1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "1st Air Cav" who served during 1968,
whether their tour of duty started in 1967 or 1968.
Look around the site and learn what it was like to be a GRUNT (Infantryman) in the premier Airmobile
Division of the U.S. Army during one of the hardest fought years of the Viet Nam war. 1968 was the year of
the infamous TET offensive, which was proclaimed a defeat of the allied forces by the news media, but was
in reality the biggest loss of men and supplies for the Viet Cong / North Viet Namese Army to date.
In fact the Viet Cong virtually ceased to exist and it took the North Viet Namese / Viet Cong 2 or 3 years to
become a full fledged fighting force again, but now manned mostly by the North Viet Namese.
You will learn about the move from II Corps, An Khe, Bong Song plains, to I Corps, Quang Tri, about 10 miles
south of the DMZ, and the battles that took place around Quang Tri during TET. Also the relief of Khe Sanh,
the A Shau Valley, Operation Delaware, and battles at The Street of No Joy. See pictures of the living
conditions of the grunts and also the countryside.
During late October early November the 1st Air Cav packed up lock stock and barrel and moved from I Corps
to III Corps, Northwest of Saigon. A trip of approximately 350 miles and was back in the field looking for,
finding and Fighting / killing the North Viet Namese in a matter of days.
Hope you enjoy the site and come back and visit often. More information about the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry
Regiment is available by visiting our home page by clicking on the Cav patch.
If you are a former Trooper of the Battalion, or were attached to the Battalion, there is information about
joining the Chapter and our next reunion.
HONOR & COURAGE
Kevan Mynderup
2-2 Alpha
What Is A Veteran?
A "Veteran" -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve -- is someone
who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States
of America," for an amount of "up to, and including his life."
That is HONOR, and there are way too many people in this country today, who do
NOT understand that fact.
whether their tour of duty started in 1967 or 1968.
Look around the site and learn what it was like to be a GRUNT (Infantryman) in the premier Airmobile
Division of the U.S. Army during one of the hardest fought years of the Viet Nam war. 1968 was the year of
the infamous TET offensive, which was proclaimed a defeat of the allied forces by the news media, but was
in reality the biggest loss of men and supplies for the Viet Cong / North Viet Namese Army to date.
In fact the Viet Cong virtually ceased to exist and it took the North Viet Namese / Viet Cong 2 or 3 years to
become a full fledged fighting force again, but now manned mostly by the North Viet Namese.
You will learn about the move from II Corps, An Khe, Bong Song plains, to I Corps, Quang Tri, about 10 miles
south of the DMZ, and the battles that took place around Quang Tri during TET. Also the relief of Khe Sanh,
the A Shau Valley, Operation Delaware, and battles at The Street of No Joy. See pictures of the living
conditions of the grunts and also the countryside.
During late October early November the 1st Air Cav packed up lock stock and barrel and moved from I Corps
to III Corps, Northwest of Saigon. A trip of approximately 350 miles and was back in the field looking for,
finding and Fighting / killing the North Viet Namese in a matter of days.
Hope you enjoy the site and come back and visit often. More information about the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry
Regiment is available by visiting our home page by clicking on the Cav patch.
If you are a former Trooper of the Battalion, or were attached to the Battalion, there is information about
joining the Chapter and our next reunion.
HONOR & COURAGE
Kevan Mynderup
2-2 Alpha
What Is A Veteran?
A "Veteran" -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve -- is someone
who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States
of America," for an amount of "up to, and including his life."
That is HONOR, and there are way too many people in this country today, who do
NOT understand that fact.
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Officers