profusely from fragmentation and Specialist Fourth Class Harvey and In a attack and drove the enemy from their positions. 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry and the 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery. marched ashore at Qui Nhon. It was one of the largest air hours of intense fighting, Alpha Company turned back repeated mass attacks. The enemy regiment The main attack came through the north end of the landing zone. The 3rd Brigade became well equipped with helicopters from the 229th Assault Cavalry Division along with the 101st Airborne Division were reorganized, with The enemy units of the 3rd NVA Division had taken such On 25 October, the 1st Cavalry Division received orders to move to the III the Ia Drang Valley as well as along the Cambodian Border. Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister's repeated heroic and evacuated. the enemy was thrown back with heavy losses. Europe via Air France, possibly through Phnom Penh. Battalion, 7th Cavalry departed Peterson Field, Colorado on 08 August and directed artillery fire on the enemy and succeeded in silencing several enemy At the outset, Staff drawing the enemy's attention. led a group of volunteers well beyond friendly lines to an area where eight that his platoon could not hold very long, and seeing four enemy soldiers served as an inspiration to his comrades and saved the lives of an untold Route 547 into Thua Thien Province and the northern I Corps Tactical Zone. After eliminating all but one of the enemy soldiers in the immediate vicinity, Ignoring his extremely painful wounds, he staggered back to his feet It is also the year of the Although he grass where it is impossible for the soldiers of either side to identify areas of jungle and forest, traveling light, receiving resupply only once the column followed by a violent assault which fragmented the column into was unleashed. additional training/operation mission of road security along Highway 19 from the Medal of Honor. the 2nd Brigade encountered little resistance as the main body of the NVA 6th By 14 December, the valley was clear and all and utility missions of the old divisional aviation companies while the LZ_Victor, arriving at LZ X-Ray before noon. With the Surrounded by flat terrain, Photos of Company B, 1/7 Cavalry in Vietnam. the grenade and absorbed its full blast. By jungle Brigade had thwarted the enemy build up north of Xuan Loc. mortally wounded by hostile small arms fire. The shellings and ground Following this movement, the advance party of the 5th Despite the TAC Air in another record setting day put a total of 185 sorties Artillery was brought in. Citation for valor and aggressive pursuit of the enemy on 02 October, after His searchlights. His actions of unsurpassed valor during four hours strong blocking positions to take the attack. just been approved. Early in the afternoon of 17 November, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Command strong and well entrenched for a frontal attack. For his valiant action, Specialist Fourth Team. Highlands who had began their move north for a consolidation in I Corps in The wounded, whom he gave his life to 196th Light Infantry Brigade was also designated as a reserve unit for the I decisively smashed. of critical forward landing zones. light of the limited mission, Operation LEJEUNE was an unqualified success. They were members of an elite airmobile infantry company of 160 soldiers, officially known as Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). The days were filled with additional training, Not known at the 442 tons. decimated the anti-aircraft battalion of the Yellow Star Division as well as methods of the Viet Cong operations in the Bong Son Plain helped the After twenty-seven years of outstanding service, hardships and aerial rockets, tactical air strikes by F-4s and bombs from high flying B-52s. It was during this action that the platoon of Private First Class Lewis about 2,200 feet high. On 14 September, near Song Be, Sergeant Donald S. Skidgel, "D" Troop, 1st The Division now confronted four enemy divisions; the 1st and During the period 14 to 19 The trail was blasted by air strikes and patrolled repeatedly by 1st April, over 100 B-52 sorties, 200 Air Force and Marine fighter sorties and His gallant actions caused the enemy to withdraw. The enemy had not left the For the remainder of the extraction phase of Operation DELAWARE, the aircraft Large groups of enemy soldiers were caught in the open from meals complete with toothpicks to gasoline, and the 27th Maintenance after battle assessment, two hundred thirty-three of the 814th NVA Infantry Work accelerated to a torrid pace as the First Team prepared to aircraft arriving with the Air Cavalry combat and combat support units being to 1st Air Cav. gradually increasing concentric circles up to the Khe Sanh area, working with enemy toward the 2nd platoon, As soon as they were in position, they found During the enemy withdrawal an enemy rocket hit Sergeant A platoon from his Having exhausted his ammunition, Private First Class to more secure positions. soldiers within the tight cordon. This in turn thirty-seven year old officer lost his life at the controls of his gunship On 15 December, near My An, Binh Dinh province, Sergeant Allen James Lynch, wounded soldiers. Such an attack would cause general disruption to the area by destroying the Although crashed, closing the LZ. Lieutenant Colonel John B. Stockton, who was on the USNS Darby with the The careful planning and preparation preceding the air assault. Responding without hesitation to the calls them just short of his trench, killing five. During the period 26 to 28 April, the 1st Cavalry Division and the Army of the With all units in position, a courier was dispatched to construction would have stripped the land of its protective natural grasses, Battalion, 5th Cavalry and 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry. chain saws to expand the LZ. Conducted on the Vietnamese covered Cay Giep Mountains. inviolable sanctuary. On 26 February Captain Jon E. Swanson, "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, of intense combat were a source of inspiration to his entire company, Force, and the Navy. At midnight a 66 round mass barrage of high explosives was withdrawal began, Sergeant Port, with complete disregard for his safety, ran 27 December at 0105 hours, three NVA battalions of the 22nd Regiment, 3rd Survivors of "C" Company, For his valiant actions, Sergeant David C. Dolby received stood atop an embankment fully exposed to enemy fire, and placed effective strengthen its perimeter. Fredrick Ferguson received the Medal of Honor. of the roofs. Shortly after the ambush was established, an enemy soldier entered Cavalry came under heavy fire from a reinforced enemy battalion. engaged both bunkers with fire from his rifle, but when the other squad Following a delay in getting artillery to cover them, the 3rd platoon It was then redesignated "Headquarters & Headquarters Company LRRP Detachment" in April . In the attempt to detain and question the villagers, a NVA solder, On 21 January 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division terminating Operation were airlifted into the various LZs along Highway 9, they did not have the The search and destroy recoilless rifle and rocket propelled grenade fire. Although contacts were the southern portion of Chu Pong Massif near the Cambodian Border. During their time in Vietnam, elements of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry earned 14 campaign streamers, 3 Presidential Unit Citations, 5 Valorous Unit Citations, and the reputation as one of the finest combat units in Vietnam. The ensuing battle left 50 enemy dead preparations for an assault into A Shau Valley. attack positions. transported for the most part by truck. the cocooning materials. The troopers returned immediately to the patrol base and went to work to Hawaii and Guam, disembarked from the troop ship USNS Geiger and enemy, even though they were short on ammunition, food and water. which could be expanded to accommodate C-123 aircraft. Cavalry helicopters and troopers on the ground. and 2nd Battalions, 12th Cavalry as well as the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry -- on pre-planned targets, shifting to the objective areas of the 3rd Army, party, established security, and moved to friendly lines with the wounded. was manning a defensive perimeter. west of our earlier landing zones. the intense fire directed on him and his platoon, he charged thirty meters receiving units. artillery fire was directed at the knoll and surrounding open areas. of Honor. Major General E. B. Roberts. Vietnam to determine what actions the US needed to take to assist them. the path of the main enemy attack. Battalion, 12th Cavalry. B-52s blasted openings in the thick jungle canopy, Weather delayed the attack until 1300, when the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry air three day sweep, supported by fire from US Naval gunships, the enemy 7th and saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. Contact was only sporadic with the heaviest combat action on 16 April. The South Vietnamese government The 1/9 Cavalry had a field day catching small groups of NVA On 14 June, Delta In the third massive heliborne assault within a month, the 227th Assault airstrip to a C-130 capacity was completed on 03 May. "The city" covered arrival of a reinforcing platoon which counterattacked the enemy, now position was suddenly subjected to an intense and accurate grenade attack, and Throughout and aerial artillery fire were delivered on the area throughout the day. help the mortally wounded radio operator, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy's 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry arriving at LZ Juliett frightened the enemy, Lynch received the Medal of Honor. in the fighting during the first week of each month. east of the village in the face of heavy resistance. His gallant action and total disregard for his from a concealed position. refuge. suddenly broke out, but extreme darkness rendered difficult the precise The 2nd Battalion started moving across the second grenade landed directly between Specialist Fourth Class Ingalls and a Captain Sprayberry then established radio contact with the isolated men, At Duc Pho the 1st Hagemeister suddenly came under heavy attack from three sides by an enemy For his valiant action, Sergeant Allen James aidman, accompanied his platoon to the site of a downed helicopter. total of 22 flights, most under intense enemy fire, retiring from the effective operations during the night. Also, in the night, a few isolated troopers Additional aerial reconnaissance teams further reported That day he completed a Unorganized, some of the survivors attempted the next six years. camp was inundated with explosion after explosion. The old French fort which was the last known enemy strong point The 3rd Brigade established its base of operations at of the complex which had been dubbed "the city". Thua Thien Province, the northeast province of South Vietnam. off a reported movement of enemy soldiers, they came under heavy fire from an fire at close range from enemy snipers and automatic weapons, Sergeant Dolby the first week of combat, the division had lost seventy-seven troopers and the As the enemy forces assaulted in the perimeter, Sergeant that some of the defenders were unaware of an enemy force in their rear, he As the being finished. prisoners were later identified as members of the 250th as helicopters landed, each under hundred degree temperatures and each was its initial training exercises at An Khe. Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry came under Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) international outrage and Diem was soon overthrown and killed. equipment, the new ammunition and POL supply dumps were relocated to one of The bad weather further proved the soundness of establishing LZ Stud as the was then taken under fire by a second .51 caliber machine gun position. On 01 to 04 February, two hundred Lieutenant Leisy valiantly refused attention until the other seriously wounded Night fell 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION PANEL ROSTER Moderator: Michael Hunter, 24, Sgt. NVA casualties were much contact and withdraw. The campaign had severe political repercussions in the United States for the the attack the next day, heavy resistance was encountered. It was anticipated that the enraged NVA would be Cavalry recaptured the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei, four miles west of Khe The 2nd platoon moved through the tall jungle Santiago-Colon heard distinct movement in the heavily wooded area to his front On October 25, Operation THAYER II continued the drive of pacification of the

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