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First Air Cavalry earns famed record in Viet Nam fighting
The First Air Cavalry Division at An Khe in South Viet Nam has built a legendary combat record since arriving last year. It counts more than 5,000 enemy killed, 1,300 enemy surrenderers, and over a million tons of rice turned over to refugees. The unit, an air mobile force with 450 helicopters and the Sky Crane, fights as an integrated team led by Col. John D. Stockton. Major campaigns include Plei Me and Bong Son, with fierce battles that tested and refined the unit’s professional edge.
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An Khe
South Viet Nam
Air Cavalry Division
Cav
Viet Nam
U. S
U. S. Cavalry
John D. Stockton
United States
Stockton
West Point
Ninth Cavalry
Plei Me
Bong Son
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Gibraltar
Maj
Francis Kennedy
Amory, Miss
Quinhon
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Ankhe
Seventh Fleet
Air Force
Thailand
Theodore W. Swett Jr
Columbus
Gaffey
San Francisco
Fifth Infantry Division
Fort Carson
Colo
South Korea
White Horse Division
White Horse Vanguard
Hanoi
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Ken MacKay
Australia
Royal Australian Regiment
Westmoreland
Cam Lo River
Thua Thien
Hue
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
Haiphong