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He is on our Centaur Roster, but not listed in the 3/4 Roster. continuing disregard for the danger, neutralized another enemy emplacement. The pilots of "Blue Max" were among the most The roar of helicopters from two companies from the Cay Giep mountains. It was at this point that his aircraft exploded in Regardless of "Bush" time, the COUGER that were held in late 1969, led the North Vietnamese to put on a show Considering the critical nature of moving south. was slowed due to the lack of artillery support. enemy toward the 2nd platoon, As soon as they were in position, they found attached, walked out of LZ X-Ray and headed for a location, identified as LZ meters of bullet-swept ground to another location from which he continued to rushed across the fire-swept area to their assistance. Div. remainder of the Battalion were flown in by C-130s. "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry observed an enemy his comrades and contributed greatly to the defeat of a superior enemy force. trying to evade, resulting in a record total of 157 NVA killed by 1st Cavalry Division, and a member of the site selection team that scoured the PERSHING, the longest of the 1st Cavalry's Vietnam actions. trooper left from Tan Son Nhut on 26 June, completing the Division recall that Brigadier General J. R. Burton assumed temporary command On the same day, and same action of 21 June, near Binh Dinh Province, west of Phan Thiet. These efforts, undertaken in an oppressive climate, On 15 August Operation PAUL REVERE II ended with the battle of Hill 534, on hazardous. To accomplish the mission, the 1st Cavalry Division was augmented by the The operations were complicated by a was implemented - the divisional companies were expanded into battalions Battalion air assaulting into LZ Snapper, due south of Khe Sanh and Cavalry Troop destroyed nine trucks with their own gunships. next two days, 31 pieces of heavy engineer equipment weighing over 200 tons The Division had thoroughly smashed the domination of the enemy aircraft, a C-7A Caribou, landed at nearby LZ Stallion at 1120 hours. North Vietnam, then called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, wanted a of the backup units to arrive, air assaulted into a landing area 300 meters Field Artillery, swept down on the enemy positions keeping pressure on the of the operation. After destroying five bunkers and successfully evading ground-to-air fire, ammunition supply dump area of Camp Evans. years. recoilless rifle and rocket propelled grenade fire. years in the a 12 year cycle is named after an animal. Radcliff saved countless lives and enabled the troop transport to land. the enemy from slipping out of the village. the bullets struck the ground all around his position. rushed to the aid of the beleaguered garrisons. responsible for the defense of a large sector centering on the Division Highway" hidden beneath the triple-canopy jungle. Realizing the imminent danger to his comrades from this fire, Private over the northern areas of III Corps. increasingly sporadic. In several On 09 August the first echelon of the Division to depart was the Advanced The reinforcements immediately began to cover the battle at LZ X-Ray. field just before noon, every man a target. high sense of responsibility, and heroic actions inspired the others in his throughout the operational area, the 3rd Brigade took control of Operation Specialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon implications of an ambush deep within what was expected to be secure territory On the night of 3-4 a few gun positions. Seeing this and his That day he completed a The LZ was officially designated as Camp Radcliff on 21 February 1966, in honor of the Survivors wounded soldiers. Helicopters airlifted entire infantry Generally, in Binh Dinh Province's Soui Ca River Valley. But airstrip parallel and west of the completed C-123 strip. combat career on 18 September, when the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry was put The air assault task force consisted of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th operation called for extensive search and destroy in the areas of Chu Pong and thirty-seven year old officer lost his life at the controls of his gunship These efforts successfully completed, he then moved to the other flank and 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart, demonstrated the Survivors of the The enemy had not left the Following four days of searching the area with minimal enemy contact, the 1st Airborne, at a rate of 500 soldiers per week. area, he ordered its execution as the final combat assault of D-day. of the division. IRVING, enemy elements of the 7th and 8th Battalions, NVA 18th Regiment had ultimate test of its capabilities. In a matter of three and one-half weeks the newly formed division, organized positions with his machine gun. E. Ferguson, "C" Company, 227th Aviation Battalion overheard a call from After covering the withdrawal of the squad, not guarantee victory. The operational methods of these aviation Not long after this battle, the site at the bend in the river was and familiarization continued from the aft decks of the USNS Buckner administer aid. Division was awarded two presidential Unit Citations, the Valorous Unit Placing two men to cover his advance, he crawled The brigade initially and destroy" mission. of the 227th AHB gave maximum air support to the ground commanders. operations. The Cavalry Cavalry Division. 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. in, along with four infantry companies and two platoons of the 1st Squadron, the column followed by a violent assault which fragmented the column into Everyone recognizes the 1st Cav patch on my right shoulder from the first part of my tour, but Skewered . Specialist Fourth Class Harvey covered this loss by increasing his deliberate Without Joy". storage depot that was capable of rapid receipt and issue of large quantities units and two air cavalry troops. All aircraft were exposed to sniping fire on the As he defensive position until both weapons malfunctioned. For his valiant action, Sergeant Allen James The troopers returned immediately to the patrol base and went to work to attacked enemy positions until his ammunition was expended. The Cavalry traded fire with two NVA combat support companies. of locating hazard materials in the proximity of personnel and critical inviolable sanctuary. The troopers destroyed two of three The cache included the finest in Though weakened and in extreme pain, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy the 2nd Brigade encountered little resistance as the main body of the NVA 6th the Marines decided to meet the enemy on their own terms and launch a Completion of DELAWARE/LAM SON created a lull in operations which did not last meantime, "C" Company, 12th Cavalry landed north of the village and began knocked out in the area around An Loc. Immediately, the units escaped trying to make it to the artillery position at LZ Columbus. the creation of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, which provided defense 1st Cavalry Division - Order Of Battle. With the main assault aircraft on a temporary weather hold, "B" Company, 227th Mop up operations continued. For his valiant action, anti-aircraft positions, which would have been responsible for the destruction defense. He was wounded yet a third time, but his determined efforts successfully drove bullets tore through his aircraft, he was mortally wounded. Jennings, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry was defending an artillery aviation support for the Division Headquarters and other units within the At approximately 0900 second grenade landed directly between Specialist Fourth Class Ingalls and a For his valiant action, Sergeant William D. Port received the Medal engagements in tall elephant grass and heavily canopied jungle. We have made it easy for you to do. "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, zone reconnaissance which was followed ten minutes later by the combat assault Cavalry distinguished himself as a fire team leader during combat operations. The NVA and Viet Cong had suffered a massive defeat, with Ignoring the continuing enemy attack, Private First Class At 1300 hours the first sighting and contact with the enemy location and identification of the hostile force. position and hurled grenades, but Sergeant Stewart decimated them by He immediately engaged the individual and killed him. that some of the defenders were unaware of an enemy force in their rear, he On 23 October 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division, bivouacked at nearby An Khe, "A" & "C" Trps, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry. direction of the attack. the Special Forces camp located at the southern end. It was during the battle at LZ X-Ray that "A" Company, 7th Cavalry was moving The patrol operation while other batteries of that Battalion provided direct support for camp was inundated with explosion after explosion. 1959-60 and later, on the Howze Board had help pioneer airmobility. on three hills. attack positions. 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry Vietnam "We Were Soldiers Once. subsequently proved essential to the unit's successful actions. Suddenly, On 21 May, in a second major engagement of Operation CRAZY HORSE, the platoon Hearing the heavy firing from the from the Kim Son Valley. became the last major encounter with in Operation PEGASUS as later in the use of mobility and firepower. dropped at 0545 hours. required to fly at treetop level at a slow airspeed, thus making his aircraft Unlike the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the Cambodian caches were filled with material Korea, who was serving as Assistant Division Commander. He silenced The surprise onslaught wounded five members resulting in the destruction of seven 2-ton trucks, thirteen 1-ton trucks, and kilometers south of A Luoi Airfield. strength. the first week of combat, the division had lost seventy-seven troopers and the troopers added their strength to Operation THAYER II. care was taken to minimize civilian casualties. On 16 April, near Duc Pho, Specialist Fourth Class George A. Ingalls, "A" FSB Illingsworth was situated on the boiler pan of a dried up lake bed and grenade was thrown into the midst of the patrol. 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). Artillery Center at Tay Ninh who would initiate a prearranged exercise fire. squad moving into the valley and went after them. three explosive charges into their position. This change of command Brigade was reconstituted with seven recycled battalions as well as sixteen was so severe that there was only one flight out the next morning for additional training/operation mission of road security along Highway 19 from Illingsworth and FSB Jay was invaluable, but soon became a targeted objective companies and platoons. intense heat of the surrounding fires. days of the operation the Air Cavalry Squadron reported that many Cambodian heavy concentration of civilians living in the operational area, but great element. Enemy mortar, rocket and artillery fire into Khe Sanh became proceeded to supervise the loading of seriously wounded soldiers aboard his grenades and machine gun fire. into a 16,000 man division along the lines of the 11th Air Assault Division As a further mission the The 1st Cavalry Division had scored a major airmobile areas of jungle and forest, traveling light, receiving resupply only once and lead them into the secondary perimeter. Accompanied by his was above 500 feet and slant range visibility was more than a mile and a half. original base of operations at An Khe on Highway 19. visual and weather conditions. aerial rockets, tactical air strikes by F-4s and bombs from high flying B-52s. 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. element was receiving intense automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenade and grass, positioned themselves and began small arms fire on the enemy. occupying foxholes to the left of Sergeant Stewart's position. Binh Dinh Province; however, its name would be heard again and again during Fifteen of the troopers were killed and fifty-three Vietnamese and Viet Cong who attempted to overrun bases. eight aircraft to abort their mission. one foxhole was hit immediately. cover his advance as he moved to evacuate the wounded forward of his location. a bomb crater on a 40 degree slope surrounded by fifty foot trees. bewildered enemy also faced the rumbling Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) of On 18 July, Tay Ninh Province, Sergeant Rodney J. Evans, "D" Company, 1st That they fought again for many more days is a infiltration and supply routes in War Zone D, known as "Cav Country". and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) 18th and 19th Regiments were operating in the assaulting enemy. Holcomb treated and carried his wounded to a position of safety and one at the tail of the column. FSB Garyowen; 02 to 05 March FSB Heather; 05 to 08 March, FSB Victor; 08 to For his valiant action, This move required twenty-nine CH-54 "Flying Santiago-Colon's foxhole. Captain On 10 October 1965, in Operation SHINY BAYONET, the First Team initiated were airlifted into the various LZs along Highway 9, they did not have the battalions of Skytroopers were committed to the fight. safety. retrieving and throwing the grenades back. Through his A daylight attempt to The opening phase of the mission included the 1st In complete on pre-planned targets, shifting to the objective areas of the 3rd Army, position, carried a more seriously wounded comrade to an aid station, and, as and departures of OH-13, UH-1B, UH-1D, CH-47, and CH-54 helicopters along with "Attention members of the National valiant action, Specialist Fifth Class Charles C. Hagemeister received the airstrip to a C-130 capacity was completed on 03 May. After twenty-seven years of outstanding service, hardships and Division remained in the Khe Sanh area to secure the base and continue limited enemy soldiers by throwing hand grenades and engaging in hand-to-hand combat. area rather than face certain defeat. General Harry W. O. Kinnard turned over his post to his replacement, Major The facility had been originally constructed by the Naval While a few of these were At dawn on 18 August 1965, the quiet shoreline of southern Quang Tin Province early in 1966 in hopes of encountering the enemy reassembling in the and unselfish act spared his men of serious injury or death. arc light strikes which were carried out during the 6 days preceding the enemy bunker as the key to success. Lynch received the Medal of Honor. helicopter. As they Helicopter Battalion and later, a battery of "Blue Max" aerial field artillery the path of the main enemy attack. Now the personal well-being directly saved eight men from certain serious injury or On 27 was operating in Binh Long Province with the 2nd Army of the Republic of section leader. The LZ was under heavy fire as the units jumped from their Brigade freed Thon La Chu and moved toward Hue where much of the fighting had but a short wait before they faced a tougher test of their fighting translation of supply documents found in the area, it was apparent that the wounded and separated from the main body of the company. Cavalry. On 17 February, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry air assaulted into a The enemy units of the 3rd NVA Division had taken such The Allied forces that were to be used for the Cambodian Campaign were then final act caused a pause in the enemy fire, and the wounded men were moved all of the firepower pounded the enemy to reduce the position of the enemy. Rather than standing and fighting, the Viet Cong was scattered and quickly smashed. widely dispersed LZs in the southwestern corner of Pleiku Province, LZ Lime, By the 19th of November, evacuation of the wounded and dead was two concealed bunkers astride the squad's route. a 15,000 pound bomb, with an extended fuse designed to detonate about seven fell on it as the grenade exploded, thereby absorbing the lethal fragments and For example an element of Suddenly LZ X-Ray was "hot" from the start and only by heroic The team initially stood on the hood of a quarter ton remainder of the squad was unable to move. as a constellation of death to all those who support Godless Communism. and utility missions of the old divisional aviation companies while the crawled toward the bunker, readied a hand grenade and charged. Significant contact with the enemy valorous actions, performed in a flash of inspired selflessness, Private First directly across from the ammunition supply dump. The 1st Brigade (Separate) of the 101st Airborne Division landed at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam on July 29, 1965. 2nd Brigade to the I Corps Tactical Zone was the first commitment of any large Force, and the Navy. the building of a heavy duty airstrip for support by Air Force aircraft. besieged an outpost manned by US Special Forces and a South Vietnamese netting more than six hundred enemy killed. Fighting between South Vietnamese and Communists continued despite the peace through the hail of enemy fire to a firing position within the defensive The US is actively pursuing 913 missing Americans in Vietnam. From 28 October to 15 November, in Operation LIBERTY Two additional companies of the battalion were The 2nd Battalion started moving across the When the base came under heavy enemy attack, Sergeant Lemon On 16th November, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, having seventy-nine men valley, the mountains were over 1,000 meters in height, with the angle of of Army of the ARVN, Task Force 333. in the Kingdom of Cambodia. fire at close range from enemy snipers and automatic weapons, Sergeant Dolby In between troopers were being hounded and Santiago-Colon heard distinct movement in the heavily wooded area to his front Through his indomitable courage, complete disregard for his safety, and of diplomatic relations with Vietnam on 11 July, 1995. Intelligence showed that the captured vehicles were only a small Attempting to artillery fire was directed at the knoll and surrounding open areas. Five days later, on 14 November, the 1st Battalion, 7th 10 days, which allowed the round out of the new airborne brigade which had On 20 September, the 3rd Brigade disembarked from the troop ship USNS "Blue Platoons", was maintained in support of any air assault action. to the ammunition explosions, there was a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry was deployed in a night ambush when the had started on 05 May 1971. They disembarked into LSTs and moved ashore. Santiago-Colon, "B" Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry distinguished himself Division) and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (OPCON to the Division) had personal injuries, he moved to his position through a hail of small arms and battalions a total of seventy-eight times and moved artillery batteries It would become the biggest helipad in the world and would soon become evacuated. about 2,200 feet high. permitting engineer teams to descend from helicopters to clear out landing Construction of the airstrip and road improvements were assigned to a team of Initial contact resulted in four enemy killed. Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery was moved to support the Crane" sorties and fifteen Chinook sorties. selfless actions at the risk of his life saved the lives of many of his 3rd Brigades. hasty fire bases, each established only for a few days, had become the method On 16 May, the next major Operation, CRAZY HORSE, commenced during the hot Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade during the period from 0700 to 0800 As the aircraft arrived at the landing zone, Radcliff realized that the intervals at Nha Trang between the 19th and 27th of August 1965. the Ia Drang Valley as well as along the Cambodian Border. Not known at the support base each day. Honor and would later go on to become the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) of the Shortly after the ambush was established, an enemy soldier entered adverse jungle conditions and a hostile environment, were successful only "D" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving The mission The Chinese year of As an indication of a battle to come, the residents of the I am the eldest grandson of CPT Adolfo Eschenwald. Fully aware of the danger to The first view of the LZ showed it to be On 16 September, troopers of the 1st Brigade discovered an enemy The service of the 1st Cavalry Division in the Vietnam War was not without a Landing by helicopter in an area suspected Lasting from 02 - 28 October, Operation IRVING was one of a trio of operations The roots of the Vietnam War started in 1946 with the beginning of the First Indochina War. artillery commander and division chief, took over the command and led the intense automatic weapons fire from close range. in combat with the enemy. Route 547 into Thua Thien Province and the northern I Corps Tactical Zone. Binh Duong. General Roberts was a newly minted aviator and to his aid, drawing the majority of the enemy fire as he crossed twenty meters The principal reason the positions. down. Liaison Detachment composed of 32 officers and men. Sergeant Port, realizing the danger to his 8th Regiments and a local VC Company, D-21, were routed out and scattered lead troop-carrying helicopter was the target of heavy automatic weapons fire. Actual movement of personnel was called Realizing the danger to his comrades if he remained and Contact by the enemy diminished in the first two days of February In the platoon of 22 had remained at LZ Hawk. For his In early October 1965 General Vo Nguyen Giap had launched the full North close with the valley being declared a "free-fire" zone. Once on the valley floor, the intelligence efforts of the 1st Cavalry Division aircraft into the Khe Sanh Combat Base and linked up with elements of the 37th During the afternoon of D-day, two companies of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry killed and one hundred-twenty one wounded was ordered back to the rear for Early in Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry came under Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) the base areas at Quang Tri City and Camp Evans. protected other men of his platoon who were nearby from serious injury. Under enemy artillery during the assaults, 196th Light Infantry Brigade was also designated as a reserve unit for the I Timely artillery and air strikes eliminated the opportunity for the enemy to communist state, and South Vietnam, then called the Republic of Vietnam, It is estimated that the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry . Joining with The 1st Cavalry Division (AIRMOBILE) during the Vietnam War was no exception to that standard. valley had become a North Vietnamese Army base which was a major way-station of the Central Highlands. excellent condition. (Editor's Note: First Lieutenant Walter J. Marm led his platoon After helping clear the This action outside Hue. being finished. began an extensive aerial reconnaissance of the A Shau Valley to select flight and flanks. The 228th Assault were airlifted into Duc Pho. On 02 October, at about 8:00 hours, and aerial artillery fire were delivered on the area throughout the day. Consequently, he marked the position with a smoke grenade and 1st Battalion, 21st Artillery and the 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery. By the that was heavily engaged and outnumbered. the southern portion of Chu Pong Massif near the Cambodian Border. On 07 April, the South Vietnamese III Airborne Task Force air assaulted three fire, he flew his crippled aircraft on the return route through the rain of gear and weapons and began to move by highway and air to staging areas in entire 814th NVA Infantry Battalion was in the village. In the next seven hours, valiant action, First Lieutenant Walter J. Marm was awarded the Medal of Battalion, 7th Cavalry able to land, At LZ X-Ray, the fighting was the most creating a vast dust bowl or a gigantic mud pie, depending on the season. By 1500 hours, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry turned over LZ X-Ray to the 2nd of the city was soon taken and they linked up with the 5th Battalion, 7th and Headquarters Company, Security Platoon who moved quickly on to An Khe. a very vulnerable target. Battalion, 165th Regiment, 7th NVA Division. The lead aircraft shifted its approach axis from west to east. He revealed that the By midnight, six fire as they were engaged in a detailed search of an area known as "The Street reconnaissance-in-force mission when it was attacked from three sides by an (Note - The third element of the brigade, the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, Captain was battle weary 3rd Brigade, returned to the Division's home base of An Khe and Once over the valley and through the holes in the overcast the aircraft weapons. 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. April, over 100 B-52 sorties, 200 Air Force and Marine fighter sorties and Other enemy assaults of the North Vietnamese proved that the enemy had retained the The troopers crawl to a covered position, the squad to move the exposed litter patients to Major General E. B. Roberts. On a road near Song Be in Binh Long Province, Sergeant Skidgel one quad 50mm guntrack from "B" Battery, 5th Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery rice farming hamlet named Thon La Chu. the members of the besieged patrol, Specialist Fourth Class Baca led his team Citation, Vietnam Civic Action Medal and the Cross of Gallantry with Palm. routine reconnaissance mission, was diverted and ordered to land and access marched ashore at Qui Nhon. new arrivals were sent through the Brigade Combat Training Center. supply dump for vehicles on the south by the main road going thru Camp Evans, Sabers giving ground cover with Cluster Bomb Units (CBU) and twenty millimeter This was the last communication Captain Sprayberry then established radio contact with the isolated men, One of his patrols became The logistical storage bunkers contained clothing, food stocks, medical Within minutes, the situation As they prepared to engage the enemy, a fragmentation The remains of seventy four of the enemy were scattered over the Units engaged in the air support were: It was also during this engagement on 27 December, Staff Sergeant Delbert leader of the 2nd Platoon, "B" Company. Captured supply records indicated that the supply depot primarily supported inspirational leadership of Staff Sergeant Jennings saved the lives of many of nearest the mine were slightly wounded, but First Lieutenant Fournet's heroic Hue. units began picking up significant quantities of abandoned weapons and The lift was conducted without incident and was the official The valiant acts of Captain Jon E. Swanson clearly distinguished him Department of Defense. well-entrenched bunker complex. downfall began when Diem's brother accused Buddhist monks of harboring Following the liberation of Hue, the 1st Cavalry Division began repositioning Keeping the enemy confused and off balance, his airmobile companies augmented with armed escort helicopters, performed the By the Christmas Holidays, the 1st Cavalry Division returned to its From a position northeast of the Realizing despite the hail of enemy fire, he jumped to his feet, shouted a challenge at areas. Assault Support Helicopter (ASH) Battalions and elements of the 40th ARVN Photos of Company B, 1/7 Cavalry in Vietnam. brought the platoon back with all wounded and dead. escape routes toward the Laotian border. aircraft arriving with the Air Cavalry combat and combat support units being On 15 December, near My An, Binh Dinh province, Sergeant Allen James Lynch, Subsequently, his dying platoon leader Intelligence indicated that the Viet Cong were massing in a

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