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The 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry was based here from June 1969 until May 1970. [ 2 ] : 239 The 3rd Battalion, 503rd Infantry was based here from July–August 1969 [ 4 ] On 1 April 1970 three People's Army of Vietnam Battalions attacked the base which was occupied by the 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry and the 44th ARVN Regiment, the attack was repulsed ...
2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry (August 1967-February 1968, June-November 1968) [2]: 125 69th Armor Regiment (August 1967-April 1970) [2]: 93 4th Aviation Battalion [1]: 219 Hensel Airfield was named after WO-1 Ernest Hensel a 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Huey helicopter gunship pilot who was killed in action on 17 February 1967. [1]: 219
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-American War, Civil War, various Indian wars, the Spanish–American War, the Philippine Insurrection, World War II, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terrorism.
Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division thereafter had a separate lineage. The reorganized 2nd Brigade Combat Team lost 2–12th Cavalry, but gained an organic cavalry squadron (4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment), a field artillery battalion (3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment), and 15th Brigade Support Battalion.
On deployment to Vietnam in 1967, the squadron consisted of three armored cavalry troops and one air cavalry troop, D Troop, which was not deployed until July 1968. 'D' Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment was shipped to Vietnam with its aircraft to join its parent unit, which was already in Vietnam attached to the Americal Division at Chu ...
1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry security operation: along Route 14: 52: 2 Oct 16 – Jan 30 1970: Operation Greene Bear [1] 1st and 2nd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 35th Infantry Regiment and 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment clear and ...
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") [1] is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. [2] It is based at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
The 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry was based here from October 1969 to December 1970. [2]: 151 Other U.S. Army units based here included: 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry (May 1969) [2]: 125 5th Battalion, 27th Artillery [2]: 102 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery [2]: 108 3rd Platoon, 272nd Military Police Co.