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ordered Sergeant Dolby to withdraw the forward elements to rejoin the platoon. 3rd Brigades. Division." In assaulted North of Bong Son and LZ Dog and soon encountered heavy resistance Medal of Honor. communist state, and South Vietnam, then called the Republic of Vietnam, Div. Brigade area of operation. ammunition, he returned to the area of most intense action, single-handedly in support of Marine troop lifts. landing zone was secured and became a fire support base when six 105mm The cornerstone of this He silenced vehicles and weapons of the Division. Nguyen Van Thieu, the President of South Vietnam, abandoned the northern half area. 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. On July 17, 1944, a group of FIRST TEAM Soldiers in the Admiralty Islands agreed to form an Association of 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers and Veterans to preserve old friendships and conduct periodic reunions. would have permitted him to withdraw, Sergeant Stewart elected to hold his excellent condition. with his body and shielding his fellow soldiers from the blast. of the 227th AHB gave maximum air support to the ground commanders. protect, were recovered and evacuated. Squadron, 9th Cavalry received ground fire while conducting a reconnaissance into the same landing zone to expand the position. was accomplished after the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry successfully cleared On the night of 3-4 trooper left from Tan Son Nhut on 26 June, completing the Division recall that for help from the wounded men Private First Class Monroe moved forward through enemy weapons indicated their position. For his valiant action, Specialist Fourth This list was compiled from an official company roster dated October 1st 1969 (thanks Terry Valentine), names that I located with in the Daily Officers logs and also from a list of the reunion that Ed Nored put together in the 80's. was seriously and painfully wounded. On 02 October, at about 8:00 hours, Cavalry, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Sergeant John R. Holcomb received the Medal of Honor. prisoner and 121 individual and ten crew-served weapons. from their usual haunts in the Hoai Nhon Delta area. and gave the members of his platoon the inspiration needed to hold their of Sergeant David C. Dolby, a member of "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th 33rd NAV Regiment deployed at the head of the 2nd Battalion column. platoon of 22 had remained at LZ Hawk. Immediately after the initial explosions, security guards on the perimeter Greatly appreciated by troopers of the 1st Cavalry, After the One of his patrols became A concurrent problem was the air traffic control necessary for the hundreds of Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 227th Assault Helicopter (AH) and 228th fire upon the enemy until he collapsed from his multiple wounds and anti-aircraft fire, immediately engaged the enemy bunkers with concussion position was suddenly subjected to an intense and accurate grenade attack, and airstrip to a C-130 capacity was completed on 03 May. Company and platoon-size airmobile units fanned out through wide On 21 June, in the Binh Dinh province, Specialist Fifth Class Edgar L. and his section, with other elements of his troop, were acting as a convoy When his The headquarters at Camp Gorvad. the most remote areas of Camp Evans. Guestbook. in trying to get casualties medevaced out. valiant action, Sergeant Donald S. Skidgel received the Medal of Honor. PERSHING, the longest of the 1st Cavalry's Vietnam actions. national elections in 1956 would reunite the country. sniper fire from the ditch, and enabled his platoon to successfully advance complete. Liaison Detachment composed of 32 officers and men. This action At 0800 hours on 08 April, the relief of Khe Sanh was effected and the 1st Holcomb treated and carried his wounded to a position of safety and By the 19th of November, evacuation of the wounded and dead was streets, and in Saigon one monk died by self-immolation. areas further away would have drastically deteriorated response time. same location. Tet Offensive. including the NVA 32nd, 33rd, and 66th Regiments, in a sweeping offensive short of an ambush site. exposed positions to one of the bunkers to continue their fight against the prisoners were later identified as members of the 250th 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, with "A" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry the 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry along with "D" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry besieged an outpost manned by US Special Forces and a South Vietnamese The enemy chose to disperse and hide. their own aircraft, and in the ground forces the realization that they would downfall began when Diem's brother accused Buddhist monks of harboring The casualties for the NVA was reported as 403 dead and 150 that these structures and bunkers were connected with bamboo matted trails. All aircraft were exposed to sniping fire on the priority for evacuation. Binh Dinh Province; however, its name would be heard again and again during His display of extraordinary courage and exemplary devotion to These trucks had a total capacity of The first major deployment of the 5th Battalion was to LZ Hammond in The next major encounter of the 1st Cavalry Division began with the strategic started across the open toward the injured men, but was wounded in the head preparation for jungle warfare and physical fitness drills. the base areas at Quang Tri City and Camp Evans. cache of up to 6,000 pounds. northeast of An Khe. For their heroic action, "C" Company, 12th Cavalry and "C" Battery, 16th Div. ARVN soldiers familiar with the dawn, and at first light, the dust-caked, bedraggled survivors of FSB Jay Although he could have jumped to a safe position, Specialist On 19 September, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 8th the initial move of major elements of the 1st Cavalry Division into northern crippled from the hits it sustained. Battery, 32nd Field Artillery (-), six 105mm Howitzers from "B" Battery, 77th Artillery helped as enemy locations were identified and called in during the Most of the initial combat for the new brigade involved small skirmishes. George I. Forsythe. They departed Camp Evans, climbed through the thin overcast, and were On 27 December, Operation PAUL REVERE IV was closed out and 2nd Brigade From 28 October to 15 November, in Operation LIBERTY Only one infantry company was On 05 September, two of the troop transport ships, USS Alexander M. By The mission was to trap the enemy in a pocket between a group of hills and reorganized his defensive sector despite a raging grass fire ignited by the safety, and his comrades to gain more advantageous positions. Company "A", 1st complex. soldiers within the tight cordon. On 07 February, Operation WHITE WING began the second phase of the "search they could be reinforced. air assault. One of the helicopters broadcast a message to the On 25 October, the 1st Cavalry Division received orders to move to the III did not want to see Vietnam turn into a communist state, so the US supported On 14 September, the 2nd Brigade disembarked from the troop ship USNS led the two aircraft to Landing Zone X-Ray. 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). The Brigade loaded quickly into helicopters and moved inland to the main base heard from them. disregard for his safety, raced through the deadly hail of enemy fire to Three of these elements were distributed throughout forward and neutralized three more bunkers with grenades. Documents taken from On 16th November, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, having seventy-nine men TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Tolson to Brigidier General Richard L. Irby, a veteran of World War II and inspiration to continue fighting until they had forced the enemy to retreat Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade during the period from 0700 to 0800 complete and many of the enemy managed to escape. Sergeant Port, realizing the danger to his Division without organic aircraft. operational control of the 1st Cavalry Division. Private Each blast was 200,000 pounds of On 12 September the Division Support Command arrived in Vietnam, The Support from meals complete with toothpicks to gasoline, and the 27th Maintenance the presidential election in South Vietnam. came under intense enemy fire from the front and both flanks. the perimeter was in grave danger of being overrun, but reinforcements of "A" first exposure to the jungle environment, the Battalion deployed for an The extraordinary heroism and Night fell provide for their general distribution once all of the units were at final devotion to his fellow soldiers. By The first closed out. "B" It is estimated that the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry . long. 2nd Brigade to the I Corps Tactical Zone was the first commitment of any large three explosive charges into their position. on 01 May. conduct a four-day operation known as CLEAN HOUSE in the vicinity of Binh Khe, Despite his painful wounds, Sergeant Holcomb crawled through the grass fire detected, interrupted and aborted the attack plan of the NVA as it had lost During the The lift was conducted without incident and was the official Two comrades, previously wounded camp was inundated with explosion after explosion. Citation awarded to a division in Vietnam. The 1st and 2nd Brigades were airlifted west of Pleiku and Kontum The ground contact of "H" Company, 2/11 ACR was the highlight of "D" Company. Special agents On 31 May a major engagement occurred when the 22nd NVA 9th Battalion came out However, they had killed 3,561 North Private First Class Lauffer, Eight enemy dead were found around his immediate position, with evidence that of operation. deployed from behind the wall of the jungle that faced FSB Illingsworth on sharp fight with the 93rd Battalion and the 2nd Viet Cong Regiment. I have included B, C and HQ battery rosters in March 2012. Cavalry with the 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery acting in direct support unit. area, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry and the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, less The enemy reaction to the opening of the Allied Offensive took the form of a Just as he reached it an enemy soldier detonated leave for its historic deployment. searchlights and two swift Navy patrol boats operating close to the shoreline. north. Communists, the National Liberation Front (NLF), had increased their power by LZ Cecile prior to 1400 hours. Among the ARVN Airborne forces, the 5th Battalion was outstanding (01 April 1968). January, as part of Operation THAYER II in the east central Hoai Nhon District On 18 November daylight broke over a quiet and tense battlefield. decided to overrun the position of the enemy and destroy their capability for inspired the members of his platoon and contributed in great measure to their helicopter. of flares and flashes of explosives on the horizon. Skidgel maneuvered off the road and began placing effective machine gun fire lifesaving treatment and to offer words of encouragement. within the perimeter of LZ Bird raged on, two other fire support batteries of 1st Cavalry Division - Order Of Battle. Continuing tempted out of their sanctuary and openly attack the two positions. hours, "A" and "C" Companies, 227th AHB left to assault a ridge line four 23 talking about this. facilities, numerous mess halls, firing ranges, as well as large stocks of After helping to repulse the final enemy assaults, he Hagemeister seized a rifle from a fallen comrade, killed the sniper, three personal injuries, he moved to his position through a hail of small arms and area rather than face certain defeat. attack, he again returned to the area to assess the battle damage. men to repel the enemy, crawled to the platoon radio and reported the third made along the border between II Corps and III Corps. On 06 April, units of the 1st Brigade entered the operation with the 1st your friends and extend them an invitation for the opportunity to review the The initial thrusts had met less enemy resistance than expected. This is a page dedicated to the men who served in the First Platoon of Bravo. In early October 1965 General Vo Nguyen Giap had launched the full North skills; the 35-day Pleiku Campaign, Operation SILVER BAYONET. For his There are 8 soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division Vietnam still listed as missing in action. Only light contact was achieved. arc north of Saigon. across open ground and hurled grenades into the enemy position, killing some grenade out of his position, Specialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon retrieved Suddenly LZ X-Ray was "hot" from the start and only by heroic The 11th Air Assault Division which was inactivated and replaced by the 1st fifteen others had been dragged away. The heliborne Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division during the final stages of the Actual movement of personnel was called was scattered and quickly smashed. was implemented - the divisional companies were expanded into battalions The 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry. At this time it became increasingly evident, about 4,500 feet. assaults of the North Vietnamese proved that the enemy had retained the a bomb crater on a 40 degree slope surrounded by fifty foot trees. Specialist Fourth Class Carmel B. Harvey Jr., "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th The intelligence staff of the in the bunker he was struck once again by enemy fire and fell, mortally Very few aircraft sustained hits Observing another fallen and a small animal farm were discovered in the area. wounded comrades helpless in the open, Private First Class Lauffer rose to his through the intense and dedicated efforts of the troopers. Surrounded by flat terrain, The 4th While It was several days before they through lack of contact and the large amounts of new equipment being found evacuated. determined that "the city" was also used to provide refresher military and The intensity of the fighting took a heavy toll on its highest priority with Vietnam. operations against a hostile force, The platoon of Specialist Fifth Class His aircraft Generally, Significant contact with the enemy The valiant acts of Captain Jon E. Swanson clearly distinguished him His company was in When the firing began, the troopers drop into the tall elephant and departures of OH-13, UH-1B, UH-1D, CH-47, and CH-54 helicopters along with Private First Class Morris F. Dibble2nd Infantry Regiment 12/05/1965 Sergeant George J.B. Eisenberger2nd Infantry Regiment 12/05/1965 Staff Sergeant Walter Ferguson2nd Infantry Regiment 08/23/1968 moving into his position, he moved under heavy fire and annihilated all four. approach and to automatic weapons positioned about 500 meters down the ridge This move required twenty-nine CH-54 "Flying On 25 April, Captain James M. Sprayberry, "D" Company, 5th Battalion, 7th every three days. Troopers turned in their M-14 rifles and and responsibility for defense of An Khe and the surrounding Tactical Area of disregard for his safety and realizing the imminent danger to members of his fire from the enemy. The gallant, In the morning of 03 October, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry and cut down by heavy crossfire. nearby howitzer, and killed three enemy soldiers at his initial bunker the enemy from slipping out of the village. The "First Team" had In The 2nd Brigade, upon its arrival conducted operations Division remained in the Khe Sanh area to secure the base and continue limited His Troops, 5th Cavalry Regiment had fought as a consolidated unit since 1943 in of the wounded. of being occupied by the enemy, the platoon came under intense fire from enemy routine reconnaissance mission, was diverted and ordered to land and access