Fort Bragg to Hue

A Paratrooper with the 82nd and 173rd Airborne in Vietnam, 1968-1970

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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In February 1968, the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division was understrength, with only enough paratroopers to deploy a single brigade. The 3rd Brigade was flown 9000 miles to reinforce American units fighting the North Vietnamese Army around Hue--received a Valorous Unit Award for their actions there.James Dorn was on Brigade staff. He later led a rifle platoon with the 3rd in the rice paddies west of Saigon. In his second year with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Central Highlands. he again led a platoon until promoted to captain. His frank and detailed memoir recounts their diverse combat missions, inhumanity for civilians and the day-to-day life of Infantrymen in the field.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-11-21
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt308 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor234
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476689333

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiIn MemoriamAn Infantryman’s LotPrefacePart One.The 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division1. From Emergency Alert to Arrival in Vietnam2 The Brigade’s Public Information Staff Officer3. The Brigade’s Post Exchange Officer4. Transferred to the 1st Battalion, 508th PIR5. 1st Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, 508th PIR6. Pineapples and a Missing Battalion Commander7. Mudflats, Ice Cream and a Man Drowned8. Christmas, Bob Hope, a Medcap, and an Airstrike9. Extending My Tour for Six More Months10. Farewell 3rd Brigade, Hello 173rd BrigadePart Two.The 173rd Airborne Brigade11. LZ Uplift, Reconnaissance Missions, and a Life Saved12. “C” Company, 3rd Battalion, 503rd PIR13. Patrolling Deep in the Central Highlands14. To Climb a Mile High Mountain15. Resupply, Mail, a Desert and Bouncing Bettys16. Pacification, Stupid Questions and a Heavy Machine Gun17. A Man Killed by a Claymore Mine and RF/PFs18. Helping Rebuild the Village and a Feast19. Regional Force, Local Force and a USO Visit20. Waterboarding a Female Viet Cong Member21. The Last Time I Lead My Men into Danger22. A Captain on the Battalion’s Operations Staff23. Time to Go Home24. Awards and DecorationsEpilogueIndex