Anatomy of a Division; The 1st Cav in Vietnam

New York: Warner Books, 1989. First Warner Books Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. Very good. x, [2], 268, [8] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Appendix: Division Order of Battle. Sources and bibliography. Index. Shelby L. Stanton is a noted military historian. During the conflict in Vietnam, he was commissioned as an infantry officer of the US Army and completed the Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces Officer courses. His six years on active military duty included service throughout Southeast Asia, where he earned the Vietnam service and campaign medals. After being wounded in Laos, he was medically retired with the rank of captain. He is the author of Rangers at War; Rise and Fall of an American Army: US Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973; and Vietnam Order of Battle. The first complete military history of the U.S. ground forces in the Vietnam War. It has been hailed by military publications as well as the New York Times as an absolutely essential addition to any complete Vietnam library. The 1st Cavalry Division fought in the Vietnam War. The division had become an air assault division as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), commonly referred to as the 1st Air Cavalry Division. The use of helicopters on such large scale as troop carriers, cargo lift ships, medevacs, and as aerial rocket artillery, was never before implemented, but by doing so it freed the infantry from the tyranny of terrain to attack the enemy at the time and place of its choosing. They were the First Team, the most innovative development in warfare since the introduction of massed tank formations in World War II. The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. It was formed in 1921 and served during WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, in the Iraq War, and in Afghanistan. The unit has served as a Cavalry (horse) Division, an Infantry Division, an Air Assault Division and an Armored Division throughout its existence.