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[83] Senior Officer debriefing report (PDF). 9 August 1970. Department of the Army, Headquarters, 173d Airborne Brigade.

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[87] Combat Operations After Action Report Operation Lamar Plain (PDF). Department of the Army. 15 September 1969.  

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[88] Cutler, Thomas (2000). Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam. U.S. Naval Institute. 

[89] Clarke, Jeffery (1988). United States Army in Vietnam: Advice and Support The Final Years 1965-1973. U.S. Government Printing Office.

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[91] General Vang Pao's Last War, New York Times Magazine, May 11, 2008

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[94] Johnson, Tom (2007). To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam. Dutton Caliber. 

[95] Stephens, Alan (2006). The Royal Australian Air Force: A History. Oxford University Press. 

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[98] "497 Combat Training Flight (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 20 June 2011. 

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[103] Nalty, Bernard (2000). The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: The War in South Vietnam Air War over South Vietnam 1968–1975 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. https://tinyurl.com/ycgmbhfx

[104]   Yared, Antoine (17 August 1966). "Thais quiet about U.S. use of bases". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 

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[106] "Thailand: A Plum". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. 11 September 1966. p. 20.

[107] "1955 USAF serial numbers". Joseph F. Baugher. Archived

[108] Accident description for 55-3138 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 August 2014.

[109] "USAF tanker crashes on way to war planes". Virgin Islands Daily News. Associated Press. 3 October 1968.

[110] Tilford, Earl (1980). Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia 1961–1975 (PDF). Office of Air Force History. 

[111] Bowers, Ray (1983). The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Tactical Airlift (PDF). U.S. Air Force Historical Studies Office.

[112] Vick, Alan (1995). Snakes in the Eagle's nest: A history of ground attacks on air bases (PDF). RAND Corporation.

[113] ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48322 22-NOV-1972 Boeing B-52D-65-BO Stratofortress". Aviation Safety Network. 

[114] The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 4, Chapter 2, "US Ground Strategy and Force Deployments, 1965-1968, pp. 277-604, 3rd section". Mtholyoke.edu.

[115] Seymour M. Hersh (July 3, 1972). "Rainmaking Is Used As Weapon by U.S.; Cloud-Seeding in Indochina Is Said to Be Aimed at Hindering Troop Movements and Suppressing Antiaircraft Fire Rainmaking Used for Military Purposes by the U.S. in Indochina Since '63". New York Times.

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[117] US Army Field Manual 90-29: Embassy Emergency Action Plan

 

[118] Tobin, Thomas (1978). USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume IV Monograph 6: Last Flight from Saigon. US Government Printing Office. 

[119] Butler, David (1985). The Fall of Saigon: Scenes from the Sudden End of a Long War. Simon and Schuster. 

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[122] "Chapter 5: The Final Curtain, 1973 – 1975". history.navy.mil. 2000.

[123] Pilger, John (1975). The Last Day. Mirror Group Books. 

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[127] Becker, Elizabeth (1988). When The War Was Over Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution. Simon & Schuster.

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[155] Medal of Honor. Private First Class Kenneth Kays.

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[156] Operational Report, Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 23rd Infantry Division,

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[161] Bernard Fall, Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966). This remains the standard account of the battle.

[162] US policy toward Laos, see Arthur J. Dommen, Conflict in Laos: The Policy of Neutralization, revised edition (New York: Praeger, 1971), and

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[164] Leary interview with Blevins, 11 July 1987.

[165] LePage, Jean-Marc and Elie Tenenbaum. French and American Intelligence Relations During the First Indochina War, 1950–1954. Studies in Intelligence 55, no. 3 (2011): 19–27. Originally UNCLASSIFIED.

[166] Holm, Richard L. Recollections of a Case Officer in Laos, 1962–1964. Studies in Intelligence 47, no. 1 (2003): 1–17. Originally UNCLASSIFIED.

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[168] Map from Thomas L. Ahern, Jr., CIA and Rural Pacification in South Vietnam (Center for the Study of Intelligence, 2001). Originally classified, the book was declassified in 2009. See cia.gov, FOIA Electronic Reading Room, Vietnam Histories.

[169] Absher, Kenneth Michael. John Kearns and the Cold War in Laos. Studies in Intelligence 46, no. 4 (2002): 45–54. Originally SECRET//NOFORN—Released in part.

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[171] Heather Clark. May 18, 2012. Vietnam 40 years later: 101st Airborne Division veteran recalls Ripcord battle. Fort Campbell Courier. https://tinyurl.com/y8h2wzwg

[172] Ripcord Memorial Page. https://www.ripcordassociation.com/ripcord-memorial-page/

[173] Harrison, Benjamin (2004). Hell on a Hilltop.Universe Press.

[174] Lewy, Guenther (1978), America in Vietnam, New York: Oxford University Press

[175] CIA, Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE) 58-60, Communist Intentions in Laos, 21 March 1968, Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS), 1989: 1865. For a detailed account of the ground war in Laos

[176] SMSgt. Richard L. Etchberger, https://www.airforcemag.com/article/1110moh/

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[179] Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) Leaflets. http://medicinthegreentime.com/chieu-hoi-leaflets/

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[182] May 25, 1971. Medal of Honor. Army Maj. William Adams https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19447

[183] VIETNAM End Time: April 1971 - August 1971.

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[188] The Forgotten Americans of the Vietnam War. By Louis R. Stockstill. https://tinyurl.com/yaemrhgj

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[189] Edward J. Marolda and Oscar P. Fitzgerald, The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict: From Military Assistance to Combat (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1986).

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[210] Michael T. Kaufman June 14, 1971, Norwalk Joins in Honoring Quiet Boy Who Died a Hero

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[211] Patrick Kiger. August 4, 2017. War Hero Receives Medal of Honor 48 Years After Battle The belated award to the Vietnam veteran required an act of Congress. AARP.

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https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/reports/images.php?img=/images/2624/26240212010.pdf

[213] Keystone Oriole (Bravo) 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division (M) After Action Report (PDF). Headquarters 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division (M).

[214] Headquarters MACV Monthly Summary December 1969 (PDF). Headquarters United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. 1970.

[215] Headquarters MACV Monthly Summary January 1970 (PDF). Headquarters United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. 27 April 1970.

[216] Frederick Fenwick (2015). Lasting Visions: With the 7th Marines in Vietnam 1970

[217] 5^th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment Association Website. 

https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/kings_x.htm

 

[218] March 1, 1969 - March 9, 1969. Captain Mick Battle. Operation Quintus Thrust. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/quintrst.htm

[219] March 1, 1969 - March 9, 1969. Captain Mick Battle. Operation Federal Overlander. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/fedover1.htm

[220] April 12, 1969 – April 18, 1969. Captain Mick Battle. Operation Deerstalk.  https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/deerstlk.htm

[221] April 12, 1969 – May 2, 1969. Captain Mick Battle. Operation Surfside. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/srfside.htm

[222] May 2, 1969 - May 13, 1969. Captain Mick Battle. Operation Twickenham 1.

https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/twknham1.htm

[223] May 13, 1969 – May 22, 1969. Captain Mick Battle. Operation Roadside. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/roadside.htm

[224] May 22, 1969 – June 1, 1969. Captain Mick Battle. Operation Twickenham II. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/twknham2.htm

[225] June 6, 1969 – June 8, 1969.  Captain Mick Battle. Operation Hammer. 

https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/hammer.htm

[226] June 6, 1969 – June 8, 1969.  Brian London. Battle of Binh Ba.  

https://www.5rar.asn.au/tours/battle_binhba.htm

[227] June 7, 1969 – June 8, 1969.   Captain Mick Battle. Operation Tong. 

https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/tong.htm

[228] June 15, 1969 – July 15, 1969.  Captain Mick Battle. Operation Esso 1, 2, & 3. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/esso.htm

[229]  July 21, 1969 – July 26, 1969.  Captain Mick Battle.  Operation Distant Trumpet. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/dtrumpet.htm

[230] July 29, 1969 – August 30, 1969.   Captain Mick Battle.  Operation Camden. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/camden_2.htm

[231] September 14, 1969 – October 15, 1969. Captain Mick Battle.  Operation Kingston. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/kingston.htm

[232] October 31, 1969 – December 12, 1969.  Captain Mick Battle.  Operation Kings Cross. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/kings_x.htm

[233] December 27, 1969 – February 16 1970. Captain Mick Battle.  Operation Bondi. https://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/bondi.htm

[234] Operations carried out by the 5th Battalion During its First Tour

https://www.5rar.asn.au/tours/1st_tour.htm

[235] https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/resources/operations/table.php

[236] http://vvaavic.org.au/6-battalion-the-royal-australian-regiment-6rar/

[237]  THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL AND OPERATION COMMANDO HUNT: THE FAILURE

OF AN AERIAL INTERDICTION CAMPAIGN Dong Nguyen Ha Thesis Prepared for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS May 2013

[238] Commando Hunt III: 7th Air Force Headquarters Report, 152.  

[239] Aerial Interdiction: Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars

[240] Edward F. Murphy.  Semper Fi: Vietnam: From Da Nang to the DMZ, Marine Corps Campaigns, 1965-1975

[241] http://www.92ahc.org/history69.html

[242] Combat Operations After Action Report, Operation Randolph Glen" (PDF). Headquarters 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile). 

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/509879.pdf

[243] Andrew Jon Rotter (Editor). Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Vietnam War Anthology

[244] http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/e031.html

[245] https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/e/e031.htm

[246] Nalty, Bernard C. The War Against Trucks: Aerial Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1968–1972. Washington, D.C.: Air Force Museums and History Program, 2005.

[247] John Prados, The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1998.

[248] The Ho Chi Minh Trail and Operation Commando Hunt: the Failure of an Aerial Interdiction Campaign.

https://tinyurl.com/y9mfyhhf

 

[249] L. D. Clay Jr., USAF Operations in Laos: 1 January 1970 to 30 June 1971, 1972  

[250] Battle of Dong Ap Bia – Hill 937, 10-21 May 1969"  Headquarters 101st Airborne 

[251] 3  Bowman, John S. (1985). The Vietnam War: An Almanac. World Almanac Publications. p. 184. ISBN 0911818855.

[252]  Headquarters MACV Monthly Summary May 1969 (PDF). Headquarters United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. 1 October 1969.

[253] Division, Office of the Commanding General. 24 May 1969.

[254] Edward J. Marolda and R. Blake Dunnavent. (2015). 
Combat at Close Quarters: Warfare on the Rivers and Canals of Vietnam.

https://tinyurl.com/yc4zrwgg

[255] Strike Assault Boat Squadron 20 (STABRON 20).

https://tinyurl.com/y7p9t9ht

[256] Ralph Christopher. Duty Honor Sacrifice

[257] Australian Navy. 

https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-sydney-iii-part-2

[258] https://forums.armchairgeneral.com/forum/historical-events-eras/vietnam-war/15436-40-years-today-a-vietnam-war-timeline/page96

[259] 5RAR. 

https://www.5rar.asn.au/gallery/bridgelayer.htm

[260] Cutler, Thomas J. (1988). Brown Water, Black Berets. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. 

 [261] Lieutenant General Stanley Robert Larsen (1975). Vietnam Studies Allied Participation in Vietnam (PDF). Department of the Army.

https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-5-1/CMH_Pub_90-5-1.pdf

[262] January 4, 1972. United States Assistance To The Government Of Thailand For Deployment Of Thai Forces To Vietnam. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES https://tinyurl.com/yb9kmdb7

[263] http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/p/2005/CMH_2/www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/vietnam/allied/ch02.htm Support Base Tak westward. (Map 2)

[264] Operational Report - Lessons Learned Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam, 

Period Ending 31 July 1969 (U) 

https://tinyurl.com/ychvpgh7

[265] Pike, Thomas F. (2016). Operations & Intelligence, III Corps Reporting: Tet 1969. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. pp. 91–103.

[266] UFO Report. https://tinyurl.com/yb5zeynl

 

[267] Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam,

Period Ending 31 October 1968

[268] Operation Keystone Eagle.

http://1stbn4thmarines.net/operations-history-folder/operation_keystone_eagle.htm 

[269] Headquarters Company 9th Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Division Republic of Vietnam 1964 ~ 1969, 1975

http://hqco9thmarines.com/Final-Mission-1975.php

Herbides and Spraying Documents

[270] Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK236347/

[271] Buckingham WA. 1982. Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia 1961-1971. Washington, DC: U.S. Air Force Office of Air Force History.

[272] Operation Ranch Hand.

https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~tpilsch/AirOps/ranch.html

[273] 5th SFG (ABN), Det B-52, Project Delta, AAR 4-69, Aviation Annex)

[274] 281st AHC History, 1969, prepared by WO Douglas Jones)

[275] CAVENDER, JIM RAY. https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/c/c122.htm
Other Personnel In Incident: James Klimo; John A. Ware; Terry L. Alford (all MIA)

[276] 5th SFG (ABN), Det B-52, Project Delta AAR 5-69) Aviation Annex

[277] Aviation Annex, AAR 3-69, 5th SFG (ABN), Det B-52, Project Delta)

[278] 281st AHC History, 1969, prepared by WO Douglas Jones)

[279] 5th SFG (ABN), Det B-52, AAR 2-69, Project Delta, Aviation Annex

[279/1] 5th SFG (ABN), Det B-52, AAR 1-69, Project Delta, Aviation Annex

More ORLL Reports: 

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305396

[84] Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile),

Period ending 31 July 1969.

https://tinyurl.com/y9qu3d39

[156] Operational Report, Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 23rd Infantry Division,

Period ending 31 October 1970.   

https://tinyurl.com/ydyfwvgh

[203] Operational Report--Lessons Learned, Headquarters 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile). 20 August 1969.

Period ending 31 July 1969.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/101lessons.pdf

[212] Operational Report - Lessons Learned 1st Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mech),

Period Ending 31 October 1969 (U)

https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/reports/images.php?img=/images/2624/26240212010.pdf

[264] Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam,

Period Ending 31 July 1969 (U)

https://tinyurl.com/ychvpgh7

[267] Operational Report - Lessons Learned. Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam,

Period Ending 31 October 1968 (U)

https://tinyurl.com/ybxtw3pp

[280] Operational Lessons Learned, Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam Artillery

Period Ending 31 July 1969.

https://tinyurl.com/y87jj7wy

[281] Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, II Field. Force Vietnam,

Period Ending 31 January 1968 (U)

https://tinyurl.com/yat6cmyd

[282] Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile),

Period ending 31 October 1969.

https://tinyurl.com/y9qu3d39

[283] Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 173d Airborne Brigade,

Period Ending 30 April 1969 (U)

https://tinyurl.com/y8vez5zv

[284] Headquarters MACV monthly Vietnam summary March 1969

[285] Headquarters MACV monthly Vietnam summary October 1969

[286] Cosmas, Graham (2006). the United States Army in Vietnam MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973. Center of Military History United States Army.

[287] Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems: Illegal ...By United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

[288] Ballard, Jack (1982). The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships 1962–1972 (PDF). Office of Air Force History. 

[289] Operational Report of the 4th Infantry Division for Period Ending 31 January 1969

[290] October 1969 Report. Review of Events General. https://docplayer.net/136853850-.html

[291] Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 
Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam, Period Ending 31 January 1969 (U)

https://tinyurl.com/ybb2w5r8

[292] Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 1-10 
United States. Central Intelligence Agency

https://tinyurl.com/yba9odch

[293]  History of the USS White River (LSMR-536)
 https://tinyurl.com/ya7bm824

[294]  https://tinyurl.com/ybz6xqmd

[295] Dan Bisher. Jun 11, 2018. Remembering SSG James Bondsteel. The Hillsdale Daily News

https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20180611/remembering-ssg-james-bondsteel

 https://www.warhistoryonline.com/vietnam-war/clearing-10-bunkers-james-bondsteel.html

[296]  Sullivan, Patricia (August 5, 2009). Julian J. Ewell, 93, Dies; Decorated General Led Forces in Vietnam. Washington Post. 

[297] 16 June 1969. My Lai Massacre Testimony of John H. Paul.

https://tinyurl.com/y9ellsmd

[298] ANDREW HEADLAND JR. | STARS AND STRIPES November 8, 1969. Wallace: Pressure North Vietnamese

https://www.stripes.com/news/wallace-pressure-north-vietnamese-1.21789

[299] February 21, 1970.Calley Meets With Wallace and Receives Sympathy.

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/21/archives/calley-meets-with-wallace-and-receives-sympathy-calley-meets-with.html

[300] Crashed on Tan Son Nhut.  

https://tinyurl.com/y9whanv3

[301] THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF FIXED-WTNG GUNSHIPS 1962 – 1971

https://tinyurl.com/ycu4g4gb

[302] Colonel Andrew R. Finlayson, USMC (Ret.). A Retrospective on Counterinsurgency Operations The Tay Ninh Provincial Reconnaissance Unit and Its Role in the Phoenix Program, 1969-70

[303] VIETNAM STUDIES Command and Control 1950-1969

[304] History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The Joint Chiefs of Staff and The War in Vietnam 1969–1970

[305] Kenton Clymer. The United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000: A Troubled Relationship

[306] Pribbenow, Merle (2002). Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954–1975 (Modern War Studies). University Press of Kansas.

[307] Shaw, John (2005). The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War. University of Kansas Press.

[308] 1969 February Operational Report Lessons Learned 23rd Division

[309] KENTUCKY THUNDER IN VIETNAM: History of 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery

in the Vietnam War 1968 – 1969. (PDF)

[310] Carey, Ronald (2004). The War Above the Trees. Trafford Publishing. p. 351

[311] Lessons Learned 101st Airborn Division

Period Ending 31 July 1969. (PDF)

[312] Operational Report - Lessons Learned 23rd Infantry Division, (Americal),

Period ending 30 April 1971. Department of the Army. 15 May 1971.

[313] Operational Report - Lessons Learned , 
Headquarters 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile),

Period ending 31 October 1969.

https://tinyurl.com/y9qu3d39

[314] https://history.army.mil/books/AMH-V2/AMH%20V2/chapter11.htm
[314, p.343] CORDS and Operation Phoenix

[315] http://www.25thida.org/TLN/tln4-05.htm

[316] https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/18166/RONALD-J-GEBBIE/

[317] Operational Report - Lessons Learned , 
9th Infantry Division
Period ending 31 October 1968

https://tinyurl.com/y86vr5wj

[318] https://southeastasiaconflict.blogspot.com/2020/05/operation-hines-23-march-1969-macv.html

[319] Andrew Rawson. Vietnam War Handbook: US Armed Forces in Vietnam.

[320]ORLL 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) 

Period ending 30 April 1971

https://tinyurl.com/y8w5bfbe

[321] ORLL 23rd Infantry Division (Americal), 

Period ending 30 April 1970

https://tinyurl.com/ydh3y7f8

[322]

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[350] Ian McGibbon. New Zealand's Vietnam War: A History of Combat, Commitment and Controversy.

[351] A Chronology Of The UNITED STATES MARINE PDF

https://tinyurl.com/ycuvoc3g

[352] Robertson, Patsy (19 June 2017). "Factsheet 14 Flying Training Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.

[353] http://patsdailyrant.blogspot.com/2010/01/plane-crashes-at-nha-trang-air-base.html

[354] Units of the 5th in Vietnam.
http://www.5thmarinedivision.com/vietnam-overview.html

[355] ORLL 500th Trans Group 06 Aug 1969 (PDF)
https://tinyurl.com/yalstd7k

[356] Adrian G. Traas. Transitions. November 1968 - December 1969. (PDF)
https://tinyurl.com/y8k2hpdb
[356, p.19] CORDS, pacification

[356, p.55] Battle for Firebase Kate

[356, p.55-56] Battle For Duc Lap

[356, p.61-62] Medal of Honor

[356, p.66-67] Alpha Company Affair

[356, p. 21-23] Medal of Honor, 1st Lt. Harold A. Fritz. 

[356, p.27] Operation Fayette Canyon

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Special Project: Southeast Asia Intelligence Operations

[400] Stanton, Shelby L. (1985). Green Berets at War. U.S. Army Special Forces in Southeast Asia, 1956–1975. Ballantine.

[401] Hersh, Seymour M. (1983). The Price of Power, Kissinger in the Nixon White House. Summit Books.

[402]  The "Green Beret Affair": A Brief Introduction". Seals, Bob. militaryhistoryonline.co 2007.

[403] WORK-IN-PROGRESS, Who's Who from Detachment B-57(Project GAMMA)". Sherman, Stephen. Radix Press 2006.

[404] Berry, John Stevens (1984). Those Gallant Men: On Trial in Vietnam. Presidio Press. pp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens_Berry.

[405] Stein, Jeff (1993). A Murder in Wartime: The Untold Spy Story that Changed the Course of the Vietnam War.

[406] Steve Balestrieri Aug 30, 2019 The “Green Beret Affair” Project GAMMA, a massive snafu for the Army 

Chronology Support Sites:

https://www.281st.com/281history/chronology.html

A compilation of significant events, operations, missions and actions that occurred from 1962 through 1970 that directly or indirectly impacted the formation, activation, build-up, sustained operation and eventual inactivation of the 281st Assault Helicopter Company.  Information contained herein was derived from Official Military Histories, General Orders, Special Orders, After Action Reports, Operational Orders, Individual Orders, Letters of Commendation, Personal Files and Notes, and other Official Military documents and is in no way considered to be all inclusive with regard to events, actions, missions and operations.  It is possible that some dates may not correlate exactly with your personal information.  This site is a work in process and your input is solicited and welcomed.