The 1st Cavalry Division In Korea

The 1st Cavalry Division In Korea - The Big Picture

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Big Picture: The 1st Cavalry Division in Korea
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). The Army on horseback that once was the United States Cavalry is no more, for our Army today is a mechanized force. But "cavalry" is a proud word in military terminology and no one displays that pride more than the men of the 1st Cavalry Division. They call themselves "troopers," like their tough forbearers who, a century ago, rode against the Indian tribes of the west. Today, these men of the division (sometimes called "the first team") keep alive the cavalry's legendary tradition of bravery by fighting, when they are called upon to fight, with courage and an indomitable will to win. THE BIG PICTURE brings to the screen the story of the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea; a story as illustrious as any in the cavalry's magnificent history.

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@edcedera 6 жыл бұрын

My Father was there for 2 years. He only ever said one thing to me about it, when I got my draft card for Viet Nam, "We will never make enough bullets"

@asmodeus0454 Жыл бұрын

Gen'l Matthew B. Ridgway did a phenomenal job in the Korean War turning around the U.S. Eighth Army in early '51. The U.S. Eighth Army's victories of Chipyong-ni and the third battle of Wonju turned the tables on the Chinese. Ridgway then followed these up with the limited offensives of Operations Killer and Ripper which were highly effective and successful. Ridgway was an excellent operational and strategic commander and leader.

@victorialouden1912 6 жыл бұрын

My uncle died on 3 sept 1950 one of the bloodest days of the war his body was not retuned home to cincinnati intil memorial day 2017 after 66 years he is next to my grandpa who gave up on life after my uncle died. He signed him in the service in 1948

@DREECE54 5 жыл бұрын

My Uncle was reported MIA Nov.2 1950. He was Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Charles S .Lawler. He was only 18 when he joined up. He wrote one letter home and stated it was hell and he wanted to come home. A month later he was MIA. His best friend stated he was wiped out with his whole Battalion, but his body was never found. 3 WEEKS A GO , my mother got a phone call from the Military, they found his remains and ID'D him, he will coming home this friday for proper burial. By the way he was in Unsan when he went missing.

@mikeray1544 5 жыл бұрын

Bless you Ms.Louden- as a Navy Vet my heart goes out to you Ma'am, Yours, Mike Ray CM3,USNR, ret.

@markraymond3074 2 жыл бұрын

My father killed ur uncle I guess

@ibuprofendave2771 3 жыл бұрын

My Dad and Uncle were both Korean War vets...Dad was an Air Force medic but my Uncle was in the 7th Rgt, 1st Cav and was wounded in Oct. 1951

@changmoyang3157 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your dad's participation in the Korean War. So I am very proud of your father as a Korean, which has made Korea developed by leaps and bounds since then. Your father can be called, ' The Keeper of Freedom and Peace' in Korea. Never will I forget his service for Korea.

@ibuprofendave2771 2 жыл бұрын

@@changmoyang3157 thank you for the kind comments!

@victorbailey6233 3 жыл бұрын

I served with the 1Cav Div. At Fort Hood , Tx from 1974 to 1975 with B company 8th engineer BLT 1 Cav Div.

@simpleman8644 2 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather, Johnny Widener was Sargent in the 1st Calvary in Korea

@larrywashington6199 4 жыл бұрын

After looking at these films , it's been 30 Yrs since i was over there,but it only seems like yesterday.

@dennishcorcoran6263 5 ай бұрын

My Stepdad, Walter T. Beachamn, was a WWII retread with the 36th Infantry Division and commanded B Co./7th Cavalry and later the 2nd Battalion/7th Cavalry as a surviving Captain. Wounded in the Winter of '52, he left the Army in '56 as a Major. May GOD bless you always, Walt.❤

@JRyan-lu5im 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting that there's nothing noted the fact that 5th and 8th reg were virtually destroyed alongside their armored support in their first month alongside having thier NCO's stripped before even deploying. My great uncle was killed with the 5th Reg after it was overran July 1950.

@JRyan-lu5im 5 жыл бұрын

@@DREECE54 Seeing the number of KIA in the war and how much 1st Cav took, that wasn't the division you wanted to be in by the looks of it.

@lucillecandelaria7040 5 жыл бұрын

@@JRyan-lu5im my father was 1st cav in Korea 1950 to1952 hardly spoke about his experience there was told by others that he was on a hill and the Chinese were trying to over take it he said that it looks like a swarm of ants. He and his two brothers were there in different parts of the war . He won a silver star Valente morales was his name his brothers name are Miguel and Francisco morales

@Voucher765 4 жыл бұрын

The first US Army units sent to Korea were undermanned since they were on occupation duty in Japan therefore had very little experience fighting a real war which involved heavy fighting against Communist aggression.

@cheefsmokealot4479 4 жыл бұрын

They became veterans fast....

@outdoorfreedom9778 4 жыл бұрын

@@cheefsmokealot4479 My father was 1st Cav and marched into Toyko then served as occupation troops. When they got pulled for Korea most of his men were all combat vets. Undermanned and undersupplied but not under-trained. He sure hated Korea!!

@kirklandgavin6858 4 жыл бұрын

I have seen the Artillery Gun that fired the nuke round is at Ft Sill.

@KookieKatKid 3 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was 1st Cav as a tanker and now I'm a tanker going to be Cav.

@weshay9006 11 жыл бұрын

My Dad was in the 1st Cav. Div. the artillery. I never did know how the 1st got it's patch.

@outdoorfreedom9778 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry about the 7 year gap but you asked about the 1st cav patch. It symbolizes the horse and blanket.My father was also in the 1st and artillery according to his DD-214

@OwenYang-dw4bf Ай бұрын

So what happened on 1st November? Some said that they faced CCP in Unsan. But they didn't tell us which division they encountered.

@outdoorfreedom9778 5 жыл бұрын

LIke Wes Hay, my dad was 1st Cav artillery in both wars. LIke all the troopers I knew as a kid, none ever spoke of the wars. Until last year I had no idea my dad ever won the silver star in Korea until I got his records and DD214. I was always told the patch represented the horse and blanket? Then again, I was only a little kid and things were toned down in those days.

@victorialouden1912 6 жыл бұрын

His story is on you tube korean war vet returns to cincinnati 2017

@ChrisHerrera-fd1fj Жыл бұрын

I have found my Dad 3 times so far , he was 1st Cav.Div 1stBN. 😂B Co. He is going on 91 he insisted at the age of 16yrs old Aug 1949

@JohnDilivio Ай бұрын

Sgt has no CIB badge

@MichaelJonesC-4-7 5 жыл бұрын

_Garry Owen! Scouts Out Front!_

@bluemountaindrivepae 5 жыл бұрын

Video starts with a missile, then a atomic cannon, awesome.

@trevorplows7494 5 жыл бұрын

Blue Mtn , the only thing awesome is how really stupid you sound. Theres a real life video game waiting for someone with your IQ to play.

@hobertlee7598 4 ай бұрын

MY DAD WAS IN KOREA

@wlflyfish 11 жыл бұрын

the firs cav patch has a line in it which stands for the line they never ed crossed & yellow speaks for itself when i was in Vietnam at a e.m. club someone read that over loud speaker needless to say a big fight broke out this club had members from several different units there the club was torn up so badly it was closed by military police for months the first cav stood up for their patch

@larrywashington6199 4 жыл бұрын

Yes i remember that old saying, and it made me mad everytime i heard it, The saying was the line we never crossed, which was rhe 38th Par. the horse we never rode, and the back ground was rhe reason why.