我的陆军题材收集之越战军机

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发表于 2012-06-01 12:46:39 | 显示全部楼层
军机中的佳品
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 楼主| 发表于 2012-06-01 14:48:25 | 显示全部楼层
应基凡氏兄弟的要求解释一下越战机的定义。越战军机分两种:第一种是美国参与越南战争时期,美国士兵随身携带到越南的ZIPPO。自行DIY或在越南当地的工匠刻印于机身的文字或图案。称之为“战壕艺术”第二种是越南战争时期美国部队向ZIPPO公司定制的,发配给参战部队军官和士兵的ZIPPO。# t# k8 }6 u. _, S8 e" D
第二种要比第一种越战机要少所以第二种收藏价值较高。
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发表于 2012-06-01 21:15:29 | 显示全部楼层
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The division was reorganized and activated as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the Army’s first Air Assault division. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara shocked many observers when he announced that this new Air Assault division would be combat ready in only eight weeks. The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) exceeded that demanding goal by reaching REDCON-1 status on 28 July 1965 and deploying to Vietnam in mid-August, only six weeks after the division’s organization. The men of 2nd Brigade boarded the USNS Buckner on 16 August 1965, en route to Vietnam and what would be their greatest challenge yet.
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5 f' n5 P* m! N& E% H" WOn 14 September 1965, the 2nd Brigade disembarked the USNS Buckner and marched onto Vietnamese shores at Qui Nhon. 2nd Brigade continued its tradition of firsts by becoming the first brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) to reach Vietnam. The brigade, consisting of 1–5 Cavalry, 2–5 Cavalry, and 2–12 Cavalry, loaded into helicopters and flew in-land to the division base camp at An Khe.% O7 ~8 ~( E& l% i1 c3 _

. G0 ~6 ~/ S; `9 F- @0 F8 H* b' O7 a$ ^In addition to being the first brigade into Vietnam, the 2nd Brigade would also become the first brigade in the division to see combat when on 18 September 1965 the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment would be OPCONed to 101st Airborne Division to participate in Operation GIBRALTAR. The 2nd Brigade would next see combat in Operation SILVER BAYONETE, where under the order of General Westmoreland the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) air assaulted into the Pleiku Province to pursue and destroy the enemy over 2,500 square miles (6,500 km2) of jungle.0 v: w* _3 y8 j4 v# u, \
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Operation SILVER BAYONETE, also known as the Pleiku campaign, was a 35 day campaign in which the division maintained almost constant contact with the enemy and experienced some of the fiercest fighting of the Vietnam War. The division saw its first contact on 1 November 1965, when a troop from 1–9 Cavalry, the division’s reconnaissance Squadron, overran an enemy aid station belonging to the 33rd North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regiment. After landing to exploit the site, they were engaged by a battalion sized element of enemy, in fighting which was too close to allow for artillery or tactical air reinforcement. 1–12 Cavalry, 2–8 Cavalry, and 2nd Brigade’s 2–12 Cavalry rushed to the embattled troop’s aid, air assaulting into the fight amidst intense ground fire. They quickly decimated the NVA battalion and inflicted hundreds of enemy casualties. On 9 November 1975 3rd Brigade took control of Operation SILVER BAYONETE and continued the search for the three enemy regiments suspected to be operating in the Pleiku region. On 14 November elements of 3rd Brigade’s 7th Cavalry Regiment air assaulted onto landing zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley to conduct a reconnaissance in force in search of the enemy regiments. Soon after securing the LZ, the 7th Cavalry Soldiers began taking intense small arms, mortar, and rocket fire from an enemy force that vastly outnumbered them. The chaotic fighting that followed would be among the most intense of the Vietnam War. After sustaining heavy casualties, 1–7 Cavalry was able to reorganize their units and establish a hasty battalion security perimeter around LZ X-Ray. One of their platoons, however, was cut off from the rest of the battalion, pinned down and trapped amidst a battalion sized enemy force. The pinned unit, 2nd Platoon of Bravo Company, had suffered heavy casualties, and like the rest of 1–7, would endure multiple enemy attacks throughout the night. 1–7 Cavalry made three separate attempts to rescue the cut off platoon, but all three attempts were met with failure. It was in these dire circumstances that 2nd Brigade’s 5th Cavalry Regiment would be called in to help turn the tide of the battle.
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Early on 15 November, the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment air assaulted onto LZ Victor, approximately 3 km south east of the battle. On foot, they fought their way to LZ X-Ray, where after coordinating with 1–7 Cavalry, they pressed forward in search of the lost platoon. The 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment rescued the platoon, which had been devastated with casualties, and enabled their recovery back to LZ X-Ray. 2nd Brigade’s 2–5 Cavalry and elements of 1–5 Cavalry tied into the defense perimeter at LZ X-Ray and played a vital role in repelling and counter-attacking the enemy force over the next two days.
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On 16 November, the battle at LZ X-Ray was effectively over. The enemy had taken thousands of casualties and was no longer capable of sustaining a fight. 1–7 Cavalry returned to Camp Halloway while 2–5 Cavalry, 2–7 Cavalry, and a company from 1–5 Cavalry maintained the perimeter at X-Ray. On the following day, all of the remaining units were ordered off of LZ X-Ray in preparation for a heavy bombing campaign in the area. 2nd Brigade’s 2–5 Cavalry marched without incident to LZ Columbus. 2–7 Cavalry, with a company of 2nd Brigade’s 1–5 Cavalry attached, marched to LZ Albany, where they were destined to see fighting every bit as fierce as that encountered at LZ X-Ray just days before.
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2–7 Cavalry marched towards LZ Albany in a column, with 1–5’s A Company bringing up the rear. Almost immediately after reaching the LZ, the head of the 2–7 Cavalry column was engaged by a massive L-shaped ambush staged by two battalions of enemy fighters. The ensuing close-quarters battle was fierce and bloody, with both sides taking devastating casualties. After the initial chaos subsided, hasty security perimeters were formed, with 2–7 Cavalry hunkered down on LZ Albany, while A Company 1–5 Cavalry set a small perimeter 700 meters away. The situation was dire for the Soldiers at LZ Albany. They were low on ammunition and water, and the intense fire and close proximity of the enemy disrupted resupply and casualty evacuation efforts, as well as indirect fire and air support.
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0 K$ r) p+ Q7 }( [2nd Brigade’s B Company, 1–5 Cavalry rushed to the aid of the Soldiers at LZ Albany, landing at LZ Columbus and deploying to the battle on foot. Bravo Company fought their way to the A Company, 1–5 Cavalry perimeter and immediately got to work. They established and secured an LZ from which resupply and evacuation efforts could finally proceed. 2nd Brigade’s men continued to repulse enemy attacks throughout the night. On the morning of 18 November 1965, after 16 hours of continuous contact, the enemy force, devastated with casualties, finally withdrew. The firefights at LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany would come to be known as the Battle of Ia Drang. It was a battle marked by both great sacrifice and triumph for the Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division. While sustaining heavy casualties, the 2nd and 3rd Brigades dealt a striking blow to the enemy, killing more than 3500 enemy fighters and destroying two full regiments of a North Vietnamese division. For its actions during Operation SILVER BAYONETE, the 1st Cavalry Division earned the first Presidential Unit Citation awarded to a unit in Vietnam.; m0 |( ^& o: A( o- F

* u0 Q- @0 R3 ~  \4 O. F8 \* XOn 4 January 1967, 2nd Brigade participated in Operation MATADOR. Along with 1st Brigade, they air assaulted within the Binh Dinh Province to conduct a search and destroy mission against the Vietnamese Yellow Star Division. During this operation the units witnessed enemy soldiers fleeing into Cambodia, confirming for the first time the enemy’s use to sanctuaries in the neighboring country.: i9 c" Z* ^. M( j7 P" @1 K+ y
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On 7 February 1967, 2nd Brigade took part in Operation WHITE WING, where they again conducted a search and destroy mission targeting the Yellow Star Division. All three regiments of the 2nd Brigade deployed to the Iron Triangle, a well fortified defensive position thought to be the regimental headquarters of the enemy in the Binh Dinh region. On 6 March 1967 Operation WHITE WING concluded as a major tactical success. 2nd Brigade maintained constant contact with the enemy over the entirety of the operation. Five of the Yellow Star Division’s nine battalions were rendered combat ineffective and the NVA temporarily lost its grip on the Binh Dinh Province. On 16 May 1967, 2nd Brigade took part in Operation CRAZY HORSE, a search and destroy mission against the 2nd Viet Cong Regiment in the jungle covered hills between Soui Ca and the Vinh Thanh Valleys. For his heroic actions in support of Operation CRAZY HORSE, 2nd Brigade’s SSG Jimmy G. Stewart was awarded the Medal of Honor.9 m. v% H: W. ~5 X; K* R" U
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2nd Brigade next participated in Operation PAUL REVERE II, where the first and second battalions of the 5th Cavalry Regiment inflicted heavy casualties on an enemy battalion at the Battle of Hill 534.
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4 g+ [: C! O; G% `1 d/ WOn 31 October 1966, 2nd Brigade launched Operation PAUL REVERE IV, a search and destroy campaign focusing on Chu Pong, the Ia Drang Valley, and the Cambodian border area. Once again demonstrating 2nd Brigade’s devotion to the mission, even in the midst of tremendous hardship, C Company, 1–5 Cavalry engaged in a fierce battle with an enemy force vastly outnumbering them. C Company endured catastrophic casualties, but succeeded in driving the enemy from the area and inflicting hundreds of casualties to an NVA regiment.& q: O! I4 F- Z
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Following Operation PAUL REVERE IV, 2nd Brigade engaged in Operation Thayer II, a search and destroy campaign in the Binh Dinh Province. When the campaign concluded in early 1967, the 1st Cavalry Division had destroyed two enemy regiments and inflicted more than 1500 enemy casualties. The 2nd Brigade distinguished itself next in Operation PERSHING, which initiated on 13 February 1967. Operation PERSHING was a massive search and destroy mission in the northern Binh Dinh Province, in which the 1st Cavalry Division committed all three of its brigades to the same area for the first time in Vietnam. In April 1967, while in support of Operation PERSHING, 2nd Brigade conducted Operation LEJEUNE in the Marine-controlled Quang Ngai region. The operation was conducted to free up Marines in the Quang Ngai area of operations and facilitate their movement further north. It was almost immediately apparent that the enemy in the Quang Ngai region was not prepared for the challenges posed by a brigade of air cavalry troopers. The enemy dispersed and hid, and only little and sporadic contact was initiated until 16 April 1967. Operation LEJEUNE concluded successfully on 22 April 1967, and the 2nd Brigade returned to the Binh Dinh Province to continue rooting out the deeply entrenched enemy forces there. On 21 January 1968, Operation PERSHING was concluded. In 11 months of fighting the division engaged in 18 major battles and numerous minor skirmishes, inflicting over 7000 enemy casualties. Four 2nd Brigade Soldiers, Specialist Fifth Class Charles Hagemeister, Specialist Fourth Class George Ingalls, Specialist Fifth Class Edgar McWethy, Jr., and Specialist Fourth Class Carmel Harvey were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroic actions in support of Operation PERSHING.
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9 [9 A' S! X4 j! o! rOn 22 January 1968, the 1st Cavalry Division relocated to the Quang Tri region to participate in Operation JEB STUART. As a result of the division’s relocation for Operation JEB STUART, it was in excellent position to respond to the Tet Offensive.; x3 T. R; i, u

) I3 t1 Z! r6 t5 NOn 31 January 1968, in what would come to be known as the Tet Offensive, the enemy conducted a widespread and well-coordinated assault into Southern Vietnam. Thousands of enemy fighters overran the Imperial City of Hue, while five battalions of enemy attacked Quang Tri City. 2nd Brigade’s 1–5 Cavalry, alongside the 1–12 Cavalry, quickly responded and moved into the village of Thon an Thai, just east of Quang Tri City. They launched a heavy aerial rocket attack against the enemy fighters, forcing them to break off the Quang Tri attack and disperse. Quang Tri City was liberated within the next ten day days. 2nd Brigade’s 2–12 Cavalry, alongside elements from the Marines and the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, were tasked with liberating the city of Hue. 2nd Brigade again suffered heavy casualties, but in fierce block-by-block fighting, succeeded in liberating the city by the end of February. During the battle for Hue, the enemy was dealt more than 8000 casualties.+ ]  p' D# v$ P- W/ z3 D' N3 q
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While the 1st Cavalry Division was repelling the Tet Offensive, the 26th Marine Regiment was taking heavy bombardment and ground attacks in the Khe Sanh region of Vietnam. On 1 April 1968, the 2nd Brigade, alongside other 1st Cavalry Division elements, conducted Operation PEGASUS in order to relieve the Marines at Khe Sanh. The 1st Cavalry Division completed to the relief of the Marine units on 10 April and assumed responsibility for the Khe Sanh area of operations. When Operation PEGASUS was concluded several days later, more than 1200 enemy fighters had been killed. On 27 June 1968, 2nd Brigade took the lead in Operation JEB STUART III, a search and destroy mission in the Quan Tri Province. They decimated an enemy infantry battalion at the village of Binah An, inflicting over 200 casualties.! r$ f- Z0 r3 o2 A; Y
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On 1 May 1970, the First Cavalry Division conducted a search and destroy mission in the Fish Hook region of Cambodia, in what had previously been an untouched enemy stronghold. On 8 May, the 2nd Brigade discovered Rock Island East, a munitions dump where they secured more than 6.5 million anti-aircraft rounds, 500,000 rifle rounds, and thousands of rockets. The operation was a dramatic success, and when it concluded on 30 June, the enemy had taken enough casualties to field three divisions.: C5 e9 o4 I  f# l, F% x$ {9 p
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On 5 May 1971, the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division’s colors were moved from Vietnam to Fort Hood, Texas, bringing the 2nd Brigade’s actions in the Vietnam War to a close. During 68 months of almost constant contact with the enemy, the 2nd Brigade distinguished itself through its lethal proficiency and unwavering dedication to the mission, even in the most arduous of circumstances.* a: L* v5 i* T2 D( Q

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发表于 2012-06-01 22:26:15 | 显示全部楼层
梅尔吉布森主演的越战大片 we were soliders
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发表于 2012-06-02 02:27:04 | 显示全部楼层
谈起越战,相信很多美国大兵仍然心有余辜
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发表于 2012-06-02 02:35:08 | 显示全部楼层
前几年听一个广西人讲过中国和越南的战争。说什么一车大米上去,然后就一车尸体下来。还说越南特工以人头换赏金的事,说什么十几个战士晚上还在休息。第二天就身首异处了。我不是想表达什么。只是那时候听的好像身临其境一样。战争很残酷。
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 楼主| 发表于 2012-06-02 03:18:35 | 显示全部楼层
krause 发表于 2012-6-1 21:15
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$ d$ q' J( o- q- zThe division was reorganized and activated as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the Arm ...
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军版讲解第一骑兵师第二旅在越战中参加的战役很到位。。。
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 楼主| 发表于 2012-06-02 12:43:11 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 哈啦王子7811 于 2012-6-2 15:23 编辑 7 f7 p. O' T! X5 v0 I
pujols 发表于 2012-6-1 22:26
8 H" u2 `3 e  ^梅尔吉布森主演的越战大片 we were soliders4 W( ]) _. `% `' t' [& w0 O
就是讲的该部队在德浪谷血战的故事
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+ a- R8 G  o) o! H# x" z7 D5 @. X处长就是处长啊。。。观察力不错。。哈哈!
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发表于 2012-06-02 13:05:58 | 显示全部楼层
哇,這架Z讓我明白,何為“大爱”,好好珍惜,我錯失過,恨恨恨!!!!

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还是喜欢懒虫哥原来那头像。  发表于 2012-6-2 13:45
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发表于 2012-06-04 00:13:33 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 基凡氏 于 2012-6-4 00:17 编辑
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krause 发表于 2012-6-1 21:15
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The division was reorganized and activated as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the Arm ...

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军版悦天大哥很辛苦的为我们分享了该师英文资料,我就为大伙儿翻译分享下中文版,以供爱好者了解。鄙人英语未过肆级,属于菜鸟水平,在亲戚的帮助下完成,特此鸣谢。如翻译有不妥之处望详加指出,以便让爱好者了解到一个正确的信息。
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因为文字较多,分两篇在20楼和21楼解说。
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* o$ n' U) ~3 eThe division was reorganized and activated as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the Army’s first Air Assault division. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara shocked many observers when he announced that this new Air Assault division would be combat ready in only eight weeks. The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) exceeded that demanding goal by reaching REDCON-1 status on 28 July 1965 and deploying to Vietnam in mid-August, only six weeks after the division’s organization. The men of 2nd Brigade boarded the USNS Buckner on 16 August 1965, en route to Vietnam and what would be their greatest challenge yet.
0 S  V1 x- j6 B6 j1 G  h, J. |该师被整编为第1骑兵师(空中机动部队), 成为美军的第一个空袭部队。国防部长罗伯特麦克马纳曼宣称这支部队将在短短8个月内做好战斗准备,这让观察家们大呼意外。但第1骑兵师的行动比麦克马纳曼宣称的更加迅速,在1965年7月28日就做好了壹级战斗准备,并在成立6个星期后就被部署到了越南。第2旅的人员在1965年8月16日搭乘美国海军巴克纳号抵达越南,这那里他们将面对前所未有的巨大挑战。
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3 t! z4 ~; V/ u: y8 v! T" ]On 14 September 1965, the 2nd Brigade disembarked the USNS Buckner and marched onto Vietnamese shores at Qui Nhon. 2nd Brigade continued its tradition of firsts by becoming the first brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) to reach Vietnam. The brigade, consisting of 1–5 Cavalry, 2–5 Cavalry, and 2–12 Cavalry, loaded into helicopters and flew in-land to the division base camp at An Khe.
5 z3 y" l& ~1 l& \1965年9月14日,第2旅随美国海军巴克纳号抵达越南归仁。第2旅是第1骑兵师中最早抵达越南的部队,保持了其排头兵的传统。该旅由1-5骑兵团,2-5骑兵团,2-12骑兵团组成,并搭乘直升机抵达位于安科的基地。
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In addition to being the first brigade into Vietnam, the 2nd Brigade would also become the first brigade in the division to see combat when on 18 September 1965 the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment would be OPCONed to 101st Airborne Division to participate in Operation GIBRALTAR. The 2nd Brigade would next see combat in Operation SILVER BAYONETE, where under the order of General Westmoreland the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) air assaulted into the Pleiku Province to pursue and destroy the enemy over 2,500 square miles (6,500 km2) of jungle.
; }1 \2 o( d9 [3 P1 J" ?第2旅不仅是第一支抵达越南的部队,它也是第1骑兵师中最早亲历战斗的部队。1965年9月18日,第12骑兵团第2营被借调到第101空降师,参与了直布罗陀行动。接下来,第2旅还参与了银色刺刀行动。这次行动中,在威斯特摩兰将军的指挥下,第1骑兵师空袭了波来古省,追击并歼灭了躲藏在2500平方公里丛林中的敌人。
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3 \' d3 q. f8 F% y" V- \Operation SILVER BAYONETE, also known as the Pleiku campaign, was a 35 day campaign in which the division maintained almost constant contact with the enemy and experienced some of the fiercest fighting of the Vietnam War. The division saw its first contact on 1 November 1965, when a troop from 1–9 Cavalry, the division’s reconnaissance Squadron, overran an enemy aid station belonging to the 33rd North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regiment. After landing to exploit the site, they were engaged by a battalion sized element of enemy, in fighting which was too close to allow for artillery or tactical air reinforcement. 1–12 Cavalry, 2–8 Cavalry, and 2nd Brigade’s 2–12 Cavalry rushed to the embattled troop’s aid, air assaulting into the fight amidst intense ground fire. They quickly decimated the NVA battalion and inflicted hundreds of enemy casualties. On 9 November 1975 3rd Brigade took control of Operation SILVER BAYONETE and continued the search for the three enemy regiments suspected to be operating in the Pleiku region. On 14 November elements of 3rd Brigade’s 7th Cavalry Regiment air assaulted onto landing zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley to conduct a reconnaissance in force in search of the enemy regiments. Soon after securing the LZ, the 7th Cavalry Soldiers began taking intense small arms, mortar, and rocket fire from an enemy force that vastly outnumbered them. The chaotic fighting that followed would be among the most intense of the Vietnam War. After sustaining heavy casualties, 1–7 Cavalry was able to reorganize their units and establish a hasty battalion security perimeter around LZ X-Ray. One of their platoons, however, was cut off from the rest of the battalion, pinned down and trapped amidst a battalion sized enemy force. The pinned unit, 2nd Platoon of Bravo Company, had suffered heavy casualties, and like the rest of 1–7, would endure multiple enemy attacks throughout the night. 1–7 Cavalry made three separate attempts to rescue the cut off platoon, but all three attempts were met with failure. It was in these dire circumstances that 2nd Brigade’s 5th Cavalry Regiment would be called in to help turn the tide of the battle.
, i- B4 J, _( W0 J4 F. S; S, v为期35天的银色刺刀行动又称波来古行动。在这次行动中,第1骑兵师几乎一直与敌人保持战斗接触,并经历了越战中最为激烈的几次战斗。1965年11月1日,第1骑兵师第一次与越军交火,1-9骑兵团的侦察中队在突袭隶属北越军队第33团的一个救护站时,与敌军遭遇。该侦察中队是在空降突袭这一据点时,与北越军队相当于一个营的兵力遭遇的,由于战斗过于仓促,火炮和战术空中支援行动无法及时展开。1-12骑兵团,2-8骑兵团和第2旅2-12骑兵团火速赶往支援,顶着密集的地面炮火,展开空袭。增援部队迅速击退北越军队,并造成敌军百余人伤亡。1976年11月9日,第3旅接管了银色刺刀行动并继续搜寻疑似在波来古区域活动的三个北越军团。11月14日,第3旅第7骑兵团空降大南山谷,展开火力侦察,搜寻敌军。在夺取该山谷后,第7骑兵团开始从数倍于已的敌军手中收缴轻型重武器,迫击炮和火箭筒。接下来的战斗则是整个越战中最为激烈的。在付出巨大伤亡的代价后,1-7骑兵团得以重新集结队伍,并以一个营的兵力围绕LZ X-Ray地区建成一条安全线。有一个排的士兵脱离了主力部队,并陷入了一个营的敌军的重重包围。被包围的第2排遭受了巨大的伤亡,并且像1-7骑兵团的其它作战部队一样,承受着持续一整晚的猛烈攻击。1-7骑兵团三次试图增援被包围的第2排,但都遭遇失败。正是在这种危机关头,第2旅第5骑兵团才被紧急征召,以扭转战局。, s/ S% w: N3 y9 ?
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Early on 15 November, the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment air assaulted onto LZ Victor, approximately 3 km south east of the battle. On foot, they fought their way to LZ X-Ray, where after coordinating with 1–7 Cavalry, they pressed forward in search of the lost platoon. The 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment rescued the platoon, which had been devastated with casualties, and enabled their recovery back to LZ X-Ray. 2nd Brigade’s 2–5 Cavalry and elements of 1–5 Cavalry tied into the defense perimeter at LZ X-Ray and played a vital role in repelling and counter-attacking the enemy force over the next two days.
  C7 y" I& U" g0 d11月15日清晨, 第2旅第5装骑兵团空袭了距战场东南方向大约三公里外的LZ Victor地区。他们一路步行杀至LZ X-Ray地区,在那与1-7骑兵团会合后,他们继续寻找其他失去联系的兵团。第2旅第5骑兵团营救了遭受毁灭性打击的排,并确保他们返回LZ X-Ray地区进行恢复。第2旅2-5骑兵团与一群1-5骑兵团员们猛击LZ X-Ray地区的边界防御,并在接下来的两天里对击退和还击敌军的进攻扮演了至关重要的角色。% |' c! z  B2 c

) B8 a7 o# U4 yOn 16 November, the battle at LZ X-Ray was effectively over. The enemy had taken thousands of casualties and was no longer capable of sustaining a fight. 1–7 Cavalry returned to Camp Halloway while 2–5 Cavalry, 2–7 Cavalry, and a company from 1–5 Cavalry maintained the perimeter at X-Ray. On the following day, all of the remaining units were ordered off of LZ X-Ray in preparation for a heavy bombing campaign in the area. 2nd Brigade’s 2–5 Cavalry marched without incident to LZ Columbus. 2–7 Cavalry, with a company of 2nd Brigade’s 1–5 Cavalry attached, marched to LZ Albany, where they were destined to see fighting every bit as fierce as that encountered at LZ X-Ray just days before./ w% d' E; e6 ]4 i. n* \- j+ }% w
11月16日,LZ X-Ray地区的战事最终尘埃落定。敌军伤亡数千人,已无力继续应战。第1-7骑兵团返回“哈罗威”营地,而第2-5骑兵团,第2-7骑兵团以及来自第1-5骑兵团的1个连队则继续留在X-Ray边界。第二天(11月17日),其余所有的骑兵单位被调离LZ X-Ray阵地,以便准备在该区域进行一次猛烈轰炸行动。第2旅第2-5骑兵团平安行至LZ Columbus地区。第2-7骑兵团与第2旅第1-5骑兵团共同朝LZ Albany地区前行,在那里他们将要重演两天前在LZ X-Ray阵地进行的惨烈战斗。
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2–7 Cavalry marched towards LZ Albany in a column, with 1–5’s A Company bringing up the rear. Almost immediately after reaching the LZ, the head of the 2–7 Cavalry column was engaged by a massive L-shaped ambush staged by two battalions of enemy fighters. The ensuing close-quarters battle was fierce and bloody, with both sides taking devastating casualties. After the initial chaos subsided, hasty security perimeters were formed, with 2–7 Cavalry hunkered down on LZ Albany, while A Company 1–5 Cavalry set a small perimeter 700 meters away. The situation was dire for the Soldiers at LZ Albany. They were low on ammunition and water, and the intense fire and close proximity of the enemy disrupted resupply and casualty evacuation efforts, as well as indirect fire and air support./ E" E2 n: x2 e' r& W
在第1-5骑兵团的A连队垫后的掩护下,第2-7骑兵团向LZ Albany区挺进。就在刚刚到达LZ地区那一刻,第2-7骑兵团纵队的领头便遭到敌方2个营队的战士以大量的“L”队形伏击。接着上演了一场近距离的激烈血腥之战。双方均伤亡惨重,硝烟散后,安全区域形成。随着第2-7骑兵团抵达LZ Albany地区, 第1-5骑兵团A连队设置了一个700米开外的安全区,紧急之下,渴望增援。该连队几乎弹尽粮绝,而敌人的不断攻击和前进又阻断了弹粮补给以及人员的急救疏散,甚至空中救援等。
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2nd Brigade’s B Company, 1–5 Cavalry rushed to the aid of the Soldiers at LZ Albany, landing at LZ Columbus and deploying to the battle on foot. Bravo Company fought their way to the A Company, 1–5 Cavalry perimeter and immediately got to work. They established and secured an LZ from which resupply and evacuation efforts could finally proceed. 2nd Brigade’s men continued to repulse enemy attacks throughout the night. On the morning of 18 November 1965, after 16 hours of continuous contact, the enemy force, devastated with casualties, finally withdrew. The firefights at LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany would come to be known as the Battle of Ia Drang. It was a battle marked by both great sacrifice and triumph for the Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division. While sustaining heavy casualties, the 2nd and 3rd Brigades dealt a striking blow to the enemy, killing more than 3500 enemy fighters and destroying two full regiments of a North Vietnamese division. For its actions during Operation SILVER BAYONETE, the 1st Cavalry Division earned the first Presidential Unit Citation awarded to a unit in Vietnam." U. e. n7 a" C) o$ d
第2旅B连队,第1-5骑兵团火速前往LZ Albany地区去营救那里的士兵。到达LZ Columbus地区并靠步行部署到战场后,他们一路杀至A连队所在地,第1-5 骑兵团边界,并很快加入作战。他们在LZ区建立起一个且很快被投入运行的补给和疏散区。第2旅的战士们彻夜不眠,连续击退了敌军的多次进攻。1965年11月18号早晨,历经连续16个小时的奋战,敌方伤亡惨重最后退败而去。此次在LZ X-Ray地区和LZ Albany地区进行的交战被人们称作“德浪河谷战役”。此战役以双方巨大牺牲以及第1骑兵师取得胜利为分水岭。持续的伤亡以及第2和第3旅对敌人猛烈攻击总共歼敌3500人,彻底摧毁了1个北越师的2个整团。因在“德浪河谷战役”中表现英勇,第1骑兵师获得第一个总统团队奖,该奖授予一个在越南的单位。
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