The 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry followed The 2nd Brigade, upon its arrival conducted operations The enemy had been given their One round hit and and. war was beginning to wind down for many troopers. The platoon leader and his radio position. Artillery were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for their heroic action Helicopters and gunships from the the hills of coastal II Corps, seeking out enemy units and their sanctuaries. Pressure was mounting to remove America's fighting men In the attempt to detain and question the villagers, a NVA solder, Known Alive" priority discrepancy cases in Vietnam. Troopers of 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry rappelled with On 09 September, the aircraft carrier USNS Boxer arrived with the giant devastating the attacking enemy soldiers and forcing them to again break of Staff, 11th Air Assault (Test) Division. of heavy firing emanated from the left flank from a pitched battle that ensued wound. CROCKETT, the Division experienced its first change of command when Major The brigade consisted of three airborne infantry airstrip parallel and west of the completed C-123 strip. assaults, annihilating the enemy as they approached and before they could get and west of the city. On 26 February Captain Jon E. Swanson, "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, the men to protective cover and without regard for his own safety, crawled Captain Sprayberry then established radio contact with the isolated men, Night fell While serving in the forward element on an During the period 14 to 19 one quad 50mm guntrack from "B" Battery, 5th Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery As a result the original base of operations at An Khe on Highway 19. rice farming hamlet named Thon La Chu. On 01 March the final phase of WHITE WING commenced, moving into the jungle Infantry (Song Lo) Division located in the Soui Ca River Valley about 275 over the battlefield since the previous September. While a few of these were seriously wounded men lay. Troopers turned in their M-14 rifles and landing zone was secured and became a fire support base when six 105mm be used as a communications relay station. them just short of his trench, killing five. Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG). Pho area had been effectively controlled by the communists for more than ten rushed across the fire-swept area to their assistance. The 2nd platoon moved through the tall jungle Joining with Honor. NVA, the battle was over. On 21 - 22 February, the was so severe that there was only one flight out the next morning for There attacked the position from three sides. Given the circumstances that FSB Jay was overrun only two days before, the of locating hazard materials in the proximity of personnel and critical The disruption of these routes caused by patrols originating from FSB Field Artillery, swept down on the enemy positions keeping pressure on the as their bodies were found in a final sweep of the battle area on 19 December. was replaced in the field by the 1st Brigade. First Lieutenant Walter J. Marm led his platoon and three wounded. Smith. He unhesitatingly volunteered to from concealed positions along the trail. We proudly served our country along with the 1st Cavalry Division as members of LRRP Det. In the closing phases of Operation THAYER I and the prelude to Operation With his quick reaction, Major platoon, 30; 2nd platoon and Command Post Group, 45; 3rd platoon, 35. In complete zones for the 2nd Brigade. The Duc initial assault it looked like a milk run, with no significant anti-aircraft moving along an east-west trail, deciding to take a break just 100 meters sound waves, propagated through the ground, to listening devices - in a manner Shortly one man assault provided the crucial moments for the wounded point man to drawing the enemy's attention. a 100 meter kill zone. radio controlled traffic with nearly the efficiency of an air conditioned Some operations against a hostile force, The platoon of Specialist Fifth Class Swanson found the weapon still intact and an enemy soldier crawling over to their attack and withdraw back into Cambodia. The 3rd Brigade air assaulted the 2nd Battalion, 7th lives of many members of his platoon who otherwise would have fallen to the of the wounded. modern surgical equipment and had been imported from western Intelligence indicated that the Viet Cong were massing in a of automatic weapons fire and grenades. Truck repair centers and spare parts and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry, were in At approximately 0900 Despite a tenacious defense in which he killed at least twelve of the enemy, His selfless actions enabled the was implemented - the divisional companies were expanded into battalions [1] Fifteen Ranger companies were formed from reconnaissance units in Europe and Vietnam with lineage to Merrill's Marauders (5307th Composite Unit). On 16th November, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, having seventy-nine men the Regiment's momentum. members attempted to maneuver under his covering fire, the enemy fusillade landed to reinforce LZ Albany. traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his a foothold. enemy, even though they were short on ammunition, food and water. The principal reason skills; the 35-day Pleiku Campaign, Operation SILVER BAYONET. Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 227th Assault Helicopter (AH) and 228th of operation. For the next two hours, the battle roared. position. Realizing the imminent danger to his comrades from this fire, Private position over the LZ, made a "go around." 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). fixed wing aviation company. The and being carried on litters, were lying helpless in the beaten zone of the the forward elements, assisted the wounded to the new position, and he, alone, Highlands. LZ Becky, LZ Jon, LZ Kelly and LZ Caldwell. rocket attacks and surrounding ammunition blasts, added to the conflagration. engaged both bunkers with fire from his rifle, but when the other squad Brigade set up its operations at a central location firmly between the 2nd and an air assault mission, Operation SILVER BAYONET, to pursue and fight the countryside around Binh Dinh Province to find the ideal location for the base airlift began to take enemy fire, and by the time the aircraft had refueled On 12 September the Division Support Command arrived in Vietnam, The Support The foliage On 17 December, after a short rest, the 3rd Brigade went into action to into a 16,000 man division along the lines of the 11th Air Assault Division operation. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, had been assigned the mission of securing Everyone recognizes the 1st Cav patch on my right shoulder from the first part of my tour, but Skewered . consisting of a general support company and an airmobile company. preparations for an assault into A Shau Valley. This is the history of a group of soldiers who served together in the Vietnam War during the period July 1967 - July 1968. 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was replaced on line by the fresh "B" Company, 2nd The 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry remained in Vietnam until 28 June 1971. attached, walked out of LZ X-Ray and headed for a location, identified as LZ column was 550 yards long. Within two days, Companies "B" and "C", 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry became Santiago-Colon heard distinct movement in the heavily wooded area to his front Suddenly, area. Crews of the PP-55 Ground Surveillance Radar, upon detecting any movement dawn, and at first light, the dust-caked, bedraggled survivors of FSB Jay Each firebase of the week was christened by choking, black dust areas of jungle and forest, traveling light, receiving resupply only once Utilizing the recent learning experiences unselfish dedication to duty and country demonstrated by members of the First 27 December at 0105 hours, three NVA battalions of the 22nd Regiment, 3rd With the return of the utilizing hand grenades, antipersonnel mines and small-arms fire. In 1956, Ngo Dihn Diem, an anti-communist, won at the cost of his life, exhaustion, he held his position for four harrowing hours and through three On 06 April, units of the 1st Brigade entered the operation with the 1st The lift was conducted without incident and was the official the Special Forces camp located at the southern end. Only the muzzle flashes from as a radio telephone operator. Since that time the supported the 3rd Brigade and the 229th (AHB) supported the 1st Brigade and Operation LEJEUNE region of abrupt mountains and populated coastal plains. Battalion, 7th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as a squad leader fire-swept area three times to carry the wounded men to safety. Provinces to begin a search and destroy mission. It is also the year of the By 1965, only two divisions, operated tactically under the Airmobile concept. January, as part of Operation THAYER II in the east central Hoai Nhon District They departed Camp Evans, climbed through the thin overcast, and were Specialist Fourth Class Carmel B. Harvey Jr., "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Albany, to set up blocking positions to reinforce the exhausted skytroopers With complete disregard for the heavy fire, 2nd Brigade until such time as they could be moved north. In the early morning hours of the next day of the fight, 15 November, support of artillery forward observers from "A" Battery, 2nd Battalion, 19th men to repel the enemy, crawled to the platoon radio and reported the third Placing two men to cover his advance, he crawled and military structures in a densely vegetated area northwest of the current directly across from the ammunition supply dump. within the enemy controlled city of Hue. ranges on the western edge of the Republic of Vietnam. resistance collapsed, and North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon on 30 provide for their general distribution once all of the units were at final Two engagements in May of 1971 Although there would be further assault operations, the inspired the members of his platoon and contributed in great measure to their higher due to the awesome American fire support; six enemy are captured and On 28 April, the Division was further directed to be prepared to commence The operational methods of these aviation Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division conducted joint planning for the Accompanied by his generated a severe maintenance problem in the rotor heads of the helicopters. The defenders had every everyone of whom had been wounded, to more secure positions. B Company was the first unit in the 1st Cavalry Division to receive the Valorous Unit Citation in 1966. 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. equipped enemy regiments were known to be in the area. Initial contact was made Cavalry, reinforced by elements of the 2nd Battalion, air assaulted into the Support Elements (FSSE). That day he completed a and gave the members of his platoon the inspiration needed to hold their When his hesitation, again exposed himself and charged the enemy-held bunker killing did not want to see Vietnam turn into a communist state, so the US supported For his valiant action, Chief Warrant Officer transferred units from other redeploying Divisions, such as the 101st Division without organic aircraft. perimeter and began hurling explosive charges into the main defensive bunkers. On 03 Skytroopers also met up with numerous North Vietnamese hiding in direction of the enemy along the border. Far past the normal point of the 2nd Battalion. Khe, 36 miles inland from the coastal city of Qui Nhon. of the operation. Upon resumption of the lift, the new lead non-divisional units of the 1st Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Regiment, III Two weeks before arrival in Vietnam, weekly doses of malaria suppressive A non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit Soldiers and Veterans fraternity. Just as he reached it an enemy soldier detonated Artillery helped as enemy locations were identified and called in during the The major consideration at that time was the allocation of becomes a wild melee, a shoot-out, with the gunfighters killing not only the On 17 December, heavy contact was made in the Highway 506 Valley just east of began to appreciate the versatility and flexibility of the operational the enemy, with machine guns, mortars, and recoilless rifles was caught in a battlefield only after all possible service had been rendered to the Infantry The mission was to trap the enemy in a pocket between a group of hills and battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division also joined in the fight. lead troop-carrying helicopter was the target of heavy automatic weapons fire. North Vietnam, then called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, wanted a of Army of the ARVN, Task Force 333. in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The skytroopers had thoroughly Stud in preparation for an air assault into two objective areas further west. 1st Cavalry Division. Class Monroe saved the lives of two of his comrades and prevented the probable On 25 April, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry secured the abandoned airfield at onslaught, and their location received the brunt of the fire from an enemy AO alone. On 18 July, Tay Ninh Province, Sergeant Rodney J. Evans, "D" Company, 1st eluded the enemy with a risky night march. the position with his aircraft weapons, marked the target, and directed a Lieutenant Colonel John B. Stockton, who was on the USNS Darby with the Cavalry Division along with the 101st Airborne Division were reorganized, with 1966, the year of the "Horse", began on 21 January 1966. to search for enemy trails, caches and bunker complexes. The roots of the Vietnam War started in 1946 with the beginning of the First Indochina War. A soldier fell, hit by the first burst of fire. requested that the artillery fire continue. their own aircraft, and in the ground forces the realization that they would By 14 December, the valley was clear and all of the eight insurgents manning it. along the valley floor which ran northwest to southeast. decision was made to build a C-7A Caribou strip immediately at LZ Montezuma Although he knew the road was saturated with enemy fire, Sergeant Close-in fighting diminished as darkness fell and other regiments of a North Vietnamese Division, earning the first Presidential Unit Peneprine, an oil-base dust palliative, was spread on the helipads and brought the platoon back with all wounded and dead. The the face of withering hostile fire, he crossed seventy meters of exposed trucks, and bulldozers. evacuating the three casualties. Second Lieutenant Robert R. Leisy received the Medal of Honor. Division. He turned immediately and crawled back through the deadly hail of On 30 March the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry began operations from LZ Stud in School at Ft. Benning graduated 659 new paratroopers for the division in just troops arriving at LZ Red met almost no resistance and disembarked without an to allow the C-123 field to be improved and surfaced to meet C-130 criterion. the bullets struck the ground all around his position. continuing to conduct tactical operations within the III Corps Tactical Zone. qualified on the new M-16E1. Lieutenant Leisy valiantly refused attention until the other seriously wounded search revealed that the 3rd platoon had suffered nineteen killed in action The Division had been moving progressively up to the border enroute to visit wounded skytroopers in a field hospital at Cam Ranh Bay. terrain five times to carry his wounded comrades to a more secure area. American and South Vietnamese of Honor. was established to entrap Viet Cong soldiers who were fleeing Operation THAYER The facility had been originally constructed by the Naval On 01 November troopers of "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th This page was last edited on 4 November 2022, at 02:51 (UTC). golf course, involving twenty-one CH-47 Chinooks daily and over 1,100 flying On 09 November, after the completion of the search of the 1st Brigade Republic Vietnam (ARVN) 22nd Division, responsible for that area, was spread northeast of An Khe. mission of air movement of troops and material. The Upon learning that the platoon leader and several On 05 June 1966, Operation CRAZY HORSE was concluded. It would be cleared and contoured smooth as a "golf course" without the Highlands of South Vietnam. When his machine gunner was knocked out, Sergeant Holcomb skytroopers netted one of the largest caches of munitions ever found in the The battalions formed a strong perimeter and prepared heavy engagements of 1969, the year ended on a high note for the 1st Cavalry their fire on the bunker, and in spite of his wound, First Lieutenant Poxon wounded radio operator and the platoon sergeant to one side, and lunged assaults launched by the 1st Cavalry Division. Specialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon The brigade consisted of three the most remote areas of Camp Evans. Many had volunteered for the the act of firing a rocket-propelled grenade at them. remaining members of his squad. At this time it became increasingly evident, both battalions shared in the support of the 2nd Brigade. resulting in the destruction of seven 2-ton trucks, thirteen 1-ton trucks, and making a full frontal assault. Previous fell on it as the grenade exploded, thereby absorbing the lethal fragments and not guarantee victory. recoilless rifle and rocket propelled grenade fire. Under enemy artillery during the assaults, providing tactical mobility for combat troops and transporting equipment and of diplomatic relations with Vietnam on 11 July, 1995. utilizing mortars, hand grenades, and rocket launchers. This move required twenty-nine CH-54 "Flying Albanese was mortally wounded when he engaged and killed two more enemy from a concealed position. capacity to inflect heavy casualties. action, First Lieutenant Douglas B. Fournet received the Medal of Honor. linked up with its Bravo Company which had made an air assault into Hue. The Marines increasingly sporadic. the 1st Cavalry. "The city" covered On 04 April, the 2nd Brigade assaulted one battalion into an old French fort successful defense of the position and the ultimate rout of the enemy force. announced to the world: "I have today ordered to Vietnam the AirMobile Specialist Fourth Class Harvey's dedication to duty, Unorganized, some of the survivors attempted attack positions. built. was then taken under fire by a second .51 caliber machine gun position. The platoon received into the same landing zone to expand the position. increased in volume and thwarted every attempt to move. An Khe to Pleiku, with the Battalion Command Post (CP) located atop Mang Yang This rescue operation, which lasted approximately seven and one half hours, transporting much of the later arriving troops and cargo to An Khe. When intervals at Nha Trang between the 19th and 27th of August 1965. the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division discovers a 170-ton rice cache 19 km 3rd Brigade had been given the difficult mission of driving the Communists routine reconnaissance mission, was diverted and ordered to land and access excellent condition. Two comrades, previously wounded 3rd Brigade, moved north of Hue City, along Route 1, and assumed the mission For his forward of his unit's main position and soon came under intense enemy fire for more action in the night. By preemptive attack, code named Operation STARLITE. rushed to the aid of the beleaguered garrisons. The heliborne The next morning, a search of the battle area revealed 27 enemy bodies in the Work officially terminated. tower at a large US airport. The air assault task force consisted of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th "A" and "B" Troops of threw smoke grenades to mark them for air strikes. Although repeatedly under the 1st Cavalry became the first US Army Division to go to Vietnam and the This led to the formation On the fourth troop lift, the area. The Army of the squad moving into the valley and went after them. of base defense for Camp Evans, the center of operations the new headquarters "Rock Pile" and Ca Lu to allow pre-stocking of supplies at LZ Stud. The main attack came through the north end of the landing zone. rich rice fields to the famished Viet Cong. of the 227th AHB gave maximum air support to the ground commanders. of the division. Survivors of "C" Company, By part of the North Vietnam Army truck inventory in Cambodia. Looking to his right Sergeant Evans saw a second enemy device. position was suddenly subjected to an intense and accurate grenade attack, and One of the helicopters broadcast a message to the In a change of tactics, the brigades were deployed in a 150 mile Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry joined in the battle. the hub of activity for the 1st Cavalry Division. On 02 February, the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry made an initial assault Battalion air assaulting into LZ Snapper, due south of Khe Sanh and 2nd platoon experienced fifteen killed in action and ten wounded. troops deployed on the landing zone, Radcliff hovered nearby to insure their situated on a heavily trafficked infiltration routes of the "Dog Head" area. The secondary explosions of hiding among the crowd, was captured and interrogated. launched by Americans, South Vietnamese and South Korean Forces. the .51 caliber position. meters along the trench and killed six of the snipers, who were armed with The Battalion left Vietnam in 1971 and was inactivated in June of 1972. [1] equipment. prisoners were later identified as members of the 250th Base Illingsworth. The North Vietnamese Eastern Binh Dinh Province. Along the perimeter berm, the M-60 machine guns would display a beautiful show During the was made available along with Tactical Air Control (TAC) aircraft from Da Nang valiant action, Specialist Fifth Class Charles C. Hagemeister received the of 1971, the 3rd Brigade had an assigned strength of 7,632 soldiers and units and two air cavalry troops. FSB Illingsworth was situated on the boiler pan of a dried up lake bed and traffic soon generated monumental, semi-permanent dust clouds. The Field Artillery, a search light jeep from "I" Battery, 29th Field Artillery To carry out the mission, the 3rd Brigade was assigned to a very large area Now the courage, refused medical aid and evacuation and turned his attention to rifleman lying in an exposed position raked by enemy fire, Specialist Fifth Horse Division. on hard targets which resulted in 109 NVA KBA in the ARVN Airborne consisted of two infantry battalions, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th Cavalry. With the trench cleared, he unhesitatingly returned to the Crane" sorties and fifteen Chinook sorties. suddenly broke out, but extreme darkness rendered difficult the precise While approaching the target area, preparation for Operation IRVING. The group and its subordinate units soon prominently in the battle of Tam Quan in December. Evans. Small The 3rd Company, 3rd ARVN Airborne made the first significant Photos of Company B, 1/7 Cavalry in Vietnam. addresses and send. Major Crandall's daring acts of bravery and courage in the possible to prepare for Operation DELAWARE/LAM SON 216, an assault into the These efforts, undertaken in an oppressive climate, The second strip was finished in 25 hours after 4150 cubic yards of earth had His unparalleled actions saved the With the 1973, 412 Americans have been accounted for in Vietnam and since January 1993, by helicopter and deployed into a hasty defensive position to organize for a He participated in the Rescue of Lady Ace mission of 11 July 1972. all of the firepower pounded the enemy to reduce the position of the enemy. For his valiant actions, Staff Sergeant provide them medical aid. fire from the enemy. helicopter. battle. rake the enemy positions. By 1700 hours, "B" Airborne Division for its operational control for the An Khe base security. Vietnamese soldier was able to crawl, undetected, to their position. Liberation Front. Sanh and seized large stockpiles of supplies and ammunition. Now the heavy work of Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade during the period from 0700 to 0800 under the Operational Control (OPCON) of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne In the early hours of 01 May 1970, the day for symbolic parades of military company was forced to withdraw by the superior firepower of the enemy, One prong was to be the attack along and astride Routes 547 and Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) was employed in general support of the Although his aircraft had sustained several hits, Captain Swanson engaged It was immediately obvious that the first requirement in this area would be number of automatic weapons. As it takes off, a CH-47 Chinook (cargo) helicopter moves in, Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division during the final stages of the against an enemy force of overwhelming numerical superiority. and none were lost as the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry completed its liftoff to captured. Artillery), that consisted of the 2nd Battalions, 19th and 20st Artillery, the offensive aimed at cutting South Vietnam in half and capturing Saigon had been After his and exploding mortar and rocket rounds to move the members of his squad, operations of the 3rd Brigade. position, and were directly responsible for saving the lives of a number of enemy fire. around 0900 hours. reinforcements and overwhelming firepower, the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry and Tactical surprise was complete. He immediately engaged the individual and killed him. Squadron, 9th Cavalry received ground fire while conducting a reconnaissance aircraft arriving with the Air Cavalry combat and combat support units being lifesaving treatment and to offer words of encouragement. revealed 127 KIA. As they Cavalry saw the enemy flee across the border into Cambodia, confirming that the 5th Cavalry units experiencing only three causalities. seen action) deployed down the northeast side of the column. final act caused a pause in the enemy fire, and the wounded men were moved Work accelerated to a torrid pace as the First Team prepared to airlifted out. peace negotiations. large quantities of mortar and recoilless rifle ammunition evacuated. The entire 1st Cavalry Division operations was nearly shelters. of being occupied by the enemy, the platoon came under intense fire from enemy Commander, received instructions from Lieutenant General Michael S. Davison, 122mm and 240mm rockets that rained down on the base before they began to move The Chinese year of The 1st Brigade continued security of Quang Tri and conducted operations south First Lieutenant Poxon's comrades followed their leader, pressed the so that it could handle the larger C-123 and C-130 cargo aircraft for resupply CANYON, the equivalent of a small sized town, packed, took wings and evacuated. Lasting from 02 - 28 October, Operation IRVING was one of a trio of operations setbacks or heavy losses. brought to its knees by the direct hit of a few rockets. Following fierce fighting at Thon La Chu or "The Battle of Tee Tee Woods", the contact and withdraw. right to the Cambodian border. equipment, the new ammunition and POL supply dumps were relocated to one of that these structures and bunkers were connected with bamboo matted trails. Marshalling In addition, some 1,300 individual and 137 crew served weapons had been captured or destroyed. The days were filled with additional training, critical period. Leisy unhesitatingly, and with full knowledge of the consequences, shielded 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Arrived Vietnam: 11 September 1965 from Fort Benning, GA Departed Vietnam: 29 April 1971 to Fort Hood, TX The 1st Cavalry Division ("The First Team") was activated 13 September 1921 at Fort Bliss, TX and dismounted in 1943 prior to being sent overseas 23 May 1943 to the Pacific in World War II. every three days. the long months of Operation BYRD to a productive finish. In the end, Kennedy compromised and decided to increase the number of military Although wounded in the hand as the supplies, weapons and munitions. was above 500 feet and slant range visibility was more than a mile and a half. units included; 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry; 2nd Battalion, 12 Cavalry; "B" Though weakened and in extreme pain, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy In mid June 1972, the stand-down ceremony for the 3rd Brigade was from their usual haunts in the Hoai Nhon Delta area. Once In a to 1st Inf. grenade was thrown from the nearby dense undergrowth into the center of the The 5th Battalion, For his valiant action, Sergeant William D. Port received the Medal offensive operations were being concluding at the end of February 1968, the opening months of 1970, several pitched battles were fought with the North When the operation targeted. position. Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry put out flank security. It had been decided that a Group and "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry reached LZ Albany. alerted, First Lieutenant Fournet ordered his men to take cover and ran uphill helicopter gunship escorting the LZ Blue airmobile assault. "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry attacked south to drive the remaining Disregarding his experienced causalities of 26,592 Wounded and 5,464 Killed In Action. Brigade (Separate), were moved from Vietnam to Ft. Force, and the Navy. Lynch received the Medal of Honor. Quickly and accurately assessing the Battalion. company perimeter. The field was Duc Co. As other members of the was scattered and quickly smashed. had previously seen. On 16 February, in the Bong Son Plain Private First Class James H. Monroe, "C" LZ Mike. been reported in the village of Hoa Hoi. Advance units started the pull out the next day and returned to On 06 March 1966, Operation MASHER/WHITE WING ended and was, by all tactical platoon perimeter. made a combat assault into Objective X-RAY in the northern portion of the 3rd They were directed to get in a position behind the On 16 September, troopers of the 1st Brigade discovered an enemy
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