2015年7月10日 · Vietnam War Stories being a Narrative of the War Experiences of the First Platoon, A Co., 1/8 Cav., First Air Cavalry Division, 1967-1968

OCTOBER 25-26, 1967 — I'm calling this war story the "Great Ambush" because it was the largest ambush in which I ever participated.

The purpose of a LRRP in Vietnam was to send a team of about six infantrymen to a strategic place to observe and report enemy movement.

Photographs of Vietnam 1/12 Cavalry, Ashau Valley April 26,1968 (12th Cavalry Regiment Association Website) One afternoon Martini, the assistant gunner, went down near the airfield on a duty assignment.

Receiving fire from enemy soldiers is one thing, but receiving fire from other GIs or South Vietnamese soldiers, friendly fire, is a totally different story. You can return fire when the enemy fires at you, but you really don’t want to fire back at your comrades.

Every light weapons infantryman in Vietnam experienced a wide range of incidents that were very dangerous and life threatening, but not significant enough to be considered a firefight. Some of the incidents left a vivid memory in the mind of the soldiers, while others are just a vague recollection with no memory of the details of what really ...

Since this episode was first introduced, it has come to my attention that a member of the Second Platoon of our company had written a memoir of his time in Vietnam, April 1967 - 68. He has a firsthand account of his experiences in this fight, which I reproduce here. 1

The chopper hovered over LZ Quick and the soldiers jumped to the ground at 0630 hrs. with no incident. Hoerner, who was on his first mission in Vietnam, was carrying a mortar base plate, and he sat on the plate and was wiping the sweat off his face when he got on the ground. SSGT Nottage recognized how small and rough the landing area was and ...

Welcome to Vietnam, Quang Tri ancient Citadel, then and now The citadel was a military bastion of the of Nguyen Dynasty in Quang Tri from 1809 to 1945. Frank Vanatta, Flying Circus Aviation Unit, HQ & HQs Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry …

2017年12月13日 · “A” Company, First of the Eighth Cavalry, Across Vietnam : May 1, 1967 – May 31, 1968: Chronicled from Daily Staff Journals and Mapped by Richard L. Dieterle