More than 30 Vietnam air cavalry veterans visited a contemporary air cavalry unit at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga. That unit – the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, known as the ...

During Vietnam, Funk was an Air Cavalry Troop commander in 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Funk reiterated the Huey's iconic status.

A UH-1 helicopter, operated by 21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat), carries Vietnam veterans on an air lift, which passed over the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas, Aug. 18, 2012.

First Air Cavalry division had just arrived in Vietnam and was preparing for its first airmobile assault, an operation called "Shiny Bayonet." These specially trained troops got a baptism of fire.

Melvin Gregory, left, is pictured at a veteran’s event held at the Missouri Capitol in 2017. Gregory, a native of the Mexico, Missouri, area, served with the 1st Air Cavalry Division during the ...

Wounded and weary U.S. soldiers lie in a sandy trench near An Thi in VietNam on Jan. 31, 1966. Two companies of the 1st Air Cavalry engaged joint Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces 10 miles ...

For Henry Llewellyn, a veteran with the VFW District 16, who was a crew member of Alpha Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, this Medal of Honor ceremony, honoring… ...

Susan Rescorla, wife of Col. (Ret.) Cyril Richard “Rick” Rescorla and 1st Lt. Ross Reid , a Cardiff, Wales, native, walk toward the ceremony dedicated to Rescorla June 11 at Fort Hood, Texas ...

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At 26 years old he shipped off to Vietnam and was assigned to A-troop, 1st of the 9th Air Cavalry. "We went out looking to see what had happened the night before, and what we could stir up," he said.