Operation Masher
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Operation Masher, also known as Operation White Wing, was the largest search and destroy mission that had been carried out in the Vietnam War up until that time. It was a combined mission of the Unite
1st Cavalry Division deploys, 25 January
A landing zone for American troops north of Bong Son
Troops of Company "C", 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment engage a VC bunker
1st Cavalry troops deploy from a CH-47 onto LZ 5, 3 February
Battle of Ia Drang
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The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam, as part of the Pleiku campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foo
Operation Masher
…U.S. Commander William Westmoreland to carry out the operation. The 1st Cavalry had borne the brunt of the combat during the Siege of Plei Me and the Battle of Ia Drang in October and November 1965, and some battalions of the 1st Cavalry had sustained heavy casualties. More than 5,000 soldiers in the division were…
U.S. Army soldiers air-lifted into LZ X-Ray.
1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry troopers landing at LZ X-Ray
1st Cavalry troops engage PAVN
X-Ray perimeter, night of November 14