1st Cav Rushed In During Operation Masher

摘要

A black horse head and crossbelt on a bright yellow shield-that's the impressive insignia of the 1st Cavalry Division, formed in 1921 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then and now, 1st Cav troopers wear the largest division patch in the Army. The story goes that even amid the dust clouds raised by hundreds of cavalry steeds, you could always make out that big yellow patch with the black horse head. The 1st Cavalry Division wore that patch in the Southwest Pacific and the Philippines during World War Ⅱ, painted it on buildings in occupied Japan from 1945 to 1950, and stitched it on fatigues in the tough Korean War that followed. The 1st Cav s yellow shield marked its troopers in Iraq in both 1990-91 and after 2003, and in Afghanistan, too. But if you showed that big bright patch to average Americans, they'd likely think of the Vietnam War and the heyday of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Hollywood certainly knows that deal. In big-budget, popular movies as diverse as Apocalypse Now and We Were Soldiers, the 1st Cavalry Division's helicopter aviators and heli-borne troopers were used to exemplify the American war effort in Vietnam. To most of us, that big yellow patch and the UH-1 "Huey" helicopter symbolize Vietnam. Of course, there's a lot more to that difficult, frustrating conflict than one American division, no matter how famous.