Willaim Dwyer

The 11th Air Assault Division (Test) was an experimental unit of the United States Army, activated in 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Its primary mission was to test and evaluate the concept of rapid troop movement and assault using helicopters, a revolutionary tactic at the time. Over two years, the division developed and refined air mobility tactics, which proved highly effective and laid the groundwork for future operations. In 1965, the division was inactivated, and its assets were used to form the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), which soon deployed to Vietnam and demonstrated the effectiveness of air assault operations in combat.