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Brigadier General Alfred Judson Force Moody (4 March 1918 – 19 March 1967) was a United States Army officer who served with SHAEF during World War II, and as the Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War.
Taylor was sent to South Vietnam in August 1967 joining D Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 1st Infantry Division, at Bien Hoa Air Base. [2]On the night of 18 June 1968, Taylor, together with his gunner CWO2 J. O. Ratliff, rescued a four-man long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) that had been surrounded by Vietcong forces near the village of Ap Go Cong, Bình Dương ...
An infantryman with 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry wearing black beret, 1976 [28] In the post-Vietnam era, morale in the US Army waned. In response, the Department of the Army released a morale–enhancing order in 1973 permitting local commanders to encourage morale-enhancing uniform distinctions.
Ferguson joined the United States Army from Phoenix, Arizona in 1958, and by January 31, 1968 was a chief warrant officer 3 in command of a UH-1 Huey as part of Company C, 227th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
Tolson served as commander of the Army Aviation Center and commandant of the Army Aviation School from March 1965 to March 1967. [4] [5] [8] [9] In the Vietnam War, Major General Tolson took command of 1st Cavalry Division in April 1967 and served in that capacity till July 14, 1968.
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the US 1st Cavalry Division. This is a list of commanders of the US 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army. [1] MG Robert L. Howze September 1921 – June 1925; BG Joseph C. Castner June 1925 – January 1926; MG Edwin B. Winans January 1926 – October 1927; BG Samuel D. Rockenbach October 1927 – November 1927
Taylor joined the United States Army from San Francisco, California, in 1956 and was commissioned as an officer in 1965. By November 8, 1967, he was serving as a first lieutenant in Troop B, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Americal Division. When his commander was wounded in action, Taylor was ordered into the combat zone to take command ...
Harry William Osborne Kinnard II (May 7, 1915 – January 5, 2009) was a senior United States Army officer who, during the Vietnam War, pioneered the airmobile concept of sending troops into battle using helicopters.