Army Reporter information
for 1 CAV DIV
1/9 CAV 1 CAV
For date 680309
1 CAV DIV was a US Army unit
1/9 CAV 1 CAV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation JEB STUART
South Vietnam
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 9 Mar 1968 issue.
Skytroopers of the 1st Cav Div reported light, scattered action throughout their Jeb Stuart area of operations resulting in 25 enemy killed. While patrolling an area five miles west of Hue, a scout helicopter from the 1/9th Air Cav spotted a group of armed enemy soldiers moving along a trail. The pilot rolled his chopper in on the group, engaging them with miniguns and reported killing 14 Communist soldiers.
The source for this information was 6803AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines
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