1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry

[Anonymous Vet]

[Anonymous Vet]

Welcome to the 1st Battalion 50th Infantry Association Website
The 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry served in Vietnam from 22 September 1967 to 13 December 1970 as a general reserve in II Corps (Central Highlands), providing our massive combat power to major units as and where it was most needed. At times we were attached to the 1st Cavalry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 173d Airborne Brigade and 1st Field Force Vietnam. What we did is now history.

Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) once noted, "History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn." Nothing could have been further from the mind of a combat infantryman, fighting a daily battle against the enemy, the weather, the terrain and, often, himself! But as Dwight Eisenhower said in his 1953 inaugural address, "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."

So here's our story. Like most history, ours still lives. Many battles we fought are not yet finished.



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[Anonymous Vet]

Units_Served2 = Recon, Scout's
Veterans_Last_Name = Gilbreath
Veterans_First_Name = Walter (HAPPY)
Home_State_and_Zip = IN. 47006
Reply_Email = [e-mail]

[Anonymous Vet]

The 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry served in Vietnam from 22 September 1967 to 13 December 1970 as a general reserve in II Corps (Central Highlands), providing our massive combat power to major units as and where it was most needed. At times we were attached to the 1st Cavalry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 173d Airborne Brigade and 1st Field Force Vietnam. What we did is now history.

[Earl N. Dodd -James C. Strano]

I am trying to find people who faught with my brother or knew him during his time in country. his tour started 10-19-67. james c strano.