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Summary March 1972

Company C, 2^nd Battalion 5^th Cavalry, 1^st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) ends its service in Vietnam.

March 3-5

The majority of the company was on FSB Gibraltar with battalion headquarters and LTC Bieri, the last commander of the 2/5^th Cav in Vietnam.   2^nd Platoon was on FSB Drinnon.  On March 5^th, the 2^nd Platoon turned over FSB Drinnon to the 1/12^th Cav and joined the remainder of the company in the last heli-borne combat assault the company conducted in Vietnam.   The company's call sign was Stampede.   (Source: 2/5 Cav S3 Daily Journals dtd 3-5  March 72)

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March 10

Charlie Company's Vietnamese Kit Carson Scout sustained minor foot injuries when he stepped on a booby trapped M26 hand grenade.  ^{(Source:  Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 3rd Brigade (Sep) 1st Cavalry Division, dtd 1 May 1972)}

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March 14

C Company is extracted by helicopter from the field and flown to FSB Gibraltar, then flown to Bien Hoa Air Base for stand down.  FSB Gibraltar is turned over to the 1/12^th Cav. (Source: 2/5 Cav S3 Daily Journal dtd 15 March 72)

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March 17

Combat operations by the 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry cease.  At the right is the last S3 Daily Journal posted in Vietnam.

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March - Exact Dates Unknown

After the cessation of combat operations, the company began to dissolve.  After a battalion awards ceremony,  weapons were turned in, and those with significant time left on their tour of duty in Vietnam left for new assignments.  Soon, all that was left were the Battalion Commander, LTC Bieri, the battalion Sergeant Major, the battalion staff, and the company commanders, including our own Dolf Carlson.

One of those who was reassigned was Donald Hewitt, a medic with company headquarters.  He had enjoyed a brief time back in the States for the birth of his daughter, then retuned to the company.  After the stand down, he was reassigned to the 8^th Field Hospital in Nha Trang to help with its stand down.  (Sources:  Kuzriel Mier and Dolf Carlson)

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