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New First Team 1st Cavalry Division
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keywords: First Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Viet Cong, Airmobile, Helicopters
Synopsis: Documenting the history of the First Cavalry Division from it's inception as a fast moving horse cavalry unit to its transition to motorized transportation in WWII and the Korean War to becoming the first to employ the Airmobile concept of helicopters...(read more)
- Date: 1940's-1960's
- Duration: 00:28:29
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Color
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Europe, Korea, Vietnam
New First Team - 1st Cavalry Division
1st Cavalry Division WWII:
Shows 1st Cavalry Division, (The First Team) training as an infantry division near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1943 (WWII). Brief scenes of the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division in combat in New Guinea, Los Negros, and battle of the Philippines in 1944.
1st Cavalry Division Occupation of Tokyo:
Brief scenes of the 1st Calvary Division arriving in Tokyo, Japan in September 1945. 1st Cavalry on occupation duty in Japan.
1st Cavalry Division In South Korea:
Shows troops of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division landing at Pohang-dong South Korea July 9, 1950. The balance of the 1st Cavalry Division landed a few days later. Shows 1st Cavalry Division troops fighting in Korea and linking up with the Army 7th Infantry Division.
December 1951 the 1st Cavalry Division is shipped back to Japan for garrison duty until 1957.
Shows the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea standing watch at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Scenes of duties of 1st Cavalry Division soldiers at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
00:05:55:16. Vietnam 1957. Acts of Viet Cong Terror:
Shows scenes of Communist Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) insurgency in South Vietnam in 1957. Shows VietCong guerrillas and soldiers of the People's Army of Vietnam (from North Vietnam) moving through the jungle in fight to overthrow the South Vietnam government. Image of burning hut in South Vietnam.
Shows U.S. Military Advisors in South Vietnam. U.S. helicopters used to quickly transport South Vietnam soldiers to battle zones. Scenes of soldiers wading through water, crossing a stream in Vietnam.
00:07:52:02. Formation and Training of The 11th Air Assault Division, Fort Benning Georgia:
On February 11, 1963 a new experimental Army unit, combining light infantry with integral helicopter transport and air support was formed and trained at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Shows training of soldiers and helicopter pilots. Pilots were trained in helicopter formation flying and gunnery practice. Shows the different aircraft assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division, the H-13 (OH-13) Sioux light observation helicopter, the UH-1 “Huey” helicopter, the Ch-47 Chinook helicopter, CH-54 Skycrane helicopter, The OV-1 Mohawk light attack and observation aircraft, and the DHC-4 Caribou (CV-2 Caribou) transport aircraft.
00:16:50:16. July 3, 1965, Fort Benning, Georgia The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Formed:
In a matter of days the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division (New First Team) was ordered to Vietnam. By bus, by train, and by military vehicle convoys the 1st Cavalry Division headed to seaports to become the first full division of U.S. troops sent to Vietnam.
Equipment of the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division shipped to Vietnam. Shows helicopters in plastic cocoons and other aircraft and equipment being loaded on aircraft carrier for shipment to Vietnam. In Vietnam a detachment of 1st Cav soldiers were preparing a base of operations at An Khe, in the central highlands of Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. Shows Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam being turned into the major supply port for all forces in vietnam.
Shows the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) arriving Qui Nhon,Vietnam loaded with the 1st Cavalry helicopters. Shows soldiers preparing the helicopters for fly-off from USS Boxer. Landing craft ferried the 1st Calvary troops to shore at Qui Nhon from troop transport ships. Brief image of General Westmoreland on beach with troops. Shows 1st Calvary troops loading into Chinook helicopters for flight to base at An Khe. Shows 1st Calvary soldiers arriving at An Khe.
Shows first operation of 1st Calvary troops after arrival in Vietnam was “search and destroy” mission . Shows troops boarding UH-1 Huey helicopters, helicopters take off, and in flight. Shows helicopter door gunner firing at ground target. First wave of helicopters land. Shows second wave of helicopters landing. Shows troops wading through a flooded rice paddy and across a waist deep stream. CU of Vietnamese women with children. Fearful facial expression of Vietnamese woman. Shows large cache of captured Viet Cong weapons. Shows “downed” UH-1 helicopter being airlifted out of combat zone.
Wounded soldiers airlifted out of combat zone by “Dust Off” medical helicopter. Shows numerous UH-1 Huey helicopters taking off from a combat zone in Vietnam.
