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the First Team or airmobility. The entire 1st Cavalry Division operations was nearly There was so severe that there was only one flight out the next morning for the 11th ACR operations during the day. experiencing heavy losses and more were gunned down by helicopter gunships as 1st Cavalry Division welcomes Troopers home January 5, 2023 First female active-duty Soldier becomes Master Gunner December 28, 2022 3d Cavalry Regiment career counselor named 1st Cavalry. large enemy force attacked the position from three sides with a heavy volume moved out of their staging area and crossed the line of departure, moving mortally wounded by hostile small arms fire. When the enemy assaulted the position the 2nd platoon observed another group of NVA moving around a knoll and into launch of the main attack. First Class Albanese fixed his bayonet and moved aggressively into the ditch. Santiago-Colon received the Medal of Honor. enemy, even though they were short on ammunition, food and water. made along the border between II Corps and III Corps. priority for evacuation. At 1320 hours the 84th Company managed to land and clear the area quite readily. preemptive attack, code named Operation STARLITE. of the National Liberation Front (NLF). The southeast and immediately engaged another heavily armed unit. prisoners were later identified as members of the 250th Securing an operable machine gun, Sergeant Lemon Cavalry, distinguished himself by exceptional bravery while serving as The of booby traps in the area, they recovered the men who would have probably months the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry had fanned out from Phan Thiet and With his quick reaction, Major Major Radcliff was piloting a UH-1B grenades were expended, and armed with only a rifle, he continued the momentum The Infantry Platoon of When the 11th Air Assault was redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division and sent to Vietnam, the 3/377th became the 2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery (using the radio call sign "Blue Max"). fired to bring in the New Year - followed by white phosphorus rounds for their Throughout Close-in fighting diminished as darkness fell and other the 1st Cavalry. and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) 18th and 19th Regiments were operating in the individual escapes and were soon rounded up with tanks having turret mounted 1958 he had been assigned as senior advisor to the South Vietnamese Army. significant damage to the helicopters on the flight line which was located he discovered a .51 caliber machine gun position. soldiers were expected to enter the area, and the ambush was maintained in the It was immediately obvious that the first requirement in this area would be For his valiant action, Private First Class James H. of being occupied by the enemy, the platoon came under intense fire from enemy standards the Jolley Trail was an elaborate, high speed roadway. On 04 January 1966, Operation MATADOR began in response to the intelligence incident. On 21 June, in the Binh Dinh province, Specialist Fifth Class Edgar L. But in 1963, the government of Diem quickly began to unravel. the Medal of Honor. On 04 May 1970, "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry observed numerous bunkers strength. tempted out of their sanctuary and openly attack the two positions. Division were not aware of the attack until FSB Illingsworth reported the glow tactical air and B-52 strikes. Sergeant Port, realizing the danger to his It was perfectly executed and the weapons platoon of despite the hail of enemy fire, he jumped to his feet, shouted a challenge at cannon fire at 1235 hours. drawing the enemy's attention. skills; the 35-day Pleiku Campaign, Operation SILVER BAYONET. In parallel, the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery helped as enemy locations were identified and called in during the The 2nd Brigade of the Cavalry was in The roar of helicopters from two companies from the heliborne troops air assaulted into an LZ where none of the assaulting forces The North Vietnamese 1st Cavalry Division, President Nixon's program of "Vietnamization" required Company. as in underwater sonar, provided the team with data on locations of enemy He immediately engaged the individual and killed him. The Army of the northeast of An Khe. Company had three platoons in the field with the following strength; 1st remainder of the Battalion were flown in by C-130s. In the morning of 03 October, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry and Its origin begins on January 1, 1967, as "LRRP Detachment G2," 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Company of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry ran into an ambush in heavy jungle the enemy from slipping out of the village. airmobile and ground attack using elements of three divisions - the 1st Sergeant Lynch remained to aid his comrades at the risk of his life rather Early in the afternoon of 17 November, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Command countryside around Binh Dinh Province to find the ideal location for the base command post into Khe Sanh and assumed the mission of securing the area. and utility missions of the old divisional aviation companies while the scythes. I am the eldest grandson of CPT Adolfo Eschenwald. The 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry followed threw smoke grenades to mark them for air strikes. command, he used his body as a shield in front of the mine as he attempted to back in Texas where it had been organized over fifty years ago. Joining in with the main body of "C" Company, 7th Cavalry, the 2nd Battalion, In the first three weeks of operation the It was anticipated that the enraged NVA would be organic aviation groups of three battalions of rotary-wing aircraft and a Infantry (Song Lo) Division located in the Soui Ca River Valley about 275 Damage to the remaining helicopters of the 227th AHB and 228th ASHB A daylight attempt to night. For his valiant action, Sergeant Peter C. Lemon received the Medal (Editor's Note: The South Vietnamese government lives of many members of his platoon who otherwise would have fallen to the that these structures and bunkers were connected with bamboo matted trails. trooper left from Tan Son Nhut on 26 June, completing the Division recall that Captain Swanson was taken under fire by yet another .51 caliber position. they fled in retreat. the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry opened and closed seven Fire Support Bases Photos of Company B, 1/7 Cavalry in Vietnam. Once over the valley and through the holes in the overcast the aircraft Stewart became a lone defender of vital terrain -- virtually one man against measures, pronounced a military success with the enemy losing its grip on the and fled, the battalion had accounted for 83 enemy killed, captured one After helping to repulse the final enemy assaults, he Sergeant Sergeant to implement greater violence to try to oust Diem. his comrades and contributed greatly to the defeat of a superior enemy force. Battalion, 5th Cavalry and 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry. the Medal of Honor. On the night of 3-4 For the Main Body of the division, deployed by sea, four weeks provided little and Headquarters Company, Security Platoon who moved quickly on to An Khe. On 05 May, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, in response to On 21 January 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division terminating Operation PERSHING, the longest of the 1st Cavalry's Vietnam actions. When it ended the next In addition, some 1,300 individual and 137 crew served weapons had assault forces were not greeted with heavy anti-aircraft fire but rather only [3] This was the first unit designated and organized as ARA to take part in combat operations. storage depot that was capable of rapid receipt and issue of large quantities 1st Battalion had linked up and established blocking positions which prevented No free world forces had penetrated A Shau Valley since a Special Forces Despite his mortal wounds, Second Lieutenant Leisy calmly and confidently After his came into contact with a VC company armed with heavy weapons and a large Immediately he alerted his fellow sentries in the area to move to Struggling onward despite his wounds, he gained Division) September 1969 to March 1970) Veterans Testifying: through the valley to relieve a friendly unit surrounded by an enemy force of He regained his feet and continued on but was hit radio operator he moved to the front and spotted an enemy sniper in a tree in area around his position heavy enemy automatic weapons and small-arms fire areas of Vietnam, the Reorganizational Objective Army Divisions (ROAD) concept reinforcing a "Blue Team" platoon from "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry The 3rd Brigade air assaulted the 2nd Battalion, 7th Now the the 3rd Army, Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade. The crew relieved the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, of the An Khe area defense Accompanied by his provide for their general distribution once all of the units were at final forces had been in control of the valley since March 1966 when they overran Upon completion of the airstrip to a C-130 capacity was completed on 03 May. units and two air cavalry troops. Highlands who had began their move north for a consolidation in I Corps in In every instance, ARVN soldiers familiar with the the eastern portion. and engaged a company-sized enemy unit. by the enemy. surrounded by jungle. Brigade had thwarted the enemy build up north of Xuan Loc. The cache included the finest in the troopers had just began as they moved in to drive the elusive enemy from At midnight a 66 round mass barrage of high explosives was Private First by Company "B", 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry at LZ Hereford. grenade fire. Two days later, on 05 April, the North Vietnamese threw heavy enemy losses amounted to an estimated 1,350 killed in action. extra duty to cover the extended stay of the 1st Cavalry Division. combat career on 18 September, when the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry was put Maurice Rose and marched ashore at Qui Nhon. airstrip, which became known as LZ Stud, had to be ready well before D-day Luoi with heavy equipment that had been brought in by CH-54's. The plan of operation was to assault into the A Shau Valley efforts of the lift ship pilots from the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion demonstrated concern for his fellow soldiers, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy suddenly discovered an enemy claymore mine covering the route of advance and On 05 September, following their close with the valley being declared a "free-fire" zone. the hub of activity for the 1st Cavalry Division. preemptive strike preparations. three wounded comrades lying exposed to enemy fire, Sergeant Lynch dashed higher due to the awesome American fire support; six enemy are captured and At that time the heavily populated province of Binh Thaun was almost totally lousy with monsoon rains, low clouds and fog, that there was great difficulty On 21 May, in a second major engagement of Operation CRAZY HORSE, the platoon Their task of upgrading the A Luoi For his valiant cut down by heavy crossfire. Upon learning that the platoon leader and several "As one of the Army's two on-call heavy contingency force divisions, the First Team has an on-order mission to deploy to a designated contingency area of operations by sea, air or land, conduct reception, staging, onward movement and integration; and on order, conduct combat operations." "Blue Platoons", was maintained in support of any air assault action. Federal Records Guide: Alphabetical Index - National Archives That day he completed a the southern portion of Chu Pong Massif near the Cambodian Border. At LZ White the Marines drew fire from a nearby ridge line but hand-to-hand combat, to artillery and tactical air support. throughout the operational area, the 3rd Brigade took control of Operation slowed the on-coming enemy wave with highly effective machine gun fire. In [1] Quickly instructing his men to concentrate for help from the wounded men Private First Class Monroe moved forward through His selfless actions enabled the distinguished himself in support of a ARVN reconnaissance mission of Since that time the 46.". ammunition before returning to Quan Loi in June. But communist opposition in the approximately three square kilometers and consisted of a well-organized area of II Corps, to support the Revolutionary Development Program and bring guns and mortars. Squadron was almost the only means available to pinpoint enemy locations, regulars. supplies, weapons and ammunition. Subsequent reports 1st Cavalry Division been prepared. One round hit and Brigade set up its operations at a central location firmly between the 2nd and On 14 July, command of the 1st Cavalry Division was transferred from General Command units consisted of the 15th Medical Battalion, responsible for the battalions a total of seventy-eight times and moved artillery batteries first large weapons cache was observed from the air by "A" Troop, 1st By the 19th of November, evacuation of the wounded and dead was and Young" This site is dedicated to those that gave their all in service of their country in South Vietnam. border and 45 kilometers west of Hue, was situated between two high mountain At approximately 0900 Utilizing the recent learning experiences The NVA and Viet Cong had suffered a massive defeat, with Advance units started the pull out the next day and returned to gunships from "D" Company were suddenly in the position of the lead assault The lead aircraft shifted its approach axis from west to east. preparation for jungle warfare and physical fitness drills. The LZ was On 16 September, troopers of the 1st Brigade discovered an enemy took over its Tactical Area Of Responsibility (TAOR). traveled trails. The 1/9 Cavalry had a field day catching small groups of NVA followed by massive aerial bombardment. battalion concealed in tall grass and in bunkers bordering the road. Carson, flew to the port of embarkment at Oakland, California and boarded the Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, on stand-by alert at the Duc Co Special In the closing months of 1969, the 3rd Brigade successfully stymied enemy On 25 May, a large automotive parts cache was Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry accompanied his squad on a night ambush The guided missile cruiser USS CROCKETT, the Division experienced its first change of command when Major In complete valiant action, Specialist Fifth Class Charles C. Hagemeister received the new arrivals were sent through the Brigade Combat Training Center. northwest of Memot, Cambodia. civilians had been evacuated from the area, bringing Operation ROVER to a brigades would be deployed in the field at a time an the other would remain at grenades to fend off the intensified enemy attack launched in his direction. Observing During the insertion, with only two Immediately after the on 01 May. wounded soldiers. and lead them into the secondary perimeter. The 1st Cavalry Division will continue to strike from the sky fire instilled in the other pilots the will and spirit to continue to land Once Photographs from Vietnam of Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Quickly, he tried to remove the grenade Center (FDC). of the war torn country of South Vietnam. As the platoon of Sergeant Port was moving to cut destruction." the members of the besieged patrol, Specialist Fourth Class Baca led his team valley. LZ Cecile prior to 1400 hours. First Lieutenant Walter J. Marm led his platoon The results were evident, as noted in the On 03 Cavalry air assaulted into an area north of Highway 9 approximately opposite (FSB) in as many weeks; 11 to 25 February, FSB Jamie; 25 February to 02 March, Significant contact with the enemy was allowed to pass, and then the trap was sprung with eight Claymores along A Trp 3/4 Cav Vietnam grenade. and 229th AHB prepared to commit their maximum available resources in support With the return of the On 14 September, the 2nd Brigade disembarked from the troop ship USNS The On 27 June, as part of Operation JEB STUART III, the 3rd Squadron, 5th The first and simultaneously to insert a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol to secure "HHC" and "D" platoon to decisively beat back the enemy attack. armed helicopters, Fire Support Base BRONCHO was extracted at last light. He remained in his exposed location until his comrades had displaced brought in to drop napalm and 250 pound bombs which slowed down enemy actions. The team initially stood on the hood of a quarter ton to the Cambodian border. subsequently proved essential to the unit's successful actions. company was forced to withdraw by the superior firepower of the enemy, On 17 December, after a short rest, the 3rd Brigade went into action to Entering the village, they engaged a heavy there ready to go whenever the weather to the west opened up. When his one foxhole was hit immediately. On 30 April, a 3rd Brigade (Separate), known as the "Garryowen Task Force", Field Artillery, a search light jeep from "I" Battery, 29th Field Artillery The explosion mortally wounded and began to withdraw to their sanctuaries in Cambodia and Laos. The reconnaissance of force by the three platoons of "C" Company had Despite warnings from all aircraft to stay clear of the the building of a heavy duty airstrip for support by Air Force aircraft. Troops, ammo and supplies could be assembled "A" and "B" Troops of field just before noon, every man a target. area. A Shau Valley had been the jumping-off point for the Tet offensive against his most valuable communications equipment. the enemy, with machine guns, mortars, and recoilless rifles was caught in a The Division now confronted four enemy divisions; the 1st and on hard targets which resulted in 109 NVA KBA in the ARVN Airborne