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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 Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and Attached Units: Presidential Unit Citation, DAGO 40, 1967: 23 Oct. to 26 Nov. 1965: Distinguished themselves by outstanding performance of duty and extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy in the Republic of Vietnam, becoming the first unit so honored for actions during the Vietnam War. [64]
The 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, which was under the control of the 1st Cavalry Division, continued its base defense mission and patrols west of Quảng Trị. [2]: 55 This left only the 1st Battalion of the 12th US Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 5th Cavalry Regiment to support the ARVN units engaged with the PAVN/VC ...
In September 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division, newly arrived in South Vietnam, carved out Camp Radcliff, its base, near the town of An Khe to ensure that Highway 19 which reached from the coast of South Vietnam to the Central Highlands city of Pleiku remained under the control of allied forces. Almost immediately the 1st Cavalry began mounting ...
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division; 1st Aviation Brigade; 1st Signal Brigade; 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division; 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; 11th Infantry Brigade; 18th Military Police Brigade; 44th Medical Brigade; 173rd Airborne Brigade; 196th Infantry Brigade; 198th Infantry Brigade; 199th Infantry Brigade; 18th Engineer Brigade (combat ...
Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 6 February 1967. Bad weather hindered both combat and logistical operations. The main supply route for the 1st Cavalry Division during Thayer II had extended north from Qui Nhơn over Highway 1 to LZ Hammond.
In the Persian Gulf War, the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. XVIII Airborne Corps, which included the 1st Cavalry Division, was tasked with defending in depth in order to prevent the seizure of eastern Saudi Arabia by Iraqi forces. The division was designated as corps ...
Company E, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) was a 120 man-sized long-range reconnaissance patrol unit attached to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam in 1967-69. Its origin begins on January 1, 1967, as "LRRP Detachment G2," 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).