Simpson County, Col. Bruce Crandall, Commander ofCompany A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), led the first major division operation of airmobile troops into Landing Zone X-Ray. MAPSON, Betty Jivens, forty-two, daughter of Sergeant Jerry Jivens, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, killed in action at X-Ray on November 15, 1965, is married, the mother of two, and works as a secretary at the Medical Center Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. Elements of the Armys 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) entered the first major land battle of the war at landing zones X-Ray and Albany, which would turn out to be proving grounds for a whole new kind of warfare. He tells his audience this to help them understand. It was a battle between one US division and three NVA regiments. These men survived the fighting in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam from Oct 23, 1965 to Nov 1965. He joined IBM as a salesman in Austin, Texas, and spent twenty years with them, rising to the post of Midwestern regional manager. However, theres one part of We Were Soldiers thats different from what really happened: the ending. Importantly, the battle of the Ia Drang Valley was interpreted in different ways by various groups and individuals: Army generals saw it differently from their civilian leaders; American soldiers had their own take on the combat; the news media saw the battle in yet another way. Moore continues to fight, returning home to Julia after a year. KLUGE, Fred J., fifty-nine, platoon sergeant, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry in Albany, retired in 1973, as a first sergeant, after a total of twenty-two years service. Moore considered the outcome a draw. Early Ia Drang Valley 1965 KIA group - 2/8 Calavary - LZ Cavalair Early Ia Drang Valley 1965 KIA group - 2/8 Calavary - LZ Cavalair. U.S. intelligence knew that North Vietnamese regulars probably a single regiment were in the area. A Broken Arrow was declared over the radio by the Battalion Forward Air Controller, which meant that an American unit was in imminent danger of being overrun. He was discharged a sergeant, completed his college education, and is now an on-air national news correspondent for ABC Televisions Weekend News. After about a three mile march, the front of the column reached the landing zone and the 2/7 Cav commander, Lt. Col. Robert McDade, called his company commanders forward to discuss how to best array their forces in preparation for extraction. I marked off 65 names and thats when it really hit me what had happened and it just overwhelmed me. He left the Army in October 1966, and went home to his native Ohio, where he works as a carpenter. He retired a first sergeant in June 1973, with twenty years service. For Lawrence, telling the story of LZ Albany is not only a way to keep the memory of those who died alive, but also a way to educate others. MICELI, Carmen, forty-eight, rifleman, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at LZ X-Ray, completed a full tour in Vietnam and left the Army in September 1966. The Tragedy of LZ Albany: Teaching the lessons of a battle lost. Jemison works part-time as a security guard in Columbus, Georgia, and he says: Each night I go back to Vietnam to fight that same battle, over and over.. Death in the Ia Drang Valley, November 13-18, 1965 By Private 1st Class Jack P. Smith The 1st Battalion had been fighting continuously for three or four days, and I had never seen such filthy troops. God rest you, George. He shares this message with the groups he speaks to, but being able to impart some wisdom and knowledge from his experiences to Soldiers is special to him, because for him it is an opportunity to maybe bring a Soldier home safely. His twelve-year-old granddaughter recently interviewed Ray about his experiences in Vietnam and wrote a school essay she titled: My Grandfather: An American Hero.. He served another Indochina tour in 1975, planning and helping run the final American air evacuation of Vietnam from a base in Thailand. To replenish his battered forces, the North Vietnamese commander ordered the 2,000 soldiers of his reserve regiment, the 66th, forward from its staging area in Cambodia into the Ia Drang valley. On his next flight, three soldiers on his helicopter were killed and three were wounded. Ia Drang Valley, Battle of the (1965). AINSWORTH, Hank, fifty-four, who flew the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav command helicopter in the Ia Drang, retired a chief warrant officer 4 on May 30, 1977, after twenty-two years service. The men were still in an administrative maneuver, so when the word to halt came they plopped down where they were. (U.S. Army). The four day battle in the Ia Drang Valley began on the morning of November 14, 1965 when the 1st battalion of the 7th Cavalry, my sister battalion, landed in a clearing at the foot of Chu Pong Mountain. HOWARD, John, fifty-four, medical-services officer, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav in the Ia Drang, retired a lieutenant colonel in 1983, after twenty-five years service. He teaches physical and earth sciences at Venice High School, Los Angeles, California. Sandpoint, ID 83864 The largely [North Vietnamese Army] units we ran into, they were interested in staying and fighting.. He tried to crawl away and was shot again in the hip. Every night I rub a towel over all my scars and see them in the mirror. SETELIN, John, forty-eight, squad leader, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, left Vietnam with three Purple Hearts and left the Army a sergeant. The fighting continued all day and into the night. He and his wife, Nell, now are retired and living in Shoal Creek, Alabama. We lived in tents. He is partly paralyzed as a result of his terrible wound. They are stories that not only serve to maintain our connection with history, but also educate us and force us to confront the good and the bad and learn from it. He died . The fighting continued for three hours. The enemy was so close he could hear them talking and he could see them right in front of him. For the next four years he was executive vice president of the company that developed the Crested Butte, Colorado, ski area. Combat operations at Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, November 1965. They died hot, hungry and exhausted. 5 cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. After a North Vietnamese strike against the Special Forces camp at Plei Me, American forces deployed in an effort to destroy the attackers. Charlie Hastings moved back home to Tucson after retiring, and he lives there with his wife and children. LOMBARDO, Riccardo, sixty-one, Huey pilot in X-Ray and Albany and Pop Jekels good buddy, was retired on one hundred percent disability after a serious back injury in 1967, when he was thirty-six. Outnumbered when they arrive, the men are forced to fight for their lives while eliminating the 4,000-strong North Vietnamese force. One of those soldiers was Army Captain David Moore, 82nd Airborne Division, son of his old battlefield commander in X-Ray, and that homecoming gave George the greatest pleasure of all. In November, troops would take on North Vietnamese regulars for the first time in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley. He is president of the Army Relief Fund and a trustee of the Association of Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy. He is president of his own management-consulting firm and lives in Oklahoma City. He and his wife have two college-age children. Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore and his men continued on, receiving support from artillery units and air strikes, helping the American troops hold themselves against the enemy. Vince Cantu never went back to his music. He retired from the Army as a staff sergeant in 1976, and now serves in the Alabama National Guard. After LZ Albany, Thorpe requested a transfer from his company command to the division public-information office and finished his tour as an escort officer for visiting press and VIPs. This account has been disabled. (Photo Credit: US Army / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) The real life Battle of Ia Drang took place between November 14-19, 1965. "They (the PAVN) were everywhere on our right flank, even in the trees. ROLAND, William, forty-nine, rifle-squad leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at X-Ray, returned to Vietnam for a second combat tour. Please reset your password. . She received both her bachelor of arts degree in history, and her master of arts degree in history from Western University. "My gut told me, this is wrong, this isn't right, something's wrong here. His dissertation is on the LZ Albany battle. When I was down, men were running past me, swishing the elephant grass and speaking Vietnamese and executing the wounded. More than anything else in the world I would like to be back in the Green Machine, he says. To the Americans, the battle validated their new airmobile strategy using helicopters to move troops quickly into remote jungle areas often without roads and inflict heavy casualties by airpower and artillery. Fifty years ago today, one of the Vietnam war's most ferocious battles broke out in the Ia Drang Valley. A system error has occurred. Very difficult. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. BECK, Bill, forty-nine, assistant machine gunner, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav in the Ia Drang, left the Army in 1966 and went home to his native Steelton, Pennsylvania. His widow, Emma Lee, lives in Austin, Texas. He was chief of security at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia, until his death on April 18, 1992. Despite their efforts, the North Vietnamese retake the position soon after. Today he is an orchestra leader and serves in the state militia. One killed, 15 injured after clashes erupt at Afghan border again December 16, 2022. Shortly after landing, a U.S. patrol captured an unarmed North Vietnamese deserter who told them that three regiments, roughly an entire division, were hiding in the nearby mountain. 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Crandalls back was broken; he spent five months in an Army hospital recovering. Thus died one of the finest officers who fought in the Ia Drang. The group is devoted to bringing together the families and friends of men killed in Vietnam. He and his wife and their four Saint Bernard dogs live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. And it all began early one fall day. A wounded soldier of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, is attended to by fellow comrades during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. TOWLES, Robert, forty-seven, rifleman, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, spent five months in Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania, recovering from twenty-eight shrapnel wounds he received at LZ Albany. Gwin left the Army at the end of his ROTC commitment and went home to his native Boston, where he teaches and writes. Rozanski returned to the Ia Drang five times on various intelligence missions and described the place as a cemetery. He was retired, disabled, as a major in the mid-1970s. Meyer and his wife, Carol, live in Arlington, Virginia. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1985; on November 26, 1987, he was killed in the crash of a private plane in Bakersfield, California. Setelin is president of the Major General George W. Casey chapter of the 1st Cavalry Division Association and a member of the national associations board of trustees. On his chest he wore the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and five Purple Hearts. I ripped off his shirt and there it was: a groove to the right of his spine. Lt. Col. Hal Moores 1stBattalion, 7thCalvary wasordered to take on an air assaultin the Ia Drang Valley. Although he was a civilian, Galloway was awarded the Bronze Star medal for helping to rescue wounded soldiers during the battle. I thought to myself. The men, women, and children of this story are Americas neighbors, living quiet lives in every corner of the nation they served. After the Ia Drang, Nye finished his tour with the 8th Engineers and the 1st Cav and volunteered for three more tours in combat with the 5th Special Forces Group. He returned to active duty in July 1966, and served a second tour in Vietnam as an adviser in Long Binh district. He and his wife, Theresa, live on a farm in northern Virginia with their sons Lee, fifteen, and Joshua, twelve. For the last twenty-one years he has been in the tire business. Each option, he warned, had a good chance of leading to a stalemate. The North Vietnamese Army starts with the most flags but to combat this the 7th Cavalry Regiment has superior airpower meaning that the USA can quickly insert and extract players into and out of flags. Moore and his 450-man 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, flew into Landing Zone X-Ray at the base of the Chu Pong Mountain west of Plei Me and miles from the Cambodian border. The bulk of the fighting was centered around two vital helicopter landing zones: LZ X-Ray and Albany. He moved back to his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. Five years ago he attended a reunion of Alpha Company veterans of LZ Albany. The real life Battle of Ia Drang took place between November 14-19, 1965. He was director of training development at Fort Benning when he retired as a colonel in 1983. Lawrence, even in his paralyzed state, was able to give some direction to his company. He knew he had to get out of the clearing, so he started pulling himself along the ground using only his arms, when someone grabbed him and dragged him the rest of the way into the trees. The problem was it had to be applied by a country that was much more willing for it to be applied for the long haul. He lives in Falls, Pennsylvania. Moore and his battalion were evacuated the next day, Nov. 17. U.S. airpower lifted the siege and drove back the North Vietnamese. Charlie Company took the brunt of the assault. The Ia Drang Valley is the place the U.S. really went to warfare. He retired from the Army as a master sergeant and, in 1988, became the pastor of a church in Fort Mitchell, Alabama. The Battle that changed the war in vietnam Overview A Vietnamese military maxim states: He who controls the Central Highlands controls South Vietnam. He lives in Columbus, Georgia, and is a serious collector of firearms and active in a local shooting club. The battle of Ia Drang was an engagement of the Vietnam War. He completed 22 flights: Rescuing Wounded in Ia Drang Valley from 2015: https://vvmf.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/he-spent-14-hours-in-the-air-rescuing-wounded-in-the-ia-drang-valley/, Stars and Stripes Article: https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/vietnam-stories/1965/ia-drang-valley-where-the-us-truly-went-to-war-1.376662, Larry Gwin | VVMF: https://youtu.be/_PDBgEu4cx4, Jon Wallenius | VVMF: https://youtu.be/Qb9a1L4rc2g, Bruce Crandall | VVMF: https://youtu.be/SSNTph4QQ2g, Joe Galloway | VVMF: https://youtu.be/N6XXcDATAgE, Faces Never Forgotten with Joe Galloway: https://www.facebook.com/VietnamVeteransMemorialFund/videos/2239219906358006/, National Geographic Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyBazkpUFQ, 1965 CBS Special News Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1rzDNcFmE, AARP Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKtWX9TDFYc, Military.com In Depth Look: https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/vietnam-war/the-battle-of-la-drang/2071462322001, Medal of Honor Recipient Bruce Crandall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIAEcZ29aG4, Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdDYNI7V0co, Medal of Honor Recipient Walter Marm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7-U0FBiYUU, Docs Teach (National Archives): https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/battle-la-drang-valley, PBS Clip (Plei Me and la Drang): https://whut.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/c27a31b7-14fc-4c5f-804e-168fbb24f5ed/plei-mei-and-the-ia-drang-valley-clip-the-vietnam-war/, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund | 3033 Wilson Blvd, Suite 300 | Arlington VA 22201 | 202.393.0090 Many did a second tour and others left the service and returned home to their families. 311 memorials RUDEL, Karen Metsker, twenty-eight, daughter of Captain Thomas Metsker, intelligence officer, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in Landing Zone X-Ray, killed in action November 14, 1965, lives in the Boston suburbs with her husband, Scott. When he retired, Howard moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he works as a consultant in emergency-management planning. He went home to Murphysboro, Illinois. He retired in August 1990, and now lives in Peekskill, New York. ROBINSON, Edward Charles, fifty-five, Huey pilot at LZ X-Ray, served a second combat tour in Vietnam. Search above to list available cemeteries. The majority of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, under the command of Lt. Col. Robert McDade, didnt enter the fight until X-Ray had already been relieved by Moore. (Tony), fifty-six, commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, later earned a masters degree in psychology and taught at West Point and at the Army War College. On February 26, 2007, President George W. Bush presented Crandall with the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Ia Drang Valley. Battle of Ia Drang American troops in the Ia Drang Valley, November 1965. In the end, 79 Americans had been killed, and 121 men were wounded. GEOGHEGAN, Camille, twenty-seven, daughter of Lieutenant John Lance (Jack) Geoghegan, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav, killed in action November 15, 1965, is a human resources specialist at a company in McLean, Virginia. They were promoted to first lieutenants at the same time and both became executive officers on the same day, Lawrence with Delta Company and Cornett with Charlie. They and their buddies fought off hundreds of North Vietnamese with the help of artillery. Scott says: On the boat going to Vietnam I bet Plumley a case of beer I would be wounded first, and that I would be home for Christmas. It is republished unedited in its original form. These additional troops pushed back the enemy, allowing the others to evacuate the wounded. Companies C and D took the brunt of the Communist attack, and most of the men were quickly hit. In the fall of 1965 the Vietnam War was an event most Americans saw as a series of smaller battles leaving little to remember. JOHNS, Barbara Geoghegan, fifty, widow of Lieutenant John Lance (Jack) Geoghegan of the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, killed in action in X-Ray, married Lieutenant Colonel John Johns in 1969. 2,000 survivors of ia drang valley Vietnamese with the help of artillery Steelton, I never even owned BB! For the next agonizing 26 hours, that small band of Americans was trapped by a ring of hundreds of enemy fighters determined to kill them all. No one pulled security. The plane hit several tombstones and flipped over. Absent was an effective plan for winning over the civilian population caught in the crossfire, said James Willbanks, a Vietnam veteran who is the director of the Department of Military History at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Assigned to intelligence duty in Europe in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Adams earned a bachelors degree from the University of Austria in Vienna, a masters degree in history at the University in Innsbruck, and a doctorate of psychology from Munich Universityall under an assumed name. Among the survivors of the ambush was 1st Lt. Rick Rescorla, a platoon leader who died Sept. 11, 2001, rescuing people from the World Trade Centers south tower until it crashed around him. Among the many survivors of the ambush was 1st Lt. Rick Rescorla, a platoon chief who died Sept. 11, 2001, rescuing individuals from the World Commerce Heart's south tower till it crashed round him. ROZANSKI, Gordon P. (Rosie), fifty-four, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry S-4 in the Ia Drang, was wounded in both arms, both legs, and the stomach in the Bong Son campaign in early 1966. WALLACE, Bruce M. Jr., sixty-one, Air Force A-IE Skyraider pilot over the Ia Drang, served two more tours in Vietnam and retired a colonel in 1976. Enlisted men may scoff at officers back in the billets but when the fighting begins, the men automatically become dependent upon them. TIFFT, Richard P., Pathfinder team leader in LZ X-Ray, later served as commander of the Golden Knights, the Armys parachute team. He retired a colonel in 1983. Moore commanded the 7th Infantry Division in Korea, was commanding general at Fort Ord, California, and then was the Armys deputy Chief of Staff for personnel. Pujals recently closed his law practice. A North Vietnamese map, captured in 1966, accurately depicts enemy maneuvers and attacks during the Ia Drang campaign. The fighting continued all day and into the night with the enemy relentlessly making assault after assault. The "Lost Platoon," led by Lt. Henry T. Herrick, became separated from the rest of Lt. Col. Harold G. "Hal" Moore's battalion at the start of the battle of Ia Drang on Nov. 14, 1965. PARKER, Neal G., a Naval Academy graduate who transferred to the U.S. Army and was a Huey pilot in Bravo Company 229th in the Ia Drang, retired a colonel after thirty years service. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Crandall and Freeman successfully rescued some 70 wounded men. She and her husband live in Annandale, Virginia. The U.S. unit was moving through the jungle in a long column when the 8th battalion of the North Vietnamese 66th Regiment sprang in to a massive ambush. LUND, Bill, fifty, who was Myron Diduryks artillery forward observer in LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany, left Vietnam in March 1966, upon completion of his two-year reserve officer obligation. Easy. One of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War, the 14-16 November 1965 battle in the Ia Drang Valley in South Vietnam's central highlands between the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and the 33rd and 66th Regiments of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) marked a watershed change in the military strategies of both sides. Now I felt terribly alone. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. They have three children, daughters Abigail and Alison and a son, Thomas Alexander. Cash served a second tour in Vietnam as an adviser to the Royal Thai Army forces. He and his wife live in Phoenix, Arizona. The living, wounded and dead of the first and second battalions of the US 7th Cavalry were flown back to their bases, given fresh food and clothes, and reformed for another day of fighting. This battle took place from 11-14-1965, thru 11-18-1965. Her mother, who never remarried, died in 1986. Lawrence dropped to the ground to take cover in the tall elephant grass and began to return fire like any other rifleman. USA, Fort Benning, Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. North Vietnamese forces had higher casualty rates, due to the U.S. airstrike and artillery support. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. 2023 Stars and Stripes. He and his wife, Louise, live in San Antonio, Texas, and Brown plays a round of golf most days. You've got to be in command and as I was on the way up, with my helmet strapped on, a North Vietnamese soldier in a tree put two bullet holes right through my helmet.". President Johnson Jeanie Hunter in Oskaloosa, Ia on November 24, 1984 and she survives bikinis. He is the perennial master of ceremonies at the Ia Drang dinners; he claims he is the only one of the brothers who can get through an entire sentence without using the f-word. BUNGUM, Galen, forty-nine, rifleman in Lieutenant Henry Herricks Lost Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav, left the Army in April 1966 and went home to Hayfield, Minnesota. Galen Bungum, 72, was a soldier in the Vietnam War and fought in the first major battle of the war, the battle of Ia Drang, on November 14, 1965. CRANDALL, Bruce, fifty-nine, who commanded the helicopters in the Ia Drang Valley, returned to Vietnam for a second tour in 1967. Moore lectures at military academies and at several colleges and universities. In the last operation, his shattered left knee joint was removed and the leg bones fused, leaving his left leg frozen straight and two inches shorter than his right leg. Poley, a bachelor, lives alone on his farm outside Ackley, Iowa, and in a 1990 letter explained himself far better than we could: Some might ask why havent I forgotten about Vietnam after all these years. When I go to the wall, I see Don Cornett's name 58,000 times.'. Although it was left out of We Were Soldiers, Albany was no less bloody than X-Ray. He remained with the medical platoon in Vietnam until July 1966. The Battle of Ia Drang Still Matters - War Is Boring. SMITH, Jack P., forty-seven, returned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry after his wounds healed, and completed his tour. (U.S. Army). When the last of his old friends in the 1st Cavalry and the U.S. Marines rotated home, Galloway also left, vowing never to return. BARTHOLOMEW, Roger J. Some of them had blood on their faces from scratches and from other guys' wounds. "The next morning we were told the B-52s out of Guam were going to bomb the mountains and that we were to move to LZ Albany," Jim said. Joseph Galloway was a civilian reporter at the Battle of Ia Drang. RIDDLE, Bill, fifty-two, artillery forward observer with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, completed his Army service in the summer of 1966. 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