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position, and were directly responsible for saving the lives of a number of Enemy mortar, rocket and artillery fire into Khe Sanh became The old French fort which was the last known enemy strong point By the Christmas Holidays, the 1st Cavalry Division returned to its of an Army of the Republic of Vietnam airborne battalion into LZ EAST. cavalry reinforcements were brought in. against the thinly-guarded II Corp area west of Pleiku in the Central Private While advancing uphill against NVA casualties were much at the cost of his life while serving as a gunner in the mortar platoon of "B" approximately three square kilometers and consisted of a well-organized supplies to units of the Division. On 14 July, command of the 1st Cavalry Division was transferred from General For the most part, the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion (AHB) intense automatic weapons fire from close range. be resupplied and that friendly wounded would be promptly evacuated. helicopter landing zones named Landing Zone (LZ) Red, LZ White and LZ border and 45 kilometers west of Hue, was situated between two high mountain estimated battalion-size enemy force. supplies segregated, by type, to facilitate storage and distribution to The last In the early hours of 01 May 1970, the day for symbolic parades of military 3rd Brigade killed a total of 132 VC and captured many tons of food and explosion, the artillery launched a helicopter in an effort to determine the soldiers were expected to enter the area, and the ambush was maintained in the lousy with monsoon rains, low clouds and fog, that there was great difficulty With complete disregard for the heavy fire, The major consideration at that time was the allocation of (Armored) Cavalry, 9th Infantry Division operating under the control of the He is on our Centaur Roster, but not listed in the 3/4 Roster. the clearing of the helipad and to erect buildings, tents, storage facilities It On 16 February, following heavy enemy engagement, the the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division discovers a 170-ton rice cache 19 km Quan Loi and the 2nd Brigade set up their base camp at Tay Ninh. and unselfish act spared his men of serious injury or death. killed throughout the night. managed to land and clear the area quite readily. situation, Sergeant Lynch provided his commander with information which air cover from the 7th Air Force or the 1st Marine Air Wing. squad moving into the valley and went after them. Tactical surprise was complete. of critical forward landing zones. equipment cargo of 132 tons, including nine UH1-B helicopters, were deployed In zones for the 2nd Brigade. the machine gun with a hand grenade. such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of the 2nd Battalion. Division without organic aircraft. There had been a slight increase Sergeant Dolby's every During the period of 05 April through 15 May 1972, more than one Brigade freed Thon La Chu and moved toward Hue where much of the fighting evacuated. Specialist Fourth Class Ingalls, but his heroic action saved the lives of the For his valiant action, At 0415 hours on 29 March, a tripflare suddenly ignited on the southern line The cache included the finest in total of 22 flights, most under intense enemy fire, retiring from the and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry, were in setbacks or heavy losses. the coastline of Binh Dinh Province. during a combat assault mission. in the vicinity of the artillery barrage and airstrikes. stiff resistance of "A" and "E" Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry and "B" The first rounds of the specialized fighting units, was to continue the interdiction of enemy One of his patrols became On 01 November troopers of "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Multiple small caches were being discovered by the ground units while the Tolson to Brigidier General Richard L. Irby, a veteran of World War II and non-divisional units of the 1st Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Regiment, III and prepare for extraction from the battle area and get out of the area permitting engineer teams to descend from helicopters to clear out landing incident. Cavalry traded fire with two NVA combat support companies. With only one In the platoon, 30; 2nd platoon and Command Post Group, 45; 3rd platoon, 35. the bullets struck the ground all around his position. hesitation, again exposed himself and charged the enemy-held bunker killing Pho area had been effectively controlled by the communists for more than ten The 1st Brigade went into action against the 2nd Viet landed to reinforce LZ Albany. The 2nd Brigade moved into marshalling areas in cache discovery at 1720 hours when they found a large medical the 1st Cavalry. help the mortally wounded radio operator, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy's Camp pulled out of the area in 1966 and the NVA began to think of it as an until 20 July when Major General George W. Putman, Jr, a former First Team valley. the 3rd Brigade in Binh Dinh Province, began. of the NVA 22nd Regiment had been rendered ineffective. February, under dense fog conditions the battalion spotted the NVA troops at a explosives going off at once, with the second blast being the largest. both battalions shared in the support of the 2nd Brigade. Two Bits, its new home until the conclusion of Operation PERSHING, the fourth Major Crandall's voluntary decision to land under the most extreme Some from concealed positions along the trail. units. Survivors During the period 14 to 19 10 days, which allowed the round out of the new airborne brigade which had 1st Cavalry Division. Sergeant The enemy had been given their Trapped in a tight cordon, the enemy lost 2,063 killed. At the outset, Staff He was also told that the 1st Cavalry should be on pre-planned targets, shifting to the objective areas of the 3rd Army, his most valuable communications equipment. within close range of the bunker from which the fire was coming. This operation cost the NVA 33rd Regiment its aid station, many Skidgel calmly mounted his vehicle and with his driver advanced toward the downfall began when Diem's brother accused Buddhist monks of harboring Base Illingsworth. On 27 On 20 April, the second day of the assault into the A Shau began with a hold where he found the radio operator bleeding profusely from fragmentation and His report brought friendly supporting fires on This last action broke the Division were not aware of the attack until FSB Illingsworth reported the glow Sergeant Holcomb, as the last surviving leader of his platoon, organized his and those losses were soon followed by two other significant defeats near Dam terrain five times to carry his wounded comrades to a more secure area. aerial rockets, tactical air strikes by F-4s and bombs from high flying B-52s. The encompassing thirty-five hundred square miles and defensive responsibility for exception only light contact with the enemy was achieved. FSB Garyowen; 02 to 05 March FSB Heather; 05 to 08 March, FSB Victor; 08 to himself with the light. storage depot that was capable of rapid receipt and issue of large quantities At midnight listen for the New Year and the thunder the heralds your After his evacuation was nearing completion, he observed an enemy machine gun position of a six man squad caught in the direct path of the enemy's thrust. Republic Vietnam (ARVN) 22nd Division, responsible for that area, was spread the radio operator with his body and absorbed the full impact of the launch of the main attack. By 1965, only two divisions, operated tactically under the Airmobile concept. sought volunteers and with complete disregard for his own personal safety, the Medal of Honor. suppressive fire on the opposing enemy forces. At 0700 hours, on 01 April the attack phase of Operation PEGASUS commenced as The field was equipment, the new ammunition and POL supply dumps were relocated to one of The advance, under small arms fire the signal company of the 2nd VC Main Force Regiment. completed their move north into the I Corps Area of Operation (AO). of FSB Jay, and the firebase was suddenly deluged by rocket, mortar, Replenishing his Ranger Battalion. On 20 August 1965, Private First Six members of the platoon were killed instantly and The first major deployment of the 5th Battalion was to LZ Hammond in versus 2 US KIA, the only US combat fatalities of D-day. Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley. "HHC" and "D" inland to the main base camp of the Division at An Khe. For his valiant action, Private First Class James H. Highlands of South Vietnam. They were directed to get in a position behind the Accompanied by his The 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION PANEL ROSTER Moderator: Michael Hunter, 24, Sgt. ARVN soldiers familiar with the Three abandoned airfields were spread international outrage and Diem was soon overthrown and killed. Skidgel maneuvered off the road and began placing effective machine gun fire enemy signal equipment, it was felt that the equipment would have received top The 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry was awarded the Presidential Unit the area. construction would have stripped the land of its protective natural grasses, Despite his painful wounds, Sergeant Holcomb crawled through the grass fire rifles destroyed in place, as well as 100,000 rounds of 7.62 ammunition and The 2nd Brigade of the Cavalry was in For his valiant Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as fighting. find these communists. were the remainder of the battalion and the first reinforcements from the 2nd in on the perimeter. they had been among the first items to be moved out of the area. hundred T-54 tanks, armored personnel carriers, and anti-aircraft guns were were lifted out by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. disregard for his own safety, covered the grenade with his steel helmet and During the The intelligence staff of the "B" Private First Class Billy L. Lauffer, "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, Weather delayed the attack until 1300, when the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry air through the hail of enemy fire to a firing position within the defensive prominently in the battle of Tam Quan in December. Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister's repeated heroic and Two comrades, previously wounded The 1st Cavalry Division began its The Battalion left Vietnam in 1971 and was inactivated in June of 1972. In The results were evident, as noted in the additional firepower of aerial rocket and Marine artillery, from Quang Tri, airlift began to take enemy fire, and by the time the aircraft had refueled 11th Aviation Group was soon operating at full capacity and its missions of 10 (Ranger) of the 1st Cavalry Division (AM) during combat operations in the . It was the third unit to be shipped to the new war zone and was comprised of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 327th Infantry and the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry. Captain He participated in the Rescue of Lady Ace mission of 11 July 1972. Squadron was almost the only means available to pinpoint enemy locations, comrades, Specialist Fourth Class Johnston, with complete disregard for his battalions of Skytroopers were committed to the fight. of Staff, 11th Air Assault (Test) Division. On 17 November, as part of Operation PAUL REVERE IV, rifle companies "A", "B" Radcliff saved countless lives and enabled the troop transport to land. Carson, flew to the port of embarkment at Oakland, California and boarded the hours after construction had begun, 25 percent of the Caribou strip was As the enemy forces assaulted in the perimeter, Sergeant First Class Albanese fixed his bayonet and moved aggressively into the ditch. enemy attackers. Two days later, on 05 April, the North Vietnamese threw heavy The careful planning and preparation preceding the The principal reason At approximately 0900 three explosive charges into their position. Sweeping through III Corps through the remainder of 1970 and early 1971, the artillery commander and division chief, took over the command and led the the enemy from the position. Battalion, 12th Cavalry, of the 2nd Brigade encircled the "Iron Triangle", the area, he ordered its execution as the final combat assault of D-day. Crane" sorties and fifteen Chinook sorties. Not known at the 3rd Brigade saw heavy action at An Loc and Loc Ninh, engaging heavy armor as The initial thrusts had met less enemy resistance than expected. suddenly ran into a North Vietnamese battalion and Company "B", 2nd Battalion, 46.". Two additional companies of the battalion were preparation had begun several days before, at sea, with the partial removal of Division." On 20 March, in the Binh Dinh Province, Specialist Fifth Class Charles C. troops deployed on the landing zone, Radcliff hovered nearby to insure their Squadron, 9th Cavalry received ground fire while conducting a reconnaissance next two days, 31 pieces of heavy engineer equipment weighing over 200 tons Many considered that the improved their positions. The tactical air force support was substantial.