1st+Cavalry+Air+Mobile

Robert Jones Mr. Burkhart American History

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5/17/11

=**1st Cavalry Air Mobile**=

The 1st Cavalry is a armored infantry division in the United States Army. Created
====in 1921, the 1st Cavalry is one of the most recognizable by their signature shoulder patch; a yellow shield surrounded by a black border, with a black stripe across it and a silhouette of a horse in the upper right corner. The 1st cavalry that was used in WWII and Korea was a normal infantry unit, sometimes supported by tanks. However with the start of the Vietnam war and the need for new means of combat, the 1st Cavalry was changed from a normal infantry unit, into the famous 1st Cavalry Air Mobile (also known as the 1st Air Cavalry).====


 * ====Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore. 1965 - 1971.====
 * ====Major General Harry W. O. Kinnard. 1965 - 1966.====
 * ====Major General John Norton. 1966 - 1967.====
 * ====Major General John J. Tolson. 1967 - 1968.====
 * ====Brigadier General Richard L. Irby. 1968.====
 * ====Major General George T. Forsythe. 1968 - 1969.====
 * ====Major General E.B. Roberts. 1969 - 1970.====
 * ====Major General George William Casey. 1970.====
 * ====Brigadier General Jonathan R. Burton.(stand-in) 1970.====
 * ====Major General George W. Putnam. 1970 - 1971.====

W**hen?**
====The 1st Air Cavalry was born just before the start of the Vietnam war. Prior to the Vietnam war, Helicopters had not yet been used for military purposes and the 1st Cavalry was just a simple infantry division in the U.S. Army. Below are important dates concerning the 1st Cavalry In the Vietnam War;====


 * ====September 11, 1965: 1st Cavalry Air Mobile Division arrives in Vietnam.====
 * ====October - November 1965: 1st Air Cav fights North Vietnamese forces at La Drang.====
 * ====Spring 1966: 1st Air Cav fights in a series of operations titled MASHER/WHITE-WING/THANG PHONG II.====
 * ====August 1966: Operation PAUL REVERE II.====
 * ====October 1966: Joint opertaion with Republic of Korean forces and South Vietnamese forces in operation IRVING.====
 * ====Late October 1966 - Feburary 1967: Operation Thayer II====
 * ====January 1968: Division is ordered to 1 Corps Tactical Zone, just in time to help defend against the Tet Offensive.====
 * ====April 1968: 1st Cavalry is sent to Khe Sanh to help relieve U.S. Marines.====
 * ====1968 - 1970: 1st Cav continues to operate in Vietnam.====
 * ====May and Junes of 1970: 1st Cavalry invades Cambodia, though on ly restricted to a 30 kilometer advance.====
 * ====Spring 1971: 1st Cavalry Air Mobile is withdrawn from Vietnam.====

**Where?**
The 1st Cavalry Air Mobile was deployed to a variety of different locations throughout the Vietnam war, including;


 * La Drang valley
 * Khe Sanh
 * Quang Tri city
 * Hue city
 * The Binh Dinh province
 * Kim Son valley
 * Luoi Ci valley
 * Shau valley
 * Region of Cambodia known as "The Parrot's Beak"
 * The Pleiku Province

What Happened?
====The 1st Cavalry Air mobile was a originally meant to test out the new idea of using helicopters for military tactics. These tactics at first included using helicopters (UH-1 Hueys) to quickly transport soldiers and supplies to and from the battle zone. This proved successful and was the new means of transport for the U.S. military in Vietnam. While the 1st Air Cav used helicopters for transport and combat (adding weapons such as M60 machine guns and rocket pods) they also fought on the ground and in the jungle. During the Vietnam war, the 1st Cavalry Air Mobile experienced deaths and casualties. These included 5,444 killed in action and 26,592 wounded in action.====

Why?
====The members of the 1st Cavalry Air Mobile division were sent into Vietnam for the same reason as every other soldier, in an attempt to stop the spread of communism through out Vietnam. The 1st Air Cav was also the first U.S. ground combat force to go into Vietnam. This was because they were the first division to learn how to use helicopters during battle. Because of this they were seen as a test group, being the first to try helicopter warfare, and were recognized as "The First Team." This name has a number of different meanings but in relation with Vietnam, it means that the 1st Air Cav was the first U.S. combat force deployed.====

Impact/Significance of the 1st Cavalry Air Mobile.
====The 1st Cavalry's impact on the military is very great. They are one of the most recognized and famous U.S. military divisions. The 1st Air Cav had a greater impact on the military through the use and development of helicopter warfare, proving it to be very effective as a means of transporting soldiers and supplies, but also as a weapon. The 1st Air Cav paved the way for the U.S. in Vietnam by being the first U.S. combat force in Vietnam and proving a formidable victory at the first U.S. engagment in Vietnam at the battle of La Drang valley. The 1st Air Cav is still in existence today and continues to use helicopters to aid our troops in battle as they did in Vietnam.====


 * ====Lewis Albanese====
 * ====John P. Baca====
 * ====David Charles Dolby====
 * ====Rodney J. Evans====
 * ====Frederick Edgar Ferguson====
 * ====Douglas B. Fournet====
 * ====ED W. Freeman====
 * ====Charles Chris Hagemeister====
 * ====Carmel Bernon Jr. Harvey====
 * ====John Noble Holcomb====
 * ====George Alan Ingalls====
 * ====Delbert O. Jennings====
 * ====Donald R. Johnston====
 * ====Billy Lane Lauffer====
 * ====Robert Ronald Leisy====
 * ====Peter C. Lemon====
 * ====Allen James Lynch====
 * ====Walter Joseph Marm Jr.====
 * ====James H. Monroe====
 * ====William D. Port====
 * Robert Leslie Poxon
 * ====Hector Santiago-Colon====
 * ====Donald Sidney Skidgel====
 * ====James M. Sprayberry====
 * ====Jimmy G. Stewart====
 * ====Bruce P. Crandall====

Sources (organized by Noodlebib.com)

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> ====2011. Web. 17 May 2011.  ====Hal-Moore.php>.====
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> ====May 2011.  ====Ia_Drang_Valley.htm>.====
 * ===="Ia Drang Valley - November 1965." //Ia Drang Valley//. Valor Studios, 2010. Web. 17====

> ====May 2011. .====
 * ===="Logo/Brand of 1st Cavalry in Military." //Famous Logos//. Kavoir, 2010. Web. 17====

> ====//of Honor Recipients from the 1st Cavalry Division//. John D. Dennison, 2007.==== > ====Web. 17 May 2011. .====
 * ===="Vietnam Medal of Honor Recipients from the 1st Cavalry Division." //Vietnam Medal//====