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George William Casey Sr. (March 9, 1922 – July 7, 1970) was a United States Army major general who was killed in a helicopter crash in July 1970, in South Vietnam.General Casey, who had served in the Korean War, was in command of the US 1st Cavalry Division at the time of his death.
Camp Radcliff was established in late August 1965 by the 70th Engineer Battalion as the base camp for the 1st Cavalry Division.The camp was located on the main highway, QL-19, 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Qui Nhơn on the coast and 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Pleiku in the Central Highlands.
1st Cavalry Division UH-1 damaged in the rocket attack on Camp Evans on 19 May 1968. In January 1968 Camp Evans was taken over by the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). [3]On the night of 19 May 1968 the ammunition dump at Camp Evans was hit by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rockets and exploded causing a chain reaction and fire that lasted more than 12 hours and damaged or destroyed 124 ...
The 1st Cavalry Division was ordered to move from northern I Corps to III Corps northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border in an operation named Operation Liberty Canyon. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was the lead element of the Division and was air-lifted to Quần Lợi Base Camp to begin operations. [142] 27 October
Twenty-one soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division were wounded and one killed attacking a PAVN/VC bunker complex 42 miles (68 km) east of Saigon, a BLU-82 bomb was later dropped on the bunkers. Six South Vietnamese militiamen were killed in a clash in Xuyên Mộc District.
Operation Nathan Hale was conducted by the 1st Cavalry Division west of Phú Yên Province. the operation resulted in 450 PAVN killed and a further 300 estimated killed. [21]: 197–8 21-4 June. Operation Lam Son 283 was an ARVN 1st Division operation in Quảng Trị Province. The operation resulted in 331 PAVN/VC and 37 ARVN killed. [19] 22 June
The history of the 1st Cavalry Division began in 1921 after the army established a permanent cavalry division table of organization and equipment on 4 April 1921. It authorized a square division organization of 7,463 officers and men, organized as follows: [3]
Operation Cramer White was a 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment security operation along Route 14. The operation resulted in 52 PAVN/VC and two U.S. killed. [3] 22 October to 18 January 1970. The 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 1st Division launched Operation Fulton Square in the lowlands of Quảng Trị ...