BATTLEZONE | Vietnam War | First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) | S2E9
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- The 1st Cavalry Division next fought in the Vietnam War. No longer a conventional infantry unit, the division had become an air assault division as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), commonly referred to as the 1st Air Cavalry Division. The use of helicopters on such large scale as troop carriers, cargo lift ships, medevacs, and as aerial rocket artillery, was never before implemented, but by doing so it freed the infantry from the tyranny of terrain to attack the enemy at the time and place of its choosing. In 1965, colors and subordinate unit designations of the Division were transferred from Korea to Fort Benning, Georgia, where they were used, along with separate elements of what had been the 2nd Infantry Division, to reflag the existing 11th Air Assault Division (Test) into the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Concurrently, the personnel and units of the 1st Cavalry Division, which remained in Korea, were used to reflag the division into a new 2nd Infantry Division.
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My dad was a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam 65-66. He received the Bronze Star for rescuing his squadron commander!
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Thanks for making these available. 101st and 25th God bless these guys.
Air Cav set the mark for the Vietnam helicopter War.
Great actual videos of our soldiers in the Idrang Valley.
Many mistakes made by our military leadets ...Very Few by our grunts.
Jim I think you'll like this! ROB
My father was there 69-71, said they had to walk out somewhere they were not in. This after being in Korea winter of 51.
Yep we lost very few battles but never fear the politicians and REMFs lost the war.
Didn't say much about the Heavy 1st Cav loses in the Ia Drang, Nov,1965. The over land march (withdraw) from LZ X-Ray to LZ Albany was the largest loss of American soldiers from 1 unit, in one day of the entire war (1958-1975)! More than 150 1st Cav soldiers ambushed, attacked, over-ran and "wiped-out" in 2 hours by the 66th NVA Regiment that afternoon! Almost an Entire Company of 1st Cav troopers KIA with very few NVA KIA in that short engagement a few days after the battle at the Chu Pong Mountain (LZ X-Ray, We Were Soldiers Once and Young). 2 times more American soldiers KIA in 2 hours........ than were KIA in 6 days of fighting against the NVA during "Hamburger Hill" in 1969!!! The American Army in it's press release said "light" casulties after the ambush at LZ Albany. Not much of a "Thanksgiving Day" for the survivors of that ambush when after they got back to their Division base camp at Anh Khe and only 30 troopers reported for formation out of an entire 1st Cav company!! So SAD! No wonder Soldiers and Marines in Vietnam called being KIA......WAISTED !!!! And even in Afghanistan and Iraq.......What a WAIST !!!! When will WE ever learn?
A lot went wrong during the march to LZ Albany , and the Cav suffered due to lack of stealth , lack of sleep , not enough artillery support along the route , ect . The main thing was that the NVA knew right where they were and where they were going . Then they maneuvered the forces they had to spring a big , close in ambush . Too close to bring in artillery fire . Many lessons were learned that day .
The tactic worked well because heavy weapons could not be used in a close in fight .
Don't know why they weren't airlifted instead
@@whatstheproblem6606 That is a good question , I would have to check my books about the battle to find out why they were just pulled out of LZ - X - Ray . But to do that march , without careful recon , without flankers and supporting fires leading the way , it meant for big trouble .
Gordon Landreth exactly I've read the book, it just didn't make sense like a lot of things during that conflict
When I was in early 80s had an old staff sergeant that was in air cave seen lot of action didn't realize till years later what he did 👍🇺🇸✌️
I love these old docs. The musical accompaniment is a tad bizarre…sounds like you could be watching an episode of Tom and Jerry cartoons or something.
"Licking it's wounds"= only a few hundred dead and we ultimately Lost the war with a 70% civilian death rate
Bullshit. The war was not lost militarily - and that was NOT the civilian casualty rate by allied forces. NVA, of course, - being typical communaziocialists - did target and murder civilians. They used the Hmong (aka Montagnards) as living targets for their soldiers, they impaled toddlers on feces covered punk stakes, and decapitated the families.
It was the Demodung party here that sold Southeast Asia into holocaust and slavery.
In 1967, the Cav had had so much press that other generals were jealous and they split the Cav into its three brigades...
Love the footage, music, and story.
Nov 14 ....God bless all members of air cav ..this day and every day. Lz albany lz Columbus lz xray....lt col Bob McDade 2/7
Iwhy The Americans found themselves in vietnam?and use the word enemy viet fought their Independence
No, the Viet Nam war, including the commie invasions of Laos and Cambodia. was ordered by Stalin to Mouse Dung in China in 1949 - along with Korea, Tibet, parts of Nepal and India, and Burma. The ARVNs were fighting for their freedom, and would have prevailed except that Demodungs in our country sold them into comminazifasciocialist slavery and holocaust.
Didn't work then not now in Afghanistan,
Propaganda, LMAO!
I remember when I was in basic training one of the Drill Instructors was a 1st Cav. veteran. I saw his patch and thought that was really badass. A few months later I found myself wearing the same patch.I have one on my rear window and one on my hat.1st Cav. All the Way!
Garry Owen
This is mostly propaganda for recruiting (USAF retired)
Nah, there was no need to recruit during this time since the draft was in effect. Most guys on the front lines (especially from '65-'70) were drafted.
@@Wowzersdude-k5c Yeah, and ALL of the NVA were drafted.
22:07 Lt Col Hal Moore the commander at Ia Drang, played by Mel Gibson in the film "We Were Soldiers".
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Really? Army production? *_Painfully childish opening scenes._*
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My father David Curtis bongiorno was in name 67 to 68 God bless his soul
He was a Gunner on ambush
U related 2 a late Mike from Milwaukee
Does anyone from the 2ND BTN 12TH CAV 1ST AIR CAV DIVISION remember being on the U S S Simon P Buckner going over to Viet Nam in 1965
Efren Español FEATI University tiger campus 333(Hudson)L1/2 ONO American with guns (Goerge Fong) Don't thread on me Assad (Cabalza) old navy Quero by Hino Cruz ☯️
I know that voice!
"Roll over Beetoven, Montana's playing"
1984 Forty Niners SB19
The "Columbus" bound unit was 2nd/5th. A coin toss determined who went where.
The Ambushed Battalion's CO called all four of its Company Commanders to the Bn CO's position at the front, along with their eight radios, leaving them leaderless, but for the three Platoon Lieutenants in each.On Company Commander ran al the way back to his unit an the rear, losing both RTOs to enemy fire. That Bn CO... I hope he was relieved of command...
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