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John J. Tolson III was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. During the Vietnam War, he helped implement the airmobile concept use of helicopters in combat with the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).〔Lt. Gen. John Tolson, ''Vietnam Studies: Airmobility 1961–1971.'' Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office (1973).〕 Tolson gives credit to the U.S Marines for first using helicopters to transport troops into combat in the Korean War, making the ground fight a three-dimensional war, thus freeing our troops from the tyranny of terrain.〔Lt. Gen. John Tolson, ''Vietnam Studies: Airmobility 1961–1971.'' Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office (1973): 4.〕〔Robert C. Ankony, ''Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri,'' revised ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Lanham, MD (2009):65.〕 Maj. Gen. Tolson took command of the division in April 1967 and served in that capacity till July 14, 1969. During his command his division played crucial roles during the Tet Offensive at the former Imperial capital at Hue and at Quang Tri City in January 1968. It also participated in the second biggest battle of the war: the relief of the Marine Khe Sanh Combat Base in March 1968 where all three brigades engaged the enemy, as well as the massive air assault into the A Shau Valley in April 1968 where the First and Third Brigades attacked the north end of the valley and leapfrogged south.〔Robert C. Ankony, ''Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri,'' revised ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Lanham, MD (2009).〕〔Roberts, E.B. Maj., Gen. ''The First Air Cavalry Division Vietnam: August 1965 to December 1969'', Nippon Printing Co., Tokyo, Japan (1970).〕 In World War II John J. Tolson was a member of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Battalion and participated in every jump with that unit including the recapture of Corregidor in 1945.〔Roberts, E.B. Maj., Gen. ''The First Air Cavalry Division Vietnam: August 1965 to December 1969'', Nippon Printing Co., Tokyo, Japan (1970): 36.〕 ==See also== * Battle of Signal Hill Vietnam * 1st Air Cavalry Division * Operation Delaware * Operation Pegasus 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John J. Tolson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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