LESSONS LEARNED, HEADQUARTERS, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION (AIRMOBILE)
Abstract
For the first time since September, 1965 when the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrived in the Republic of Vietnam, the Division was able to concentrate its forces, three brigades (minus) reinforced by the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division to fully pacify a single province. During this reporting period, 1 February to 30 April 1967, the Division dominated the lush, densely populated Binh Dinh Province with two successive operations, Thayer II, which terminated on 11 February and operation Pershing which was continuing as of 30 April 1967. Main force enemy units were encountered primarily on the Bong Son Plain and in the An Lao Valley, an enemy sanctuary never entered before in force. Because of this aggressive pursuit in Binh Dinh Province, NVA/VC main force units withdrew on occasion into Quang Ngai Province, north of the I/II corps boundary. As a result the Division was committed for the first time outside the II Corps Tactical Zone to conduct Operation Le Jeune from 7 - 22 April. Elsewhere the one battalion task force on operation Byrd continued to operate in the vicinity of Phan Thiet under control of I FFORCE V. A vigorous base development program continued simultaneously with tactical operations as stay-behind units in Camp Radcliff improved the road networks, laid concrete pads and constructed the prefabricated twenty feet by eighty feet buildings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 23, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0385642
Entities
Organizations
- Adjutant General's Corps