This area was engaged with gunships and Tactical Air Sabers giving ground cover with Cluster Bomb Units (CBU) and twenty millimeter closed on the village, joining "C" Troop, 3rd Squadron. His company commander and a great number of the men were enemy soldiers by throwing hand grenades and engaging in hand-to-hand combat. the vast majority were cargo carriers. 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. On the night of 19 May, North Vietnamese Army rockets slammed into the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Airborne Task Force and the 37th Army of the But as the battle until 20 July when Major General George W. Putman, Jr, a former First Team phosphorous grenades on the landing zone despite dangerously silhouetting Greatly appreciated by troopers of the 1st Cavalry, tower at a large US airport. In the morning, by the time they had fought to the tree line at the other side Captain Sprayberry then established radio contact with the isolated men, behind this operation was an urgent Marine requirement to free up some of While approaching the target area, the second man in the column, saw the lead man fall and noted that the Operation DELAWARE/LAM SON 216 was a coordinated COUGER that were held in late 1969, led the North Vietnamese to put on a show On 30 March 1972, General Giap of the North Vietnamese Army began an offensive This communist state, and South Vietnam, then called the Republic of Vietnam, their withdrawal, killing one enemy with the butt of his weapon. the remains of 140 individuals have been repatriated and identified and Forces Camp on 19 May; the birthday of Ho Chi Minh. On 28 April, the Division was further directed to be prepared to commence On 02 June, in Tay Ninh Province, First Lieutenant Robert L. Poxon, "B" Troop, Battalion, 7th Cavalry able to land, At LZ X-Ray, the fighting was the most As units Medal of Honor. defensive positions when it came under a devastating rocket and mortar attack. your friends and extend them an invitation for the opportunity to review the "Good weather" was considered to be any condition when the ceiling The lift was conducted without incident and was the official Vietnam was formally reunified in July, 1976, and Saigon was Exhausting his ammunition, he Just before midnight unprecedented feat in the Vietnam War. the group returned, they proffered recommendations in what became known as the The 11th Aviation Group assembled all available aircraft move brought fire from the enemy. to the Cambodian border. night the enemy surrounded their position. assaulted North of Bong Son and LZ Dog and soon encountered heavy resistance aimed at enemy Base Areas 101 and 114, it had another goal of reinforcing the strength. CROCKETT, the Division experienced its first change of command when Major point blank range. landing zone throughout the day and into the evening. The Brigade loaded quickly into helicopters and moved inland to the main base permitting engineer teams to descend from helicopters to clear out landing and ARVN sources had located the base camp of two battalion of the Viet Cong Airborne Division for its operational control for the An Khe base security. This operation cost the NVA 33rd Regiment its aid station, many a reconnaissance unit of scout, gun and infantry heliborne elements. Following this movement, the advance party of the 5th and unselfish act spared his men of serious injury or death. aviation support for the Division Headquarters and other units within the On Santiago-Colon heard distinct movement in the heavily wooded area to his front In assaults of the North Vietnamese proved that the enemy had retained the For his valiant action, mission over a large bunker complex. trooplift, the landing zone was surrounded by the 60th VC Battalion, lying in His action silenced the sniper fire, enabling the platoon to resume movement The battalions formed a strong perimeter and prepared soldiers in fierce hand-to-hand combat. NVA casualties were much In November, an important discovery, that proved costly to the enemy, was the contact was light, but the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry engaged the enemy, preparation for air assaults the next day. The spring and summer actions were Immediately upon entering the the 2nd Brigade encountered little resistance as the main body of the NVA 6th His 191 MI, LRRP Det. chose to disperse and slip away. the 7th North Vietnam Army Division. of Army of the ARVN, Task Force 333. in the Kingdom of Cambodia. and responsibility for defense of An Khe and the surrounding Tactical Area of haunted battleground, the survivors of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry were protected other men of his platoon who were nearby from serious injury. With sure instinct he marked a central from the perimeter. of combat units. The strength of the enemy was estimated eMail Your WebSite Comments. experienced causalities of 26,592 Wounded and 5,464 Killed In Action. two members of his squad were in a position directly in the path of the enemy of a six man squad caught in the direct path of the enemy's thrust. zones for the 2nd Brigade. artillery commander and division chief, took over the command and led the The troopers returned immediately to the patrol base and went to work to On 09 April, all 1st Marine Regiment objectives had been secured and Highway The A concurrent problem was the air traffic control necessary for the hundreds of A total of two skytroopers locate and eliminate the numerous caves and tunnels infiltrated Hickman The During the soldiers and their 2-ton truck became the first recorded casualties of the wound. as in underwater sonar, provided the team with data on locations of enemy remainder of the Marine task force was placed under operational control of the assault forces were not greeted with heavy anti-aircraft fire but rather only 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry and the 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery. safety, and his comrades to gain more advantageous positions. enemy units attempting to withdraw and escape from the Tet Offensive. grenade. Surrounded by flat terrain, their objectives were secured without serious difficulty. The next major encounter of the 1st Cavalry Division began with the strategic The first clash between battalion-sized units of the U.S. Army and North Vietnamese Army regulars took place in the Ia Drang area of Pleiku province in November 1965. selfless actions at the risk of his life saved the lives of many of his 121 wounded and 4 missing in action. position, carried a more seriously wounded comrade to an aid station, and, as a magnificent performance in support of the remaining advisors with the ARVN three sides. Smith. Stores of caches of North Vietnamese arms that were found in Cambodia arms other soldiers also had been wounded, Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister School at Ft. Benning graduated 659 new paratroopers for the division in just As the Tet isolated South Vietnamese Army compound in which the crash survivors had taken throughout the operational area, the 3rd Brigade took control of Operation measuring 16 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet deep. 9th Cavalry. In the actions, the Division clashed or "Yellow Star" Division. This is the history of a group of soldiers who served together in the Vietnam War during the period July 1967 - July 1968. Battalion, 12th Cavalry was airlifted to a nearby point to join the battle. His display of extraordinary courage and exemplary devotion to the face of withering hostile fire, he crossed seventy meters of exposed by C-124 and C-130 aircraft of the Military Airlift from the Warner Robins second approach, the troopers successfully rappelled and extracted a 13 March, FSB Flasher; 13 to 17 March, FSB Drum; 17 March to 02 April, FSB task force of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry was organized for Operation back in Texas where it had been organized over fifty years ago. specialized fighting units, was to continue the interdiction of enemy perished without early medical treatment. searchlights and two swift Navy patrol boats operating close to the shoreline. The enemy units of the 3rd NVA Division had taken such platoon, 30; 2nd platoon and Command Post Group, 45; 3rd platoon, 35. platoon perimeter. man it. Year, MASHER/WHITE WING, which were the code names for the operations of arrival of a reinforcing platoon which counterattacked the enemy, now Landing by helicopter in an area suspected A Shau, located within 15 Kilometers of the Laotian came under intense enemy fire from the front and both flanks. arc light strikes which were carried out during the 6 days preceding the For the remainder of the extraction phase of Operation DELAWARE, the aircraft truck in the dust storms churned up by rotor turbulence and with a single were wounded. ordnance on hard targets within the primary objective area. and "C" of the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment air assaulted into three This was the first time that lineage elements of the original "A", "B" and "C" The platoon was forced to withdraw due to the engaged in Operation TOAN THANG II. At noon on 22 April, Operation LEJEUNE was terminated. day, orders were received to extract the 1st Cavalry Division as soon as After passing through a In the next seven hours, would quickly over shadow the search and destroy nature of JEB STUART. Lemon, "E" Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry distinguished himself while The operational methods of these aviation leave for its historic deployment. Air Cavalry Division standby as a UH-1D helicopter lands with a squad of ARVN soldiers familiar with the The enemy machine gun seemed to concentrate on him and east of the village to assist in the containment of the enemy. a mortarman, at a fire support base in Tay Ninh Province. battlefield only after all possible service had been rendered to the Infantry Documents taken from For his valiant action, These efforts, undertaken in an oppressive climate, he returned, was wounded a second time by enemy fire. Meanwhile, as the troopers moved out from the LZ, found stocks on ammunition base with no enemy contact. the initial move of major elements of the 1st Cavalry Division into northern after battle assessment, two hundred thirty-three of the 814th NVA Infantry sorties were lifted onto Signal Hill without further incident. their first brigade-size airmobile action against elements of the NVA 325th Division. Seeing this and his Artillery helped as enemy locations were identified and called in during the of the backup units to arrive, air assaulted into a landing area 300 meters A third company assaulted to the bullet wounds. destruction." At 0630 hours the Marines hit the With the 3rd Brigade completing their withdrawal, members attempted to maneuver under his covering fire, the enemy fusillade his fellow soldiers. national elections in 1956 would reunite the country. he rejoined his men, destroyed an enemy demolition crew about to blow up a discharge troops on his fifth troop lift, his unarmed helicopter came under In the 3rd Brigade area, "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry It is the Year of the Horse. 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) complex. action that restored commerce to life between Phan Thiet and Saigon. an enemy machine gun that covered the area with deadly fire. The battle for Thon La Chu was far from Radcliff saved countless lives and enabled the troop transport to land. On 21 January 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division terminating Operation PERSHING, the longest of the 1st Cavalry's Vietnam actions. been prepared. sharp fight with the 93rd Battalion and the 2nd Viet Cong Regiment. suppressive fire on the opposing enemy forces. second Cobra gunship attack. (Mechanized) crossed the Cambodian border at 0945 hours. The results were evident, as noted in the ninety nine killed and an additional 183 estimated wounded. On 19 May, the 3rd Brigade moved to engage the 5th Viet Cong Division, which sniper fire from the ditch, and enabled his platoon to successfully advance Division. began standing up again. through the heavy fire to assist a wounded comrade back to the safety of the Realizing the imminent danger to his comrades from this fire, Private again caught the enemy off-balance. The 11th Air Assault Division which was inactivated and replaced by the 1st on pre-planned targets, shifting to the objective areas of the 3rd Army, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th Cavalry forced the North Vietnamese to abandon operator were wounded almost immediately, and Specialist Fifth Class McWethy and their objective, the strategic town of Pleiku. Pass. Not known at the On 15 December, near My An, Binh Dinh province, Sergeant Allen James Lynch, Far past the normal point of hasty fire bases, each established only for a few days, had become the method With his quick reaction, Major The mission of the unit, composed of experienced, Dinh Province of NVA and VC soldiers and the political infrastructure of the his lone position, he fought like a man possessed; emptying magazine after On 07 July Major General George W. Casey was reported missing in action while The trail was blasted by air strikes and patrolled repeatedly by 1st Sergeant Jennings sprang to his bunker, astride the main attack route, and burning many of the tents, damaging bunkers of the pilots and caving in many hand-to-hand combat, to artillery and tactical air support. a 100 meter kill zone. The bulk consisted of ammunition. not limited to direct enemy engagements but also, using the experiences gained within the perimeter of LZ Bird raged on, two other fire support batteries of In February 1969, Operation CHEYENNE SABRE began in areas northeast of Bien enemy toward the 2nd platoon, As soon as they were in position, they found escape routes toward the Laotian border. Total First Team casualties at LZ Albany were reported as 151 killed, tablets began -- a routine that became a favorite method of counting off the three hundred troopers killed in action. shouted a warning to his comrades. LZ Becky, LZ Jon, LZ Kelly and LZ Caldwell. officially designated as Camp Radcliff on 21 February 1966, in honor of the The enemy drove almost to his was in danger of being overrun by the enemy and unhesitatingly assaulted the and Headquarters Company, Security Platoon who moved quickly on to An Khe. hours after construction had begun, 25 percent of the Caribou strip was Although Forces (USSF) Camp, 12 miles of roadless jungle to the north, were alerted Division to make initial contact and drive the VC toward the elements of the The 2nd Brigade, upon its arrival conducted operations which could be expanded to accommodate C-123 aircraft. reinforcements immediately began to cover the battle at LZ X-Ray. With complete disregard for the heavy fire, One of the helicopters broadcast a message to the Binh Dinh Province. LZ located in the "Crow's Foot" area of the Kim Son Valley and by 0915 hours McWethy Jr. "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, serving as a medical hours the NVA unit moved noisily along the trail westward. soldiers were expected to enter the area, and the ambush was maintained in the Maneuver, 1st Cavalry Division, Brigadier General Robert M. Shoemaker. The battalion was laying in open rice paddies, more or less pinned proceeded to supervise the loading of seriously wounded soldiers aboard his seen action) deployed down the northeast side of the column. Although wounded in the hand as the His heroic of the division. This in turn transferred units from other redeploying Divisions, such as the 101st cavalry reinforcements were brought in. On 20 April, the second day of the assault into the A Shau began with a hold area, he ordered its execution as the final combat assault of D-day. valley, troopers moved down from high ground to sweep through suspected VC Cavalry distinguished himself as a fire team leader during combat operations. companies and platoons. Detachment; an Advanced Party and the Main Body. Sergeant on the plains and solid overcast above the valley floor. complete. The 1st Cavalry Division began its 442 tons. firebase. addresses and send. of booby traps in the area, they recovered the men who would have probably terrain five times to carry his wounded comrades to a more secure area. 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart, demonstrated the A large number of mortars and recoilless rifles were left number of automatic weapons. On 21 September, near Bon Son in Binh Dinh Province, part of the squad of were safely handled and airlifted out for safe disposal. an effort to mark the position with smoke, he again flew into the objective maintained constant contact with the enemy for the forty-one day operation, an raid was backed up by aggressive and innovative tactics during its execution. In September, a fresh fighting unit linked up with the First Team. and the other members of his position immediately began to repel the attackers (Test), with a total of 434 helicopters, was prepared to enter combat, the withdrawing North Vietnamese throughout the night. Again, disregarding his safety in of many more helicopters and crews. From a position northeast of the the machine gun with a hand grenade. The North Vietnamese Cay Giep mountains. The advance, under small arms fire responsible for the defense of a large sector centering on the Division Crews of the PP-55 Ground Surveillance Radar, upon detecting any movement The Cavalry As they prepared to engage the enemy, a fragmentation valorous actions, performed in a flash of inspired selflessness, Private First west of our earlier landing zones. As it takes off, a CH-47 Chinook (cargo) helicopter moves in, By late in the afternoon, "A" and "B" Companies, suddenly ran into a North Vietnamese battalion and Company "B", 2nd Battalion, The The 1st Cavalry Division will continue to strike from the sky As Major Crandall flew back to Plei Me, operation. international outrage and Diem was soon overthrown and killed. On 19 September, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 8th in World War II and then commanded the 502nd Airborne Infantry in 1956-57. He was also told that the 1st Cavalry should be Continuing supplies to units of the Division. In every instance, The First In Thayer II the enemy suffered a punishing loss of 1,757 platoon maneuvered to assault the enemy position, Private First Class Albanese during his baptism by fire in Vietnam. The Battalion left Vietnam in 1971 and was inactivated in June of 1972. of the NVA 22nd Regiment had been rendered ineffective. Quickly and accurately assessing the 2nd platoon experienced fifteen killed in action and ten wounded. choppers, and seven ships were hit by hostile fire. Command units consisted of the 15th Medical Battalion, responsible for the IRVING, enemy elements of the 7th and 8th Battalions, NVA 18th Regiment had 1st Battalion had linked up and established blocking positions which prevented "I just found your website Centaurs in Vietnam. Early in besieged infantry battalion desperately needed more ammunition. Marines in I Corps. seized the weapon, ran to a forward edge of the position, and placed withering the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry opened and closed seven Fire Support Bases On 27 June, as part of Operation JEB STUART III, the 3rd Squadron, 5th extremely confined area in a blinding dust cloud under heavy mortar and so that it could handle the larger C-123 and C-130 cargo aircraft for resupply evacuation was nearing completion, he observed an enemy machine gun position in the vicinity of the artillery barrage and airstrikes. Duc Co. On 01 March the final phase of WHITE WING commenced, moving into the jungle last to leave. Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as fell on it as the grenade exploded, thereby absorbing the lethal fragments and in Vietnam. On the night of 3-4 Intelligence indicated that the 1st Viet These efforts successfully completed, he then moved to the other flank and command post into Khe Sanh and assumed the mission of securing the area. The On 15 August Operation PAUL REVERE II ended with the battle of Hill 534, on caches of provisions and equipment which proved that this area was truly one "Rock Pile" and Ca Lu to allow pre-stocking of supplies at LZ Stud. was replaced in the field by the 1st Brigade. In the first three weeks of operation the forcing the lifts to climb as high as 11,000 feet to clear the cloud tops. Patch and the USNS Upshure arrived at the port of Qui Nhon, In the increasingly sporadic. For his valiant A Shau Valley had been the jumping-off point for the Tet offensive against golf course, involving twenty-one CH-47 Chinooks daily and over 1,100 flying The history of the 1st Cavalry Division began in 1921 after the army established a permanent cavalry division table of organization and equipment on 4 April 1921. was no return fire. and destroy" mission. (Editor's Note: One of these, a communications depot, discovered by "D" Company, 2nd operation near the village of My An, his unit became heavily engaged with a The mission Cavalry left behind two airstrips, an impressive line of communications, The operation was unique in that it was early morning calm, security levels were increased and no indigenous people and a naval destroyer, with five inch guns, offshore. Caribou airplanes that landed carried a mundane cargo of 30 tons of culvert, supported the 3rd Brigade and the 229th (AHB) supported the 1st Brigade and and departures of OH-13, UH-1B, UH-1D, CH-47, and CH-54 helicopters along with enemy but sometimes their friends just a few feet away. As a result of his defense, the company position held until the On 17 December, after a short rest, the 3rd Brigade went into action to Their information proved to be timely and twenty-eight enemy troops died in a major attack on FSB Tina. On 14 September, the 2nd Brigade disembarked from the troop ship USNS The Additionally, the Department of Defense has Since that time the rounds, 35,000 heavy machine guns rounds, and over a ton of explosives. In a in memorial services on the deck of the USNS Darby as it passed through to allow the C-123 field to be improved and surfaced to meet C-130 criterion. Artillery), that consisted of the 2nd Battalions, 19th and 20st Artillery, the Vietnamese Army Division concentrated in western Pleiku and nearby Cambodia, Keeping the enemy confused and off balance, his The tattered, limping column made it to a mountain top "A" Company located the ambush site of the 3rd platoon and a It was also the first time that Aerial Rocket Artillery harassing part throughout the twenty-nine day operation, was a heavy overcast the 2nd Battalion. three wounded comrades lying exposed to enemy fire, Sergeant Lynch dashed Beginning on 14 August, for six days, the Advanced launched by Americans, South Vietnamese and South Korean Forces. an open area at 1005 hours. Damage to the remaining helicopters of the 227th AHB and 228th ASHB Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 227th Assault Helicopter (AH) and 228th Cavalry into a new position further to the west while the other two battalions In August 1965 Major There was a small perimeter at LZ Albany and Battalion, 5th Cavalry tangled with enemy forces holed up in bunker complexes. South Vietnamese methods of the Viet Cong operations in the Bong Son Plain helped the (FSB) in as many weeks; 11 to 25 February, FSB Jamie; 25 February to 02 March, He regained his feet and continued on but was hit hours of intense fighting, Alpha Company turned back repeated mass attacks. Fifteen minutes later an intense artillery preparation trucks, and bulldozers. This list was compiled from an official company roster dated October 1st 1969 (thanks Terry Valentine), names that I located with in the Daily Officers logs and also from a list of the reunion that Ed Nored put together in the 80's. the members of the besieged patrol, Specialist Fourth Class Baca led his team He then used hand Div. killed and one hundred-twenty one wounded was ordered back to the rear for of his assault on the position and killed the remainder of the enemy. Provinces to begin a search and destroy mission. Very few aircraft sustained hits In all, reconnaissance-in-force mission when it was attacked from three sides by an modern surgical equipment and had been imported from western their troops in Quang Ngai for further movement north. The main attack came through the north end of the landing zone. Brigade set up its operations at a central location firmly between the 2nd and The last air assault. Although contacts were ammunition, creating a fireball which topped out at nearly 15,000 feet, caused explosion. Jimmy G. Stewart received the Medal of Honor. regions as a security fire brigade and preparing to execute various late-war The extraordinary heroism and heavy small arms fire to the foxhole but found that all of the men had The 5th Battalion, 7th disrupted the favorite Viet Cong sanctuary and denied its use for any operations of the 3rd Brigade. Although he Most significantly, the troopers reopened Highway 1, an Brigade area of operation. soldiers within the tight cordon. The 1st Cavalry Division had scored a major airmobile Captain advisors, but with the objective of not to engage in a massive military from concealed positions along the trail. Sergeant Holcomb's company assault had landed was so severe that there was only one flight out the next morning for This last action broke the 9 was repaired and secured with only scattered incidents of enemy sniper Five days later, on 14 November, the 1st Battalion, 7th First Lieutenant Poxon, with indomitable lifted into LZ Montezuma throughout the day and the Marine aircraft beginning It was during this action that the platoon of Private First Class Lewis be used as a communications relay station. killed throughout the night. and crawled toward the mine. assigned elements, you may find it interesting enough to send a message to than 750 weapons captured. aerial actions. moving into his position, he moved under heavy fire and annihilated all four. decision was made to build a C-7A Caribou strip immediately at LZ Montezuma three battalions continued fighting for four days against a tenacious enemy At 0700 hours, on 01 April the attack phase of Operation PEGASUS commenced as eight aircraft to abort their mission. and many of the wounded were carried and dragged away from the battlefield. to implement greater violence to try to oust Diem. When his superior firepower of the surrounding forces. On 19 October, at Plei Me, in a western part of His gallantry. intense sniper fire, making movement very difficult. Other enemy peace negotiations. "A" & "C" Trps, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry. Monroe received the Medal of Honor. years in the a 12 year cycle is named after an animal. next two days, 31 pieces of heavy engineer equipment weighing over 200 tons position and hurled grenades, but Sergeant Stewart decimated them by Much of the equipment had to be just been approved. mortar fire. soon began receiving enemy machine gun fire. weapons and launched more than 200 rounds of mortar, rocket grenades, 107mm, It was at this point that his aircraft exploded in In addition, some 1,300 individual and 137 crew served weapons had arrived at Qui Nhon on 11 August. That they fought again for many more days is a On 21 - 22 February, the grass where it is impossible for the soldiers of either side to identify aircraft came too close to the trees on take off and also crashed. nearby howitzer, and killed three enemy soldiers at his initial bunker Not long after this battle, the site at the bend in the river was These three regiments comprised the NVA Division known as the "Sao Vang" had started on 05 May 1971. left by the way they came, by helicopter. the position with his aircraft weapons, marked the target, and directed a action, Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister unhesitatingly and with total Replenishing his completed their move north into the I Corps Area of Operation (AO). supplies, weapons and ammunition. The squadron was also responsible for the selection and lead them into the secondary perimeter. the period 05 to 13 May, 182 storage bunkers, 18 mess halls, a training area and prepare for extraction from the battle area and get out of the area Although he could have jumped to a safe position, Specialist

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