Command Sergeant Major Ted G. Arthurs, Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006. xvi, 353 pp. Arthurs was Sergeant Major of the 4/503d Airborne Infantry, May 1967 to May 1968. The battalion was involved in combat in the Dak To area, and in the area of Tuy Hoa in Phu Yen province on the coast. Was in the Tuy Hoa area during the Tet 1968 fighting.
Jerry Autry, Gun-totin' Chaplain: A True Memoir. Airborne Press, 2006. 301 pp. Autry served as a chaplain with the 101st Airborne Division, 1968-69.
Annette Bird & Tim Prouty, So Proudly He Served: The Sam Bird Story. Wichita, Kansas: Okarche Books, 1993. viii, 412 pp. Sam Bird served in the First Cav approximately Jan 1966 to Jan 1967.
Matthew Brennan, Brennan's War: Vietnam 1965-1969. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1985. vii, 275 pp. Memoir by a man who joined was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at the end of 1965; he joined C Troop in the division's reconnaissance squadron (the 1/9 Cavalry) late in 1966. A good look at the way the best American regular units operated. (See Christopher and Flanagan, below, for other accounts of the 1/9 Cavalry).
Matthew Brennan, ed., Headhunters: Stories from the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, in Vietnam 1965-1971. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1987. Pb New York: Pocket Books, 1988. viii, 310 pp.
Matthew Brennan, ed., Hunter Killer Squadron: Aero-weapons, Aero-scouts, Aero-Rifles, Vietnam 1965-1972. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1990. pb New York: Pocket Books, 1992. xvii, 317 pp.
Richard R. Burns,
Pathfinder: First In, Last Out. New York: Ballantine, 2002. 402 pp.
This book covers Burns' training and his first tour in Vietnam.
He was in the Pathfinder detachment of the 101st Airborne Division,
arriving with the Division in December 1967 and staying until December
1968. A reorganization July 1, 1968 transferred the Pathfinders
from the Headquarters Company of the 101st Aviation Battalion to the
Headquarters Company of the 160th Aviation Group.
Chap 15 describes a mission into Laos, west of the A Shau, to extract a
substantial SOG force that was in trouble there, July 1968.
William Meacham was one of the helicopter pilots.
Ronald Lee Christopher,
A Troop 9th Cavalry. Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2006. 250 pp.
Christopher was a staff sergeant in A Troop, 1/9 Cavalry, First
Cavalry Division (Airmobile), September and October 1966. (See
LRRPs
in the Airborne for the sequel.)
Micheal Clodfelter,
Mad Minutes and Vietnam Months. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988. xi,
235 pp. pb New York: Zebra Books, 1989. 381 pp. Clodfelter arrived in Vietnam in late
July 1965 with the 2/320 Airborne Artillery, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne. After taking
a six-month extension on his tour, he transferred in August 1966 to C Company, 2/502
Airborne Infantry. By the time he left in January 1967 for hospitalization for a bad punji
stake wound, he was a sergeant E-5.
Micheal Clodfelter,
The Pawns of Dishonor. Boston: Branden Press,
1976. 467 pp. Probably an earlier version of the
previous item.
J.D. Coleman,
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam.
New York: St. Martin's, 1988. Paperback titled Choppers New York:
St. Martin's, 1998. Covers the first battles between U.S. troops (the 1st
Cavalry Division) and the PAVN, in what is usually called the Battle of
the Ia Drang, autumn 1965.
J.D. Coleman,
Incursion. New York: St. Martin's, 1991. This book
is both broader and narrower than is suggested by the title, which refers
to the attack on the Cambodian sanctuaries, May 1970. Coleman, who was
an information officer with the 1st Cavalry from April 1969 to April 1970,
concentrates on the 1st Cavalry, which was only one of the forces involved
in the incursion. But he also runs the 1st Cavalry's story back to 1968
instead of concentrating on events of 1970.
James L. Estep,
Comanche Six: Company Commander, Vietnam. Novato,
CA: Presidio, 1991. pb New York: Dell, 1992. xiii, 286 pp. Reissued in 1996 by Presidio under
the title Company Commander, Vietnam. The full text of this last version
is available online to paid subscribers of
Questia. Estep served four tours in
Vietnam: as a Special Forces sergeant 11/62 to 11/63; a Special Forces
officer 1/65 to 1/66; a company commander in the First Air Cavalry (the
main focus of this book) from late 1967 until he was seriously wounded
north of Hue 3/68; and at the ARVN NCO Academy 7/72 to 3/73. Names have
been changed, and sometimes also the identities of units operating together
with Estep's.
Mallon Faircloth,
Behind the Names: The Story of An Ninh, The First Major Battle of
Our War in Vietnam. Brentwood Academic Press, 2004. 77 pp. The
battle of September 18-19, 1965, about 30 kilometers west of An Khe,
in which the 2/502 Infantry and an RVN ranger company fought elements
of the 2d PLAF Regiment.
John Flanagan,
Born in Brooklyn. . . Raised in the CAV! XLibris,
2002. 238 pp. Flanangan was Saber Blue 37, piloting a Huey in a reconnaissance unit,
B Troop, 1/9 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, April 1967 to April 1968. (See Brennan above, for an
account of C Troop in the same reconnaissance squadron from the viewpoint of one of the recon troops who travelled
in the Hueys.)
Charles Gadd,
Line Doggie: Foot Soldier in Vietnam. Novato, CA:
Presidio, 1987. Gadd served a one-year tour with the 101st Airborne Division
(1/501 Bn) starting in December 1967.
Manny Garcia,
An Accidental Soldier: Memoirs of a Mestizo in Vietnam.
University of New Mexico Press, 2003. 278 pp. Garcia
served with the 101st Airborne Division, 1966-1967, and was
seriously wounded.
Russell W. Glenn,
"Reading Athena's Dance Card: The American Combat
Soldier in Vietnam." Ph.D. dissertation, History, University of Kansas,
1997. 478 pp. DA 9817094. The focus is on the 1st Cavalry Division, veterans
of which were surveyed in 1987. Glenn considers the S.L.A. Marshall thesis
on willingness to fire, and the effects of the tour system (both 6-month
for commanders and 12-month for soldiers).
Ulf Goebel,
Sgt. Ed Arthur's Nam. Westerville, OH: Dakar, 1974.
Arthur served with the First Air Cavalry.
Bernard E. Grady,
On the Tiger's Back. Brunswick, Maine: Biddle, 1994. 239 pp.
The 5/7 Cavalry arrived in Vietnam in August 1966
to join the 1st Cavalry Division. Grady, a 1st Lieutenant, was
XO of B Company.
Larry Gwin,
Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir. New York: Ivy, 1999. xi,
353 pp. On arrival in Vietnam as a lieutenant, approximately the beginning
of August 1965, Gwin was sent to Vi Thanh in the Mekong Delta as an advisor
to the 3d Battalion, 31st Regiment, 21st ARVN Division. He spent just over
a month with this unit, which seemed to have little interest in combat.
The bulk of the book, pp. 55 onward, covers his service as executive officer,
A Company, 2/7 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, September 1965 through the
end of June 1966. He was at Landing Zone Albany in the Battle of the Ia
Drang Valley. Some names have been changed.
Benjamin L. Harrison,
Hell on a Hill Top: America's Last Major Battle in Vietnam.
Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse, 2004. xix, 277 pp. The battle for Firebase Ripcord, abandoned by elements of
the 101st Airborne Division (mainly the 2/506 Infantry)
on July 23, 1970. Harrison commanded the 3d Brigade of the 101st. While researching
this book, he visited Vietnam and interviewed PAVN Major General Chu Phuong Doi, who had commanded
the PAVN 324B Division in the attack on Ripcord.
David L. Hartline,
Vietnam: What a Soldier Gives. Summerville, Georgia: Espy, 1984. xiv, 234 pp. Hartline arrived in
Vietnam in 1968 and was assigned to the 3/5 Cavalry, apparently just before that unit was transferred from the
9th Infantry Division, in III Corps, to the 1st Cav near the DMZ in I Corps. Later he served
as a scout in the Mekong Delta.
David S. Holland,
Vietnam, a Memoir: Airborne Trooper. New York and Lincoln, Nebraska:
iUniverse, 2005. 247 pp. Lt. Holland (see also under
U.S. Soldiers on the
Ground for other portions of his service in Vietnam) commanded a platoon in the
173d Airborne Brigade, September 1967 to January 1968, including the
Battle of Dak To.
Edward Hymoff,
The First Air Cavalry Division, Vietnam. New
York: Lads, 1967. xiv, 153 pp.
Lawrence H. Johnson III,
Winged Sabers: The Air Cavalry in Vietnam, 1965-1973.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1990. xi, 180 pp. pb Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole
Books, 2001. xi, 180 pp.
Kregg P.J. Jorgenson,
Acceptable Loss. New York: Ivy Books, 1991. 243 pp.
Jorgenson arrived in Vietnam in September 1969 as a nineteen-year old sergeant
assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. He served as a Ranger/LRRP, and later
in a Blue Team.
Kregg P.J. Jorgenson,
MIA Rescue: LRRP Manhunt in the Jungle.
Jorgenson, as a member of a 1st Air Cavalry Blue Team, participated in
the rescue of survivors of LRRP team 5-2, which had suffered severe casualties
encountering PAVN forces in Cambodia June 17, 1970.
Rod Kane,
Veteran's Day: A Combat Oddyssey. New York: Crown,
1990. pb New York: Pocket Books, 1991. The author was a medic with the
First Air Cavalry.
Charles M. Kinney,
Borrowed Time: A Medic's View of the Vietnam War. Victoria,
British Columbia: Trafford, 2003. x, 152 pp. Edited by Pamela
Gillis Watson. Kinney became the senior aidman for C Company,
2/7 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, in November 1965; served until
November 1966.
David Kranig,
"The Screaming Eagles at Trung Luong." Vietnam Magazine, April 2003, pp. 34-40. Kranig
was a team leader in the 2/327 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Badly wounded June 1966
north of Tuy Hoa.
Major Steven M. Leonard,
"One Man's Vision:
The Evolution of Airmobile Artillery", Field Artillery, JUly-August 1999, pp. 24-28.
John Leppelman,
Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five
Months in Vietnam. New York: Ivy Books, 1991. Leppelman joined the
173d Airborne Brigade in February 1967. Extremely bitter about what he
regarded as lousy weapons and lousy officers, he transferred first to riverine
forces, and eventually the Rangers.
Chuck Leshikar, ed., Delta Raiders: D Company, 2/501 Infantry, 101st
Airborne (AMBL). Southern Heritage Press, 1998. 328 pp.
Richard A. Luttrell,
All Her Boys (Carlton Press), 192 pp. Memoir
by a man who served with the 101st Airborne.
James McDonough,
Platoon Leader. hb Novato, CA: Presidio, 1985.
pb New York: Bantam, 1986. 173d Airborne Brigade, 1970-71.
Peter Maslowski and Don Winslow,
Looking for a Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the
Vietnam War. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. 618 pp.
Sergeant Hooper won the Congressional Medal of Honor for an action
of February 21, 1968, near Hue; he was with D Company, 2/501 Infantry,
101st Airborne Division.
Col. Kenneth D. Mertel,
Year of the Horse - Vietnam. New York:
Exposition Press, 1968; pb New York: Bantam, 1990. 328 pp. Mertel
arrived in Vietnam in 1965 as commander of the 1st Battalion, Airborne,
8th Cavalry, in the 1st Air Cavalry Division. (The book says virtually
nothing about Mertel's previous tour, apparently 1962-63, in Vietnam.)
Pat Moffett,
Fortunate Soldier. Garrison-Savanna, 2003. 300 pp.
Moffett served in Vietnam 1968-1969 with the 101st Airborne, but
apparently did not get into heavy combat very much.
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway, We Were Soldiers
Once . . . and Young. New York: Random House, 1992. The battle of the
Ia Drang, 1965. Moore was a battalion commander; Galloway witnessed the
battle as a journalist.
Edward F. Murphy,
Dak To: The 173d Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam's
Central Highlands, June-November 1967. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1993.
384 pp.
John A. Nesser,
The Ghosts of Thua Thien: An American Soldier's Memoir of
Vietnam. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008. x, 197 pp. Nesser was in Vietnam with the
101st Airborne Division, May 1969 to July 1970, initially as a rifleman in the 2/501
Infantry, later as a door gunner on a Chinook.
Claude D. Newby,
It Took Heroes: A Chaplain's Story and Tribute to
Combat Veterans and Those Who Waited for Them. Bonneville Book,
1998. 2d rev. ed. Tribute Enterprises, 2000. xi, 231
pp. The bulk of this tells the story of Newby's first tour in Vietnam
as an Army chaplain (Mormon), September 1966 to September 1967, with the
1st Cavalry Division. He is the chaplain described under the pseudonym
"Gerald Kirk" in the book Casualties of War by Daniel Lang, who
helped bring to light a rape-murder committed by some soldiers of the 2/8
Cavalry in November 1966.
Frank Nicholas,
"Interview with Frank Nicholas." Oral history interview, conducted by
Steven Maxner, April 5, 2001. 41 pp. Nicholas joined the Army in January 1967, and
arrived in Vietnam around September 1967, assigned to the 173d Airborne
Brigade. The text is copyright by,
and has been placed on-line by, the
Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University.
Keith W. Nolan,
Ripcord: Screaming Eagles under Siege, Vietnam 1970.
Novato, CA: Presidio, 2000. 368 pp. The full text is available online
to paid subscribers of Questia. pb New York:
Ballantine, 2003. xiv, 522 pp. The U.S. 101st Airborne
Division established FSB Ripcord in western Thua Thien province in April
1970, but heavy PAVN pressure forced its evacuation in July.
Jon Oplinger,
Quang Tri Cadence: Memoir of a Rifle Platoon Leader
in the Mountains of Vietnam. McFarland, (1994?). 214 pp. Oplinger arrived
in Vietnam June 1968, and commanded a platoon in D Company, 2/5, First
Cav, for three months before being evacuated with serious wounds.
Lt. Col. Lloyd J. Picou, USA,
"Operation
Steel Horse" Military Review, October 1967 (vol. XLVII, no. 10), pp. 48-53. Artillery raids by the 1st Cavalry Division, in which typically
four guns (usually 105mm moved by air, sometimes 155mm or 157mm guns moved by ground) would move to a
temporary firing position within range of a target. Not enirely clear; p. 49 suggests the typical operation
was over in an hour, but p. 53 says that most lasted about eight hours. It also is unclear how
aerial rocket artillery fit into the concept.
James J. Schild,
For Garry Owen in Glory: The True Account of an Airmobile Platoon
Leader in Vietnam, 1968-1969. Florissant, MO: Auto Review Pub.,
1989. vi, 194 pp.
Col. G. William Sefton,
It Was My War: I'll Remember it the
Way I Want To. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press, 1994.
Benjamin S. Silver, Ride at a Gallop. Waco, TX: Davis Brothers
Publishing, 1990. 404 pp. The development of the 11th Air Assault Division
(Test)/1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 1963-65, by an officer who participated
as commander of the 228th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion (Chinooks).
William M. Spake,
Vietnam and "Chaplain Hoppy": VietNam, 1968, Letters from a Chaplain:
101st Airborne Division - "The Screaming Eagles" W.M. Spake, 2000.
Richard Otto Stahl,
APO 96490: Vietnam Redux. Infinity, 2002. 212 or 232 pp. Stahl's tour with the
1st Cavalry Division ended in January 1970.
Shelby L. Stanton, Anatomy of a Division: The 1st Cav in Vietnam.
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1987.
Ed Swauger,
Earning the CIB: The Making of a Soldier in Vietnam. Yellville,
AK: Whitehall Publishing, 2005. 171 pp. Swauger served in the
173d Airborne Brigade, probably around 1968.
Richard Taylor,
Prodigals: A Vietnam Story. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2003. xviii, 331 pp.
Taylor as a first lieutenant was an adviser to the 2d Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment, ARVN 7th Infantry Division, in the
Mekong Delta 1967-68. He was in the fighting in My Tho during
the Tet Offensive. During his second tour, 1970-71, he initially
commanded B Company, 1/7 Cavalry, 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
then (pp. 268- ) was his battalion's intelligence officer.
Robert Lee Towles,
"The Tears of Autumn: Air Assault Operations and Infantry Combat in
the Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, November 1965." Ph.D. dissertation,
Kent State University, History, 2000. 502 pp. AAT 9976645.
Based on a lot of interviews.
Turner Publishing Company Staff, 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam.
Turner Publishing Company, 1997.
George M. Watson,
Voices from the Rear: Vietnam 1969-1970. n.p.: Xlibris, 2001.
322 pp. Watson was drafted after having completed his first year
of graduate school. He arrived in Vietnam in June 1969, was sent
to the 101st Airborne Division, and because of his educational
background was assigned to the Personnel Records Branch of the
101st Administration Company. He was at Bien Hoa until late
November, then shifted to Phu Bai.
Arthur Wiknik, Jr.,
Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. Havertown, PA:
Casemate, 2005. xiv, 272 pp. Wiknik was drafted in May 1968,
and went to Vietnam in April 1969 as a "shake-and-bake" sergeant. After a week of in-country training
at SERTS at Bien Hoa, he served in A Company, 2/506 Infantry,
and was at Hamburger Hill. Some names have been changed.
E. Tayloe Wise,
Eleven Bravo: A Skytrooper's Memoir of War in Vietnam. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland, 2004. Wise was in Vietnam from May 1969 to April 1970.
Dominick Yezzo,
A G.I.'s Vietnam Diary: 1968-1969. New York:
Franklin Watts, 1974. 87 pp. Yezzo served in G-5 of the 1st Cavalry Division.
The Virtual Vietnam
Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University has placed online a considerable variety of
reports from airborne and airmobile units. A sample of the sorts of
materials in this collection includes:
First Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore,
"After Action Report, IA DRANG Valley Operation 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry 14 - 16 November 1965." Dated
9 December 1965. 19 pp. plus
attachments (numerous hand-drawn maps, photos that appear to have been taken from the air at low
altitude, and Col. Moore's 14 November Operations Order for the operation that went into Landing Zone
X-RAY on that date). The text including
attachments.
"Combat After Action Report," 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), Operation Masher,
25 Jan-3 Feb 66/Operation White Wing, 4 Feb-6 Mar 66."
pp. 1-21;
pp. 22-32 and tables.
Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile),
"After Action Report (3 Sep 66 Attack on Camp Radcliff)."
The text. A mortar attack.
Major Darwin A. Petersen and Captain Alex Woods Jr., "History of the 227th Aviation
Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 1 January 1967 - 31 December 1967." 23 pp. The battalion was
based at Camp Radcliffe, An
Khe. The
text.
Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division, "Combat Operations After Action Report - Operation
SCOTLAND II." Dated 3 June 1968. Northeastern Quang Tri province, 15 April - 7 May
1968. The text.
Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "Operational Report -
Lessons Learned 1 August - 31 October 1968" Dated 10 November 1968. 21 pp. The
brigade was in Quang Tri province, participating in Operation Jeb Stuart III, the
Phoenix Program, and other things. The
text.
Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "Operational Report of 2d Brigade, 1st Cav
Div (AM) for Period Ending 31 October 1968, RCS CSFOR-65(RI)." Dated 22 November 1968. 12 pp. The
brigade was involved in Operations Jeb Stuart III and Comanche Fall
(Lam Son 261). The text.
1st Squadron 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "Combat Operations After
Action Report," Operation Jeb Stuart III, 17 May - 2 November 1968, Northern I Corps. 8, 2 pp. (The two-page enclusure
at the end is an after-action report for Operation Comanche Falls, 11 September -
23 October 1968). The
text.
1st Squadron 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "Operational Report for
February 1968." 12 pp. In Northern I
Corps. The
text.
Headquarters 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "Combat Operations
After Action Report," 20 April 1969. 8 pp. Covers Operation Toan Thang II, 7 November 1968
to 17 February 1969, in III corps.
The text.
1st Squadron 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "Operational Report of First
Squadron, Ninth Cavalry,"
for Quarterly Period Ending
31 January 1969. In III Corps; includes Operations Liberty Canyon and Sheridan Sabre.
for Quarterly Period Ending
30 April 1969 and Section II
Lessons Learned. In III Corps.
Section II Lessons Learned
for Quarterly Period Ending 31 July 1969.
for Quarterly Period Ending
31 October 1969. Northern III Corps.
for Quarterly Period Ending
31 July 1970. 16 pp. The Cambodian Incursion, and operations in Phuoc Long and Binh Long provinces.
Troop D, 1st Squadron (Airmobile), 9th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division, "Operational Report,"
Month of August 1969;
Month of October 1969;
Month of November 1969.
The Air Cavalry Division. Quarterly magazine published by the 1st Cavalry Division.
Spring 1969.
62nd Infantry Platoon (Combat Tracker), 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division,
"Operational Report." A scout dog unit that also began using Kit Carson Scouts late in 1969,
and was very satisfied with the performance of the Kit Carson Scouts.
Month of August [1969].
Month of September [1969].
Month of October [1969].
Month of November [1969].
The Year of 1969.
14th Military History Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "1st Cavalry Division
(Airmobile), Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 1 May - 31 July 1970" Dated 14
August 1970. This period included the Cambodian Incursion, and the shift of the 1st
Brigade from War Zone C to War Zone D. The text has been placed on-line in three
parts: pp. 1-41,
pp. 42-68 and
Tabs D-I (Tab F is Intelligence Activities) (Tabs A-C, which included both friendly
and enemy Order of Battle, do not appear to be in the online version), and
Tabs J-T (Tab L
is Provost Martial Activities, Tab M is medical, Tab N is logistical, Tab O is a detailed
list of fire bases, Tab P is Civil Affairs, Tab Q is Psychological Operations, Tab R is
a very brief comment on the Cambodian Kit Carson Scouts, Tab S is Chemical Activities).
H Troop (Air) 17th Armored Cavalry Squadron, "After Action Report, 1 November 1972 - 28
January 1973." 12 pp. A unit that continued flying combat operations with AH-1G and OH-6A
helicopters in the Central Highlands until the Paris Peace
Agreement. The
text.
101st Airborne Division
Headquarters 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), "Operational Report of the 3d Brigade
101st Airborne Divisino (Airmobile) for the Period Ending 31 October 1968, RCS CSFOR-65 (R1)." Dated
15 November 1968. 11 pp. Operation Toan Thang, Phase II, 1 Aug - 24 Sept;
Operation Goldern Sword, 1 Sept - 24 Oct; Operation Nevada Eagle.
The text.
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), "Operational Report -
Lessons Learned, Period Ending 31 July 69." Dated 9 December 1969. 68 pp. Covered the period May to
July 1969: Operations Kentucky Jumper, Massachusetts Striker, Bristol Boots, Montgomery Rendezvous,
and Campbell Streamer.
The text.
Headquarters 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), "Operational Report -
Lessons Learned - Period 1 May 69 - 31 Jul 69." Dated 4 August 1969. 11 pp.
The text.
Headquarters, 3d Bn 187th Abn Infantry, "Combat After Action Report, Operation APACHE SNOW,
Period 9 May thru 21 May 1969." 54 pp.
The text.
Headquarters 101st Airborne Division, "Battle of Dong Ap Bia - Hill 937 10-21 May 1969."
The text.
22d Military History Detachment,
"Narrative, Operation 'Apache Snow', 101st Airborne Division, Major General John M. Wright Jr.,
Commanding, 10 May - 7 June 1969. 28 pp. plus illustrations.
The text.
LTG Richard G. Stilwell,
"Combat Operations After Action Report (RCS: MAC J3-32) (KI)". Operation Apache Snow, 10 May
to 7 June 1969. The text.
Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
"Combat Operations After Action Report - Summary APACHE SNOW."
10 May - 7 June 1969. 31 pp.
The text.
Headquarters, 2d Battalion (AM) 501st Infantry, 2d Brigade 101st Airborne Division,
"Combat Operations After Action Report, Operation Apache Snow." 20 June 1969. Covers
10 May to 9 June 1969. 7 pp.
The text.
Headquarters 1st Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry,
"Combat Operations After Action Report, Operation APACHE SNOW." 18 June 1969. Covers
10 May to 9 June 1969. 29 pp.
The text.
Headquarters 2d Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry,
"Combat After Action Report OPORD 3-69 (APACHE SNOW)." 20 June 1969. Covers
21 May to 8 June 1969. 18 pp.
The text.
Headquarters, 3d Battalion (Airmobile), 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
"Combat After Action Report: Operaton RANDOLPH GLEN." Operation Randolph Glen, in Phong Dien District
of Thua Thien Province, began 7 Dec 1969. This report covered up to 14 Feb 1970; the operation had not yet
ended at that date.
The text.
Headquarters 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), "Combat Operations After Action
Report, Operation LAMAR PLAIN." Dated 15 September 1969. The operation lasted from 15 May to 14 August
1969. The text.
Headquarters, 2d Squadron, (Ambl), 17th Cavalry,
"Combat Operations, After Action Report, Operation Republic Square." 16 December 1969. Covers
29 September to 7 December 1969. 5 pp. A mixed reconnaissance unit of the 101st Airborne Division,
having helicopters and organic infantry, operating in Northern I Corps.
The text.
"They Stand Alone: 1970 History, 1st Battalion (Airmobile), 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
(Airmobile), Republic of Vietnam." Operation Randolph Glen, Thua Thien, 1 Jan-31 March 1970;
Operation Texas Star, Nam Hoa district of Thua Thien, 1 April-5 September 1970; Operation
Jefferson Glen, Nam Hoa and Phong Dien districts of Thua Thien, 6 September-31 December 1970.
The text.
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), Period Ending
30 April 1970, RCS CSFOR-65 (R2) (U). 17 May 1970. 54 pp. plus
Inclosures. The text.
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), Period Ending
31 July 1970, RCS CSFOR-65 (R2) (U). 15 August 1970. Covers 29 April to 31 July. Main text 51 pp.;
Operations Narrative 31 pp.; Organizational Structure
4 pp. The text.
Headquarters, 3d Battalion (Airmobile), 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
"Combat Operation After Action Report, Binh Tay I (Pacify West I), Cambodia." Attacking Base Area 702 in the
Cambodian Incursion, 5-18 May 1970.
The text.
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), Period Ending
31 October 1970, RCS CSFOR-65 (R2) (U). 15 November 1970. Main text 59 pp.; Operations Narrative
25 pp.; maps of the area of operations
3 pp. The text.
TOC 2d Bn (AMBL) 506th Infantry, Daily Staff Journal or Duty Officer's Log, 13 November 1970
at FS/OB Rakkasan) and 1-12 March 1971 (at FB Jack).
The text.
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
Airmobile Operations in Support of Operation Lam Son 719. 20 March 1971. Online in
three parts: Main
text (16 pp.) and Annex A "Intelligence" (30 pp. on weather, terrain, enemy forces, etc.),
Annex B
"Downed Aircraft Recovery" and Annex C "Aviation Statistical Summary", and
Annex D
"Summary of Combat Damage", Annex E "Abbreviations/Acronyms", Annex F "Definitions"
(includes exact locations of Base Areas 604 and 611).
Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile),
Final Report - Airmobile Operations in Support of Operation LAMSON 719, 8 February - 6 April
1971. 1 May 1971. Volume I: xv, 55 pp. Volume II, in numerous sections paginated
separately, plus annexes, is much longer. The
texts of both volumes have been placed online in a single very large .pdf-type file by
STINET. Most of Volume II has been placed online by the Vietnam Project
in five parts: Front
matter, I (Introduction), II (Aviation Organization), III (Chronology of Operations in Laos),
IV (Airmobile
Operations in Laos), pp. 1-32,
IV (Airmobile
Operations in Laos), pp. 33-76,
IV (Airmobile
Operations in Laos), pp. 77-109,
IV (Airmobile
Operations in Laos), pp. 110-152; V (Raids); VI (Results). Annexes have not been placed
online by the Vietnam Project, so far as I have found, but they are in the version placed
online by STINET (see above).
CO 3d Brigade 101st Airborne Division (AMBL),
"Commander's Daily Situation Report (SITREP) 084-71, 242000H Mar to 252000H Mar 1971." 12 pp. The forward
CP was at Camp Carroll; the unit was supporting Operations Jefferson Glen and Lam Son 719.
The text.
Headquarters, 2d Squadron (Ambl), 17th Cavalry,
"Combat Operations After Action Report, Operation JEFFERSON GLEN.". 13 October 1971.
The text.
173d Airborne Brigade
"Operations Report - Lessons Learned, 1-66 - Operation CRIMP." Two reports from the
173d Airborne Brigade on Operation CRIMP, 8-14 January 1966, in the Ho Bo Woods of
Binh Duong province. The second of these reports, on VC fortification, has numerous
diagrams. The text.
Headquarters 173d Airborne Brigade,
"Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 173d Airborne Brigade, Period Ending 31 October 1970,
RCS CSFOR - 65 (R 2)." The text.
Headquarters, 3d Battalion (Airmobile) 506th Infantry, "Operational Report of 3d Battalion
(Ambl), 506th Infantry for Period Ending 31 January 1970, RCS CSFOR-65 (R2)." Dated
1 February 1970. 21 pp. Covers November 1969 through January 1970. Started out (up to 4 Nov)
OPCON to Task Force South, IFF, in Operation Sheridan. From 21 December onward,
participated in Operation Washington Green [probably OPCON to 173d Airborne Brigade].
The text.
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