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It was formed in 1921 and served during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, with the Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan as well as Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve.
The 1st Cavalry Division (AIRMOBILE) was the only major unit to execute operations in all four Corps Tactical Zones (CTZs), Cambodia, and Laos. Numerous sources were used to compile the list of Soldiers KIA.
Troops of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) march through a forest on Chu Pong Mountain in the Ia Drang Valley in 1965. In November 1965, 1st Cav units in the valley fought the U.S. Army’s first large-scale battle against the North Vietnamese Army.
During May and June of 1970 the 1st Cavalry Division invaded Cambodia although strategic success was somewhat hampered by a restriction of 30-kilometer advance. The 1st Cavalry Division had recorded an unparalleled series of firsts as well as demonstrating the effectiveness of airmobile warfare.
In October 1966, II Field Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan O. Seaman set in motion the dry season campaign for III Corps, the South Vietnamese tactical zone that encompassed eleven provinces...
U.S. troops head for their helicopters, as did companies A,B,C and D of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, when ordered to helicopter pickup zones the afternoon of Dec. 17, 1966, after another unit of the 1st Cavalry Division ran into a large force of the North Vietnamese Army.
While the Division colors left Vietnam in 1971, the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Separate) remained in Vietnam until June 1972. In the following years the First Team fought the “Cold War” as they trained and readied for combat in any area of the world.
The 1st Cavalry Division forces on LZ Snapper were attacked by an enemy force utilizing mortars, hand grenades, and rocket launchers. The attack was a disaster for the enemy and twenty were killed. At 1320 hours the 84th Company of the Vietnamese 8th Airborne Battalion was airlifted by 1st Cavalry Division aircraft into the Khe Sanh Combat Base ...
For the first time regular North Vietnamese regiments, controlled by a division-size headquarters engaged in a conventional contest with U.S. forces. The 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), took the lead in this battle.
development to emerge from the Vietnam War.”1 Nothing symbolized the American war effort in South Vietnam more than the helicopter in air assault mode, and no unit was more closely associated with that way of war than the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). 2