The picture above Joe Galloway of the Soldier on the machine is
my father, PFC Joseph Tramontano. He was a scout with 1-9 CAV and served
in the Battle of Ia Drang. This picture was taken by a reporter on the
battlefield (not Joey Galloway) at LZ X Ray, and was later on the cover
of many magazines to “show” America what war was about. Please let me
know if there are any questions. Thanks.
V/R,
Erica M. Tramontano
CPT, US Army
1st Cavalry Division
CPT, US Army
1st Cavalry Division
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Operation Silver Bayonet was the Americans
first large scale assault on the NVA. In the eastern foot of the Chu
Pong massif, Central Highlands, a Landing Zone was set up as a place of
insertion for American troops. LZ X-Ray was the origin of a three day
battle from November 14th to the 16th, 1965.
The fighting strength in Vietnam as a whole at the time was 75,000 men, which with the orders of General Westmoreland, was increased to 125,000 men. The men of a newly formed unit, the 1st Cavalry, was to test a new experimental tactic: Air Mobility. The idea of Air Mobility was to insert and extract troops by helicopter. The helicopter of choice was the UH-1 'Huey'.
The fighting strength in Vietnam as a whole at the time was 75,000 men, which with the orders of General Westmoreland, was increased to 125,000 men. The men of a newly formed unit, the 1st Cavalry, was to test a new experimental tactic: Air Mobility. The idea of Air Mobility was to insert and extract troops by helicopter. The helicopter of choice was the UH-1 'Huey'.
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