Operation Long Reach, which was the Chu Pong . For around 30 minutes B Company fought off the PAVN advance with a combination of small arms and Lund's skilled organization of artillery strikes. [15] : 96 The U.S. command saw this as an ideal area to test new air mobility tactics. Pleiku Campaign - Wikipedia Myron Diduryk's Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, veterans of the fight at LZ X-Ray, got the word that they would be deployed in the battalion's relief. There was also a smaller perimeter at the rear of the column about 500700 yards due south: Capt. Westmoreland responded with the 1st Air Cavalry Division (Air Mobile). The two captured PAVN soldiers were policed up about 100 yards from the southwestern edge of the Albany clearing, the report of which reached division forward at Pleiku at 11:57. At 18:50, II Corps Commanding General concurred with the Arc Light request. At the time the U.S. did not have diplomatic relations with Vietnam. [3]:341343 Lt. Rick Rescorla, the sole remaining platoon leader in Bravo Company, led the reinforcements into the Albany perimeter, which was expanded to provide better security. Forrest had run a gauntlet all the way from the conference called by McDade back to his company when the PAVN mortar rounds started coming in. [3]:339,340. PAVN troops in the area consisted of elements the 8th Battalion, 66th Regiment, 1st Battalion, 33rd Regiment and the headquarters of the 3rd Battalion, 33rd Regiment. It was 13:15. [46] The 8th Battalion was led by L Xun Phi. Making use of four artillery batteries, Lund organized fire into separate concentrations along the battlefield with devastating consequences for the waves of advancing PAVN. Palmer and Robert Stokes were also dead, leaving Sgt. By this point, eight men of the platoon had been killed and 13 wounded. Eleven additional battle streamers would be added to the 4th Infantry Division colors as the Ivy soldiers fought in places such as the Ia . 1st and 2nd platoons suffered significant casualties in this assault, including Lts. As the Americans rested in the tall grass, PAVN soldiers were coming toward them by the hundreds. "[3] Both Westmoreland and An thought this battle to be a success. He vehemently objected to the order and was allowed to remain with his battalion until its withdrawal planned for the next morning. At 18:25, orders were received to secure into a two-company perimeter for the night. Jarhead03 2,171 4 Sep 21, 2011 #2 Sep 21, 2011 #3 Sep 21, 2011 #4 Guest Shortly after, Alpha and Bravo Companies began their advance from the creek bed toward 2nd Platoon, B Company and soon suffered casualties. [15]:124, As the PAVN attack on Alpha Company diminished, Moore organized another effort to rescue 2nd Platoon, B Company. [48] Her complaints about the notifications prompted the Army to quickly set up two-man teams to deliver them, consisting of an officer and a chaplain. [dubious discuss], Given the tempo of combat at LZ X-Ray and the losses being suffered, other units of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) planned to land nearby and then move overland to X-Ray. [43] At 14:55, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry under Capt. At one point, B Company's advance was halted by a firmly entrenched PAVN machine-gun position at a large termite hill. Alpha Company had been in the LZ about five minutes and about then, small arms fire began. Battle of Ph Lc - Wikipedia [3]:300305, All the while the noise of battle could be heard in the woods as the other companies fought. 108.0144 or 108 0' 52" east. 2nd Platoon was technically under the command of SFC Mac McHenry, but he was positioned elsewhere on the perimeter. He wanted to withdraw the units but Westmoreland demanded that the 2/7 and 2/5 stay at X-Ray to avoid the appearance of a retreat. The risky trip which took a year to arrange was part of an award-winning ABC News documentary, They Were Young and Brave produced by Terence Wrong. At 12:05, Lt. Col Tully's 2/5 troopers had arrived at the LZ. Carl Palmer, ordered the signals codes to be destroyed and artillery support to be called in. Randall Wallace depicted the battle at LZ X-Ray in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper as Moore and Galloway, respectively. [6] One USAF A-1E Skyraider was hit by automatic weapons and crashed, killing the pilot. [65][15]:145,150, According to ARVN, they lost 132 killed, 248 wounded, and 18 missing[68], Four American helicopters were shot down and 55 damaged. [15]:120, Knowles called Kinnard to report that the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry had engaged the enemy and requested an additional battalion the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry to counter the PAVN 7th and 9th Battalions. [32], At 06:00 J3/MACV notified 1st Air Cavalry that the time over target of the B-52 strike was set for 16:00. The new tactics had been developed in the U.S. by the 11th Air Assault Division (Test), which was renamed as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). According to History.com: February 10, 1965: "Viet Cong guerrillas blow up the U.S. barracks at Qui Nhon, 75 miles east of Pleiku on the central coast, with a 100-pound explosive charge under the building. Although many decorations have been awarded to veterans of the Battle of Ia Drang, in his book We Were Soldiers OnceAnd Young, Lt. Gen. Harold Moore writes: We had problems on the awards Too many men had died bravely and heroically, while the men who had witnessed their deeds had also been killed Acts of valor that, on other fields, on other days, would have been rewarded with the Medal of Honor or Distinguished Service Cross or a Silver Star were recognized only with a telegram saying,"The Secretary of the Army regrets" The same was true of our sister battalion, the 2nd of the 7th. Moore's wife, Julia Compton Moore, followed in the wake of the deliveries to widows in the Fort Benning housing complex, grieving with the wives and comforting the children and attended the funerals of all the men killed under her husband's command who were buried at Fort Benning. At around 16:00, Capt. The U.S. claim of 403 PAVN battle dead at Landing Zone Albany seems an overestimate. There were several clearings in the area that had been designated as possible helicopter landing zones, typically named for a letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet. Edwards was seriously wounded and Lt. John Arrington assumed command of the company and was himself wounded while receiving instructions from Edwards. Since the heavy weapons of a normal combined-arms force could not follow, the infantry would be supported by coordinated close air support, artillery and aerial rocket fire, arranged from a distance and directed by local observers. According to the assessment of ARVN Gen. Nguyen Vinh Loc, at the LZ X-Ray battle, the PAVN did not have anti-aircraft weapons and heavy mortars and had to resort to "human wave" tactics: "The enemy has lost nearly all their heavy crew-served weapons during the first phase Their tactics relied mostly on the 'human waves. [3]:293295 PAVN forces first struck at the head of 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry's column and rapidly spread down the right or east side of the column in an L-shaped ambush. [38], At 10:30 General DePuy, J3/MACV called Colonel Barrow to make sure that the B-52 had been cleared with General Vnh Lc, Commander General II Corps and if the elements of 1st Cavalry had received the time on target 16:00 hours restriction and would comply. Pleiku 1968 - Vietnam Veterans - Tapatalk In the center of the LZ was a large termite hill that was to become Moore's command post. At approximately the same time, A Company and the lead elements of D Company (which had accompanied Alpha Company at the perimeter in the vicinity of the creek bed) were subjected to a fierce PAVN attack. The Americans at Albany then settled down for the night. During 1965, large groups of PAVN regulars moved into the area to conduct offensive operations. On the top of the hill one is presented . As Friday, November 18, dawned on the battlefield, U.S. soldiers began to gather up their dead comrades. The main relief force, advancing south from Pleiku on route 6C, was duly ambushed at 18:00 the next day. [15]:1201, Under Savage's leadership, and with the extraordinary care of the 2nd Platoon's medic Charlie Lose, the platoon held the knoll for the duration of the battle at X-Ray. [57] On November 26, with no further contact, the ARVN withdrew from the area. [40], At 09:00, 1st Air Cavalry TOC submitted an Arc Light request to J3/MACV for 13:00 on 18 November. Their advance was quickly stopped by Lt. Walter "Joe" Marm's 2nd Platoon, A Company, situated on B Company's left flank. On January 5, 1967, Viet-Cong forces attacked the perimeter and overran the South Vietnamese army outpost. Some had their guns slung and were charging bare-handed. A Fight to Remember: The 4th Infantry Division at Dak To - HistoryNet On Charlie Company's broken lines, PAVN troops walked the lines for several minutes, killing wounded Americans and stripping their bodies of weapons and other items. Battle of Pleiku - Oxford Reference [15]:1356, An hour and 10 minutes after the PAVN recon soldiers were captured, Alpha Company and McDade's command group had reached the Albany clearing. It was during this lift that one Huey, having approached the landing zone too high, crash-landed on the outskirts of the perimeter near the command post (those on board were quickly rescued by the battalion). George Forrest's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry. Edwards (C Company) ordered SSgt. [45], The first indication of PAVN presence was observed by the reconnaissance platoon's point squad, leading the American column. Six PAVN were captured. They were briefed by Lt. Col. Moore about the battle at LZ X-Ray. [26] The vast majority of casualties inflicted on US forces was through small-arms and light-mortar fire, with Moore noting the PAVN's accurate shooting, well-placed ambushes and coordinated targeting of officers had overwhelmed U.S. positions in small-unit tactics[64] On the other hand, US forces had emerged from the battle by inflicting casualties through B-52 strikes, aerial rockets and artillery and relying on overwhelming firepower. Moore later credited the two gun teams with preventing the PAVN from rolling up Alpha Company and driving a wedge into the battalion between Alpha and Charlie Companies. By nightfall, the battle had taken a heavy toll on Moore's battalion (1/7): B company had taken 47 casualties (including one officer) and A Company had taken 34 casualties (including three officers); C company had taken four casualties. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) General William C. Westmoreland had secured the commitment of upward of 300,000 U.S. regulars from President Lyndon B. Johnson and a build-up of forces took place in the summer of 1965. Aerial fire support was then called in on the PAVN at close range including those along Charlie Company's lines. Moore had ordered Captain Nadal (A Company) to lend B Company one of his platoons, in an effort to allow Herren (B Company) to attempt to fight through to Herrick's (2nd Platoon, B Company) position. The platoon's troopers were told to drop their packs and move forward for the assault. The battle at LZ Albany cost the United States Army 155 men killed or missing and 124 wounded. Ernie Savage. Simultaneously, about 10 yards away, his platoon sergeant captured a second PAVN soldier. Five minutes later, Herren ordered his 1st Platoon under Lt. Al Devney and 2nd Platoon under Lt. Henry Herrick to advance abreast of each other and the 3rd Platoon (under Lt. Dennis Deal) to follow as a reserve unit. Phi was the only high-ranking officer on either side killed in action during the battle at LZ Albany. [31], At 09:10, the first elements of Alpha Company (2/7), under Capt. A total of 23 U.S. personnel were killed, as well as two Viet Cong. Dak To 1967. Camp Holloway was a helicopter facility constructed by the United States Army near Pleiku in 1962. Having taken increasing casualties, 1st Brigade was relieved by 3rd Brigade, the handover being completed over the period November 712. He lowered the original body count figure of 834 submitted by his men to 634, considering the former number too high. Pleiku Map - Central Highlands, Vietnam - Mapcarta Lt. Col. Bob Tully, commanding the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, went to LZ Columbus about 4km (2mi) to the northeast, and Lt. Col. Robert McDade, commanding the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, went to LZ Albany about 4km (2mi) to the north-northeast, close to the Ia Drang. [15]:99103[19], At the end of October, after the siege of Plei Me was lifted, General Westmoreland ordered General Harry Kinnard to take his division on to the offensive and seize the initiative in Pleiku province. At almost 06:30 the PAVN launched a fourth attack on Diduryk's men this time in the vicinity of B Company's command post. Tet Offensive: 1968, Definition & Date - HISTORY Pleiku AB about Feb 1968. The Americans exercised some level of restraint in their response. Shortly after 05:00 a third attack was launched against B Company, which was repelled by Lt. James Lane's platoon within 30 minutes. Their fire began to cut through Charlie Company's positions and into the command post and the American lines across the LZ. [15]:145 Weapons captured included 112 rifles, 33 light machine-guns, three heavy machine-guns, two rocket launchers and four mortars. The surviving PAVN made their way back to the creek bed, where they were cut down by fire from the rest of A Company. Savage's "lost platoon" survived the night without taking additional casualties. Upset that Taft's body had been left on the battlefield, Nadal (A Company commander) and his radio operator, Sgt. PAVN histories claim the United States suffered 1,500 to 1,700 casualties during the Ia Drang Campaign. [4] Air Cavalry units at the scene reported seeing three .50 caliber machine gun positions firing at the aircraft that were directly in path of strike. New York: St. Martin's Press, page 219, Merle L. Pribbenow Military Review JanuaryFebruary 2001, Pribblenow, The Fog of War, footnote 53 citing, McChristian, page 41; Vinh Loc, pages 97, 111, "Joseph L. Galloway Biography", We Were Soldiers, Open Road Integrated Media, "Vietnam War Battle of Ia Drang (1965)", "Cng tc hu cn trong Chin dch Plyme nm 1965", "Colonel Hieu and LTC Hal Moore re: LZ X-Ray After Action Report (m)", Military and the Media Speech Prepared for delivery Oct. 22, 1996, at the Air War College Commandant's Lecture Series, http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=22030101001, "generalhieu.com-generalhieu Resources and Information", "Vietnam story: The word was the Ia Drang would be a walk. Major General William R. Peers and General Charles P. stone in a jeep as they troop the line. Lt. Devney's 1st Platoon led approximately 100 yards (91m) west of the creek bed, with Herrick's 2nd Platoon to his rear and right flank. Pleiku Air Base is a former air force base in Vietnam. At about 10:00, some 800 yards (730m) to the east of the LZ, Alpha Company (2/7) received some light fire and had to set up a combat front. The NVA poured thousands of troops into an area where the borders of Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam meet. A one-helicopter landing zone was secured and the wounded were evacuated. "[3]:133, Delta Company's troopers also experienced heavy losses in repelling the PAVN assault and Captain Lefebvre was wounded soon after arriving at LZ X-Ray. Galloway later described Ia Drang as "the battle that convinced Ho Chi Minh he could win". A decisive factor in this stand, in addition to rifle and machine gun fire from B Company's lines, was the skilled placement of artillery strikes by Diduryk's forward observer, Lt. Bill Lund. [69], The U.S. Army had not set up casualty-notification teams this early in the war. Charlie and Alpha companies lost 70 men in the first few minutes. [52] After the battle, Westmoreland instructed his J2 and J3 Chiefs to gain more improvements and "to bring a B-52 strike down within seven hours after acquiring suitable intelligence". 2nd Platoon, B Company had survived but at great cost; out of the 29 men, 9 were KIA and 13 WIA. After the two were carried to the battalion's collection point at Moore's command post to await evacuation by air, Spec. Col. Brown selected Lt. Col. Moore and his men for the mission, with the explicit orders not to attempt to scale the mountain. 1st Cavalry Division History - Vietnam War, 1965 - 1972 United States 4th Infantry Division change of Command ceremony at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Pleiku, Vietnamese Play Ku, city, central Vietnam, located in the central highlands. The radios for air or artillery support were with the company commanders. The small contingent of D Company took up position on A Company's left flank. Sugdinis's forces reinforced the survivors of Charlie Company (1/7). "[3]:369 While securing the battlefield, Rescorla recovered a large, battered, old French army bugle from a dying PAVN soldier. [33], Using a plan devised by Moore, Tully (2/5) commanded B/1/7, A/2/5, and C/2/5 in a third major effort to relieve the lost B Company platoon of 1/7 under Sgt. Pleiku, The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam. One of his platoon leaders, Lt. Raul Taboada, was also severely wounded, and Lefebvre passed command of D Company to SSgt. Capt. [15]:1289, As the battle along the southern line intensified, Lt. Charlie W. Hastings (U.S. Air Force liaison forward air controller) was instructed by Moore (based on criteria established by the Air Force) to transmit the code phrase "Broken Arrow", which relayed that an American combat unit was in danger of being overrun. Under the light of a bright moon, the PAVN probed every company on the perimeter (with the exception of D/1/7) in small squad-sized units. The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and attached units, distinguished themselves by outstanding performance of duty and extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy in the Republic of Vietnam during the period 23 October 1965 to 26 November 1965. C Company's commander, Capt. I killed all three of them 15 feet away. I didn't run out of ammo had about thirty magazines in my pack. Making use of fire support, the relief force slowly made its way to the knoll without encountering PAVN. George Gonzales (who, unknown to Lefebvre, had also been wounded). The assault at LZ X-Ray began before noon on 14 November. Herrick replied that there was a large enemy force between his men and 1st Platoon. Pleiku is a city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and the capital of the province Gia Lai. [40] Around 20:25, DePuy finalized the plan to have B-52 bombers strike the LZ X-Ray the next day by noon. [62] Furthermore, they include PAVN troop casualties caused by the 5-day Arc Light airstrike that the PAVN and U.S. sides fail to take into account. The plan was to attack the camp with the 33rd Regiment while the 32nd Regiment would lie in wait to ambush the ARVN relief force that would inevitably be sent from Pleiku. C Company, assembled along the south and southwest in full strength, was met within minutes by a head-on assault. "[33], At 16:30, Brigadier General Knowles, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Forward CP Commander, landed at the LZ X-Ray to announce the withdrawal of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry set for the next day. My area was where Lt. Geoghegan's platoon (2nd Platoon, C Company) had been. The main body departed Fort Gordon, GA, on 27 September 1965 by troop train bound for . On 15 June 1972, Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z, operating a Convair 880 (VR-HFZ) from Bangkok to Hong Kong, disintegrated and crashed while the aircraft was flying at 29,000 feet (8,800 m) over Pleiku, Vietnam after a bomb exploded in a suitcase placed under a seat in the cabin, killing all 81 people on board. PAVN soldiers contested their advance and the Americans came under fire from a wood line. Lorenzo Nathan, a Korean War veteran, took command of 3rd Platoon which was able to halt the PAVN advance down the creek bed. They then flew to the 3rd Air Cavalry Brigade commanded by Col. Brown who gave them a briefing and they flew over the operation area. Sgts. Buse Tully began marching from LZ Columbus to the rear of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry column that was about 2 miles (3.2km) away. Battalion SgtMaj. After a two-hour battle the ambushing forces were beaten off, but the ARVN, discouraged from moving any further, set up a defensive position, and did not reach the camp at Plei Me until dusk on the 25th. An intense firefight quickly erupted in the clearing; during the first three or four minutes his platoon inflicted heavy losses on the PAVN who streamed out of the trees, while his men did not take any casualties. On September 15, 1944, U.S. Marines fighting in World War II (1939-45) landed on Peleliu, one of the Palau Islands of the western Pacific. Herrick expressed concerns that he might become cut off from the battalion if he tried to skirt the clearing and therefore would be leading his men through it in pursuit of the enemy. Pocket Reddit Vietnam War map from Newsweek - January 1, 1968 I Corps Also known as "Eye Corps," this encompasses the five northernmost provinces in South Vietnam, along with two major cities Hue and Da Nang. [15]:104 Initial operations were conducted by 1st Brigade, and on November 1 they captured a PAVN aid station south west of Plei Me. Download printable copy of the article In November 1967, North Vietnamese Army ( NVA) units were determined to rid the Central Highlands of American forces. Thus, the enemy will be caught in a dilemma: He has to drag out the war in order to win it and does not possess, on the other hand, the psychological and political means to fight a long-drawn-out war." The reconnaissance platoon and 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, provided initial defense at the position. Dak To 1967: '33 Days of Violent, Sustained Combat' The Pleiku Campaign took place from 23 October to 26 November 1965. From Lt. Marm's (2nd Platoon, A Company) new position, his men killed some 80 PAVN troops with close range machine gun, rifle, and grenade assault. Each lift would take about 30 minutes. [15]:99 The initial attack was repulsed with the help of strong air support, and a small relief force reinforced the camp on the morning of the 22nd. A firefight broke out, and the patrols quickly withdrew to the perimeter. There were two troopers one black, one Hispanic linked tight together. Shortly after, an estimated 200-plus PAVN troops charged 1st and 2nd Platoons of C Company on the south side of the perimeter. [49], At 12:00, B-52s struck the areas further up north of LZ Albany and a battle damage assessment (BDA) was conducted by elements of the Cavalry in the afternoon. Payne jumped on the soldier and took him prisoner. Invasion of Laos 1971. Covering the critical left flank were two of A Company's machine gun crews positioned 75 yards (70m) southwest of the company's main position. Central Highlands 1965-1971, 1975. The prisoner revealed that there were three PAVN battalions on the Chu Pong Mountain an estimated 1,600 troops compared to fewer than 200 American soldiers on the ground at that point. Geoghegan was killed while attempting to rescue one of his wounded men, Pfc. Presidential Unit Citation | 1st Cavalry Division Association Delta Company, which was next in the column following Alpha Company, was holding in place; so was Charlie Company, which was next in line. Savage, suffered three sizable assaults of the night (one just before midnight, one at 03:15, and one at 04:30). As word of the capture reached him, McDade ordered a halt as he went forward from the rear of the column to interrogate the prisoners personally. Had the PAVN forces circled around to the north of the U.S. positions prior to this point, they would have found their approach unhindered. Rivera were severely wounded in the attack. [15]:124, Capt. And no problems with the M16. As the outcome of the entire campaign, the ARVN claimed that the PAVN were unable to achieve their objectives of overrunning the camp and destroying the relief column at Plei Me, which is confirmed in the B3 Front commander's account,[28] as well as that the entire B3 Field Force strength had been wiped out and the survivors pushed over the Cambodian border. On 26 September 1944, five officers and 42 enlisted men of the 15th FA BN were presented Bronze Star Medals by the Division Commander for their actions since D Day +1. [15]:150, In the late 1940s, Gen. V Nguyn Gip wrote about the Vit Minh war against the French: "The enemy will pass slowly from the offensive to the defensive. Myron Diduryk to place two of his platoons between B/1/7 and D/1/7 on the northeast side of the perimeter. The American column was halted in unprepared, open terrain and strung out in 550-yard (500m) line of march. Moore selected: Artillery support would be provided from fire support base "FSB Falcon", about 8km (5mi) to the northeast of X-Ray at 133722N 1074551E / 13.62278N 107.76417E / 13.62278; 107.76417 (FB Falcon). By 15:00 the attack had been stopped, and one hour after launching the assault the PAVN forces withdrew. The expanded force at X-Ray, consisting of Moore's weakened 1/7, two companies of the 2/7, and Tully's 2/5, consolidated at X-Ray for the night. With Delta Company's weapons teams on the ground, its mortar units were concentrated with the rest of the battalion's in a single station to support Alpha and Bravo Companies. Pleiku departure; 50 years later, veterans recall memories Vietnam War: The Early Years through rare photographs, 1965-1967 Taft's (3rd Platoon, A Company) dog tags were discovered on the body of a PAVN soldier who had been killed by Taft's platoon. It lies in a mountainous region inhabited mainly by Bahnar and Jarai peoples, sometimes referred to as Montagnards (French: "Mountain . The Battle of Hue Impact of the Tet Offensive Antiwar Movement Grows Sources The Tet Offensive of 1968 was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and. In preparation for a defensive position to last the night, Moore ordered Bravo Company's commander Capt. They planned to resume the advance at daybreak. It was established by the South Vietnamese Air Force (SVNAF) in 1962 at an undeveloped airstrip, and was used by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War in the II Corps Tactical Zone of South Vietnam. There were several dead NVA around his platoon command post. Ia Drang comprised two main engagements, centered on two helicopter landing zones (LZs), the first known as LZ X-Ray, followed by LZ Albany, farther north in the Ia Drang Valley. The fire was so heavy that if you tried to raise up to dig you were dead. II Corps Command named it Pleime Campaign, with a slightly different starting date of 20 October instead of 23 consisted of three operations: Operation Dn Thng 21(20 to 26 October 1965), the first Pleime preparatory phase, was the relief operation of the besieged Pleime camp. A few minutes later, Pleiku-based aircraft were blasting the target area, and two strikes were made on the valley floor to the northwest, near the suspected location of the enemy battalion. [3]:292,293 Most of the units had flank security posted, but the men were worn out from almost 60 hours without sleep and four hours of marching. Most of this was uneventful until they were approaching X-Ray. ARVN's II Corps Command recapitulates the losses of the PAVN from 18 October to 26 November as follows:[60] KIA (body count) 4,254, KIA (estimated) 2,270, WIA 1293, captured 179, weapons (crew served) 169, (individual) 1,027. D Company's reconnaissance platoon (commanded by Lieutenant James Rackstraw) was positioned along the north and east of the landing zone, establishing a 360-degree perimeter over X-Ray. We did. [27], At 10:48, the first troops of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry (1/7) arrived at LZ X-Ray with members of B Company touching down after about 30 minutes of bombardment via artillery, aerial rockets and air strikes. Before leaving Pleiku, they also had a meeting with General Vinh Loc, II Corps Commander and General Larsen, IFFV Commander who were involved in the battle at corps level. By 10:00, the PAVN had begun to withdraw from the battle, although sporadic fire still continued to harass the Americans. Chapter 1: Fight at Ia Drang - U.S. Army Center of Military History At 14:30, the last troops of C Company (1/7) arrived, along with the lead elements of D Company (1/7) under Capt. During August and September of 1965, the battalion received new vehicles, equipment, and filler personnel. Alpha Company came upon some grass huts, which they were directed to burn. Siege of Plei Me | Military Wiki | Fandom At 11:38, Tully's men of 2/5, were logged into its objective, LZ Columbus. Tully's men moved out at 09:00; McDade's followed 10 minutes later.

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