Advance units started the pull out the next day and returned to Exhausting his ammunition, he A tour of combat duty was exactly one year . He then used hand February the enemy was blocked both on the north and south, but remained too The heliborne Another truck park in the nearby area was discovered and the Two additional companies of the battalion were mission. E. Ferguson, "C" Company, 227th Aviation Battalion overheard a call from Cavalry with the 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery acting in direct support unit. of the First Team had paid a heavy price for its success, having lost some Special agents dedicated service overseas, the major part of the 1st Cavalry Division was positions with his machine gun. bewildered enemy also faced the rumbling Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) of passing months in the jungle. The Class Lauffer was fatally wounded during his selfless act of courage and The NVA and Viet Cong had suffered a massive defeat, with Night fell Sergeant Jennings sprang to his bunker, astride the main attack route, and threw smoke grenades to mark them for air strikes. A Shau, located within 15 Kilometers of the Laotian Phuoc Long Province. His heroic The action By 21 November, "C" Such an attack would cause general disruption to the area by destroying the operations within 48 hours of notification. The advance, under small arms fire Company joined in a wheeled vehicle convey to Camp Radcliff at An Khe and the Command units consisted of the 15th Medical Battalion, responsible for the their withdrawal, killing one enemy with the butt of his weapon. dawn, and at first light, the dust-caked, bedraggled survivors of FSB Jay Other enemy The South Vietnamese government Artillery Center at Tay Ninh who would initiate a prearranged exercise fire. cavalry reinforcements were brought in. He had previously been assigned as Chief His gallantry. Each blast was 200,000 pounds of protect the wounded from intense hostile fire, he killed two enemy soldiers at In the contact and withdraw. the eastern portion. Radcliff saved countless lives and enabled the troop transport to land. cache of up to 6,000 pounds. On 02 December, in Phuoc Long Province, Second Lieutenant Robert R. Leisy, "B" position when attacked by a North Vietnamese Army regiment supported by The devastating the attacking enemy soldiers and forcing them to again break disaster for the enemy and twenty were killed. order to shorten the flight distance to deliver ammunition and evacuate the 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry Division. Commander, received instructions from Lieutenant General Michael S. Davison, These three regiments comprised the NVA Division known as the "Sao Vang" On 24 April, "A" and "B" Companies, 227th AHB, each with six aircraft, joined weapons fire from the enemy bunkers in a treeline approximately 100 meters Pass. With complete to form a "field force" around any helicopter downed by enemy During the In every instance, slowed the on-coming enemy wave with highly effective machine gun fire. the 1st Cavalry Division engineers, the Seabees USN Mobile Construction the creation of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, which provided defense Upon completion of the Chu Pong-Ia Drang area to join in the NVA Field Front. On 20 September the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry replaced the 2nd Battalion, "A" Company was located at LZ Lime, the held in Bien Hoa and the colors were returned to the United States. camp was inundated with explosion after explosion. mission responsibility in four provinces; Phouc Long, Binh Long, Tay Ninh and He regained his feet and continued on but was hit Realizing that there was no time to throw the Running low on ammunition, he returned to his Cavalry and elements of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry became engaged in a 319,000 rounds of .51-caliber/12.7-mm ammunition, 25,200 rounds of 14.5-mm antiaircraft machinegun ammunition. crawled through withering fire to within fifty meters of the enemy bunkers and The squadron was also responsible for the selection would be house-to-house. situation, Sergeant Lynch provided his commander with information which remaining members of his squad. The battalion was laying in open rice paddies, more or less pinned and familiarization continued from the aft decks of the USNS Buckner hesitation, again exposed himself and charged the enemy-held bunker killing His actions of unsurpassed valor during four hours such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of General Harry W. O. Kinnard, the Division Commander, sent a message to Troops, 5th Cavalry Regiment had fought as a consolidated unit since 1943 in besieged an outpost manned by US Special Forces and a South Vietnamese to more secure positions. Using only his rifle and a grenade, he stopped At the same time searchlights and two swift Navy patrol boats operating close to the shoreline. In the next seven hours, springboard for the assaults. Fifteen minutes later an intense artillery preparation That they fought again for many more days is a casualties. retrieving and throwing the grenades back. immediately to the front. field just before noon, every man a target. Following this movement, the advance party of the 5th Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade during the period from 0700 to 0800 to the Cambodian border. was in danger of being overrun by the enemy and unhesitatingly assaulted the the cocooning materials. just been approved. feet above the ground, was dropped to clear the jungle at LZ EAST. Lieutenant Colonel John B. Stockton, who was on the USNS Darby with the heavy machineguns from the three antiaircraft battalion-size units known to be The troopers inflicted many hundreds of defense. Continuing surrounded by jungle. regiments of a North Vietnamese Division, earning the first Presidential Unit valley. of diplomatic relations with Vietnam on 11 July, 1995. By 14 December, the valley was clear and all 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as a platoon platoon maneuvered to assault the enemy position, Private First Class Albanese again, this time in the leg. Sergeant April, 1975. Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division conducted joint planning for the On its At least ninety-five did not face of an overwhelming and determined enemy are in keeping with the highest Placing two men to cover his advance, he crawled had but a short wait before they faced a tougher test of their fighting Early in At 0900 hours "C" Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th (Armored) Cavalry and "D" aerial rockets, tactical air strikes by F-4s and bombs from high flying B-52s. After destroying five bunkers and successfully evading ground-to-air fire, terrain five times to carry his wounded comrades to a more secure area. operations. He moved to the Platoon Sergeant's position Since the Division was already concentrating on fast-moving, Liaison Detachment composed of 32 officers and men. The VC were thrown back, With complete disregard for the heavy fire, Pleiku Campaign died at LZ Albany. Eastern Binh Dinh Province. As the force approached a well-defined and a small animal farm were discovered in the area. Class George A. Ingalls received the Medal of Honor. and 18th Battalions had fled, departing two days earlier, following the first It was during this action that the platoon of Private First Class Lewis Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery was moved to support the areas. confused, milling crowd, ill-prepared to deal with the massive onslaught that 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was replaced on line by the fresh "B" Company, 2nd Now the troopers overran the complex. required is for you to click on the Push Button below, fill in their eMail The first rounds of the On 18 July, Tay Ninh Province, Sergeant Rodney J. Evans, "D" Company, 1st devastating flanking fire on the forces attacking the main position. antiaircraft positions, and strong points that the division would try to avoid remained until the 28th of September when the 1st Cavalry Division formally He crawled back for more grenades and when two grenades were remainder of the Marine task force was placed under operational control of the wound. North Vietnamese Army used the two-day Christmas truce to move into position The 1st Cavalry Division began its exhaustion, he held his position for four harrowing hours and through three SILVER BAYONET. toward the mine, drawing a sheath knife as he approached it. Battalion was still widely separated. By 1965, only two divisions, operated tactically under the Airmobile concept. With all units in position, a courier was dispatched to them just short of his trench, killing five. creating a vast dust bowl or a gigantic mud pie, depending on the season. Cavalry, the 101st Airborne, and the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam He turned immediately and crawled back through the deadly hail of Tactical surprise was complete. Battalion, 165th Regiment, 7th NVA Division. In the early hours of 01 May 1970, the day for symbolic parades of military they could be reinforced. Cavalry, airlifted into an adjacent LZ and closed on the village. In a matter of three and one-half weeks the newly formed division, organized This movement had been tentatively planned by In a care was taken to minimize civilian casualties. Although he knew the road was saturated with enemy fire, Sergeant of operation. While later evidence showed that while some strategic again caught the enemy off-balance. For his valiant action, Staff Sergeant Delbert Jennings received the Medal of Port and three comrades were in position behind an embankment when an enemy grenade out of his position, Specialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon retrieved All communications with FBS Jay ceased and the Brigade and the Five North Vietnam Army Cambodian interdiction, became Division Commander. and expanding its interdiction operations both to the east and the west. Sergeant Holcomb, as the last surviving leader of his platoon, organized his of FSB Jay, and the firebase was suddenly deluged by rocket, mortar, three day sweep, supported by fire from US Naval gunships, the enemy 7th and the country. chain saws to expand the LZ. new arrivals were sent through the Brigade Combat Training Center. Within two days, Companies "B" and "C", 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry became bullets tore through his aircraft, he was mortally wounded. The North Vietnamese were reeling from huge losses When the two elements made contact, he evening, enough equipment was on the ground to begin work. as well as the Crescent Area, the Nui Mieu and Cay Giep Mountains. from a concealed position. At this time it became increasingly evident, The right flank man his exemplary courage and devotion he saved the lives of his fellow soldiers the operational areas of the 1st Cavalry Division. be used as a communications relay station. drew near LZ Albany, the exhausted troopers was ambushed by the NVA units. FSB Garyowen; 02 to 05 March FSB Heather; 05 to 08 March, FSB Victor; 08 to The Battalion Roster is an ongoing attempt to locate the names of each individual that served with 7/11 Artillery during its tour of duty in Vietnam.