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1st Brigade Mission: Destroy the Enemy in War Zone C - Insets: AO Navajo Warhorse / Stingray 6 Totals [annotated]
Map Item Number: 2405map0084
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[Number of Pages: 1]
Country: Vietnam, Cambodia
Photocopy of a map labeled 1st Brigade Mission: Destroy the Enemy in War Zone C. The map shows Tay Ninh province and the border between Vietnam and Cambodia. It also shows the 25th Division's area of operations with the Landing Zones and Fire Support Bases marked. It also shows the Area of Operation (AO) for Navajo Warhorse as a small inset in the bottom left corner. The map shows the following bases: AO Navajo Warhorse area: Duc Hue, Terri, Reed, Tracy, Clara, Tra Cu, and Elrod. The larger map shows the following bases: Tay Ninh Combat Base, Buell, Washington, Crook, Rawlins, Rock Crusher, Petrans, Bragg, Grant, White, Lori, Dau Tieng, Kim, Phyllis, Rita, Jamie, Jake, Dot, Julie, Billie, Mustang, Becky, Ike, Carolyn, Anne, and Beverly.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 03 Nov 2017 [Updated: 20 Apr 2020]
Daily Staff Journals and Operations Summaries, 1st Air Cavalry Division - re: Landing Zone Uplift, Camp Evans, Landing Zone Jane, February 1968
Document Item Number: 24050202001
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[Number of Pages: 156]
Author(s): Roger C. Miller, Richard S. Warren
Item Creation Date: February 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 29 Jan 2018 [Updated: 12 Feb 2018]
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Daily Staff Journals, 1st Air Cavalry Division - Landing Zone Nancy, October 1968
Document Item Number: 24050207001
  • 24050207001
[Number of Pages: 43]
Author(s): Arthur W. Tate Jr.
Item Creation Date: 25-31 October 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 30 Jan 2018 [Updated: 12 Feb 2018]
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Cavalair, Volume 2 Number 42 - U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - Newspaper [photocopy] (U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)) - Newspaper
Document Item Number: 24050140001
  • 24050140001
[Number of Pages: 7]
Author(s): Mike Larson, Roger L. Amaral
Item Creation Date: 13 September 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 25 Jan 2018 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Cavalair, Volume 2 Number 74 - U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - Newspaper [photocopy] (U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)) - Newspaper
Document Item Number: 24050142001
  • 24050142001
[Number of Pages: 7]
Item Creation Date: 1 May 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 25 Jan 2018 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Photographs with Attachments, Co C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cav - re: photocopies from Captain Boyt
Document Item Number: 24050423001
  • 24050423001
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 22 Feb 2018 [Updated: 22 Feb 2018]
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Cavalair, Volume 2 Number 73 - U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - Newspaper [photocopy] (U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)) - Newspaper
Document Item Number: 24050429001
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[Number of Pages: 7]
Item Creation Date: 24 April 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Cavalair (U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)) - Newspaper - An Khe
Newspaper Item Number: 2405Newspaper610818
  • 2405Newspaper610818
[Number of Pages: 8]
Volume: 2
Issue: 19
Item Creation Date: 01 April 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 03 Nov 2017 [Updated: 26 Aug 2019]
Cavalair, Volume 2 Number 73 - U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - Newspaper [photocopy] (U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)) - Newspaper
Document Item Number: 24050141001
  • 24050141001
[Number of Pages: 7]
Author(s): Dan Stoneking, Don Graham, Monty Jernigan, Marvin Neely, Bill Blessington, Herb Denton, Wilbur G. Peterson
Item Creation Date: 24 April 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 25 Jan 2018 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Memorandum, Department of the Army, 1st Cavalry Division - re: Unit Historical Reports
Document Item Number: 24050142002
  • 24050142002
[Number of Pages: 1]
Author(s): Wesley G. Jones
Item Creation Date: 7 June 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 25 Jan 2018 [Updated: 01 Feb 2018]
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Cavalair, Volume 2 Number 86 - U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - Newspaper [photocopy] (U.S. Army Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)) - Newspaper
Document Item Number: 24050143001
  • 24050143001
[Number of Pages: 6]
Author(s): Phil Manger, David Legacki, Ron Punch, Wilbur G. Peterson, Don Lonsway, Bill Marshall, Gary Quillen, Herb Denton, Jerry Smith, Bruce Burch, Al Garcia
Item Creation Date: 24 July 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 25 Jan 2018 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Maps, 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile - re: locations of enemy contacts [annotated] [received from Don Jensen]
Document Item Number: 24050426003
  • 24050426003
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Photographs, Co C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry - re: photocopies from Bob Hrncirik
Document Item Number: 24050422001
  • 24050422001
[Number of Pages: 5]
Item Creation Date: 1 October 1968 to 20 May 1969
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 22 Feb 2018 [Updated: 22 Feb 2018]
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Email from Ray Long to Douglas Young - re: Co C 2/5 Pictures and events of December 1966
Document Item Number: 24050444003
  • 24050444003
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 21 June 2004
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Feb 2018 [Updated: 26 Feb 2018]
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Officer Roster, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry - re: Thanksgiving roster and letter
Document Item Number: 24050136001
  • 24050136001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Author(s): J.B. Love
Item Creation Date: 24 November 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 24 Jan 2018 [Updated: 24 Jan 2018]
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Morning Report, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division - re: Morning Reports for February 1967
Document Item Number: 24050104002
  • 24050104002
[Number of Pages: 30]
Item Creation Date: February 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 30 Nov 2017 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Email from Douglas Young to Joel de Jesus - re: request for photos or orders
Document Item Number: 24050434001
  • 24050434001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 21 February 2004
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Morning Report, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division - re: Morning Reports for April 1967
Document Item Number: 24050103001
  • 24050103001
[Number of Pages: 31]
Item Creation Date: April 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 29 Nov 2017 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Letter from Richard Bratton to Douglas Young - re: Vietnam pictures and incident on 11 March 1967
Document Item Number: 24050431001
  • 24050431001
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 14 February 2004
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Email from Carl Smith to Douglas Young - re: information about pictures
Document Item Number: 24050446001
  • 24050446001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 15 July 2007
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Feb 2018 [Updated: 26 Feb 2018]
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Letter from Mike Thompson to Douglas Young - re: CD pictures
Document Item Number: 24050449001
  • 24050449001
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: 23 May 2004
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Feb 2018 [Updated: 26 Feb 2018]
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Letter to Douglas Young - re: handwritten roster March 1968
Document Item Number: 24050455001
  • 24050455001
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Feb 2018 [Updated: 26 Feb 2018]
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Conversations C 2/5 Cavalry Reunion 2001
Audio Item Number: 2405AU2750

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Audio CD of recorded conversations recorded at the Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division 2001 reunion. The conversations include several people detailing their personal experiences with the unit while serving in Vietnam.
A: (4:25) Ned Buntline Special - Acme Boot Company - Conex Containers - T-AP-123 ;
B: (1:42) Body counts - air strikes - PTSD ;
C: (2:23) John Kartinos - "The Greek" ;
D: (5:31) 7th Platoon, 2nd Squad ;
E: (4:30) Johnson ordering deployment of Air Cav - 2/38th Infantry - Kelly Hill - OBT-2 ;
F: (1:11) "Hard-core" NCOs ;
G: (0:50) USNS Buckner ;
H: (2:09) Unexplained illness - press - photographers ;
I: (4:51) USNS Buckner - Colonel Tully - Life Magazine - Captain Stu Keller ;
J: (10:14) Chamelions - punji sticks - crystalline penicillin - LZ Mike - Sgt Lopez Apuntes ;
K: (4:04) Panama Canal - seasickness ;
L: (3:46) Rigor Mortis ;
M: (3:30) Flanking maneuver ;
N: (2:45) Python ;
O: (1:12) Frank LaMotti ;
P: (5:45) Spec-4 John Likobolli ;

Item Creation Date: 2001
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 02 Nov 2017 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Email from Bill Conner to Douglas Young with Attachments - re: events of 22 July 1969
Document Item Number: 24050432001
  • 24050432001
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 27 February 2007
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Email from Roger Vincent to Douglas Young - re: C Co 2/5 in 1971
Document Item Number: 24050452001
  • 24050452001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 11 November 2006
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Feb 2018 [Updated: 26 Feb 2018]
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Richard Bratton's Vietnam photos 1966 - 1967
Electronic Media Item Number: 2405EM0795
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CD ROM containing the photographs of Richard E. Bratton, Jr. who served with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division from 1966 through 1967.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 01 Nov 2017 [Updated: 01 Nov 2017]
CD labeled 1st Cavalry Division C-2-5
Electronic Media Item Number: 2405EM0799
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The CD contains scans of photographs from an unidentified soldier's service in Vietnam. The photos show men on patrol, helicopters, LZ Hardcore, men at camp, scenes of Vietnamese civilians and a cathedral/church. The photos are undated.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 01 Nov 2017 [Updated: 01 Nov 2017]
John Kartino's Vietnam footage
Moving Image Item Number: 2405VI3559
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VHS containing multiple home movie type films from John Kartino's Vietnam footage. The movies show city street scenes, helicopters landing and taking off in the field, medal ceremonies, life at the 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry base camp, etc.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 02 Nov 2017 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
General Orders No. 73, 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile - Award of the Purple Heart
Document Item Number: 24050415001
  • 24050415001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 17 November 1965
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 20 Feb 2018 [Updated: 20 Feb 2018]
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Tom Rutten's photographs from Vietnam 1967 - 1968
Electronic Media Item Number: 2405EM0798
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CD ROM containing scans of Tom Rutten's photographs from Vietnam. The photos are saved as both JPEGs and TIFFS. Rutten served with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division from 1967 through 1968. The photographs show the daily life of a soldier, base camps, aerial photos of Vietnam, helicopters, and individual soldiers.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 01 Nov 2017 [Updated: 01 Nov 2017]
Dick and Martha Soloway My Visit to Ridgeway
Electronic Media Item Number: 2405EM0800
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CD containing a power point presentation titled Dick and Martha Soloway My Visit to Ridgeway. The powerpoint has photos of the Soloway's and their home, as well as photos of the city of Ridgeway. There is very minimal captioning information provided in the presentation, which is undated.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 01 Nov 2017 [Updated: 01 Nov 2017]
Newspaper Articles (2), The Miami Herald - Dye your drawers green, Soldier/ New 'Copter Unit Formed
Document Item Number: 24050429003
  • 24050429003
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 18 August 1965
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Email to Doug - re: Company C, 2nd of the 5th Unit Roster March 1969
Document Item Number: 24050126001
  • 24050126001
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: March 1969
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Jan 2018 [Updated: 01 Feb 2018]
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General Orders No. 4168 and Attachment, Department of the Army - Award of the Valorous Unit Award for 2nd Battalion, 5th United States Cavalry and its attached units
Document Item Number: 24050149001
  • 24050149001
[Number of Pages: 3]
Author(s): Frank H. Linnell
Item Creation Date: 2 September 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Jan 2018 [Updated: 01 Feb 2018]
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Report, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile - Lessons Learned from Period Ending 30 April 1972
Document Item Number: 24050404001
  • 24050404001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 1 May 1972
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 15 Feb 2018 [Updated: 15 Feb 2018]
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Email from Tim Dube to James Machin - re: links to photographs and information, forwarded to Douglas Young
Document Item Number: 24050435001
  • 24050435001
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 31 August 2006
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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A Great Trench of Bloody Hell, The Battle of Phu Ninh - Assembly - Magazine Article [photocopy]
Document Item Number: 24050147001
  • 24050147001
[Number of Pages: 5]
Author(s): LTC Don Markham
Item Creation Date: March 1995
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Jan 2018 [Updated: 24 Oct 2025]
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Morning Report, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division - re: Morning Reports for July 1969
Document Item Number: 24050110004
  • 24050110004
[Number of Pages: 3]
Author(s): Sharon Gaston, A. J. Broussard
Item Creation Date: July 1969
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 04 Dec 2017 [Updated: 04 Dec 2017]
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Record List, www.no-quarter.org - re: Biographical information of casualties for Co. C 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry, 1965-1972
Document Item Number: 24050148002
  • 24050148002
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: 21 September 1966 to 3 January 1972
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Jan 2018 [Updated: 22 May 2018]
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General Orders No. 5156, 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile - Award of the Army Commendation Medal
Document Item Number: 24050409001
  • 24050409001
[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): Donald W. Connelly, George W. Casey
Item Creation Date: 4 September 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 19 Feb 2018 [Updated: 19 Feb 2018]
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Emails between Douglas Young and Bill Routhier - re: information about Easter Sunday 1969
Document Item Number: 24050444001
  • 24050444001
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: May 2004
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 26 Feb 2018 [Updated: 26 Feb 2018]
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Newspaper Article with Photograph, Vol. 138, No. 70 - 2,500 men sail from Savannah
Document Item Number: 24050429004
  • 24050429004
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 18 August 1965
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Emails between Douglas Young and Lawrence Czyscon - re: photocopies of photographs
Document Item Number: 24050433001
  • 24050433001
[Number of Pages: 9]
Item Creation Date: 25 December 2001 to 10 January 2002
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Record - First Cav Impressions of a Skytrooper by Bill Ellis
Audio Item Number: 2405AU2751
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33 1/3 RPM record - Bill Ellis First Cav Impressions of a Skytrooper

From back cover:
Side One: First Cav (Ellis) (2:53); Firefight (Ellis) (2:38)
Side Two: Freedom bird (Ellis) (3:10); Grunt (Ellis) (2:43)
Copyright De Gar Music Publishing Co ASCAP

Bill Ellis, a rifleman with the 1st Air Cavalry Division, represents soldiers at the foxhole level - where dirt and weariness, fighting, and dying are commonplace as the raw courage and spirit that typify these magnificent young men. For all men, the sights and sounds of combat make vivid impressions; Bill has preserved his in song.

First Cav traces the FIRST TEAM's history, and is one of the first modern sogns written abou the entire division.

It once was said that combat is ninety percent boredom and ten percent terror, Bill captures the gut-grabbing feeling of battle in Firefight. The 'snap' of Russian AK-47's and th line 'Flip your iron to rock 'n' roll' (M-16 on full automatic) will stir a veteran's memories.

Inherent in the hardships of combat are misery and lonliness - the theme of Grunt, whose lyrics reflect the changing vocabulary of war, 'humped a click' has replaced 'marched a mile' the 'Log Bird' - the logistics helicopter that brings food and water, and mail to units scattered far from roads - has replaced the old kitchen truck.

Finally, for every man in Vietnam there comes a day when it's all over, when that big jet flies him home. All the yearning the soldier feels as he counts the days until he's 'back in the world' comes through in the haunting melody Freedom Bird.

Although these songs were written about Skytrooper of the 1st Air Cavalry, the eloquently tell the story of all the gallant men who have fought in Vietnam... and to them this record is dedicated.

Accompanist: Carroll F. Anderson II Album Design: Ron Doss Executive Producer: Maj. J. D. Coleman
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 03 Nov 2017 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Newspaper Article, The Army Reporter, Vol. 4, No. 4 - NVA lose base camp, Capt during offensive [received from Don Jensen]
Document Item Number: 24050426007
  • 24050426007
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 27 January 1968
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Emails between Douglas Young and Al Hembd - re: information about Echo Company
Document Item Number: 24050437001
  • 24050437001
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: November 2006
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Email to Douglas Young - re: assignments of unknown sender
Document Item Number: 24050455006
  • 24050455006
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 10 November 2000
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 27 Feb 2018 [Updated: 27 Feb 2018]
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Special Orders No. 138 Extract, 11th Air Assault Division - re: proficiency ratings
Document Item Number: 24050418010
  • 24050418010
[Number of Pages: 2]
Author(s): K. E. Young
Item Creation Date: 18 May 1965
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 22 Feb 2018 [Updated: 22 Feb 2018]
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Letter from Anthony Vicinanza to his parents - re: first big enemy contact
Document Item Number: 24050424001
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[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 13 March 1967
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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Emails from Vance Gifford to Douglas Young - re: attached photographs and events of 4 November 1969
Document Item Number: 24050436001
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[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: August 2006
Collection: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Collection
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Added: 23 Feb 2018 [Updated: 23 Feb 2018]
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