Year of the Horse: Vietnam-1st Air Cavalry in the Highlands 1965-1967 by Mertel

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Country of Origin
Vietnam
Pages
384
Publication Date
1997-01-06
ISBN
9780764301384
Book Title
Year of the Horse : Vietnam-1st Air Cavalry in the Highlands 1965-1967
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
1997
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
5.9 in
Author
Kenneth D. Mertel
Genre
History
Topic
Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States
Item Weight
29 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
384 Pages
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Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-10
0764301381
ISBN-13
9780764301384
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1152395

Product Key Features

Book Title
Year of the Horse : Vietnam-1st Air Cavalry in the Highlands 1965-1967
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States
Publication Year
1997
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Kenneth D. Mertel
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
5.9 in
Item Weight
29 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-069810
Dewey Edition
21
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
959.704/342
Synopsis
This book is the day-by-day story of the Jumping Mustangs - 1st Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry, of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, written by the man who knows them best. 1st Air Cav Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Mertel. On 1 July 1965, at Fort Benning, Georgia, the 1st Air Cavalry Division was activated to employ newly developed techniques and tactics, providing the utmost in combat effectiveness and flexibility. After telling of the excitement at Benning over the formation of this revolutionary airmobile division, Colonel Mertel gives a vivid picture of the building of his own Jumping Mustang Battalion, the rigorous training of officers and men and, finally, the long voyage across the Pacific to Vietnam. Now the test. Would the new concept of airmobility, so painstakingly worked out stateside, produce the hoped-for results? The answer came quickly and dramatically in a rapid succession of search and destroy operations. Ia Drang . . . An Khe South . . . Plei Mei . . . the Cambodian border . . . Bong Son . . . Tarzan . . . In precipitous mountains, dense jungles, mud and water-filled rice paddles and expanses of view-obstructing elephant grass, the Jumping Mustangs sought out the enemy, engaging him in combat and stopping him in his tracks. Airmobility more than passed the test. Colonel Mertel pays tribute to the many acts of heroism of his men, who lived, worked and fought together in some of the world's most inhospitable conditions. He also writes movingly of those who never came back. In 1967 the President, at a White House ceremony, recognized the Division's success and valor by awarding it the Presidential Unit Citation for the action at Plei Mei. According to the Chines calendar, 1966 was the Year of the Horse. It was the Year of the Horse for the Jumping Mustangs in Vietnam., This book is the day-by-day story of the Jumping Mustangs - 1st Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry, of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, written by the man who knows them best. 1st Air Cav Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Mertel. On 1 July 1965, at Fort Benning, Georgia, the 1st Air Cavalry Division was activated to employ newly developed techniques and tactics, providing the utmost in combat effectiveness and flexibility. After telling of the excitement at Benning over the formation of this revolutionary airmobile division, Colonel Mertel gives a vivid picture of the building of his own Jumping Mustang Battalion, the rigorous training of officers and men and, finally, the long voyage across the Pacific to Vietnam. Now the test. Would the new concept of airmobility, so painstakingly worked out stateside, produce the hoped-for results? The answer came quickly and dramatically in a rapid succession of search and destroy operations. Ia Drang . . . An Khe South . . . Plei Mei . . . the Cambodian border . . . Bong Son . . . Tarzan . . . In precipitous mountains, dense jungles, mud and water-filled rice paddles and expanses of view-obstructing elephant grass, the Jumping Mustangs sought out the enemy, engaging him in combat and stopping him in his tracks. Airmobility more than passed the test. Colonel Mertel pays tribute to the many acts of heroism of his men, who lived, worked and fought together in some of the world's most inhospitable conditions. He also writes movingly of those who never came back. In 1967 the President, at a White House ceremony, recognized the Division's success and valor by awarding it the Presidential Unit Citation for the action at Plei Mei. According to the Chines calendar, 1966 was the "Year of the Horse." It was the "Year of the Horse" for the Jumping Mustangs in Vietnam.
LC Classification Number
DS558.4.M47 1997

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