 On 23 June 1965, Private First Class Gerold Worster arrived by plane in Saigon, in the Republic of Vietnam.Not only was Gerold the first soldier from the 1st Infantry Division, known as the "Big Red One", he was also the first member of the 7th Artillery to set foot on Vietnamese soil.Even as he climbed from the plane, his comrades were loading aboard the USNS "General W. H. Gordon" for the trip to Vietnam.