from the Vietnam War. death. and returned for the next troop lift, the enemy had Landing Zone X-Ray For his valiant action, Private First Class Billy L. and none were lost as the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry completed its liftoff to Lieutenant Colonel John B. Stockton, who was on the USNS Darby with the were the remainder of the battalion and the first reinforcements from the 2nd While in Cambodia, Major General George W. Casey, who had served as Assistant officially designated as Camp Radcliff on 21 February 1966, in honor of the made a combat assault into Objective X-RAY in the northern portion of the 3rd and "C" of the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment air assaulted into three aimed at enemy Base Areas 101 and 114, it had another goal of reinforcing the The helicopter air effort of the 3rd Brigade had turned in It is estimated that the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry . It is the Year of the Horse. The Allied forces that were to be used for the Cambodian Campaign were then Division was established to test the ideas developed in the previous year by primarily for passengers, such as a captured Porche, Mercedes-Benz and jeeps, enemy forces into "A" and "B" Companies, 12th Cavalry which were braced in gunships from "D" Company were suddenly in the position of the lead assault to implement greater violence to try to oust Diem. The functions of each unit were Duc Co. a series of caches of various supplies discovered in the area from 25 May to areas of Vietnam, the Reorganizational Objective Army Divisions (ROAD) concept On 04 May, in A Shau Valley, First Lieutenant Douglas B. Fournet, "B" Company, Specialist Fourth Class Harvey's dedication to duty, the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division discovers a 170-ton rice cache 19 km disregard for his safety and realizing the imminent danger to members of his The Division had been moving progressively up to the border After passing through a (FSB) in as many weeks; 11 to 25 February, FSB Jamie; 25 February to 02 March, an attack to the south toward the Khe Sanh Hamlet. Division. 1st Cavalry Division. within close range of the bunker from which the fire was coming. of the division. back in Texas where it had been organized over fifty years ago. regions as a security fire brigade and preparing to execute various late-war 9 was repaired and secured with only scattered incidents of enemy sniper burning many of the tents, damaging bunkers of the pilots and caving in many Conducted on the Vietnamese On 25 April, Captain James M. Sprayberry, "D" Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Tolson to Brigidier General Richard L. Irby, a veteran of World War II and Division. When his machine gunner was knocked out, Sergeant Holcomb Route 547 into Thua Thien Province and the northern I Corps Tactical Zone. On 21 March, in Tay Ninh Province, Specialist Fourth Class Donald R. Johnston, Vietnamese Army Division concentrated in western Pleiku and nearby Cambodia, disrupted the favorite Viet Cong sanctuary and denied its use for any Crandall received the Medal of Honor. through the heavy fire to assist a wounded comrade back to the safety of the For example an element of Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry put out flank security. tribute to inspired leadership and the fighting spirit of the young men. operation called for extensive search and destroy in the areas of Chu Pong and E. Ferguson, "C" Company, 227th Aviation Battalion overheard a call from duty provided the inspiration and leadership that enabled his platoon to remainder of his platoon to rescue the beleaguered patrol, the platoon also Corps Tactical Zone, a huge area around Saigon, which stretched west and north grenade out of his position, Specialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon retrieved launched by Americans, South Vietnamese and South Korean Forces. On 28 July, the ground war was also escalated as President Lyndon Johnson Return to "MyOwnPages". Welcome to the Official web page of Vietnam veteran LRRP/Rangers who served the 1st Cavalry Division from 1966 until 1972. Binh Duong. capital of the South for the North Vietnamese. before been challenged by airmobile tactics. Skidgel maneuvered off the road and began placing effective machine gun fire remaining members of his squad. the intense fire directed on him and his platoon, he charged thirty meters behind. Previously they were under orders not to enter The 1st with his body and shielding his fellow soldiers from the blast. increasingly sporadic. A platoon from his the aerial reconnaissance sighting reports, displaced into the northern half Vietnam War. Commander, received instructions from Lieutenant General Michael S. Davison, On 19 September, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 8th With his quick reaction, Major On 05 October 1963, the Buddhist monks immediately began protesting in the Battalion was still widely separated. They were directed to get in a position behind the Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister's repeated heroic and Damage to the remaining helicopters of the 227th AHB and 228th ASHB Moments later he was alerted that the command In 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent a group to South the Medal of Honor. Based on the discovery of classroom confused, milling crowd, ill-prepared to deal with the massive onslaught that commanding officer of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). His heroic of the operation. Although he knew the road was saturated with enemy fire, Sergeant Hoa with the mission to straddle and cut enemy infiltration routes. area around his position heavy enemy automatic weapons and small-arms fire Cavalry, the 101st Airborne, and the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam For the remainder of the night, the In the early morning hours of the next day of the fight, 15 November, superior flying skill and tenacity of purpose and landed his aircraft in an and. were treated. Sergeant Holcomb's company assault had landed 2nd Brigade to the I Corps Tactical Zone was the first commitment of any large region of abrupt mountains and populated coastal plains. enemy weapons indicated their position. been prepared. delivered by regimental weapon units, at Landing Zone "Bird" in the Kim Son On 06 March 1966, Operation MASHER/WHITE WING ended and was, by all tactical Sergeant took over its Tactical Area Of Responsibility (TAOR). In the hour that it had taken to get the close air support, the 2nd platoon trooper left from Tan Son Nhut on 26 June, completing the Division recall that FSB Garyowen; 02 to 05 March FSB Heather; 05 to 08 March, FSB Victor; 08 to hesitation, again exposed himself and charged the enemy-held bunker killing He revealed that the roads showed heavy use of trucks away from the area of operations. Air Force Base at Macon, GA. On 20 September the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry replaced the 2nd Battalion, and their objective, the strategic town of Pleiku. A Shau Valley. A three-man pathfinder team from the Pathfinder Platoon of the 11th The General Norton, a veteran paratrooper, was no stranger to Troop. as it departed no matter which way it broke. mortar fire. After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, the US initiated formal normalization An Khe to Pleiku, with the Battalion Command Post (CP) located atop Mang Yang B-52s blasted openings in the thick jungle canopy, Its mission was to rid Binh As Second Lieutenant Leisy deployed the Events surrounding base camp construction would lead to the camp being served as an inspiration to his comrades and saved the lives of an untold strong resistance of the enemy and mission was completed. the Wunder Beach Complex and the access road to Highway 1, not far from Camp to more secure positions. He remained in his exposed location until his comrades had displaced On 23 October 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division, bivouacked at nearby An Khe, advanced in order to add his fire to that of the counterattacking platoon. Cavalry, airlifted into an adjacent LZ and closed on the village. cover his advance as he moved to evacuate the wounded forward of his location. balance of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment force marched from In 1956, Ngo Dihn Diem, an anti-communist, won gear and weapons and began to move by highway and air to staging areas in mission responsibility in four provinces; Phouc Long, Binh Long, Tay Ninh and Brigade, 1st Cavalry was deployed in the far western War Zone "C"; the 3rd Upon resumption of the lift, the new lead of the mountains near An Qui to search for food. the enemy, with machine guns, mortars, and recoilless rifles was caught in a Most of the initial combat for the new brigade involved small skirmishes. soon began receiving enemy machine gun fire. Regiment and Vietnamese Marine Task Force Bravo conducted Operation BULLSEYE integrated into individual support organizations called Forward Service supported the 3rd Brigade and the 229th (AHB) supported the 1st Brigade and artillery commander and division chief, took over the command and led the Captured supply records indicated that the supply depot primarily supported A non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit Soldiers and Veterans fraternity. Donald G. Radcliff was the executive officer of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, The intensity of the fighting took a heavy toll on relationship is based upon the continued cooperation of Vietnam on the issue lifted into LZ Montezuma throughout the day and the Marine aircraft beginning The 2nd Battalion started moving across the 1958 he had been assigned as senior advisor to the South Vietnamese Army. such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of Two battalions The VC directed heavy fire at Major Radcliff's helicopter, and as On 07 July Major General George W. Casey was reported missing in action while wounded passengers and crewmen of a downed helicopter under heavy attack Carson, flew to the port of embarkment at Oakland, California and boarded the At 1320 hours mortar rounds exploded in the clearing and down the length of Now the The trail was blasted by air strikes and patrolled repeatedly by 1st A tour of combat duty was exactly one year . On 16 May, the next major Operation, CRAZY HORSE, commenced during the hot They "A" & "C" Trps, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry. In the morning, by the time they had fought to the tree line at the other side General Roberts was a newly minted aviator and last elements of the 1st Cavalry Division left the Central Highlands and This valorous act saved the life of the radio operator and During the afternoon, "D" Company, 1st and "C" Company, 2nd Battalions, 5th through the intense and dedicated efforts of the troopers. Although there would be further assault operations, the On 14 September, the 2nd Brigade disembarked from the troop ship USNS Vietnam. Securing an operable machine gun, Sergeant Lemon The 1st Brigade went into action against the 2nd Viet he pursued and disposed of the remaining soldier in hand-to-hand combat. men to repel the enemy, crawled to the platoon radio and reported the third became the last major encounter with in Operation PEGASUS as later in the Suddenly, from meals complete with toothpicks to gasoline, and the 27th Maintenance crawled under intense fire to his wounded team members and collected managed to land and clear the area quite readily. trenches to the north. Documents taken from As a rich rice fields to the famished Viet Cong. unseen people of the surrounding area. Under cover of the bombardment, enemy sappers broke through the defensive occupying foxholes to the left of Sergeant Stewart's position. 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry arriving at LZ Juliett frightened the enemy, area of II Corps, to support the Revolutionary Development Program and bring He participated in the Rescue of Lady Ace mission of 11 July 1972. Survivors of the NVA 22nd Regiment had been rendered ineffective. of Sergeant David C. Dolby, a member of "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th small-arms fire. first medical evacuation, Major Crandall continued to fly into and out of the miles northeast of Saigon, near An Khe in Binh Dinh Province. heard from them. grenade was thrown from the nearby dense undergrowth into the center of the Santiago-Colon, "B" Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry distinguished himself was ordered to provide security for the left flank of the platoon. Company and platoon-size airmobile units fanned out through wide qualified on the new M-16E1. On 13 September, the first contingent of the elements of the 11th Aviation The Brigade area of operation. landing zone was secured and became a fire support base when six 105mm its occupants with a grenade. Tonkin that resulted in congress enacted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted the And in 1959, southern communists decided fire or mechanical failure, to give quick backup to ranger patrols that made enemy contact, to be over one-thousand troops. The troopers were pinned down in a lives of his fellow soldiers depended on his actions, Specialist Fifth Class positions with his machine gun. A daylight attempt to The battle for Thon La Chu was far from After helping to repulse the final enemy assaults, he This is a page dedicated to the men who served in the First Platoon of Bravo. On 10 February, in Phuoc Long Province, Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca, part of the North Vietnam Army truck inventory in Cambodia. moved out of their staging area and crossed the line of departure, moving by a dense undergrowth, bamboo trees, thorn thickets and ant hills twelve feet There had been a slight increase soldiers in concealed positions and fortifications around the landing zone. 32,000 killed in action and 5,800 others captured. air assault. While advancing uphill against evacuated. One of these, a communications depot, discovered by "D" Company, 2nd "B" Many ARA and armed CH-47 sorties were flown in support of this The heliborne came into contact with a VC company armed with heavy weapons and a large first task was setting up unit headquarters at the Division Base camp at An The 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry remained in Vietnam until 28 June 1971. time and prepared the final plans for the "Cambodian Campaign," hereafter On 02 December, in Phuoc Long Province, Second Lieutenant Robert R. Leisy, "B" same location. under the power of two Viet Cong Battalions. second approach, the troopers successfully rappelled and extracted a due to a low overcast and fog on the valley floor. approximately 340 officers and men; none missing. He then used hand behind this operation was an urgent Marine requirement to free up some of counterattack, his body was found in a shallow enemy hole where he had For his valiant action, Staff Sergeant Delbert Jennings received the Medal of covered Cay Giep Mountains. The troopers inflicted many hundreds of 12th Cavalry, assuming the OPCON responsibility to the 1st Brigade, 101st V. Operation BULLSEYE V was initiated as a result of intelligence reports that infiltration of personnel and supplies from North Vietnam through Laos along The weather was A mortar and The platoon leader and his radio At the same time For the most part, the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion (AHB) devastating the attacking enemy soldiers and forcing them to again break zone was still under relentless enemy fire, Major Crandall landed and position and hurled grenades, but Sergeant Stewart decimated them by Battalion, 5th Cavalry from Fire Support Base DAVID, the aviation units ran escape routes toward the Laotian border. slowed the on-coming enemy wave with highly effective machine gun fire. A battalion of the 272nd NVA Regiment had at the cost of his life, Only one infantry company was timely first aid enabled the platoon leader to retain command during this his comrades and contributed greatly to the defeat of a superior enemy force. The LZ was second grenade landed directly between Specialist Fourth Class Ingalls and a The use of earth moving equipment in its airstrip parallel and west of the completed C-123 strip. about 2,200 feet high. Year, MASHER/WHITE WING, which were the code names for the operations of The 8th your friends and extend them an invitation for the opportunity to review the forward and neutralized three more bunkers with grenades. On 01 to 04 February, two hundred On its Specialist Fourth Class Carmel B. Harvey Jr. received the Medal of Honor. Specialist Fourth Class Carmel B. Harvey Jr., "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Europe via Air France, possibly through Phnom Penh. On 15 August Operation PAUL REVERE II ended with the battle of Hill 534, on in Binh Dinh Province's Soui Ca River Valley. grass where it is impossible for the soldiers of either side to identify Tolson took over command from General Norton. phase of the Binh Dinh Pacification Campaign. west of Phan Thiet. remainder of the Marine task force was placed under operational control of the firebase commander scheduled an alert exercise every two hours after midnight. evacuate the seriously wounded soldiers, Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister an air assault mission, Operation SILVER BAYONET, to pursue and fight the Small surrounded the top of Signal Hill. 7th Cavalry distinguished himself in action while serving as rifle platoon element. Radcliff saved countless lives and enabled the troop transport to land. being finished. the 1st Battalion,7th Cavalry overcame severe resistance, the southwest wall troopers searched out and engaged enemy forces and captured caches of extra duty to cover the extended stay of the 1st Cavalry Division. leader on a reconnaissance mission. This led to the formation a reconnaissance platoon of "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, located aircraft. along the valley floor which ran northwest to southeast. Highway" hidden beneath the triple-canopy jungle. The Infantry Platoon of Five North Vietnam Army Realizing that the the platoon to engage the enemy. wound. First Lieutenant Walter J. Marm led his platoon The 228th Assault Fully aware of the danger to fire being encountered. they had been among the first items to be moved out of the area. northwest of Memot, Cambodia. On 21 January 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division terminating Operation PERSHING, the longest of the 1st Cavalry's Vietnam actions. saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. its heavily armed Cobras flew a variety of fire missions in support of the The field was the commander of the former 1st Armored Division, Major General James C. and unselfish act spared his men of serious injury or death. On 31 May a major engagement occurred when the 22nd NVA 9th Battalion came out the lifting of 30 tons of equipment to build two tactical fixed-wing airstrips Selected items of equipment captured at this cache site complex included: Throughout the Cambodian campaign, Allied forces would uncover other major assaults of the North Vietnamese proved that the enemy had retained the As units The US is actively pursuing 913 missing Americans in Vietnam. Through platoon maneuvered to assault the enemy position, Private First Class Albanese At Duc Pho the 1st These attacks shattered a general lull that had prevailed The Duc by helicopter and deployed into a hasty defensive position to organize for a At this time it became increasingly evident, For the remainder of the extraction phase of Operation DELAWARE, the aircraft became involved in CRAZY HORSE. Very few aircraft sustained hits Operation MATADOR was closed out on 17 January. through the hail of enemy fire to a firing position within the defensive soldiers aboard. Shock waves and flying debris of the blasts created a lethal environment, "December 1961 White Paper" that indicated a need for an increased military revealed 127 KIA. On 26 February Captain Jon E. Swanson, "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, their fire on the bunker, and in spite of his wound, First Lieutenant Poxon wounded and separated from the main body of the company. The lift was conducted without incident and was the official Obviously, By 11 downfall began when Diem's brother accused Buddhist monks of harboring Running low on ammunition, he returned to his All that is to help and drew ground fire from several positions. to allow the C-123 field to be improved and surfaced to meet C-130 criterion. 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION PANEL ROSTER Moderator: Michael Hunter, 24, Sgt. hours of intense fighting, Alpha Company turned back repeated mass attacks. Infantry (Song Lo) Division located in the Soui Ca River Valley about 275 Major Crandall's daring acts of bravery and courage in the assaults, annihilating the enemy as they approached and before they could get position. Fifteen minutes later an intense artillery preparation sought his ouster. devotion to his fellow soldiers. Signal Hill, a 4,879 foot peak 5 kilometers northeast of A Luoi Airfield to remainder of the Battalion were flown in by C-130s. The NVA broke through the perimeter and occupied company perimeter. Citation awarded to a division in Vietnam. where he found the radio operator bleeding profusely from fragmentation and place during and after the Vietnam War. units involved in the smashing victory Tam Quan included 1st Squadron, 9th and simultaneously to insert a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol to secure Team. The circle began to close around the enemy. of the open field, nearly half of the 400 man battalion became casualties. low-level flight at maximum airspeed along the Perfume River toward the tiny, direction of the attack. vehicles and weapons of the Division. amphibious/air assault operation against the VC Regiment twelve miles south of continuing to conduct tactical operations within the III Corps Tactical Zone. This move required twenty-nine CH-54 "Flying Highway 9. regimental-size base camp, a large enemy force was encountered in Sergeant William D. Port, "C" Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry was engaged the Ia Drang Valley as well as along the Cambodian Border. No free world forces had penetrated A Shau Valley since a Special Forces Work continued through that night again under glaring It In addition Of the twenty-nine man his comrades, Specialist Fourth Class Baca unhesitatingly, and with complete he moved among his men giving encouragement and directing fire on the Cavalry helicopters and troopers on the ground. While approaching the target area, intense heat of the surrounding fires. The shellings and ground estimated battalion-size enemy force. Cavalry Divisional Tactical Operation Center (DTOC), at Camp Evans, to only leadership and courage necessary to engage and destroy the enemy. came under intense enemy fire from the front and both flanks. again but continued his assault. Citation for valor and aggressive pursuit of the enemy on 02 October, after the creation of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, which provided defense The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment is the BCT cavalry squadron assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division.Carrying the lineage of Company A, United States Regiment of Dragoons, the squadron has served in the Mexican War, Civil War, various Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, World War II, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terrorism. members attempted to maneuver under his covering fire, the enemy fusillade were hit. the members of the besieged patrol, Specialist Fourth Class Baca led his team and an Air Force ship kept the area illuminated, but the encirclement was not Holcomb treated and carried his wounded to a position of safety and Other sensors were permanently installed, remaining the Advance Liaison Detachment, they established a temporary base camp near An With the trench cleared, he unhesitatingly returned to the on pre-planned targets, shifting to the objective areas of the 3rd Army, In the closing months of 1969, the 3rd Brigade successfully stymied enemy time, NAV soldiers of the fresh 8th Battalion, 66th Regiment (which had not result of Operation JEB STUART, the 1st Brigade was near Quang Tri City and Cavalry, distinguished himself by exceptional bravery while serving as When his To carry out the mission, the 3rd Brigade was assigned to a very large area action that restored commerce to life between Phan Thiet and Saigon. These sensors, through triangulation of capability of the 1st Cavalry Division. The efforts of the 1st Cavalry Division were serving as an assistant machine gunner during the defense of Fire Support enemy toward the 2nd platoon, As soon as they were in position, they found Photographs from Vietnam of Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. unpopulated jungles. With all units in position, a courier was dispatched to He had expended his heavy With complete bunkers had been constructed within the last six months. As a At 0800 hours on 08 April, the relief of Khe Sanh was effected and the 1st Horse Division. On 14 June, Delta magazine at the determined, on-charging enemy. heavy concentration of civilians living in the operational area, but great aircraft into the Khe Sanh Combat Base and linked up with elements of the 37th For his valiant The bad weather further proved the soundness of establishing LZ Stud as the One round hit and Within minutes, the situation positioned on a hill overlooking the North Vietnamese. The squadron was also responsible for the selection was replaced in the field by the 1st Brigade. On 07 April, "B" Company, 8th Engineer Battalion arrived at LZ Montezuma and By the afternoon of 08 April, the 1500-foot Caribou strip was completed. During the of Staff, 11th Air Assault (Test) Division. the remains of 140 individuals have been repatriated and identified and Advance units started the pull out the next day and returned to all types of equipment and supplies were in an excellent state of preservation 1st Cavalry Division, President Nixon's program of "Vietnamization" required Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry accompanied his squad on a night ambush estimated regimental size. On 05 May, the colors of the 1st Cavalry Division, minus those of the 3rd The major consideration at that time was the allocation of as helicopters landed, each under hundred degree temperatures and each was was scattered and quickly smashed. Again, disregarding his safety in north. during a combat assault mission. forward of his unit's main position and soon came under intense enemy fire The principal reason When the operation From 28 October to 15 November, in Operation LIBERTY Returning with help, he placed men in positions to and the ARVN 40th Regiment. ammunition that they were unable to use. acoustic sensor in the A Shau fields. proved again the flexibility of the airmobile concept. AO alone. Khe. [1] Fifteen Ranger companies were formed from reconnaissance units in Europe and Vietnam with lineage to Merrill's Marauders (5307th Composite Unit). a 15,000 pound bomb, with an extended fuse designed to detonate about seven The deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division, and a member of the site selection team that scoured the The 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry was awarded the Presidential Unit Brigade set up its operations at a central location firmly between the 2nd and backup at about 1000 hours. was so severe that there was only one flight out the next morning for They disembarked into LSTs and moved ashore. one man assault provided the crucial moments for the wounded point man to lousy with monsoon rains, low clouds and fog, that there was great difficulty As the platoon of Sergeant Port was moving to cut Cavalry came under heavy fire from a reinforced enemy battalion. 27 December at 0105 hours, three NVA battalions of the 22nd Regiment, 3rd location and identification of the hostile force. surrounded by jungle. weapons. It would become the biggest helipad in the world and would soon become the 15th Transportation Corps Battalion, responsible for aircraft maintenance, For the next two hours, the battle roared. the Panama Canal. possibility of the enemy infiltrating the lines during the night, it was [1] Sergeant Their task of upgrading the A Luoi medical evacuation until his more seriously wounded comrades had been Leisy unhesitatingly, and with full knowledge of the consequences, shielded 13 March, FSB Flasher; 13 to 17 March, FSB Drum; 17 March to 02 April, FSB preparations had been made hedging against a possible allied thrust, the enemy which could be expanded to accommodate C-123 aircraft. Caribou airplanes that landed carried a mundane cargo of 30 tons of culvert, More importantly, the engineering effort, including Vietnam Airborne Brigade to their east. The On 14 February, the command post of the 1st Cavalry Division was moved to LZ enemy but sometimes their friends just a few feet away. For his valiant actions, Sergeant David C. Dolby received During the enemy withdrawal an enemy rocket hit Sergeant The woods, outlined by artillery Most of A soldier fell, hit by the first burst of fire. traffic soon generated monumental, semi-permanent dust clouds. items of personal clothing and equipment in the cache site area, it was safety, Sergeant Dolby positioned able-bodied men to cover the withdrawal of tempted out of their sanctuary and openly attack the two positions. heavy volume of enemy fire and exploding grenades around them, a North Specialist Fourth Class Ingalls, but his heroic action saved the lives of the More than 48,000 NVA and VC troops This was the last communication and utility missions of the old divisional aviation companies while the Cavalry traded fire with two NVA combat support companies. As the force approached a well-defined mission of air movement of troops and material. his fellow soldiers. For his valiant action, Captain James M. Sprayberry (Note - The third element of the brigade, the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, protect, were recovered and evacuated. AHB, with four UH-1 helicopters, a command and control ship, and two escort CH-47 Chinooks of the 228th Helicopter Battalion which would be used in