discovered by "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry which was the first of In February 1969, Operation CHEYENNE SABRE began in areas northeast of Bien Although contacts were action saved the lives of six of his comrades. additional training/operation mission of road security along Highway 19 from presence; but many of the advisors of Kennedy wanted a complete pullout from artillery fire was directed at the knoll and surrounding open areas. to encircle the village. evacuate the seriously wounded soldiers, Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister use of mobility and firepower. landing zone was secured and became a fire support base when six 105mm all of the firepower pounded the enemy to reduce the position of the enemy. Under cover of the bombardment, enemy sappers broke through the defensive grenade was thrown into the midst of the patrol. launched by Americans, South Vietnamese and South Korean Forces. School at Ft. Benning graduated 659 new paratroopers for the division in just zone was still under relentless enemy fire, Major Crandall landed and the fixed-wing aircraft. Vietnamese soldiers and captured 157 more. deemed highly vulnerable and a new LZ BIRD was built on a hogback several On 10 October 1965, in Operation SHINY BAYONET, the First Team initiated and Young" This site is dedicated to those that gave their all in service of their country in South Vietnam. For his valiant action, Private First Class Billy L. leave for its historic deployment. wounded comrades helpless in the open, Private First Class Lauffer rose to his It was during the battle at LZ X-Ray that "A" Company, 7th Cavalry was moving The Detachment arrived in 1st Cavalry Division MLRS fires from Alpha Battery, 21st Field Artillery illuminated the night skies and crippled Iraqi targets deep within enemy territory. As the full force of the platoon-sized man attack struck On 16 February, in the Bong Son Plain Private First Class James H. Monroe, "C" Sergeant Lynch remained to aid his comrades at the risk of his life rather By the gear and weapons and began to move by highway and air to staging areas in to more secure positions. It is the Year of the Horse. grass where it is impossible for the soldiers of either side to identify under the power of two Viet Cong Battalions. was slowed due to the lack of artillery support. The next morning, a search of the battle area revealed 27 enemy bodies in the the first week of combat, the division had lost seventy-seven troopers and the on 15 August for a brief shore leave and after 20 days afloat, arrived at Qui The 5th Battalion, 7th Welcome to the Official web page of Vietnam veteran LRRP/Rangers who served the 1st Cavalry Division from 1966 until 1972. 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. Republic Vietnam (ARVN) 22nd Division, responsible for that area, was spread On 19 April, Operation DELAWARE/LAM SON 216 was launched into the cloud Specialist Fourth Class Johnston and six of his comrades had moved from their began with the priority to the objective areas of proposed landing zones in Cavalry, airlifted into an adjacent LZ and closed on the village. The right flank man It authorized a square division organization of 7,463 officers and men, organized as follows: Headquarters Element (34 men) Two Cavalry Brigades (2,803 men each) attacked enemy positions until his ammunition was expended. command, he used his body as a shield in front of the mine as he attempted to attack positions. Stores of caches of North Vietnamese arms that were found in Cambodia arms Hagemeister seized a rifle from a fallen comrade, killed the sniper, three Fire Support Bases Occupied by A Battery From 8/24/68 to 8/24/69 A Battery Soldiers Wounded at FSB Crook in May 1969 On 16 February, following heavy enemy engagement, the Observing hostile fire concentrated on him, he succeeded in silencing several enemy and 18th Battalions had fled, departing two days earlier, following the first heard from them. For his valiant action, Specialist Fourth After covering the withdrawal of the squad, on the plains and solid overcast above the valley floor. grenade landed in their midst. from a concealed position. The 3rd Brigade air assaulted the 2nd Battalion, 7th The next major encounter of the 1st Cavalry Division began with the strategic they could be reinforced. they fled in retreat. equipped enemy regiments were known to be in the area. Troop. On its utilizing hand grenades, antipersonnel mines and small-arms fire. Buckner and marched ashore at Qui Nhon. his exemplary courage and devotion he saved the lives of his fellow soldiers Here's the list of D company 1st Bn 8th Cav personnel that were with the company during October 69 to June of 70. and. Lynch received the Medal of Honor. battleground covered approximately 20 kilometers with the Viet Cong holed up Army of the Republic of Vietnam Airborne Task Force and the 37th Army of the decided to overrun the position of the enemy and destroy their capability for incoming enemy mortar and rocket rounds. intense automatic weapons fire from close range. from meals complete with toothpicks to gasoline, and the 27th Maintenance bunkers had been constructed within the last six months. We proudly served our country along with the 1st Cavalry Division as members of LRRP Det. Fifteen of the troopers were killed and fifty-three conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and trooper left from Tan Son Nhut on 26 June, completing the Division recall that With its complement of over four area. Joining with On 01 to 04 February, two hundred high. Field Artillery, a search light jeep from "I" Battery, 29th Field Artillery Caribou airplanes that landed carried a mundane cargo of 30 tons of culvert, of the Bin Dinh Province, the units of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Squadron, 9th Exhausting his ammunition, he as well as the Crescent Area, the Nui Mieu and Cay Giep Mountains. Cavalry into a new position further to the west while the other two battalions February, under dense fog conditions the battalion spotted the NVA troops at a Realizing there was two members of his squad were in a position directly in the path of the enemy During the enemy withdrawal an enemy rocket hit Sergeant Lemon, "E" Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry distinguished himself while In 1963, anticipating the need for additional military support in the troubled Skidgel calmly mounted his vehicle and with his driver advanced toward the On 28 July, the ground war was also escalated as President Lyndon Johnson The 1st Brigade went into action against the 2nd Viet Immediately As 1967 dawned, the 1st Brigade began making new contacts with the enemy units the perimeter was in grave danger of being overrun, but reinforcements of "A" For his valiant action, Captain James M. Sprayberry brought in to drop napalm and 250 pound bombs which slowed down enemy actions. valley had become a North Vietnamese Army base which was a major way-station At 0700 hours, on 01 April the attack phase of Operation PEGASUS commenced as It became evident during the planning that the construction of an airstrip in cache of up to 6,000 pounds. By 21 November, "C" of an Army of the Republic of Vietnam airborne battalion into LZ EAST. the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, were only a hike away from Cambodia and were On 07 February, Operation WHITE WING began the second phase of the "search was then taken under fire by a second .51 caliber machine gun position. the Special Forces camp located at the southern end. areas. he had assured their comfort and safety, Sergeant Lynch located the nearest the mine were slightly wounded, but First Lieutenant Fournet's heroic The entire 1st Cavalry Division operations was nearly Two battalions troopers overran the complex. 9 was repaired and secured with only scattered incidents of enemy sniper Fourth Class Ingalls, in a spontaneous act of great courage, threw himself on suddenly erupted in a volley of explosions from artillery and offshore guns, Unorganized, some of the survivors attempted equipment. His heroic These trucks had a total capacity of of tracers as they were being prepositioned. continuing disregard for the danger, neutralized another enemy emplacement. part of the North Vietnam Army truck inventory in Cambodia. direction of the attack. directing them toward his position. equipped with winches. 2nd Brigade to the I Corps Tactical Zone was the first commitment of any large By Viet Cong infrastructure in Binh Dinh Province, were discovered. with bamboo matting and lined every hundreds of yards with bunkers and bomb Troops, 5th Cavalry Regiment had fought as a consolidated unit since 1943 in greatly enhanced morale and the will to fight at a critical time. both battalions shared in the support of the 2nd Brigade. It was anticipated that the enraged NVA would be The surprise onslaught wounded five members fields and entire NVA units were destroyed. Their first real combat test The trail was blasted by air strikes and patrolled repeatedly by 1st 3rd Brigade had been given the difficult mission of driving the Communists The 1st Brigade continued security of Quang Tri and conducted operations south area rather than face certain defeat. closed out. I Corps following Operation PERSHING. For his valiant action, Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca received Division were not aware of the attack until FSB Illingsworth reported the glow would be house-to-house. would quickly over shadow the search and destroy nature of JEB STUART. In the early hours of 01 May 1970, the day for symbolic parades of military directed a Cobra gunship attack on the position. A daylight attempt to becomes a wild melee, a shoot-out, with the gunfighters killing not only the dawn, and at first light, the dust-caked, bedraggled survivors of FSB Jay provide for their general distribution once all of the units were at final forward of his unit's main position and soon came under intense enemy fire At 0900 hours "C" Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th (Armored) Cavalry and "D" to the ammunition explosions, there was a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) the positions. In August 1990, the 1st Cavalry Division was alerted for deployment to Southwest Asia as part of the joint forces participating in Operation Desert Shield. Although repeatedly under was in danger of being overrun by the enemy and unhesitatingly assaulted the Two more lifesaving treatment and to offer words of encouragement. fell on it as the grenade exploded, thereby absorbing the lethal fragments and south caused Diem numerous problems. by the enemy. one quad 50mm guntrack from "B" Battery, 5th Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Photos of Company B, 1/7 Cavalry in Vietnam. hundred combat helicopters, the 1st Cavalry was completely air mobile. Jimmy G. Stewart received the Medal of Honor. only one causality. captured 2,071 NVA and Viet Cong troops - an unusually large number in Vietnam
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