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"TRIBUTE"

WELCOME TO:!! H-TROOP 17TH CAV. 198TH LIB. AMERICAL DIV.
"A TRIBUTE TO ALL MEMBERS OF 1ST, 2ND, 3TH, and HQ PLT, MEDICS AND LEADERS"

Hi, My name is Ken Moody, also known as (Mother Mood, Moody, and Moody River). I served with H-Troop 17th Cav. 198 Lib. Americal Div. Second Platoon, Chu Lai Vietnam, 1967 and 1968. I would like to dedicate this site to all the Brave Men that I served with of 1st, 2nd, 3th, and HQ Platoon, Our Medics and Our Great Leaders.
WELCOME HOME!

H-TROOP, 17TH CAVALRY

ON MAY 10, 1967, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANNOUNCED: "A NEW INFANTRY BRIGADE WILL BE SENT TO VIETNAM. "THE NEW UNIT, THE 198TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, WAS FORMED FROM UNITS OF THE 1ST AND 2ND AMORED DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TEXAS. OF THESE UNITS FROM "HELL ON WHEELS" AND OLD IRONSIDES"., TROOP H, 17TH CAVALRY WAS ONE. ON OCTOBER 22, 1967, MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTS BROUGHT THE 198TH AND TROOP H TO DA NANG, UPON ARRIVAL, THE TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT BOARDED TROOP SHIPS AND HEADED FOR CHU LAI.

TROOP H, 17TH CAVALRY WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 198TH INFANTRY BRIGADE AND OPERATED IN THE BRIGADES'S AREA OF OPERATION. THE TROOP PERFORMED ITS MISSION WITH THE GOAL OF FINDING THE ENEMY AND DEFEATING HIM WHENEVER HE IS FOUND. ITS SUCCESS HAS BEEN PROVEN IN ITS OUTSTANDING RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHILE SERVING WITH THE AMERICAL.