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1. Lieutenant Rick Rescorla of
Diduryk's Bravo Company later
remarked after having policed
up the battlefield in Charlie
Company's sector following the
assaults: “There were American
and NVA bodies everywhere. My
area was where Lieutenant
Geoghegan's platoon had been.
There were several dead NVA
around his platoon command
post. One dead trooper was
locked in contact with a dead
NVA, hands around the enemy's
throat. There were two
troopers — one black, one
Hispanic - linked tight
together. It looked like they
had died trying to help each
other." Where did Rick
Rescorla die?

2. The 2nd Battalion of the
5th Cavalry was to be flown
into a landing zone, about
3.5 kilometers east-southeast
of LZ X-Ray. What was the name
of the LZ?

3. True or False, using a plan
devised by Lt. Col. Moore,
Bravo/1st/7th, Alpha/2nd/5th
and Charlie/2nd/5th companies
in a third major effort to
relieve the lost platoon under
Sergeant Ernie Savage. Making
use of fire support, the
relief force slowly but
successfully made its way to
the knoll without encountering
PAVN elements. 2nd Platoon had
survived but at a significant
cost; nine KIA's and 13 WIA's
of 29 men. At around 15:30,
the relief force began to
encounter sniper fire and
began the process of carrying
the wounded and dead of the
lost platoon back to X-Ray.


4. While the American lines at
X-Ray were harassed at various
times during the night by PAVN
probes, grenade booby traps
and trip flares set by Captain
Diduryk's Bravo Company began
to erupt. The PAVN launched a
fierce assault against
Diduryk's men. When did Bravo
Company begin to hear the
traps go off?

5. What time did the PAVN
launched a fierce assault
against Diduryk's Bravo
2nd Battalion/7th
Cavalry men?

6. At the end of these
attacks, with daybreak
approaching, Diduryk's
Bravo Company had only
six lightly wounded among its
ranks. How many were killed?


7. True or False, by the
morning of November 16, the
1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry had
been reinforced by the
remaining elements of 2nd
Battalion, 7th Cavalry and 2nd
Battalion, 5th Cavalry. This
would have put the U.S. forces
on rough parity with the
original PAVN forces, three
battalions, or about one
complete brigade each. That
afternoon, 1st/7th Cav.
withdrew from the battle zone
while the 2nd/7th Cav. and
2nd/5th Cav. took up defensive
positions for the night.

8. The battle was ostensibly
over. U.S. forces had suffered
79 killed and 121 injured and
had been reinforced to levels
that would guarantee their
safety. Who demanded that the
2nd/7th Cav. and 1st/5th Cav
stay at X-Ray in order to
avoid the appearance
of a retreat.

9. The two remaining
battalions abandoned LZ X-Ray
and began a tactical march to
new landing zones, 2nd/5th
under Lt. Col. Bob Tully to LZ
Columbus about 4 km to the
northeast, and 2nd/7th under
Lt. Col. Robert McDade to LZ
Albany about 4 km to the
north-northeast, close to the
Ia Drang. What was the reason
for the withdrawal?

10. When did Bob Tully's men,
the 2nd/5th Cav, log into
their objective, LZ Columbus?


11. True or False, the 2nd/7th
was halted in unprepared, open
terrain, and strung out in
550-yard line of march. Most
of the units had flank
security posted, but the men
were worn out from almost
sixty hours without sleep and
four hours of marching. The
elephant grass was chest-high
so visibility was limited. The
column's radios for air or
artillery support were with
each company.

12. As the Americans rested in
the tall grass, North
Vietnamese soldiers were
swarming towards them by the
hundreds. It was 13:15 when
the close quarters, intense
battle began. The North
Vietnamese forces first
struck at the head of the
2nd Battalion column and
rapidly spread down the right
or east side of the column in
what appears to be an L-shaped
ambush. How long did the
fight last?

13. True or False, Bravo
Company, 1st /5th Cav under
Captain Buse Tully began
marching from LZ Columbus to
the rear of the 2nd /7th Cav
column that was about two
miles away. By 16:30, they
came into contact with the
Alpha Company perimeter under
Captain George Forrest.

14. At around 16:00, Captain
Myron Diduryk's Bravo Company,
2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry,
veterans of the fight at LZ
X-Ray, got the word that they
would be deployed in the
Battalion's relief. The first
lift ships swept over the
Albany clearing and the
troopers deployed into the
tall grass. When did Bravo
come to the rescue?

15. The battle at LZ Albany
cost the Americans 124
wounded. How many men
were killed?

16. True or False, Bell
believed the YH-40 was ideal
for troop transport and cargo
carrying as well as the
medevac role, a view soon
adopted by the Army, who found
the pre-production aircraft so
much better in service than
previous piston-powered
helicopters they soon ordered
more of them.

17. The HU-1A (later
redesignated the UH-1A) was
the first turbine-equipped
U.S. helicopter to go into
production, and production
models first entered service
with the 101st Airborne
Division at Fort Campbell,
Kentucky, the 82nd Airborne
Division and the 57th Medical
Detachment. Although they were
intended for evaluation only,
the Army quickly pressed them
into operational service. When
did the 57th Medical
Detachment arrived in Vietnam?


18. These gunship UH-1s were
commonly referred to as Hogs
if they carried rockets, and
Cobras if they had guns. What
was UH-1s tasked for troop
transport called due to an
absence of weapons pods?

19. In the US Navy and USMC
the gunships were referred to
as Sharks. What where troop
transport aircraft called?


20. On 1 August 1968, the unit
was redesignated the 20th
Special Operations Squadron.
Stemming from their color, a
primarily green two-tone
camouflage (green and tan) was
carried, and radio call-sign
"hornet". The main role of
these helicopters were to
insert and extract
reconnaissance teams, provide
cover for such operations,
conduct psychological warfare,
and other support roles for
covert operations especially
in Laos and Cambodia during
the so-called Secret War. What
were the 20th's UH-1s
known as?