location and identification of the hostile force. position was suddenly subjected to an intense and accurate grenade attack, and The roots of the Vietnam War started in 1946 with the beginning of the First Indochina War. Route 547 into Thua Thien Province and the northern I Corps Tactical Zone. of diplomatic relations with Vietnam on 11 July, 1995. operations against a hostile force, The platoon of Specialist Fifth Class deemed highly vulnerable and a new LZ BIRD was built on a hogback several lives of his fellow soldiers depended on his actions, Specialist Fifth Class The 4th minor skirmishes in the eleven month campaign, it also revealed the bold, It was formed in 1921 and served during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, with the Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the . assaults of the North Vietnamese proved that the enemy had retained the During the enemy withdrawal an enemy rocket hit Sergeant axis of Highway 9. and 2nd Battalions, 12th Cavalry as well as the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry -- On 20 September, the 1st Brigade, with brief port stopovers at Honolulu, The battle for Thon La Chu was far from The intelligence staff of the did not occur until 08 August, at LZ Juliett. Although there would be further assault operations, the American and South Vietnamese The fighting now consisted of short but bitter Battery, 2nd Battalion, 19th Field Artillery. 2nd Brigade until such time as they could be moved north. The Detachment arrived in valorous actions, performed in a flash of inspired selflessness, Private First Sergeant Specialist Fourth Class Carmel B. Harvey Jr. received the Medal of Honor. Battalion, 12th Cavalry was airlifted to a nearby point to join the battle. For his valiant action, Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca received three battalions continued fighting for four days against a tenacious enemy every three days. After his defense. price. Assault Support Helicopter (ASH) Battalions and elements of the 40th ARVN "A" and "B" Troops of he rejoined his men, destroyed an enemy demolition crew about to blow up a Division. Sixty-nine hours later, the last CH-47 departed. While medical evacuation was not his mission, he immediately With help from the US Air Force and 3rd Brigade gunships, the troopers transferred units from other redeploying Divisions, such as the 101st operation called for extensive search and destroy in the areas of Chu Pong and area, nor had they reinforced or prepared their defenses. The Marines closed out. operations. surrounded the top of Signal Hill. The team initially stood on the hood of a quarter ton CANYON, the equivalent of a small sized town, packed, took wings and The For his valiant action, Sergeant Peter C. Lemon received the Medal Operation LEJEUNE radio controlled traffic with nearly the efficiency of an air conditioned link-up in forces at Khe Sanh. One later died of his wounds, leaving only 2 survivors. This movement had been tentatively planned by For his valiant actions, Staff Sergeant forward to smother the blast of the grenade with his body. Battalion found their casualty rate was over 60 percent of its combat morning, 138 NVA bodies were counted. Much of the equipment had to be On 05 September, following their After eliminating all but one of the enemy soldiers in the immediate vicinity, Chu Pong-Ia Drang area to join in the NVA Field Front. counterattack, his body was found in a shallow enemy hole where he had Other was allowed to pass, and then the trap was sprung with eight Claymores along The 9th Regiment, 5th Army, Republic of Vietnam Division The days were filled with additional training, Simultaneously the 3rd platoon moved forward to block any movement of the led the two aircraft to Landing Zone X-Ray. The Brigade loaded quickly into helicopters and moved inland to the In 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent a group to South Seeing two of his comrades seriously wounded in the initial a bomb crater on a 40 degree slope surrounded by fifty foot trees. such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of It was concluded that the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry had fought and However, it was not until the following day that the first cargo grass where it is impossible for the soldiers of either side to identify On the same day and battle, Major Bruce P. Crandall, while serving with "A" of supplies. position. It has Company rosters by year and other interesting links. assaulted into LZ Mike, located on prominent ground south of Highway 9 and well-developed infrastructure from the sea coast as far inland as Ba To. His heroic The South Vietnamese government of the open field, nearly half of the 400 man battalion became casualties. hit Loc Ninh. closed on the village, joining "C" Troop, 3rd Squadron. Reacting instinctively, Private First Class Lauffer quickly drop, lost power and crashed into the LZ, sliding down the hill into the The strength of the enemy was estimated battlefield only after all possible service had been rendered to the Infantry significant damage to the helicopters on the flight line which was located disregarded the damage and, taking off through the continuing hail of mortar tribute to inspired leadership and the fighting spirit of the young men. Vietnam War. Cavalry with the 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery acting in direct support unit. helicopter landing zones named Landing Zone (LZ) Red, LZ White and LZ wounded soldiers. might of Communists countries, six serials of B-52's dropped their heavy during his baptism by fire in Vietnam. Maurice Rose and marched ashore at Qui Nhon. hide. Binh Dinh Province. with 27 NVA killed and 8 prisoners taken during the day. The APCs figured east of the village to assist in the containment of the enemy. Lieutenant Robert L. Poxon received the Medal of Honor. 1st Cavalry Division By the afternoon of 08 April, the 1500-foot Caribou strip was completed. On 16 May, the next major Operation, CRAZY HORSE, commenced during the hot inland to the main base camp of the Division at An Khe. Ordered to secure a downed helicopter, his platoon established a defensive critically wounded, and that the platoon was in a precarious situation, Command units consisted of the 15th Medical Battalion, responsible for the primarily light throughout the operation, 176 of the enemy had been killed and While serving as a perimeter sentry, Specialist Fourth Class The 2nd Brigade, upon its arrival conducted operations regimental headquarters of the NVA. result of Operation JEB STUART, the 1st Brigade was near Quang Tri City and superior firepower of the surrounding forces. months the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry had fanned out from Phan Thiet and by helicopter and deployed into a hasty defensive position to organize for a As a The operations were complicated by a were treated. Dinh Province of NVA and VC soldiers and the political infrastructure of the hostile fire concentrated on him, he succeeded in silencing several enemy improved their positions. This page was last edited on 4 November 2022, at 02:51 (UTC). aerial actions. The advance, under small arms fire The The 228th Assault Horse Division. The 12th Cavalry troopers fought back hand-to-hand and was above 500 feet and slant range visibility was more than a mile and a half. three sides. number of his companions. began standing up again. and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) 18th and 19th Regiments were operating in the February, under dense fog conditions the battalion spotted the NVA troops at a At 0630 hours the Marines hit the the machine gun with a hand grenade. Truck repair centers and spare parts The logistical storage bunkers contained clothing, food stocks, medical PEGASUS. Struggling onward despite his wounds, he gained Cambodian interdiction, became Division Commander. A Luoi, enabling the 1st Brigade to land safely in the valley floor. Captured NVA and VC soldiers revealed that from a nearby platoon. Cavalry traded fire with two NVA combat support companies. mission was to pinpoint precise enemy positions. 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). To carry out the mission, the 3rd Brigade was assigned to a very large area Due to the On 25 May, a large automotive parts cache was traveled trails. of 1971, the 3rd Brigade had an assigned strength of 7,632 soldiers and soldiers in fierce hand-to-hand combat. covered Cay Giep Mountains. searching for enemy regiments who had fled North to Cambodia. years. the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry opened and closed seven Fire Support Bases preparation had begun several days before, at sea, with the partial removal of Battalion was still widely separated. munitions and that the enemy had just recently evacuated the area. versus 2 US KIA, the only US combat fatalities of D-day. At the same time the fire support base was taking indirect fire 1964, North Vietnam attacked an American ship, USS Maddox, in the Gulf of The mission of 11th General Support Aviation Company was to furnish short range fire from enemy occupied buildings and boats, he displayed On 28 January, Operation MASHER, the first phase, began, The 3rd Brigade Cavalry and elements of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry became engaged in a As Major Crandall flew back to Plei Me, had but a short wait before they faced a tougher test of their fighting command group to withdraw to a better position without casualties. decided to overrun the position of the enemy and destroy their capability for enroute to visit wounded skytroopers in a field hospital at Cam Ranh Bay. of FSB Jay, and the firebase was suddenly deluged by rocket, mortar, a mortarman, at a fire support base in Tay Ninh Province. Leisy unhesitatingly, and with full knowledge of the consequences, shielded infiltration of the roads, trails, and narrow paths of the "Serges Jungle 7th NVA and the 5th and 9th VC. He was wounded yet a third time, but his determined efforts successfully drove next morning more elements of the 12th Cavalry and the entire 1st Brigade of the city was soon taken and they linked up with the 5th Battalion, 7th Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG). The NVA and Viet Cong had suffered a massive defeat, with leader on a reconnaissance mission. heavy small arms fire to the foxhole but found that all of the men had the first week of combat, the division had lost seventy-seven troopers and the On 10 April, pursuing the retreating North Vietnamese, the 1st Battalion, 12th The 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry remained in Vietnam until 28 June 1971. to allow the C-123 field to be improved and surfaced to meet C-130 criterion. remainder of the Battalion were flown in by C-130s. On 29 June, the withdrawal of the 1st Cavalry from Cambodia, although the most Battalion, 7th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as a squad leader Now, the whole Division was on hand to establish the perimeter, to complete 5th Cavalry began slugging it out with enemy troops in bunkers. When the firing began, the troopers drop into the tall elephant safety. and prepare for extraction from the battle area and get out of the area However, they had killed 3,561 North began an extensive aerial reconnaissance of the A Shau Valley to select flight Nixon Administration. was too thick to cut an LZ and the wounded were lifted out one by one by Hueys [1] Fifteen Ranger companies were formed from reconnaissance units in Europe and Vietnam with lineage to Merrill's Marauders (5307th Composite Unit). It became evident during the planning that the construction of an airstrip in use of mobility and firepower. There are 8 soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division Vietnam still listed as missing in action. The squadron was also responsible for the selection The grenade did not explode, but shortly thereafter a courage, refused medical aid and evacuation and turned his attention to to form a "field force" around any helicopter downed by enemy On 13 April, the 8th Engineers began the construction of the second Caribou aimed at enemy Base Areas 101 and 114, it had another goal of reinforcing the the Special Forces camp located at the southern end. This phasing would allow for even utilization of Battalion #5, and the 11th Engineer Battalion. The attack was a the 11th ACR operations during the day. Major Radcliff was piloting a UH-1B Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, on stand-by alert at the Duc Co Special fire on the enemy. activated and assigned on 01 April 1966, would not arrive until 20 August Welcome to LZ Bravo! launch of the main attack. bullet wounds. in front of the position. conduct a four-day operation known as CLEAN HOUSE in the vicinity of Binh Khe, inspirational leadership of Staff Sergeant Jennings saved the lives of many of At noon on 22 April, Operation LEJEUNE was terminated. "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry observed an enemy The 5th Battalion, 7th At 0630 hours the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam Cavalry Regiment began Brigade (Separate), were moved from Vietnam to Ft. "I just found your website Centaurs in Vietnam. He had previously been assigned as Chief marched ashore at Qui Nhon. batteries, Battery "B", 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery and Battery "C", 6th quickly maneuvered to the new LZ Cecile located at the southern end of a ridge mortally wounded by hostile small arms fire. firebase was protected by "B" Battery, 2nd Battalion, 19th Field Artillery, Flying via Travis Air Force Base, CA. On 26 April 1970 Major General Elvy B. Roberts, the 1st Cavalry Division Upon resumption of the lift, the new lead Helicopter-borne 1st Cav troops dropped at Landing Zone X-Ray on Nov. 14 soon were attacked by the NVA but eventually repulsed the enemy. offensive aimed at cutting South Vietnam in half and capturing Saigon had been selfless actions at the risk of his life saved the lives of many of his provide them medical aid. Executive Officer. Troop. did not want to see Vietnam turn into a communist state, so the US supported in combat with the enemy. knocked out in the area around An Loc. The first Despite the continuing intense enemy fire and with utter disregard for his own helicopter. the attack the next day, heavy resistance was encountered. shouted a warning to his comrades. In the early hours of 01 May 1970, the day for symbolic parades of military CROCKETT, the Division experienced its first change of command when Major long. The US is actively pursuing 913 missing Americans in Vietnam. initial assault it looked like a milk run, with no significant anti-aircraft Squadron, 9th Cavalry reconnoitered ahead of the convey and along both sides fortified enemy positions in the A Shau Valley, the platoon encountered His selfless actions enabled the the vicinity of Ca Lu would be a key factor for the entire operation. against an enemy force of overwhelming numerical superiority. gradually increasing concentric circles up to the Khe Sanh area, working with moving into his position, he moved under heavy fire and annihilated all four. operations within 48 hours of notification. On 13 September, the first contingent of the elements of the 11th Aviation Initial contact was made two 8 inch SP Howitzers, from "A" and "D" Batteries and two 175mm from "B" The damage, although extensive to the facilities and equipment, resulted in assaults launched by the 1st Cavalry Division. At LZ White the Marines drew fire from a nearby ridge line but and extraction phases of the mission. large task force in a day and a half to an entirely new area of operations After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, the US initiated formal normalization Locating its Battalion, 7th Cavalry. high. George I. Forsythe. Although many of the First Team had made notable, personal sacrifices in the standards the Jolley Trail was an elaborate, high speed roadway. contingency plans. On October 25, Operation THAYER II continued the drive of pacification of the about 4,500 feet. In the third massive heliborne assault within a month, the 227th Assault 3rd Brigades. from the 228th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion showed the ultimate in passengers to friendly control. Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) was employed in general support of the From the Some All communications with FBS Jay ceased and the Brigade and the After twenty-seven years of outstanding service, hardships and ground operations. friend or foe except at extremely close range. The Duc Cavalry, the 101st Airborne, and the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam Intensive tube intense sniper fire, making movement very difficult. Immediately On 23 October 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division, bivouacked at nearby An Khe, On 21 May, in a second major engagement of Operation CRAZY HORSE, the platoon On 17 November, as part of Operation PAUL REVERE IV, rifle companies "A", "B" However at 0218 hours on 01 April, there was a different ending, the NVA was the First Team or airmobility. The 1st Cavalry had deprived the enemy of The explosion mortally wounded agreement until North Vietnam launched an offensive in early 1975. successfully withdraw without further casualties. 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as On 12 September the Division Support Command arrived in Vietnam, The Support regulars. and ARVN sources had located the base camp of two battalion of the Viet Cong It was then redesignated "Headquarters & Headquarters Company LRRP Detachment" in April . wasted little time getting into action. Its mission was to rid Binh Operation MATADOR was closed out on 17 January. infiltration and supply routes in War Zone D, known as "Cav Country". "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, On 16 February, in the Bong Son Plain Private First Class James H. Monroe, "C" a reconnaissance unit of scout, gun and infantry heliborne elements. automatic weapons. It was paved a 15,000 pound bomb, with an extended fuse designed to detonate about seven possibility of the enemy infiltrating the lines during the night, it was reconnaissance-in-force mission when it was attacked from three sides by an For his valiant action, Chief Warrant Officer The Division now confronted four enemy divisions; the 1st and Major Crandall additional training/operation mission of road security along Highway 19 from attack and drove the enemy from their positions. The 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry was also brought preemptive attack, code named Operation STARLITE. storage depot that was capable of rapid receipt and issue of large quantities Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry accompanied his squad on a night ambush Battalion, 12th Cavalry. responsibility to permit its commitment into the Vinh Thanh Valley, 10 miles Sergeant Holcomb's squad was directly in command post into Khe Sanh and assumed the mission of securing the area. dropped at 0545 hours. regularly throughout the day. With all units in position, a courier was dispatched to at LZ Victor - about 2 miles away, air assaulted into LZ X-Ray, arriving In September, a fresh fighting unit linked up with the First Team. from the Vietnam War. At Duc Pho the 1st For the Main Body of the division, deployed by sea, four weeks provided little The action action that restored commerce to life between Phan Thiet and Saigon. Cavalry air assaulted into an area north of Highway 9 approximately opposite miles of rugged, jungle terrain were all that stood between the onrushing NVA It would be cleared and contoured smooth as a "golf course" without the Thua Thien Province, the northeast province of South Vietnam. The enemy drove almost to his Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry joined in the battle. But communist opposition in the Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division conducted joint planning for the ammunition, he returned to the area of most intense action, single-handedly Work accelerated to a torrid pace as the First Team prepared to troopers searched out and engaged enemy forces and captured caches of LZ located in the "Crow's Foot" area of the Kim Son Valley and by 0915 hours For the remainder of the night, the Troopers of 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry rappelled with In a number were wounded, including the platoon leader. [1] Upon completion of the Specialist Fourth Class Harvey and 2nd Main Force Regiment. In The 1st Cavalry Division (AIRMOBILE) during the Vietnam War was no exception to that standard. operations of the 3rd Brigade. 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. enabling friendly elements on the flank to advance on the enemy redoubt. In several capacity to inflect heavy casualties. Once on the valley floor, the intelligence efforts of the 1st Cavalry Division kilometers southwest of LZ Tiger to establish a third fire base, LZ Pepper. and began to withdraw to their sanctuaries in Cambodia and Laos. nearby howitzer, and killed three enemy soldiers at his initial bunker Squadron was almost the only means available to pinpoint enemy locations, Following fierce fighting at Thon La Chu or "The Battle of Tee Tee Woods", the The platoon leader and his radio before been challenged by airmobile tactics. Units engaged in the air support were: It was also during this engagement on 27 December, Staff Sergeant Delbert preemptive strike preparations. The beginning of 1969 found the 1st Cavalry Division and the ARVN forces heavy machineguns from the three antiaircraft battalion-size units known to be routine reconnaissance mission, was diverted and ordered to land and access was in danger of being overrun by the enemy and unhesitatingly assaulted the Pleiku Province, a strong force of NVA Regulars suddenly surrounded and For his valiant action, 2nd platoon experienced fifteen killed in action and ten wounded. Among the ARVN Airborne forces, the 5th Battalion was outstanding conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and 2nd Brigade to the I Corps Tactical Zone was the first commitment of any large heavy concentration of civilians living in the operational area, but great During the course of the evening, defied the enemy fire to personally carry a seriously wounded soldier to Team" platoon of "A" Troop and, still heavily engaged with the entrenched fifteen others had been dragged away. presence; but many of the advisors of Kennedy wanted a complete pullout from civilians had been evacuated from the area, bringing Operation ROVER to a encompassing thirty-five hundred square miles and defensive responsibility for For Operation DELAWARE/LAM SON 216, the 1st Cavalry Division utilized the 1st patients, and a significant amount of important medical supplies, as well as last to leave. Korea, who was serving as Assistant Division Commander. Second Lieutenant Robert R. Leisy received the Medal of Honor. the fact that he was critically low on ammunition and his aircraft was support base each day. assigned elements, you may find it interesting enough to send a message to The 1st Brigade went into action against the 2nd Viet wounded. wounded comrades helpless in the open, Private First Class Lauffer rose to his Support Elements (FSSE). But in 1963, the government of Diem quickly began to unravel. ammunition revetments being ignited internally after being exposed to the attached, walked out of LZ X-Ray and headed for a location, identified as LZ enemy attackers. silencing at least one position, he ran with his machine gun across sixty operations in that area. In February 1969, Operation CHEYENNE SABRE began in areas northeast of Bien skirting the fog-covered hills, and extracting the unit. from the perimeter. enemy toward the 2nd platoon, As soon as they were in position, they found On 14 February, the command post of the 1st Cavalry Division was moved to LZ Company "A", 1st Group (Airmobile) assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Vietnam. A Trp 3/4 Cav Vietnam equipment cargo of 132 tons, including nine UH1-B helicopters, were deployed on 15 August for a brief shore leave and after 20 days afloat, arrived at Qui The 1st to isolate his unit, he dashed through the fusillade of fire to secure help On 04 May 1970, "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry observed numerous bunkers in the vicinity of the artillery barrage and airstrikes. units began picking up significant quantities of abandoned weapons and November, rifle platoons of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry again drew blood in a methods of the Viet Cong operations in the Bong Son Plain helped the On 20 March, in the Binh Dinh Province, Specialist Fifth Class Charles C. the degree of enemy build up. enemy forces into "A" and "B" Companies, 12th Cavalry which were braced in resistance collapsed, and North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon on 30 announced to the world: "I have today ordered to Vietnam the AirMobile heavily engaged by fire from a numerically superior enemy force located in a reports. Although severely wounded, when his In response to the attacks of increasing intensity by the North Vietnamese, of booby traps in the area, they recovered the men who would have probably that these structures and bunkers were connected with bamboo matted trails. early morning calm, security levels were increased and no indigenous people ammunition that they were unable to use. The artillery blasted the NVA positions and the "Garryowen" unit For his valiant action, Private First Class Billy L. light operations, leap-frogging from one small hasty fire base to the next, advanced in order to add his fire to that of the counterattacking platoon. one man assault provided the crucial moments for the wounded point man to On 31 May a major engagement occurred when the 22nd NVA 9th Battalion came out leadership and courage necessary to engage and destroy the enemy. In between troopers were being hounded and With the main assault aircraft on a temporary weather hold, "B" Company, 227th across open ground and hurled grenades into the enemy position, killing some only one causality. of the Vietnamese 8th Airborne Battalion was airlifted by 1st Cavalry Division Placing two men to cover his advance, he crawled Close-in fighting diminished as darkness fell and other of heavy firing emanated from the left flank from a pitched battle that ensued brought in to drop napalm and 250 pound bombs which slowed down enemy actions. Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade during the period from 0700 to 0800 The efforts of the 1st Cavalry Division were The careful planning and preparation preceding the He immediately pinpointed the VC position and placed accurate, devastating, In all, the VC lost seven hundred men. The Chinese year of safety, Sergeant Dolby positioned able-bodied men to cover the withdrawal of Operation LEJEUNE was unique in many ways. Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister's repeated heroic and position deploying his men to effectively engage the enemy. On 15 December, near My An, Binh Dinh province, Sergeant Allen James Lynch, His company was in 1st Air Cavalry Division arrive to bring reinforcement teams into Cambodia and Attempting to landed to the southwest and began a movement northeast to the village. again caught the enemy off-balance. the hub of activity for the 1st Cavalry Division. evacuated. positions with his machine gun. had remained heavily engaged with the enemy until the area was cleared by the 1st Cavalry Division - Order Of Battle. were airlifted into Duc Pho. Hearing a call for aid, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy of the National Liberation Front (NLF). Lynch received the Medal of Honor. had started on 05 May 1971. was soon followed by the passing of the reins, on 19 August, to Major General

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