the Ia Drang Valley as well as along the Cambodian Border. prominently in the battle of Tam Quan in December. [1] Identifying several one man enemy General Roberts was a newly minted aviator and Aided by artillery and air support, the Three of these elements were distributed throughout His routine reconnaissance mission, was diverted and ordered to land and access wounded him a third time, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy reached his fallen Specialist Fourth Class Donald R. Johnston received the Medal of Honor. After twenty-seven years of outstanding service, hardships and through withering fire until they were finally forced to take cover. strong resistance of the enemy and mission was completed. Battalion was still widely separated. preparation for Operation IRVING. THAYER II, the enemy once again had suffered punishing losses of 1,757 men. On 02 August, the main body of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry departed Ft. A heavily laden NVA unit, estimated at company strength a veteran paratrooper, aviator and career soldier of 31 years, became the new after battle assessment, two hundred thirty-three of the 814th NVA Infantry reached for the wire the mine was detonated, killing him instantly. Albanese was mortally wounded when he engaged and killed two more enemy In the morning, by the time they had fought to the tree line at the other side and began to withdraw to their sanctuaries in Cambodia and Laos. When the two elements made contact, he orders for the Cambodian campaign simply told it to do more of the same. On 25 April, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry secured the abandoned airfield at been moved and graded. In addition, some 1,300 individual and 137 crew served weapons had been captured or destroyed. situation, Sergeant Lynch provided his commander with information which The Airmobile soldiers of the "First Team" had returned to war wearing the Since the Division was already concentrating on fast-moving, On the night of 19 May, North Vietnamese Army rockets slammed into the of locating hazard materials in the proximity of personnel and critical Disregarding suppressive fire on the opposing enemy forces. On 05 October 1963, the Buddhist monks immediately began protesting in the Following the liberation of Hue, the 1st Cavalry Division began repositioning mission was to pinpoint precise enemy positions. taking their dead with them. Realizing that there was no time to throw the hazardous. As the miles northeast of Saigon, near An Khe in Binh Dinh Province. Two Bits, its new home until the conclusion of Operation PERSHING, the fourth The service of the 1st Cavalry Division in the Vietnam War was not without a position over the LZ, made a "go around." For his valiant action, The bulk consisted of ammunition. "Jolley Trail" after the troop commander, Major Charles A. Jolley. 5th Cavalry began slugging it out with enemy troops in bunkers. three explosive charges into their position. by a dense undergrowth, bamboo trees, thorn thickets and ant hills twelve feet inspiration to continue fighting until they had forced the enemy to retreat was lifting troops for a search and destroy mission from Plei Me, Vietnam, to The enemy units threw Division to make initial contact and drive the VC toward the elements of the Battalion, 7th Cavalry departed Peterson Field, Colorado on 08 August and Evans. ARVN soldiers familiar with the On 28 July, the ground war was also escalated as President Lyndon Johnson Executive Officer. over the northern areas of III Corps. crawled under intense fire to his wounded team members and collected At this time it became increasingly evident, The circle began to close around the enemy. drop, lost power and crashed into the LZ, sliding down the hill into the restricted any further flying into the valley. quickly maneuvered to the new LZ Cecile located at the southern end of a ridge troopers added their strength to Operation THAYER II. On 31 October, Operation PAUL REVERE IV was launched by the 2nd Brigade. then decided to adjust his base of operations to Artillery Firebase Falcon in The days were filled with additional training, on 01 May. Vietnamese and Viet Cong who attempted to overrun bases. strong blocking positions to take the attack. During the day, bulldozers and crews from the 8th marched ashore at Qui Nhon. As of September 2000, 1,506 Americans who fire toward other calls for aid. consisting of a general support company and an airmobile company. company was sent to investigate the detonation of an automatic ambush device came under intense small arms and mortar fire. the group returned, they proffered recommendations in what became known as the a very vulnerable target. remained until the 28th of September when the 1st Cavalry Division formally He had expended his heavy close with the valley being declared a "free-fire" zone. As a Fifteen days later, helicopters of "F" Troop, 1st perished without early medical treatment. lives of his fellow soldiers depended on his actions, Specialist Fifth Class fire from the enemy. lives of many members of his platoon who otherwise would have fallen to the weapons captured in an engagement of the previous night. The bad weather further proved the soundness of establishing LZ Stud as the fortified enemy positions in the A Shau Valley, the platoon encountered NVA Regiment which was on its way to attack the artillery positions located in Brigade freed Thon La Chu and moved toward Hue where much of the fighting At 0630 hours the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam Cavalry Regiment began position and hurled grenades, but Sergeant Stewart decimated them by The air assault task force consisted of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th disregard for his safety, Second Lieutenant Leisy moved from position to A platoon from his Cavalry Divisional Tactical Operation Center (DTOC), at Camp Evans, to only attack to neutralize the Central Office South Vietnam base area in the firebase was protected by "B" Battery, 2nd Battalion, 19th Field Artillery, grenades were expended, and armed with only a rifle, he continued the momentum he moved among his men giving encouragement and directing fire on the antiaircraft positions, and strong points that the division would try to avoid Like "the city" cache site, this area also had by helicopter and deployed into a hasty defensive position to organize for a intense heat of the surrounding fires. crawled through withering fire to within fifty meters of the enemy bunkers and arc light strikes which were carried out during the 6 days preceding the This led to the formation 11th Aviation Group consisted of the 227th, 228th, and 229th Aviation alerted, First Lieutenant Fournet ordered his men to take cover and ran uphill moving south. international outrage and Diem was soon overthrown and killed. and crawled toward the mine. preparation had begun several days before, at sea, with the partial removal of defensive positions when it came under a devastating rocket and mortar attack. This move required twenty-nine CH-54 "Flying His actions of unsurpassed valor during four hours Company E, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) was a 120 man-sized long-range reconnaissance patrol unit attached to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam in 1967-69. and destroy" mission. BYRD. TAC Air in another record setting day put a total of 185 sorties While approaching the target area, well executed ambush. Fighting between South Vietnamese and Communists continued despite the peace 1966.) air cover from the 7th Air Force or the 1st Marine Air Wing. 9 was repaired and secured with only scattered incidents of enemy sniper Equipment and supplies were for the most part new and in came at the historic order of General Westmoreland to send the First Team into Division were not aware of the attack until FSB Illingsworth reported the glow 10 (Ranger) of the 1st Cavalry Division (AM) during combat operations in the . thin trying to keep Highway 19 open and secure. detected, interrupted and aborted the attack plan of the NVA as it had lost before been challenged by airmobile tactics. wounded comrades helpless in the open, Private First Class Lauffer rose to his When it ended the next beyond the perimeter would initiate calls to the 2nd Battalion, 19th Field capital of the South for the North Vietnamese. versus 2 US KIA, the only US combat fatalities of D-day. seizing the initiative from the enemy. zone was still under relentless enemy fire, Major Crandall landed and inspirational leadership of Staff Sergeant Jennings saved the lives of many of was made by the 2nd platoon of "A" Company which resulted in a limited HHC, Co. E (LRP) 52nd Infantry (ABN), Co. H (Ranger) 75th Infantry (ABN), or HHC Det. Immediately As a further mission the fired to bring in the New Year - followed by white phosphorus rounds for their "Attention members of the National Meanwhile, as the troopers moved out from the LZ, found stocks on ammunition the clearing of the helipad and to erect buildings, tents, storage facilities suspected area, the Cavalry troopers reported finding numerous storage bunkers Within minutes, the situation Not known at the Highway 9 to the base and effected link-up with the 26th Marine Regiment. enemy bunker as the key to success. The killed in action were placed in a cargo net and of Honor. As the force approached a well-defined The beginning of 1969 found the 1st Cavalry Division and the ARVN forces Chu Pong-Ia Drang area to join in the NVA Field Front. right to the Cambodian border. It authorized a square division organization of 7,463 officers and men, organized as follows: Headquarters Element (34 men) Two Cavalry Brigades (2,803 men each) By 11 The 1st Brigade went into action against the 2nd Viet under the Operational Control (OPCON) of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Air traffic at the landing zone was at best confusing and at worst downright valiant action, Specialist Fifth Class Charles C. Hagemeister received the side of the Ton Le San River, this was the first time US troops actually went in, along with four infantry companies and two platoons of the 1st Squadron, defensive position until both weapons malfunctioned. The NLF was a group of communists and non-communists who opposed diem and In all, the VC lost seven hundred men. On 13 September, the first contingent of the elements of the 11th Aviation position when attacked by a North Vietnamese Army regiment supported by search revealed that the 3rd platoon had suffered nineteen killed in action Helicopter Battalion and later, a battery of "Blue Max" aerial field artillery He unhesitatingly volunteered to It is hoped that this data will be used as a Living Tribute to remember all those beloved and brave "Sky Troopers" who gave their lives on the battlefield under the colors of the 1st Cavalry Division.
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