Fort Bragg to Hue - Dorn, James M.

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Résumé :
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 and joined the battle. The 3rd Brigade received a Valorous Unit Award for their actions in combat 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 Rifle Platoon until he 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--...

Biographie:
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
In Memoriam
An Infantryman's Lot
Preface
Part One.
The 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
?1.?From Emergency Alert to Arrival in Vietnam
?2?The Brigade's Public Information Staff Officer
?3.?The Brigade's Post Exchange Officer
?4.?Transferred to the 1st Battalion, 508th PIR
?5.?1st Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, 508th PIR
?6.?Pineapples and a Missing Battalion Commander
?7.?Mudflats, Ice Cream and a Man Drowned
?8.?Christmas, Bob Hope, a Medcap, and an Airstrike
?9.?Extending My Tour for Six More Months
10.?Farewell 3rd Brigade, Hello 173rd Brigade
Part Two.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade
11.?LZ Uplift, Reconnaissance Missions, and a Life Saved
12.?C Company, 3rd Battalion, 503rd PIR
13.?Patrolling Deep in the Central Highlands
14.?To Climb a Mile High Mountain
15.?Resupply, Mail, a Desert and Bouncing Bettys
16.?Pacification, Stupid Questions and a Heavy Machine Gun
17.?A Man Killed by a Claymore Mine and RF/PFs
18.?Helping Rebuild the Village and a Feast
19.?Regional Force, Local Force and a USO Visit
20.?Waterboarding a Female Viet Cong Member
21.?The Last Time I Lead My Men into Danger
22.?A Captain on the Battalion's Operations Staff
23.?Time to Go Home
24.?Awards and Decorations
Epilogue
Index
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Sommaire:
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....