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After Action Reports (AARs) came in many different guises. Some were written at division level about an action the 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry participated in, while others were written at battalion level. Some overlap years, some are about operations, while others are about particular firefights. Reports are in chronological order, but there are overlaps.
After Action Reports differ from Operations/Lesson Learned Reports (ORRLs) in that AARs dealt with specific actions or operations. ORRLs dealt with specific time periods.
Pleiku Campaign (October and November) - written at 1st Cavalry Division level. The prime author was then CPT J. D. Coleman who wrote his book "Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam." The battles of LZ X-Ray and Albany were part of the Pleiku campaign.
Operation Silver Bayonet (November 11-26) - written at 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry level concerning its part in the Ia Drang Valley operations..
Operations Matador I and Matador II (December 31, 1965 - January 17) - written at 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division level. Operations in Pleiku and Kontum Provinces.
Operation Jim Bowie (March 7-28) - written at 1st Cavalry Division level. Operations in the mountains west of the Bong Song plains, Binh Dinh Province.
Operation Paul Revere and Hooker I (June 2-22) - written at 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division level. Operations in Pleiku and Kontum Provinces.
Operation Big Top (July 15-19) - written at 2/5 Cavalry level. Actually a combination document of both the After Action Report and the Operations Order. Operations in and around An Khe and Route 19 between An Khe and Pleiku.
Operation Pershing (February - April) - written at the 2/5 Cavalry level. Battalion was operating in Binh Dinh Province, Bong Son coastal plains area, with stints in the eastern mountains.
Battle of Phu Ninh (March 11) - written by the Office and Information and History, 1st Cavalry Division. Details the action in which nine C 2/5 Cav troopers were killed. The 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry was awarded the Valorous Unit Citation for the action. Includes transcript of interviews with SSG Shoemaker and CPT Markham.
Operation Lejeune (April 6-22) - written by the Office of Information and History, 1st Cavalry Division. Details the short operation during which the 1st Cav operated just north of Binh Dinh Province into Quang Ngai Province, the normal area of operations for the U. S. Marines Corps until that time.
Operation Pershing II (January 20 - 29 February) - written at the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division level. Operations in northeastern Binh Dinh Province in the Bong Son area.
Tet Offensive for Phu My District (January 31 - February 4) - written at the 1st Battalion (Mechanized) 50th Infantry, 1st Cavalry Division level). C 2/5 Cav was under the operational control of 1/50th during part of the period.
Operation Pegasus: The Relief of Khe Sanh (March 31 - April 15) - written at the United States Army Vietnam level. 2/5 Cavalry was directly involved in the operation.
Battle of The Angel's Wing (March 9) - written by the 14th Military History Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division. Primarily about B 2/5 Cavalry, but involves C 2/5 Cav as part of the rescue force.
Attach Against LZ Ike (June 17-18, and 19-20) - written at 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry level. Primarily about D Company, which was base defense, but mentions that C Company was operating with B Company exploiting Arc Light strikes.
Attack Against FSB Ike (November 4) - written by the 14th Military History Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division, dated January 19 and 22, 1970. Includes a request to correct some data from the division historian. Also a summary sent from the 1st Brigade to the Division dated December 4.
Combat Operations by the 2/5 Cav in the Dinh Quan Area (November 17-25) - written after the departure of the main elements of the 1st Cavalry Division by the 3rd Brigade (Separate). It discusses the "dynamic defense" of the Bien Hoa/Long Binh/Saigon area.
Operational report - Lessons Learned, 3rd Brigade (Separate), 1st Cavalry Division for period ending 30 April, 1972, dtd 1 May 1972. Discusses the last operations of the battalion, the tactics used, and the final stand-down to Bien hoa.
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