During this action General MacArthur paid a welcome visit to the 1st Team. On 10 October 1965, in Operation Shiny Bayonet,the First Team initiated their first brigade-size airmobile action against the enemy. First, Kuwait had been part of the Ottoman Empire from the 18th century until 1899 when it asked for, and received, British protection in return for autonomy in local affairs. The 5th Cavalry was stationed at Camp Chitose, Area I. The order prepared American troops to become part of an international coalition in a war against Iraq that would be launched as Desert Sortm in January, 1991. This repositioning put the Division in a key strategic location covering the historic Wadi al Batin approach into Saudi Arabia and threatening Iraq along the same avenue into western Kuwait. History. After thirty-eight days of continuous air attacks on targets in Iraq and Kuwait, the commander of the Allied Forces, General Norman Schwarzkopf unleashed all-out attacks against Iraqi forces very early on 24 February 1991. In May 1865, Custer departed Washington. Lieutenant Custer marched forward with that part of the Army of the Potomac which moved upon Manassas after its evacuation by the rebels. On 02 September, the long convey of ships steered into Yokohama Harbor and past the battleship Missouri where General MacArthur would later receive the Japanese surrender party. As a focal point of scouting activities, a permanent encampment was established at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Yellowstone Territories. As these limited thrusts continued in the area that became known as the Ruqi Pocket. In the fall of 1983, the division deployed to Europe for the annual REFORGER exercises. The 7th Cavalry was assigned the mission of securing the Taeloban Airstrip. General Custer thought the music sophisticated for a wilderness town and asked to meet the band leader. By then. Air strikes were called in and the Troopers overran the complex. On 28 July 1866. one of the new authorized cavalry units was constituted in the Regular Army as the 7th Cavalry Regiment. The southern end of Line Jamestown, along with a hill called Old Baldy, eventually fell to the determined Troopers. Iraq revived an old claim that Kuwait had been governed as part of an Ottoman province in southern Iraq and was therefore rightfully part of Iraq. He saved the day at Dinwiddie Court House in March 1865. The ARVN 22nd Division, responsible for that area, was spread thin in trying to keep Highway 19 open and secure. Troopers deprived the enemy of much needed supplies and ammunition, scattering the enemy forces. On 24 November 1890, troops of the 7th Regiment left Fort Riley and traveled by rail to join key regiments in the history and development of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 8th Cavalry the 9th Cavalry Regiments and the 6th Cavalry Regiment at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. In 1855, Chief Josephs father, Old Joseph, signed a treaty with the U.S. that allowed his people to retain much of their traditional lands. During off-action he used a consumer grade Super 8 film point-and-shoot camera, handheld. On 24 November, General MacArthur launched a counteroffensive of 100,000 UN troops. Faster and lighter medium tanks were assigned to both, cavalry and infantry units. During this campaign, Custer later left his command in the field and traveled back to Fort Riley to visit his wife. He destroyed more than four hundred wagons. After a series of temporary stations, a permanent duty station was established at Camp McGrath, Batangas Province. Lets go home. The design chosen, a distinctive bright-yellow Norman knights shield with a diagonal stripe and a horses head, was submitted by Colonel and Mrs. Ben H. Dorcey. As a flight leader and second in command of a 16-helicopter lift unit, he supported a heavily engaged American infantry battalion at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam. Evidence of this occurred in the summer and fall of 1866 when the Union Pacific Railroad reached Fort Riley and the 7th Cavalry Regiment was organized at the fort, commanded by Colonel Andrew J. Smith. Captain Freemans selfless acts of great valor, extraordinary perseverance and intrepidity were far above and beyond the call of duty or mission and set a superb example of leadership and courage for all of his peers. There on the plain of the Wadi al Batin the Cavalry began to prepare for redeployment home. In September 1954, the Japanese assumed responsibility for defending Hokkaido and the First Team returned to the main Island of Honshu. The regulations for the submission required; 1) that the patch could only have 2 colors 2) that it be easily recognizable sign around which men could reassemble during or after battle and 3) it would bring men together in a common devotion. More and more wagon trains loaded with settlers, rolling west, were being attacked by Indians. The fourth wave was less lucky. The Manus Island invasion commenced at dawn 15 March, with heavy shelling, naval bombardment and air attacks. On 20 November, after 3 days and nights on that bloody, hellish, haunted battleground, the survivors of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry were airlifted out. At 8:00 on 08 September, a history making convey left Hara-Machida with Tokyo as their destination. A Four-Party Joint Military Commission was set up to implement such provisions as the withdrawal of foreign troops and the release of prisoners. The book in question says: When the sun was an hour high in the west, energetic Custer in advance spied the depot and four heavy trains of freight cars; he quickly ordered his leading regiments to circle out to the left through the woods, and as they gained the railroad beyond the station he led the rest of his division pellmell down the road and enveloped the train as quick as winking. In addition to the Air Force, Navy an Marines, a 1,000 man battalion from the 24th Infantry Division, including many specialists and noncommissioned officers transferred from the 1st Cavalry Division, arrived 30 June with a promise that more help was on the way. Lyndon B. Johnson was the president at the time, and the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the resultant resolution marked the beginning of the major military build up of America in the Vietnam War. Under the command of General Hancock, they marched from Fort Riley to Fort Larned, Kansas where they were joined by 6 infantry companies and a battery of artillery, creating a task force consisting of over 1,400 men. The Troopers did not know it, but Line Jamestown would be their last major combat of the Korean War. In March 1869, the Comanche-Kiowa agency was relocated to Fort Sill, a new fort constructed in the Indian Plains Territory, and the Cheyenne-Arapaho agency was relocated to Darlington. This site contains photographs from Vietnam of Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Recruits for the regiment of cavalry were concentrated at Fort Riley, Kansas, in August, 1866. The command posts of the 1st Brigade, 5th Cavalry and 12th Cavalry were situated at Camp McGill at Otawa, approximately 20 miles south of Yokohama. On 10 September, the work of organization was inaugurated by Major John W. Davidson of the 2nd Cavalry. By chance Custer heard the melody, liked the cadence, and soon began to hum the tune himself. This type of duty did not last for long. 7 th Cavalry Veterans. The roots of the Vietnam War started in 1946 with the beginning of the First Indochina War. While medical evacuation was not his mission, he immediately sought volunteers and with complete disregard for his own personal safety, led the two aircraft to Landing Zone X-Ray. He preformed the duty of marking out the position which was occupied by the Union Army at the battle of Gaines Mills. Upon formal activation, the 7th, 8th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were assigned to the new Division. The South Vietnamese government controlled little more than the provincial capital, Phan Thiet, a costal town known for its fishermen and its fish sauce manufacturing industry. At the end of Paul Revere II, which had killed a total of 861 of the enemy, a task force of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry was organized for Operation Byrd. The 8th Cavalry occupied the 3rd Imperial Guard Regiment Barracks in Tokyo, which provided greater proximity to security missions at the American and Russian Embassies and the Imperial Palace grounds. On 07 November 1862, General McClellan was relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac. With the Civil War coming to an end, the necessity of pulling together a divided nation became a prime priority. By the time that Operation Delaware was ended on 17 May, the favorite VC sanctuary had been thoroughly disrupted. In 16 months the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry had fanned out from Phan Thiet and cleared the enemy from the populous triangle area that stretched North and West of Phan Thgiet. In January 1958, the largest training exercise in Korea since the end of hostilities, Operation Snowflake, was conducted. In hot pursuit, the Troopers and the horse artillery engaged a column of Villistas near Juarez. Although the 1st Cavalry Division was created as a result of a proven need for large horse-mounted formations, by 1940 many thought that the march of progress had left the horse far behind. Recent findings of historians indicate that Villa may have initiated the raid for financial support of the Mexican revolution from German agents operating in Mexico who wanted to keep tensions high between Mexico and the United States. 02 April, second phase of the Luzon Campaign began. Custer was assigned to Elizabethtown, Kentucky where his chief duty was to inspect and purchase horses for the Army. The footage has been poorly stored for 50 years and recently digitized. A regiment consisted of 12 companies formed into 3 squadrons of 4 companies each. A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry led the way, followed by C Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry. On 02 May, the advanced group of the 7th Regiment left San Francisco, California and arrived in Manila on 01 June. The exercise consisted of six phases; movement to contact, defense and delay, exploitation, elimination of penetration, rear area security and night elimination of penetration in an adjacent area. These three regiments comprised the NVA Division, known as the Sao Vang Division. Custer might not well conduct a siege of regular approaches; but for a sudden dash, Custer against the world. At Appomattox, Custer received Lees surrender. The year 1969 ended in a high note for the 1st Cavalry Division. TRICAP, an acronym for TRIple-CAPability, was derived from combining the ground (mechanized infantry or armor) capability, airmobile infantry and air cavalry or attack helicopter forces. Troopers of the 1st Brigade and 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry swooped down on the NVA 33rd regiment before it could get away from Plei Me. The NLF was a group of communists and non-communists who opposed diem and sought his ouster. Longing for an opportunity to see active service, and determined to win distinction, Lieutenant Custer chose the field assignment, and after riding all night through a country filled with people who were, to say the least, not friendly, he reached the headquarters of McDowell at daybreak on the morning of the 21st. On 25 January 1951, the First Team, joined by the revitalized 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry rebounding from its tragedy at Unsan, moved back into action. The Division moved north toward the juncture of the Saudi, Iraq and Kuwait borders through a series of defensive positions designed to thwart any preemptive attack along the Wadi. He was sentenced to one year suspension from rank and pay. General Tilellis Division had actually been probing the Iraqi defenses for some time. General Alferd H. Terry was in overall command of an Army campaign to relocate the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians from the open plains to reservations. Moving to I Corps, Vietnams northern most tactical zone, the division set up Camp Evans for their base camp. After his first medical evacuation, Major Crandall continued to fly into and out of the landing zone throughout the day and into the evening. The 7th Cavalry Regiment was constituted in the Regular Army on 28 July 1866 at Fort Riley, Kansas and organized on 21 September 1866. Survivors began the grim task of recovering the dead from the intermingled bodies of both sides. Most of the initial combat for the new brigade involved small skirmishes. 7th Cavalry Regiment. Many of the Nez Perce Indians were sent to a reservation in what is now Oklahoma. On January 31 1968, amid the celebration of the Vietnamese New Year, the enemy launched the Tet Offensive, a major effort to overrun South Vietnam. Blue Max, F Battery, 79th Aerial Rocket Artillery, was another familiar aerial artillery unit. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Fifteen days later, helicopters of Bravo Troop, 1/9th received ground fire while conducting a reconnaissance mission over a large bunker complex. Following his arrival at the fort, Felix Vinatieri travelled to St. Paul, Minnesota, to enlist for a three year period as Bandleader of the Seventh Cavalry Regiment. The 8th Cavalry Regiment, currently represented in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the 1st Cavalry Division, was constituted in the Regular Army on 28 July 1866. He was next engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville, and immediately after that fight he was made a personal aid by General Pleasonton, who was then commanding a division of cavalry. In 1961 Britain granted Kuwait independence. This site contains photographs from Vietnam of Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Failing to influence Hitler of the grave consequences of his actions, both Great Britain and France initiated a declaration of war on 03 September 1939. On 22 August, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was inactivated at Fort Hood, Texas. The third column was to march from Fort Dodge under the command of General Sully and George A. Custer. Joining the 10th Cavalry Regiment under the command of General Pershing, the Expedition crossed the Mexican border at 0:30 hours 16 March, and marched 25 miles in the dark to Geronimo Rock. Aided by artillery and air support, the three battalions continued fighting for four days against a tenacious enemy defense that finally collapsed after a B-52 strike. Their names will be forever engraved on the Vietnam Wall in Washington,DC. At the ever memorable battle of Cedar Creek his division was on the right, and not engaged in the rout of the morning, so that when Sheridan arrived on the field, after a twenty mile ride, he found at least one command ready for service. With the last of the strongholds eliminated, the division moved on to Luzon, the main island of the Philippines. The 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry (1/7) was typical for U.S. Army units of the time, consisting of three rifle companies and a heavy weapons company: A-Alpha Company, B-Bravo Company, C-Charlie Company and D-Delta Company. After this increase there were 10 regiments of cavalry, 5 of artillery, and 45 of infantry. Almost simultaneously to the North of Hue, five battalions of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacked Quang Tri City, the capital of Vietnams northern province. The 66 that were awarded posthumously are marked with an asterisk. General Sheridan selected the 7th Cavalry, commanded by George Armstrong Custer, to take the lead. The 7th Cavalry rounded up 2,000 prisoners. Along with the hardware technology changes, communication innovations made possible quantum leaps in command and control operations by the fielding of MSE (Mobile Subscriber Equipment) which, essentially cellular telephones for both fixed sites and mobile vehicles, provides secure mobile voice/data and facsimile service. Emphasis was placed upon securing Veteran Volunteers before they left the service. Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry came under heavy fire from a reinforced enemy battalion. The First Team had performed tough duties with honor, pride and valor with distinction. On 14 March, the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry had crossed the Hangchon River and on the 15th, Seoul was recaptured by elements of the 8th Army. The 3rd Squadron, organized as an Armed Reconnaissance Squadron, is assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia. On 21 September 1866 the 7th Cavalry Regiment was organized at Fort Riley, Kansas and Andrew J. Smith, a Veteran of the Mexican War, who had been a distinguished cavalry leader in the Army of the West during the Civil War, was promoted to colonel and assigned command. (Authors Note) There has always been some speculation as to the names of the participants (supporting and engaged) in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Happy Hazzard. Their period of inactivation was short lived. While Sitting Bull was pursued into Canada, Crazy Horse and the Cheyennes traveled about, comparatively undisturbed. In the same divisional organization change, the colors of the 1st Squadron (Reconnaissance), 9th Cavalry were removed from service and the unit was redesignated 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry. This short nonprofit, zero budget, home video was originally filmed by an infantryman in the 7th Cavalry Regiment (Garry Owen), Vietnam in 1966-67. The line of march was Fabens, Ft. Hancock, Sierra Blanca, Hot Wells, Lobo Flats, and Valentine. Stopped at Seoul, on 15 May, the Chinese attempted a go around maneuver in the dark. Major Crandall then decided to adjust his base of operations to Artillery Firebase Falcon in order to shorten the flight distance to deliver ammunition and evacuate wounded Soldiers. None of the Free World Forces had been in the valley since 1966, which was now being used as a way station on the supply route known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Arriving in the States, the regiment returned to the southwest and on 23 December 1915, was stationed at Camp Henry J. Jones, Arizona. In 1875, the regiment escorted a railroad survey party into the Yellowstone Valley. First Lieutenant Walter J. Marm led his platoon through withering fire until they were finally forced to take cover. With the decline of the role of the Warsaw Pact, the sizes of subsequent REFORGER deployments were reduced, but command and control elements continued to evaluate the need for equipment types and repositioning of war stocks along with development of contingency plans to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of combat readiness, should deployment become necessary. My platoon Sergeant for a while was SFC James Newton who had previously did a tour with C 1/9 "BLUES" in 1965.He is 82 years old now,and has many memories of his early days with the Troop.I'd like to hear from anyone who may remember him. Recent Obituaries. 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry: Company "E" retained in Vietnam untill August 1972. Only the Kwahada were still on the Staked Plains. New objectives were established to keep the Chinese from rebuilding and resupplying their forces and to advance to the Kansas Line, which roughly followed the 38th Parallel and the winding Imjin River. The 2nd Cavalry Brigade had its command post at the Imperial Guard Headquarters Buildings in Tokyo, while the 7th Cavalry was situated at the Merchant Marine School. and it was not until 15 October, 1957, when the 4th Cavalry Regiment joined with the 1st Cavalry Division as the 2nd Battle Group, 4th Cavalry, (an element) of the Pentomic Division in ceremonies held in Tonggu, Korea when the colors of the 24th Infantry Division were retired and replaced by those of the 1st Cavalry Division. The new year began unexpectedly quiet. It is the combination of the experienced training received by each dedicated member of the Team and adherence to the performance level and traditions of the past. The MSE is augmented by SINGARS, the Single Channel Ground to Air Communication System, which provides unprecedented security using frequency hopping technology. As of today, the 7th Cavalry Regiment is currently represented by the following active Units: The 1st Squadron, organized as an Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, is assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division currently stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. The 7th Regiment rode out of Fort Lincoln on 17 May 1876, with Custer along with the Arikara and Osage scouts leading the way, followed by 1,200 men and 1,700 horses and mules. Contact by the enemy diminished in the first two days of February as the North Vietnamese continued their withdrawal to the North and West. The mission of the division was to defend the Island of Hokkaido and to maintain maximum combat readiness. 1st Battalion is A co., 2nd Battalion is B Co. ect. On 04 February 1866, Custer was recalled to Washington to present his official report to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. The Army then allowed gold prospectors to come into the Reservations hills by the thousands. The Kiowa and other Comanches were on the reservation, but by the fall of 1869 small war parties were occasionally leaving to raid in Texas. 1st Cavalry Division Association 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry - Vietnam Alpha Company 2/7 Alpha Company 2/7 - Khulman Bravo Company 2/7 Delta Company 2/7 Delta Company 2/7 - Rolando's Pictures Alpha Company 5/7 Delta Company 1/8 Please let us know if you find any information requiring editing by contacting John Guillory at ponyteams2-6@hotmail.com Custer marched with approximately 700 Soldiers, moving south for several days, identifying Indian camp signs all along the way. On the nights of 21 and 23 September, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 7th Cavalry repulsed waves of Red Chinese with hand to hand fighting. Joining in with the main body of C Company, 7th Cavalry, the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry continued on unopposed to rescue their cut-off platoon. On 14 November, the first day of battle at LZ X-Ray in Ia Drang Valley, that Edward W. Freeman, while serving in the grade of Captain and flight leader and second-in-command of a helicopter lift unit at LZ X-Ray, Alpha Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) performed conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life and beyond the call of duty. Realizing that his platoon could not hold very long, and seeing four enemy Soldiers moving into his position, he moved under heavy fire and annihilated all four. On 30 March, the 7th and 8th Regiments were designated as Colonial Regiments for services in the Philippines. Custer and his Troopers gave chase and followed the Indians trail back to Medicine Lodge Creek, but found no Indians. On 15 June, Mexican snipers fired across the Rio Grande and killed a Trooper of the 82nd Field Artillery who was standing picket duty. Two days later, the 8th Cavalry took the central pivot of the line, Hill 272. At dawn he ordered an attack. He held the right of line, and was obliged to face Hamptons division of cavalry, and after a hotly contested fight, utterly routed the rebels and prevented them from reaching the trains of the Union Army, which they hoped to capture. The commanding officer made a call for volunteers to charge the enemys advance post. Two engagements in May of 1971 were typical operations. Throughout this period, leaders of the division were planning and rehearsing the First Teams role as the theater counterattack force the force that would defeat any Iraqi attack into Saudi Arabia. This incident caused international outrage and Diem was soon overthrown and killed. It would not be until the end of the Gulf War and subsequent reorganization of 11 August 1993, when the 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry, 2nd Armored Division would be reflagged as the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and assigned to the 3rd Greywolf Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, filling out the present organization structure. the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry moved against them, hitting their flanks with coordinated artillery and air strikes. The 1st Cavalry Division (AIRMOBILE) was the only major unit to execute operations in all four Corps Tactical Zones (CTZs), Cambodia, and Laos. By 21 March, the 8th Cavalry had won control of most of the plantation, but the battle for Rossum was slowed by heavy jungle which the Japanese used to their advantage. As part of the pentomic reorganization, the 1st Battle Group, 7th Cavalry was activated, organized and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. On 09 August, the North Koreans hurled five full divisions at the Naktong defenders near Taegu. On 24 September 1868, Custers court martial was remitted and he rejoined his troops on Bluff Creek (near present day Ashland, Kansas.). Their first significant resistance was encountered on 05 March. That day he completed a total of 22 flights, most under intense enemy fire, retiring from the battlefield only after all possible service had been rendered to the Infantry Battalion. On April 19 1968, Operation Delaware was launched into the cloud-shrouded A Shau Valley, near the Laotian border and 45 kilometers west of Hue. Two Battalions of the NVA 22nd Regiment had been rendered ineffective. Along with the constant training of personnel, equipment was updated. This war began with an Iraqi invasion of Iran and degenerated into a bloody form of trench warfare as the Iranians slowly drove Saddam Husseins armies back into Iraq. In the end, Kennedy compromised and decided to increase the number of military advisors, but with the objective of not to engage in a massive military buildup. Thats why Custer was always referred to as General Custer. The 8th Cavalry was hit by a heavy artillery and mortar barrage and North Koreans swarmed toward their positions. The journey to Fort Rice was completed in a 300 mile march, arriving on 10 June 1873. Pursing the retreating North Vietnamese, the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry recaptured the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei uncovering large stockpiles of supplies and ammunition. In March 1867, when Indian attacks became more and more violent in the high plains of western Kansas and eastern Colorado, Custer and the 7th Cavalry was given their first opportunity to see what fighting Indians was all about. On 10 September, the work of organization was inaugurated by Major John W. Davidson of the 2nd Cavalry, and completed by Colonel Smith, on the 22d December. Company "A" (now the 1st Battalion) was organized on 21 September 1866 at Angel Island, located in San Francisco Bay. They made stops in Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Springfield, St. Louis, and back to Washington. If you have any questions about filling out the form call SFC Chandler at 254-288-2601. On 13 August, the 1st Cavalry Division was alerted that they were selected to accompany General Douglas MacArthur to Tokyo and would be part of the 8th Army in the occupation of Japan. They served as medics as the Far West turned around and headed back for the fort at Bismarck, making the journey in fifty-four hours. What Happened To Richard Ramirez Shoes, Why Is The Ghost Bat Illegal In Softball, Post Breast Surgery Pillows, David Campisi Obituary, Little Einsteins Activities, Weatherby Element 20 Gauge Reviews, 1st cavalry vietnam roster With help from the Air Force and 3rd Brigade Gunships, the Troopers captured the complex. By 31 March 1972, only 96,000 US troops were involved in the Vietnam combat operations. As the band played the rousing strains of Garryowen, the colors of the 1st Cavalry Division were moved onto the field. On 27 November, the advance party from the division, left Korea and by late January 1952, all units had arrived on Hokkaido, under the command of Major General Thomas L. Harrold. Due to a misunderstanding, when the Army moved their troops closer to the Indian encampment, the Indians feared an attack and they fled under the cover of night. Recruiting, to obtain the increase in man power force levels, began at once. 1st Battalion. Custer had been ordered to move a band of Indians toward the large cavalry force. Returning from Punitive Expedition the 7th Regiment completed a 215 mile march from Mexico, arriving at Fort Bliss on 24 May 1917. On 28 January, Operation Masher, the first phase, began, The 3rd Brigade assaulted North of Bong San and LZ Dog and soon encountered heavy resistance by the NVA. Their duties included scouting and the maintenance of security throughout the island. Rejoining Grants Army on the Pamunkey, he took an active part in several engagements. Following a successful engagement, the cavalry expedition returned to the United States side of the border. On 06 June 1974, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment was reactivated as a M60A1 Tank Battalion and assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Douglas A-1E Skyraiders were brought in to drop napalm and 250 pound bombs which slowed down enemy actions. Only light contact was achieved. One of these workers significant accomplishments was the construction of barracks for 20,000 anti-aircraft troops at Fort Bliss, Texas. On 14 June Delta Company of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry ran into an ambush in heavy jungle and engaged a company-sized enemy unit. In June 1857, through the influence of Honorable John A. 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