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Black Knights 3/5 Cavalry Collection (2624) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 26240000000
Collection
Black Knights 3/5 Cavalry Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2014-10-03
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1966-1974, 1989
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 2.25 linear feet of military documents donated by the 3/5 Cavalry Black Knight's Association. The collection contains Operation Reports-Lessons Learned, Command Chronologies, order of battle information, senior officer debriefing reports, After Action Reports, histories of specific battles, Daily Staff Journals, Rosters, and Morning Reports. The materials pertain to the 3rd Battalion 5th Cavalry Black Knights’ service in Vietnam, as well as the service of other units including the 9th Infantry Division, 34th Engineer Group, 54th Artillery Group, 1st Cavalry, II Field Force Vietnam, 1st Air Cavalry, 101st Airborne, 1st Infantry Division, 5th Infantry Division, and 3rd Marine Division. The materials also pertain to operations taking place from 1967 through 1970 including Operations Kien Giang, Santa Fe, Akron, Rock, Houston, Worth, Tampa, Coronado, Greene River, and Task Force Kilo Phase I. The materials predominately date from 1966 through 1974.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D138.1B]]
  • Box 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D176.2]]
  • Box 3: [Barcode: 3] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D175.2 ]]
  • Box 4: [Barcode: 4] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D176.1]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Command Center Division Order of Battle (March 19 1968)
  • Folder 2
  • "The Red Diamond: History of 5th Infantry Division"
  • Folder 3
  • History of 9th Infantry Division (1918-1968)
  • Folder 4
  • History of the Mekong Delta Division Vietnam (9th Infantry) 1969
  • Folder 5
  • History of the 60th Infantry Regiment
  • Folder 6
  • Unit History of the 1st Infantry Brigade 5th Infantry Division (1917-1971)
  • Folder 7
  • History of 1st Brigade 5th Mechanized Infantry Division
  • Folder 8
  • 3rd Brigade 9th Infantry Division Orientation Brochure
  • Folder 9
  • Command Chronology 3rd Marine Division (March 1-31 1968)
  • Folder 10
  • Operational Report for Quarterly Period (Jul 31 1967-October 31 1968)
  • Folder 11
  • Operational Report for Quarterly Period (May 1 1968)
  • Folder 12
  • Operational Report- Lessons Learned 9th Infantry (February 1 1967- January 17 1968)
  • Folder 13
  • Operational Report- Lessons Learned 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry (November 29 1967-July 10 1971)
  • Folder 14
  • Operational Report- Lessons Learned Army 19th Division (March 5 1968)
  • Folder 15
  • Operational Report- Lessons Learned 34th Engineer Group (May 22 1968)
  • Folder 16
  • Operational Report- Lessons Learned 2nd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division (November 22 1968)
  • Folder 17
  • Operational Report- Lessons Learned 1st Infantry Brigade 5th Infantry Division (May 15 1969- July 29 1970)
  • Folder 18
  • Revised Operational Report- Lessons Learned for Public Disturbution 3rd Brigade 9th Infantry (January 23 1976- April 29 1980)
  • Folder 19
  • Revised Operational Report- Lessons Learned for Public Disturbution 3rd Brigade 9th Infantry (April 29 1980-August 29 1980)
  • Folder 20
  • 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry Daily Staff Journals (April 30 1968-October 9 1971)
  • Folder 21
  • Senior Officer Debriefing Program Report (March 14 1968)
  • Folder 22
  • 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry Combat Operation Apache Snow After Action Report (March 22 1968- July 8 1969)
  • Folder 23
  • 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division After Action Report (August 1971)
  • Folder 24
  • The History of the Battles of AP Bau Bang II, Suoi Tre, and AP Gu
  • Folder 25
  • "The War in the Northern Provinces: The Free World Counteroffensive"
  • Folder 26
  • History of the Battle of AP Bau Bang (May 1967)
  • Folder 27
  • Army 9th Infantry Division Personnel Roster (April 1967)
  • Folder 28
  • 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry Morning Reports (January 1 1966- February 2 1967)
  • Folder 29
  • 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry Morning Reports (February 2 1967-April 1 1967)
  • Folder 30
  • 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry Morning Reports (April 1 1967-May 10 1971)
  • Folder 31
  • 1st Infantry Brigade 5th Infantry Division Recommendation for the Award of Presidential Unit Citation (June 18 1971)
  • Folder 32
  • Photocopies of Tropic Lightning News articles
  • Folder 33
  • The Journal of the Armed Forces (October 30 1965)
  • Folder 34
  • Bibliography, appendix, and glossary to an unknown source
  • Folder 35
  • Career Assignments of John Bakker, U.S. Army (1958-1980)
  • Folder 36
  • Black Knights Vietnam t-shirt order forms
  • Box 2
  • Folder 1
  • Seabees at Happy Valley Quarry - reports, correspondence, and clippings (1967-1968, 1981-1982, No Date)
  • Folder 2
  • 26th Marines Operational Reports (April-May 1968)
  • Folder 3
  • 1st Infantry Division Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (1967, 1969)
  • Folder 4
  • 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division Command Chronology (February-April 1968)
  • Folder 5
  • 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Marine Division After Action Report - Operation Houston; Command Chronologies (February-April 1968)
  • Folder 6
  • 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division After Action Reports (Operations Worth, Tampa, Rock) and Command Chonologies (February-April 1968)
  • Folder 7
  • 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division Command Chronologies (February-April 1968)
  • Folder 8
  • After Action Report - Phase 4 Task Force Kilo, Operation Kentucky (April 12, 1968)
  • Folder 9
  • 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division Command Chronologies (February-April 1968)
  • Folder 10
  • 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division Command Chronologies (March-April 1968)
  • Folder 11
  • 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade Command Chronologies and After Action Report (Task Force Kilo Phase I) (January, March-May 1968)
  • Folder 12
  • 1st Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mech) Operational Reports-Lessons Learned and After Action Reports (Operations Montana Mauler, Greene River) (October 1968; January, April-May, October 1969; January, April, August 1970)
  • Folder 13
  • Clippings; 9th Infantry Division Artillery Operational Report-Lessons Learned (April 1968, March 1973, No Date)
  • Folder 14
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (May-July 1967)
  • Folder 15
  • 9th Infantry Division After Action Reports (Operations Akron V, Santa Fe, Coronado XI, Kien Giang) (January-March 1968)
  • Folder 16
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Report-Lessons Learned (February-April 1968)
  • Folder 17
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Report-Lessons Learned (1 of 2) (November 1968 - January 1969)
  • Folder 18
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Report-Lessons Learned (2 of 2) (November 1968 - January 1969)
  • Folder 19
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (1 of 2) (February-April 1969)
  • Folder 20
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (2 of 2) (February-April 1969)
  • Folder 21
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (1 of 2) (May-July 1969)
  • Folder 22
  • 9th Infantry Division Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (2 of 2) (May-July 1969)
  • Folder 23
  • 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry 9th Infantry Division roster, daily staff journals, memos, clippings (1966, 1968-1969)
  • Folder 24
  • 101st Airborne Division Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (January, April, July, October 1969)
  • Folder 25
  • Selections from 101st Airborne Division histories and a report regarding Airborne operations in support of Operation Lamson 719 (1970-1971)
  • Folder 26
  • 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Operational Report-Lessons Learned (August-October 1968)
  • Folder 27
  • 7th Squadron, 1st Air Cavalry Operational Report-Lessons Learned (October 1970)
  • Folder 28
  • Selections from Department of the Army Vietnam Studies publications (Mounted Combat in Vietnam; The War in the Northern Provinces; Cedar Falls Junction City) (No Date)
  • Folder 29
  • Selections from Octofoil (No Date)
  • Folder 30
  • Selections from various publications (Vietnam Tracks: Armor in Battle; The Marines in Vietnam 1954-1973: An Anthology and Annotated Bibliography), clippings (1974, No Date)
  • Folder 31
  • Selections from Decentralized Direct Support Aircraft Maintenance Concept in Division Aviation Units (No Date)
  • Folder 32
  • Selections from Combat Art Vietnam 1968 - 9th Infantry Division (No Date)
  • Box 3
  • Folder 1
  • Selections from an overview of Delta Division in Vietnam (1969)
  • Folder 2
  • Selections from Report on the War in Vietnam (Commander in Chief Pacific, Commander U.S. MACV) (June 30, 1968)
  • Folder 3
  • 9th Aviation Battalion Daily Staff Journal, clippings, unit citation, letters of appreciation (1969)
  • Folder 4
  • Unit history for Troop D, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry; 9th Infantry Division Operational Report; first-hand accounts; reports; memos (1967-1968, 1970)
  • Folder 5
  • Clippings, list of Marine units and significant operations conducted (1968, No Date)
  • Folder 6
  • Unidentified Operational Report-Lessons Learned segment (No Date)
  • Folder 7
  • Memos and lists of cavalry and aviation combat units (1971, No Date)
  • Folder 8
  • Clippings; After Action Report - Operation Charlton; Westpac unit locations (1968, 1973)
  • Folder 9
  • Poem; annual supplement unit history D Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry (selections); selections from Octofoil (ca. 1970, No Date)
  • Folder 10
  • List of terms used in the delta; 3rd Squadron 5th Cavalry Daily Staff Journals and memos; selection from Gunslingers in Action by Lou Drendel (1971, 1974, No Date)
  • Folder 11
  • Photocopy of 90th Replacement Battalion welcome guide (No Date)
  • Folder 12
  • Photocopy of 834th Air Division boarding pass (No Date)
  • Folder 13
  • Photocopy of Christmas dinner pamphlet (1967)
  • Folder 14
  • Photocopies of replacement processing forms used at the replacement station at Oakland (September 25, 1967)
  • Folder 15
  • Headquarters, 1 Australian Task Force, Commander's Diary (July 1967)
  • Folder 16
  • Library of Congress reference material for maps of Vietnam (1989)
  • Box 4
  • Oversize
  • Folder 1
  • Photocopy of a history of the 9th Infantry Division and a clipping (1970, No Date)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=26240000000
Citation
Black Knights 3/5 Cavalry Collection (2624) Finding Aid, Black Knights 3/5 Cavalry Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=26240000000, Accessed 05 Aug 2026.
Pub Credit Line
26240000000, Black Knights 3/5 Cavalry Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 02 Oct 2014 [Updated: 12 Mar 2018]

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