operation report information
for 1 BDE 1 CAV
For date 680425
1 BDE 1 CAV was a US Army unit
Operation DELAWARE
Thua Thien Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, A Shau Valley
Description: On D+6 of DELAWARE, the 1/7th Cav secured the abandoned airfield at A Loui so the 1st Bde, 1st Cav could land in the A Shau Valley. Meanwhile, the foot cavalry pushing out from their LZs found ammunition stocks and abandoned antiaircraft guns mounted on flatbed trucks. The NVA slipped away with as much material as possible.
The source for this information was Rise & Fall P: 248
Rise & Fall = The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1963 - 1973 by Shelby Stanton.
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