Purp is married, the father of three daughters, and cuts hair at Gibbs Barber Shop, where he has worked for the last nineteen years. Lefebvre earned graduate degrees in secondary school administration and public administration. Crandall and Freeman successfully rescued some 70 wounded men. 1965, just after the start of the U.S. campaign that led to the Ia Drang Valley. The battle of Ia Drang was an engagement of the Vietnam War. I've also included soldiers who survived and died later and the wife of the commander of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, Julia Moore for her role in supporting the grieving widows of the men slain. The 430 troops of the 1st Battalion, 1stCavalry Division loaded into helicopters and were dropped into the Ia Drang valley. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Both were present at the Battle of Ia Drang, the first large-scale engagement of the Vietnam War. Lawrence, even in his paralyzed state, was able to give some direction to his company. The battle was later dramatized in the film We Were Soldiers. Ia Drang Valley, Battle of the (1965). Adams and his wife have a three-year-old daughter. Every night I rub a towel over all my scars and see them in the mirror. HASTINGS, Charlie W., fifty-three, forward air controller at LZ X-Ray, retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force on March 1, 1992, after thirty years service. He told me that if he didn't make it, I was to write her and tell her that he loved her. He is a freelance commercial artist in Harrisburg and occasionally turns his hand to fine-art drawings of his war experiences. Charlies foot was pinned in the wrecked cockpit when the white phosphorus target-marking rockets under the wings cooked off. With only 700 effective soldiers left of the original 2,200, the 33d Regiment needed help. He returned for a second Vietnam tour as an adviser in IV Corps in August 1968; in the 1970s he earned bachelors and masters degrees. They and their buddies fought off hundreds of North Vietnamese with the help of artillery. P.O. McNamara told Johnson that the U.S. could continue with its limited engagement or massively escalate the war with hundreds of thousands more troops. Ia Drang set the blueprint for the Vietnam War with the Americans relying on air mobility, artillery fire and close air support, while the PAVN neutralized that firepower by quickly engaging American forces at very close range. He teaches physical and earth sciences at Venice High School, Los Angeles, California. Carrara says, I dont dwell on Vietnam, but now and then I hear something or smell something and flash back to those days. He served as city manager of Dunsmuir, California, from 1977 to 1980, when he moved to Mesa, Arizona, where he is the citys manager of public works. In 2016, he joined a panel of Ia Drang survivors at the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Ga., to share their experiences with both young and seasoned officers and noncommissioned officers. Temperatures reached 100 degrees, and by the afternoon there was a firestorm battle for survival. The plane hit several tombstones and flipped over. when I said to hell with it. He and his wife own and manage a trailer park, and Kluges night job is corrections officer for the Arizona State Department of Corrections. He and his wife live in Phoenix, Arizona. Resend Activation Email. And it all began early one fall day. The men were still in an administrative maneuver, so when the word to halt came they plopped down where they were. Lawrence's story is one that he has told so often to so many people that it is fluid and impactful without being rehearsed. . You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. It occurred in the Ia Drang valley, near Vietnam's border with Cambodia, on November 14-18, 1965. The battle was part of a campaign for control of the strategic central highlands, which divided South Vietnam north to south. Although each survivor's story is unique, they all carry the same lessons. He was paralyzed. A Chicago native, Doc Carrara returned home, changed his specialty to pathology. They died dirty. TULLY, Robert (Bob), sixty-eight, commander, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry in the Ia Drang, served a second tour in Vietnam in 1968 as a brigade commander in the Americal Division. Unknown to them at the time, they were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese troops. 'Can't you see I'm dying?' The last time he talked to Herren, Lose said, Nobody out here understands what we went through.. They have two grown children. in history. Among the many survivors of the ambush was 1st Lt. Rick Rescorla, a platoon chief who died Sept. 11, 2001, rescuing individuals from the World Commerce Heart's south tower till it crashed round him. He retired in 1990. He lives in Falls, Pennsylvania. He retired a major in 1980, after twenty years service. Jemison works part-time as a security guard in Columbus, Georgia, and he says: Each night I go back to Vietnam to fight that same battle, over and over.. Baker, who was less than a foot away from me, was screaming that I was in charge and that I had to do something," he said. In the prologue, Galloway wrote: "This, then, is our testament and our tribute to 234 Americans who died beside us in Landing Zone X-Ray and Landing Zone Albany in the Valley of Death, 1965." Parish now runs the Bristow, Oklahoma, toll gate on the Turner Turnpike. Book Sources: The Battle of Ia Drang Valley We were soldiers once -and young : Ia Drang, the battle that changed the war in Vietnam by Ha Moore; Joseph Galloway Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection DS557.8.I18 M66 1992 ISBN: 0679411585 Publication Date: 1992-10-20 Everyman in Vietnam by Michael Adas; Joseph J. Gilch They have three children, daughters Abigail and Alison and a son, Thomas Alexander. The Ia Drang Valley is the place the U.S. really went to warfare. Today, Doc Shucart of Landing Zone Albany is the chief of neurosurgery at Tufts University Medical School. The American death toll was a shock to President Lyndon Johnson, who immediately dispatched Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to Saigon to find out what was going on. That all would change when the First Cavalry Air Mobile Division flew into the Ia Drang Valley in the central highlands of South Vietnam. MAPSON, Betty Jivens, forty-two, daughter of Sergeant Jerry Jivens, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, killed in action at X-Ray on November 15, 1965, is married, the mother of two, and works as a secretary at the Medical Center Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. The North Vietnamese forces had succeeded in engaging the U.S. forces in very tight quarters. He is president of his own management-consulting firm and lives in Oklahoma City. Moore lectures at military academies and at several colleges and universities. He is working on a book on Alpha Companys year in Vietnam. Survivors described savage, close-range combat, sometimes hand-to-hand, over several hours. SMITH, Jack P., forty-seven, returned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry after his wounds healed, and completed his tour. Joseph Galloway was a civilian reporter at the Battle of Ia Drang. He is now an attorney in San Diego, California. He spent thirty-two months in the hospital recovering from the wounds he suffered in LZ X-Ray. His last project on active duty was researching and writing a history of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War. MARUHNICH, John, sixty-two, mortar sergeant, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in LZ X-Ray, retired a sergeant first class in 1974 with twenty-four years service. I fought for this country and now I own and farm 120 acres of my country. In his spare time he camps, climbs, skis, and fishes for trout in the Rockies. Within an hour, they came under attack for the first time by North Vietnamese regulars, launching a four-day battle that killed hundreds of Americans and perhaps more than 1,000 Vietnamese and changed the course of the Vietnam War. PARISH, Willard, fifty-one, mortarman in Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, who won the Silver Star for his work as a machine gunner in LZ X-Ray, was among the draftees who rotated home in December 1965 for discharge. Bun-gum operated a 161-acre dairy farm until 1988, when he sold his cows and took a job in town. He would recover after some physical therapy and return to duty in 1966 to finish his tour. The location of the battle, far into the jungle from any roads, meant troops had to be airlifted in. The battlefield area covered 1,500 square miles of what appeared to be flat rolling terrain dominated by the Chu Pong . For him, war is something that will always be a necessity as long as there is evil in the world, but it is something that is not to be glorified or desired. Hal Moore and the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment fought at the former for three days, beginning on November 14. It was fifty-five years ago on November 14, 1965, the First Cavalry Division commanded by Lt. Col. Hal Moore landed in the Ia (pronounced Eye) Drang Valley, South Vietnam. It was the longest day I ever experienced in any aircraft, Crandall recalled. Lawrence dropped to the ground to take cover in the tall elephant grass and began to return fire like any other rifleman. Karen works part-time as a freelance designer and helps with her husbands construction and contracting business. "My gut told me, this is wrong, this isn't right, something's wrong here. The airstrike broke the North Vietnamese siege and enabled reinforcements to reach the LZ. He returned to serve two more tours in Vietnamone with the Special Forces, one with an intelligence agency. His friend, James Lawrence, speaks with organizations and Soldiers about the lessons learned from the Army engineer recognized for exemplary work in obsolescence management, Norway adds top-tier military experience to State Partnership Program, Army's Environmental Restoration Program revitalizes contaminated lands, Army Lt. Col. Adams: A pioneer worthy of commemoration, US and UAE soldiers train together at Joint Readiness Training Center, Unified network operations underpins Army's digital transformation, SMA plans to reward Soldiers who meet rising standards. God rest you, George. Omaha, As the command ship touched down, other NVA soldiers opened up; Myron Diduryk was struck in the stomach in the doorway of the chopper. SETELIN, John, forty-eight, squad leader, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, left Vietnam with three Purple Hearts and left the Army a sergeant. He died less than 100 yards from where his best friend lay wounded. In January 1991, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf summoned the reporter to his headquarters in Saudi Arabia and said: Im sending you to the commander out here who is most like General Hal Moore, and the division which has the most challenging and dangerous mission in my battle plan. Galloway rode with then-Major General Barry McCaffrey and the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) on a hair-raising tank charge through the western Iraq desert to the Euphrates River valley. Gen. Westmoreland, commander of the U.S. In the end, 79 Americans had been killed, and 121 men were wounded. It would remain the U.S. militarys single bloodiest day in Vietnam through the entire war. Today he is president of a major chemical-waste management corporation in Oak Brook, Illinois. Second Lieutenant Walter Joe Marm, Jr., led an attack against a heavily fortified enemy force on November 14, 1965, personally knocking out several positions in the Ia Drang Valley, South Vietnam. Shocked and wounded U.S. troops gather at a jungle clearing of South Vietnam's Ia Drang Valley in mid-November 1965, as they wait for an ambulance helicopter. Learn more about featured topics of the Vietnam War and Vietnam Era. His hands were burned in the escape from the wreckage, and it was doubted that he would ever fly again. In her spare time, Rosemary enjoys spending time with her partner, her cats, and her horse, or sitting down to read a good book. Simpson County, Her research focused on military, environmental, and Canadian history with a specific focus on the Second World War. The late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, author of We Were Soldiers Onceand Young, is said to have closed every speech with the phrase, "Hate the war, love the American warrior." He single-handedly raised five young children and earned a doctorate, retiring a lieutenant colonel after twenty years service. The Ia Drang Valley is a map featured in Battlefield Vietnam. Alpha company along with most of the command group had setup a perimeter in the trees, but the rest of the battalion was cut off. Johns retired a brigadier general and is now dean of faculty at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Johns, whose two youngest children are in college, does volunteer work and writes for her own pleasure in her spare time. The former arrives in Vietnam in November 1965, and, soon after, is tasked with leading his 400 men in an effort to take out the enemy troops who attacked one of the bases in the Ia Drang Valley. They never did. He personally shook the hands of at least fifty thousand returning soldiers. I think McNamara knew, deep down; I think Johnson knew, Wiest said. Spec. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. The bulk of the fighting was centered around two vital helicopter landing zones: LZ X-Ray and Albany. Poley, a bachelor, lives alone on his farm outside Ackley, Iowa, and in a 1990 letter explained himself far better than we could: Some might ask why havent I forgotten about Vietnam after all these years. He is married and the father of two children. Alex Kolyer for MPR News On this Veterans Day,. He was medically evacuated the next morning. SELLECK, Pat, fifty-one, radio operator, recon platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at X-Ray, was discharged from the Army on November 29, 1965, and returned to his old job at the telephone company. Please reset your password. On November 27, 1965, Diduryk wrote a detailed account of Bravo Companys actions at X-Ray for the ROTC students at his alma mater, St. Peters College in Jersey City, New Jersey. He wanted the Gulf veterans to have the welcome-home that none of the Vietnam veterans got. By the end, there were no officers left and only 49 men that were not wounded. In 1974 he transferred from the infantry to the military police. Lacking confidence in the South Vietnamese, Gen. William C. Westmoreland ordered the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, which had been in country about a month, to pursue the enemy, using newly minted airmobile tactics. copyright 2023 Linda Carole Mustion has not added any memorials to this virtual cemetery. It was the most successful ambush against U.S. forces during the course of the entire war. SCOTT, James A., sixty-nine, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalrys sergeant major, served a second Vietnam tour in 1970-71 as command sergeant major, USARV Scott retired as a command sergeant major on May 1, 1973, after thirty years, ten months, and twenty days of service, wearing the Combat Infantrymans Badge with one star; six Bronze Stars; three Purple Hearts; a European Campaign ribbon with four battle stars and one invasion arrow; a Korean Service ribbon with two battle stars; a Vietnam Service ribbon with four battle stars; and the Presidential Unit Citation badge. JOHNS, Barbara Geoghegan, fifty, widow of Lieutenant John Lance (Jack) Geoghegan of the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, killed in action in X-Ray, married Lieutenant Colonel John Johns in 1969. Shortly after landing, a U.S. patrol captured an unarmed North Vietnamese deserter who told them that three regiments, roughly an entire division, were hiding in the nearby mountain. That same month, the United States began bombing North Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and owns and operates a real estate brokerage firm. LOSE, Charles R., the medic of the Lost Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, has dropped out of sight. The . At various times in recent years he has been reported to be either employed or a patient in VA hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama. When I go to the wall, I see Don Cornett's name 58,000 times.'. Postal Service in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On November 27, 1968, Lieutenant Colonel Bartholomew was killed in action. I was standing back there in the column and the column was stopped. He retired from the battlefield only after all possible service had been rendered to the infantry battalion. With the arrival on foot of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry commanded by Lt. Col. Robert McDade, on the morning of November 16, there were now three Cavalry battalions crammed into the clearing, including Lt. Col. Walter Tullys 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry. It was a battle between one US division and three NVA regiments. The Ia Drang Valley is where the U.S. truly went to war. The assault at LZ X-Ray began before noon on 14 November. Battle of Ia Drang, first major clash between U.S. soldiers and North Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War. He is an executive with a major defense-contracting firm and lives in Centreville, Virginia. The two-part battle took place between November 14 and November 18, 1965 west of Plei Me, in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. Fighting was so intense that a battalion commander, Lt. Col. Hal Moore, reported finding a dead American with his hands at the throat of a dead North Vietnamese soldier. He went home to Murphysboro, Illinois. Don Cornett had a wife and a son, a mother and a father and two sisters. ), provided the authors with a copy of Diduryks journal and maps for this book. The fighting continued all day and into the night. Three U.S. soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the battle. By whatever measure, the chaotic, bloody Battle of the Ia Drang Valley set the tone for the rest of war. I pulled the muscles in that leg so badly yanking it free that I couldnt walk for three months, he said. He retired from the Army as a staff sergeant in 1976, and now serves in the Alabama National Guard. The 430 troops of the 1st Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division loaded into helicopters and were dropped into the Ia Drang valley. After Vietnam, Hazen maintained a correspondence with the mother of the young lieutenant who died in his arms. Five years ago he attended a reunion of Alpha Company veterans of LZ Albany. His personalized license plate proclaims: LZ X-Ray. Forces, was Time magazines Man of the Year. Absent was an effective plan for winning over the civilian population caught in the crossfire, said James Willbanks, a Vietnam veteran who is the director of the Department of Military History at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. It had been a small undeclared war mainly fought by South Vietnamese troops with a few U.S. advisers in the mix, sometimes on the ground, sometimes in helicopters, said Andrew Wiest, a history professor at the University of Southern Mississippi and the founding director of its Dale Center for the Study of War and Society. This was the first major engagement between the United States Army and the North Vietnamese Army. ADAMS, Russell, fifty-one, machine gunner, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav in the Ia Drang, helps run the family dairy farm on five hundred acres outside Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. U.S. intelligence knew that North Vietnamese regulars probably a single regiment were in the area. 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