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Cong Helps Build Best Troops U S Marines
An Khe South Viet Nam Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forged a top combat division the 1st Cavalry airmobile American units record since arriving last September in An Khe Central Highlands. The 1st Cav claims over 8000 enemy killed by body count and 1300 surrendered with over a million tons of rice turned over to refugees. The unit owns over 450 helicopters including three sky cranes and relies on Huey transports to battlefield. Col John D Stockton shaped the air cavalry concept praising helicopters with infantry. Campaigns at Plei Me and Bong Son yielded heavy enemy losses 1500 confirmed killed 2040 estimated killed 138 captured 633 captured weapons and 1601 more captured. A widow’s row in Columbus Georgia marks cavalry losses near Fort Benung.