Looking for a Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War

Bibliographic Essay

Bibliographic Essay This bibliographic essay discusses only the unpublished primary sources used in the book. Published sources, both primary and secondary, are cited only in the notes. The Joe Ronnie Hooper files in various official repositories contain a great deal of information unavailable elsewhere. These files include: Employee Medical Folder, United States Office of Personnel Management, opf/ emf Access Unit, St. Louis, Missouri; Official Personnel Folder, United States Office of Personnel Management, opf/emf Access Unit, St. Louis, Missouri; Military Personnel Records, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Missouri; Naval Personnel Records, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Missouri; Medical Records, Claim Folder 24965568, varo, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Casualty Information System (tagcen), 1961–81, the Center for Electronic Records, nara. In addition the Don F. Pratt Museum , Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has a small collection of records and the U.S. Army Crimes Records Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, contains the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (usacidc) Report of Investigation (roi) 79-CID032-11227-5H8, which deals with Joe’s death. Looking for a Hero would have been impossible without the many individuals who allowed us to interview them, either in person or by phone (and some by both methods). The following are the people we interviewed in person, listed alphabetically: E. James Alford, March 2, 1996; William Fred Aronow, April 9, 1995; Roy L. Barber II, February 28, 1997; Raymond H. Blackman, August 17, 1994; Peter Boenigk, March 5, 1996; Salvator Bongiorno , July 12, 1996; Richard L. Buzzini, March 1, 1997; Anna Combs, February 8, 1995; Weldon E. (“Red”) Combs, February 8, 1995; David Darr, March 6, 1996; Carollyn DeVore, February 11–12, 1995; Roger C. Donlon, February 9, 1996; Norma Donlon, February 9, 1996; Gary W. Foster, March 7, 1995, February 28, 1996; Arlene Foster, February 28, 1996; Larry Frank, March 2, 1996; John E. Frick, September 21, 1995; Jodey Gravett, July 21, 2000, July 22, 2000; Mark S. Hawk, June 21, 1997; Cleo C. Hogan Jr., March 21–22, 1995, October 27, 1995, July 13, 1996, July 14, 1996, July 21, 2000; Cleo C. Hogan Jr., videotaped by Marty Callaghan of mpi Teleproductions, 1999 (copy in authors’ possession); Cleo C. Hogan Jr., videotaped by General John H. Cushman for a video autobiography of his Vietnam tour entitled “2nd Brigade , 101st Airborne Division, September 1967–June 1968” (copy in authors ’ possession); Audrey Hooper, March 2, 1996; Faye Hooper, August 12– 13, 1994; Joey Hooper, August 12–13, 1994; Robert Jay Hooper, February 27, 1997; Sandra Lorenzen Horwege, February 27, 1997; Wayne A. Horne, July 22, 2000; Dewey (“Buck”) Johnson, September 24, 1995; Dewey Johnson Jr., September 24, 1995; Gwen Johnson, September 24, 1995; T’Odon C. Leshikar, October 28, 1995; William David Loftin, July 13, 1996; Jerry McCollum , September 24, 1999; Charles Wayne (“Captain Mac”) McMenamy, February 10, 1995; Alfred M. Mount, July 12, 1996; Lonnie Nale Jr., July 13, 1996; George R. Parker Jr., March 23, 1995, July 13, 1996; Robert L. Rainwater, July 22, 2000; Bobby L. Rakestraw, June 24, 1997; Eugene E. Robertson, October 27, 1995; Joyce Rockel, June 28, 1997; Noah R. Rockel, June 28, 1997; Richard Ryan, July 8, 1995; Robert Saal, June 26, 1997; Jack Saint, April 12, 1997; Paula Saint, April 12, 1997; Warren Michael Sallis, March 1, 1996; Ruby G. Schultz, February 27, 1997; Roger J. Spiller, February 9, 1996; Dale L. Stengel, August 2, 1996; Christopher Straub, July 22, 2000; Craig Sturges, March 5, 1996; Grady L. Towns Jr., July 13, 1996; Frank H. Tryon Jr., May 23, 1995; Dale A. Urban, April 17, 1995, June 8, 1995; Alex Vira, March 2, 1996; Michael Watson, July 12, 1996. We conducted the following telephone interviews, listed in alphabetical order: Richard (“Rick”) Anderson, July 9, 1996; Wayne C. Anderson, July 29, 1999; John Arnhold, April 16, 1996; William Fred Aronow, May 19, 1995; Samuel Ayala, May 9, 2000; James L. (“Ted”) Ayers, June 22, 1999; David G. Bischoff, January 13, 1997; Peter Boenigk, June 1, 2002; Maxine L. Bohn, April 14, 1996; Dr. Dannette Boyle, September 14, 1999; Major General Patrick Henry Brady, May 28, 1996; Keirn C. Brown, January 11, 1997; Richard L. Buzzini, August 14, 2001; Frank Campagne, January 8, 1996; Michael Collins, June 15, 1997; Weldon E. (“Red”) Combs, November 13, 1995; Rusty Cutlip, June 17, 2000; Carollyn DeVore, March 6, 2002, June 21, 2002, August 19, 2002; William W. Erbach, March 20, 1996, July 29, 1996; John Fair, August 6, 1999; Frank C. Foster...