The 1st Cav in Vietnam
Subtitle: Anatomy of a Division
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Presidio Press
Published: May 4, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780891416869
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; American history: Vietnam War; Asian / Middle Eastern history; War & defence operations; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; Military - General; History; History - Military / War; United States.; History: American; The Americas; Vietnam; Military - United States; Asia - Southeast Asia; Military - Vietnam War; History / Military / Vietnam War; Cavalry Division, 1st; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Army.; Regimental histories; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
First sentence: The 1st Cavalry Division's arrival on the battlefields of Vietnam was not presaged by the sound of trumpets or thundering hooves, but rather by the close suppressive fires of aerial gunships and fighter-bombers escorting waves of assault helicopters.