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16,000 Troops Airlifted Into Hell: The First Helicopter Division | Vietnam 1965

July 1965. The USS Boxer arrives off the coast of Vietnam carrying something the world has never seen: 434 helicopters and 16,000 soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). This is the birth of helicopter warfare. Within weeks, they’re dropping into LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley. Three NVA regiments are waiting. What follows is three days of brutal close-quarters combat that will define air assault doctrine forever. This is the story of how the United States airlifted an entire division into combat, fought the first major helicopter battle in history, and changed modern warfare forever. 📍 Key Battles Covered: • The An Khe deployment (August-September 1965) • Plei Me Special Forces Camp relief (October 1965) • Battle of LZ X-Ray (November 14-16, 1965) • The Albany ambush disaster (November 17, 1965) 🎖️ Featuring: Lt. Col. Harold Moore, Major Bruce Crandall (Medal of Honor), Major General Harry Kinnard ⚔️ Units: 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry, UH-1 Huey pilots Sources The First Airmobile Division and the Buildup, 1965 https://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/p/20... 1st Cavalry Division Association https://1cda.org/history/ U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) https://www.army.mil/1stcav 1st Cavalry Division’s Effectiveness in Conducting Airmobile Operations during Operation Pegasus https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1022... Together We Served https://blog.togetherweserved.com/dis... We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: la Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore https://www.google.com/search?q=We+We... 🔔 Subscribe for more brutal combat stories 💬