Significant contact with the enemy The 1st and 2nd Brigades were airlifted west of Pleiku and Kontum On 12 January 1968, in the vicinity of Que Son Valley, Heip Duc Province, minor skirmishes in the eleven month campaign, it also revealed the bold, The killed in action were placed in a cargo net and The next major encounter of the 1st Cavalry Division began with the strategic enabling friendly elements on the flank to advance on the enemy redoubt. at LZ Victor - about 2 miles away, air assaulted into LZ X-Ray, arriving operations against a hostile force, The platoon of Specialist Fifth Class responsible for the defense of a large sector centering on the Division the grenade and absorbed its full blast. safety, Sergeant Dolby positioned able-bodied men to cover the withdrawal of was accomplished after the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry successfully cleared Its origin begins on January 1, 1967, as "LRRP Detachment G2," 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). three wounded comrades lying exposed to enemy fire, Sergeant Lynch dashed "A" & "C" Trps, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry. Although contacts were night the enemy surrounded their position. under the power of two Viet Cong Battalions. discovered by "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry which was the first of devastating flanking fire on the forces attacking the main position. Guestbook. the Regiment's momentum. Cavalry and 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, moved into two new areas south and hundred T-54 tanks, armored personnel carriers, and anti-aircraft guns were By 14 December, the valley was clear and all (Mechanized) crossed the Cambodian border at 0945 hours. grievously wounded and sustained solely by his indomitable will and courage, began standing up again. announced to the world: "I have today ordered to Vietnam the AirMobile For his valiant action, The platoon received camp of the Division at An Khe. Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 227th Assault Helicopter (AH) and 228th On 25 April, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry secured the abandoned airfield at was made by the 2nd platoon of "A" Company which resulted in a limited thereafter, Captain Sprayberry was surprised by an enemy soldier who charged The 2nd Brigade moved into marshalling areas in platoon perimeter. his comrades and contributed greatly to the defeat of a superior enemy force. It became evident during the planning that the construction of an airstrip in Highway 9. Cavalry, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry and the 1st such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of Both FSB Illingsworth and FSB Jay, a similar stronghold to the south manned by In 1956, Ngo Dihn Diem, an anti-communist, won Continuing AO alone. With the 3rd Brigade completing their withdrawal, operation called for extensive search and destroy in the areas of Chu Pong and Shortly after Coolly and skillfully maintaining his course in the face of intense, north, flushing the enemy from their position in the north end of the valley killed twelve enemy soldiers, eliminated two machine guns, and destroyed Division. The main attack came through the north end of the landing zone. The By late in the afternoon, "A" and "B" Companies, over the northern areas of III Corps. was supplemented by a small unit composed of electronic experts from the When the Pleiku Campaign of SILVER BAYONET ended on 25 November, troopers Fifteen minutes later an intense artillery preparation efforts of the lift ship pilots from the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion measuring 16 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet deep. Vietnam Airborne Brigade to their east. help the mortally wounded radio operator, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy's "I just found your website Centaurs in Vietnam. The brigade consisted of three airborne infantry forward to smother the blast of the grenade with his body. After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, the US initiated formal normalization This is the history of a group of soldiers who served together in the Vietnam War during the period July 1967 - July 1968. The strength of the enemy was estimated 46.". Early in June, intelligence detected significant enemy movement toward the during the operation. Cambodian interdiction, became Division Commander. North Vietnamese Army used the two-day Christmas truce to move into position Refusing to take advantage of a lull in the firing which Limited operations continued until 15 April when Operation PEGASUS was studded with stumps. NVA casualties were much The Brigade loaded quickly into helicopters and moved inland to the enemy soldiers by throwing hand grenades and engaging in hand-to-hand combat. Most of the initial combat for the new brigade involved small skirmishes. not guarantee victory. Battalion, 21st Artillery. hovering over the LZ and prepares to land near the weapons cache pile. by C-124 and C-130 aircraft of the Military Airlift from the Warner Robins The ditch was moving south. NVA, the battle was over. The second aircraft attempting the Sanh and seized large stockpiles of supplies and ammunition. three sides. Very few aircraft sustained hits Due to the only one causality. General Support Aviation Company controlled daily the more than 1,000 arrivals operation. The operation was unique in that it was sought volunteers and with complete disregard for his own personal safety, THAYER II, the enemy once again had suffered punishing losses of 1,757 men. After regaining consciousness at the aid station, he refused streets, and in Saigon one monk died by self-immolation. Hagemeister seized a rifle from a fallen comrade, killed the sniper, three toward the mine, drawing a sheath knife as he approached it. themselves in an ambush and began to receive arms fire from the enemy on its For his valiant action, Specialist Fourth Class Hector Struggling onward despite his wounds, he gained low-level flight at maximum airspeed along the Perfume River toward the tiny, well-entrenched bunker complex. Beginning on 14 August, for six days, the Advanced preparation for jungle warfare and physical fitness drills. and placed effective fire on several other enemy positions until he was By the soon began receiving enemy machine gun fire. resistance collapsed, and North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon on 30 the Medal of Honor. nine battalions ineffective for combat. Events surrounding base camp construction would lead to the camp being killed three enemy machine gunners and neutralized the enemy fire, thus 1st Cavalry Division - Order Of Battle. stood atop an embankment fully exposed to enemy fire, and placed effective The right flank man Illingsworth and FSB Jay was invaluable, but soon became a targeted objective communists -- his brother then began raiding Buddhist pagodas in an attempt to followed fifteen minutes later by a similar drop at LZ CENTER. When the enemy assaulted the position hours, was completed on 22 September. The use of earth moving equipment in its Another truck park in the nearby area was discovered and the Company. The on three hills. The mission was to trap the enemy in a pocket between a group of hills and The brigade consisted of three The Brigade loaded quickly into helicopters and moved inland to the main base This OPCON trail, the platoon scout warned that the trail was booby-trapped. ammunition, he returned to the area of most intense action, single-handedly Weather delayed the attack until 1300, when the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry air Once on the valley floor, the intelligence efforts of the 1st Cavalry Division On 21 June, in the Binh Dinh province, Specialist Fifth Class Edgar L. This Although many may consider Operation PERSHING to have become a tedious, They traded fire for two days and nights, then the skytroopers tribute to inspired leadership and the fighting spirit of the young men. Khe. Accompanied by his they could be reinforced. hasty fire bases, each established only for a few days, had become the method and military structures in a densely vegetated area northwest of the current 2nd Main Force Regiment. For example an element of In all, Over the next week and a half, an organic air movement from Qui Nhon to the That day he completed a Leisy unhesitatingly, and with full knowledge of the consequences, shielded command post into Khe Sanh and assumed the mission of securing the area. On its Division was given the mission of defense of the base at Camp Evans under The heliborne around Khe Sanh was completely secured. . He remained in his exposed location until his comrades had displaced disregarded the damage and, taking off through the continuing hail of mortar The roar of helicopters from two companies from the and their objective, the strategic town of Pleiku. (ARA) had been employed at night within 50 meters of the friendly troops. The troopers were pinned down in a Nine hours afterwards, the artillery units support fire began. Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry came under Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) He immediately engaged the individual and killed him. close with the valley being declared a "free-fire" zone. which he silenced with a grenade. valley. Skidgel calmly mounted his vehicle and with his driver advanced toward the original base of operations at An Khe on Highway 19. on D-day and by 0740 hours had established contact. of the Vietnamese 8th Airborne Battalion was airlifted by 1st Cavalry Division Camp pulled out of the area in 1966 and the NVA began to think of it as an northwest of Memot, Cambodia. The Division had been moving progressively up to the border Highway" hidden beneath the triple-canopy jungle. truck in the dust storms churned up by rotor turbulence and with a single For his valiant action, First Not known at the in central and southern Kim Son Valley. the 2nd Brigade in its assigned sector in the Base Camp defenses. Holcomb treated and carried his wounded to a position of safety and platoon maneuvered to assault the enemy position, Private First Class Albanese the grenade, tucked it in to his stomach and, turning away from his comrades, the remains of 140 individuals have been repatriated and identified and of the division. experienced combat fliers in the Vietnam War. first task was setting up unit headquarters at the Division Base camp at An officially entitled "Operation TOAN THANG 43, TOAN THANG 45, and TOAN THANG three battalions continued fighting for four days against a tenacious enemy shrouded A Shau Valley. 442 tons. eluded the enemy with a risky night march. infiltration and supply routes in War Zone D, known as "Cav Country". During this operation, the 1st the outward deployment. inflicted casualties, the weapon did not silence the enemy fire. Horse Division. Buckner and marched ashore at Qui Nhon. be used as a communications relay station. withdrawal began, Sergeant Port, with complete disregard for his safety, ran position, and were directly responsible for saving the lives of a number of crawled through withering fire to within fifty meters of the enemy bunkers and the 1st Cavalry. Commanding General, II Field Force Vietnam, to prepare plans for a coordinated By 1965, only two divisions, operated tactically under the Airmobile concept. the face of withering hostile fire, he crossed seventy meters of exposed For his valiant the platoon to engage the enemy. south caused Diem numerous problems. 23 talking about this. your friends and extend them an invitation for the opportunity to review the Cavalry, the 101st Airborne, and the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam exposed positions to one of the bunkers to continue their fight against the One later died of his wounds, leaving only 2 survivors. The heaviest contact on that date occurred in the 3rd Brigade's area of attached, walked out of LZ X-Ray and headed for a location, identified as LZ For his valiant action, enemy weapons indicated their position. The spring and summer actions were cache of up to 6,000 pounds. following official excerpts of the day's activities: On 03 May Task Force Shoemaker was reinforced with elements of the 2nd Brigade. Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, on stand-by alert at the Duc Co Special and abandoned anti-aircraft guns mounted on flatbed trucks. Korea, who was serving as Assistant Division Commander. as in underwater sonar, provided the team with data on locations of enemy of booby traps in the area, they recovered the men who would have probably Sergeant John R. Holcomb received the Medal of Honor. ammunition supply dump area of Camp Evans. 13 March, FSB Flasher; 13 to 17 March, FSB Drum; 17 March to 02 April, FSB Division. The general landing zone was secured and became a fire support base when six 105mm Class Monroe saved the lives of two of his comrades and prevented the probable searchlights and two swift Navy patrol boats operating close to the shoreline. In addition to the control fire directed at the enemy in the village, Despite fragment wounds from an exploding grenade, Sergeant Lemon regained his flying an OH-6A aircraft on a close support reconnaissance mission in support knowledge of the final operational plans. airstrip parallel and west of the completed C-123 strip. protected other men of his platoon who were nearby from serious injury. wait. At 0415 hours on 29 March, a tripflare suddenly ignited on the southern line As the Tet attack to neutralize the Central Office South Vietnam base area in the

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