Eagle Days: A Marine Legal/Infantry Officer in Vietnam

Index

Abbott, First Lieutenant John, 156, 157 Ap Nam O (coastal village on the Song Cu De River and an approach route for enemy infiltration into Da Nang), 41, 57, 68 Ap Trung Son, 63, 67, 71, 79, 80, 81, 83, 86, 100, 102, 103, 104, 107, 117, 121, 122, 123, 130, 140 Army Air Calvary, 12, 79 Article 32 Investigation (investigation to determine if there is enough evidence to bring charges against an accused), 15, 21, 32, 91, 92, 127, 135 Babcock, Captain Charlie (FLC Judge Advocate), 5, 31, 54, 57, 60, 65, 89, 101, 138, 158 Battle of Chancellorsville, 81 Blanchard, 54, 55 Blannik, Private Mike, 88 Brandel, Lance Corporal Paul, 144 Brown, First Lieutenant Jim (friend and commanding officer of Charlie Battery in the DMZ), 10, 31, 32, 49, 50, 52, 89, 111, 163; Purple Heart and Silver Star, 32 Butt, Lance Corporal Melville, 104 Carmoney, Hospital Corpsman Third Class Terry, 106 Carney, Lieutenant Steve, 94 Castell, Hugh (Navy psychiatrist and Navy Lieutenant), 9, 10 Cato, First Lieutenant D. G. (my former Drill Instructor), 60, 61, 62, 64 Cherry, Captain Charles W. (FLC Judge Advocate), 12, 13, 55, 59, 78, 148, 154 Chieu Hois (defectors from the VC), 25 China Beach, 18, 29 Combat Operations Center, 42, 43, 44, 52, 54, 58, 59, 69, 70, 71, 73, 94, 95, 96, 101, 116, 117, 128, 154, 156, 157 Communist propaganda, 106, 126, 129 court reporters, 24, 31, 48, 55 Cox, Hospital Corpsman Third Class Johnny, 106 Cunningham, First Lieutenant Jerry (FLC Judge Advocate), 13, 18, 49, 52, 53, 56, 89 Da Nang (target of expected enemy offensive ), 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 29, 31, 32, 41, 43, 44, 47, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 63, 68, 69, 72, 73, 87, 94, Index Page numbers in italics refer to photographs. 172 Index 95, 107, 117, 119, 127, 135, 136, 137, 142, 144, 148, 150, 152, 157, 159, 160, 162 Davis, General Raymond, 31 De Barr, Colonel John, 50, 158 Demilitarized Zone, 8, 15, 18, 19, 31, 32, 61, 102, 111 Derrick, Private First Class Alvin, 118, 119, 122, 130 DiCastro, Private Alonso, 142 Dillard, Second Lieutenant Joe (Provisional Rifle Company Platoon Commander ), 148, 149 Dong Ha (major Marine base in Northern I Corps and location of Force Logistic Support Group [FLSGB]), 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 32, 88, 110, 111, 154, 159 Eason, Corporal Charlie, III, 135, 136, 137, 138 Esso Refinery, 71, 72 Feeley, General J. A., Jr., 118 Fields, Lieutenant General Lewis, 163 Flood, Ruth and Peter, 114 FLSG-Bravo, 16 Force Logistics Command (major Marine supply base northwest of Da Nang), 11, 12, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 57, 58, 61, 65, 69, 73, 79, 81, 86, 88, 94, 101, 103, 107, 110, 116, 117, 118, 121, 123, 128, 131, 132, 136, 139, 153, 154, 156, 157, 163 Fragging, 110 Fulton, Jay, Seabee, 49, 50 Furr, Captain K. R., 9, 10 Gatling guns, 75 Gatz, Private R. J., 68, 126, 127, 128, 129, 140 Gee, Jody (little All American Tackle with the University of the South), 2, General court-martial, 19, 35, 50, 92, 135 Gieb, Lance Corporal, 104 Graham, Reverend Billy, 107 Green, Second Lieutenant Bill (Basic School classmate from Quantico), 54 Griffis, Captain William A., III (“Bill”) (older brother, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Marine Corps Officer), 3, 52, 162, 163, 164 Griffis, Sallie (my younger sister), 7, 54, 162 Griffis, Sally (Bill’s wife), 163, 164 Gunships, 57, 60, 75 Haden, Lieutenant Colonel Fred M. (Staff Judge Advocate in command of FLC Legal Office), 12, 23, 49, 99, 118, 154 Hale, First Lieutenant Terry (Basic School classmate at Quantico), 53 Hanoi Hanna, 20, 88 Harper, Corporal Ray, 101 Hartman, Second Lieutenant Jim (Basic School classmate from Quantico) 10 Haydel, Captain Jim (FLC Judge Advocate ), 52, 53, 89 Hell in a Very Small Place (Bernard Fall’s classic history of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu), 96 Henson, Lance Corporal, 122, 123, 131 Higginbotham, Captain Don (attorney ), 61 Hill-12, 102, 104, 140 Hoa Binh (local VC cadre leader), 130 Hoffman, Staff Sergeant, 143 Hope, Bob, 107 House, Sergeant, 143 Howland, Second Lieutenant Skip (Basic School classmate from Quantico), 54 Hughes, Second Lieutenant M. N. (“Rusty”) (Basic School classmate from Quantico), 10, 133, 134 I Corps Bar Association, 157 Illumination flares, 81, 86 Jackson, Captain Wyman N., U.S...