The 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam: Unparalleled and Unequaled

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Notes Introduction 1. Maj. Gen. Harris W. Hollis to Commanding General II Field Force, Vietnam , APO 96266, Subject: Recommendation for Award of the Presidential Unit Citation, May 1969, Headquarters 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam. Unless otherwise noted, all papers, correspondences, and other documents from the 9th Division are in the author’s possession. 2. These improvements are discussed in detail in Julian J. Ewell and Ira A. Hunt Jr., Sharpening the Combat Edge: The Use of Analysis to Reinforce Military Judgment, Vietnam Studies (1975; repr., Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1995). 1. Securing the Mekong Delta 1. Dong Tam Base COs, Briefing, 1 Dec 1967, Dong Tam Base History, Progress and Plans. Dong Tam, Republic of Vietnam. 2. William B. Fulton, Riverine Operations, 1966–1969, Vietnam Studies series (Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972). 2. The General Offensive and General Uprising 1. Operational Report, 9th Infantry Division, for Period Ending 30 April 1968, RCS CSFOR-65(R1), 12 May 1969, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam. 2. Dinh Tho Tran, Pacification, Indochina Monographs series (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1977). 3. Memorandum for COMUSMACV. Incident at Pham The Hien Port on 9 May 1968, Battle of Saigon, 9 August 1968. Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division , Republic of Vietnam 4. Lt. Col. L. A. Spirito, Subject: Identification of VC Base Areas, 12 August 1968. Headquarters 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam. 178 Notes to Pages 21–69 5. J-2, Joint General Staff, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, “Communists ’ Assessment of the RVNAF,” Saigon, 1973. 3. Enhancing Combat Capabilities 1. A. W. McFadden, Surgeon’s Information Letter 34-69: Management of Skin Diseases by Battalion Surgeons in the Tropics. 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 1969. 2. Benjamin G. Withers, Skin Disease in the U.S. 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam (Washington, D.C.: Headquarters U.S. Army Material Command, 1996); Patrick W. Kelley, Military Preventive Medicine, Mobilization, and Deployment, vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2003). 3. Edwin A. Deagle Jr., “Tactical Operations in the Delta,” Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 1968; John O. B. Sewell, “Tactical Concepts in Delta Warfare,” 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 1968. 4. Edwin A. Deagle Jr., “Staff Study: Utilization of Non-Organic Aviation Assets,” Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 1968. 5. DA Form 1352, “Summary of Major Units Reporting Aircraft,” February 1969, Army Division, USARV Aviation Data Analysis Center, Republic of Vietnam. 6. Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division, to Commanding General , II Field Force Vietnam, regarding Utilization of Army Aviation Assets, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 7 May 1969. 7. Letter, Headquarters 9th Infantry Division, Airmobile Operations, 12 October 1968. 8. Lt. Col. Leonard A. Spirito, “Reliability of Intelligence, Resources,” Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, May 1969. 9. Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, “Utilization of the Airborne Personnel Detector,” Republic of Vietnam, 30 May 1968. 10. Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, Document, Night Surveillance Aids, Republic of Vietnam, 1968. 11. John J. Bick, “Delta Rangers Employ Enemy’s Own Tactics,” Information Office, 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, Tam An, Republic of Vietnam, 1968. 12. Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, “Sergeant Waldron and the Sniper Program,” Republic of Vietnam, 1969. 13. Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, “Monthly Mine and Booby Trap Report,” Republic of Vietnam, 9 May 1969. Notes to Pages 80–134 179 4. Pacification: The Endgame 1. Ira A. Hunt Jr., “War by Budget: How the Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia Were Lost, 1973–1975,” unpublished manuscript, Washington, D.C. 2. Hamlet Evaluation System, MACV Document DAR R70-79, Republic of Vietnam, 1 Sept 1971. 3. 9th Infantry Division, “Bridge to Understanding, Civic Action Program,” Republic of Vietnam, 1969. 4. Maj. Gen. Harris W. Hollis to CG III ARVN CORPS Tactical Zone, “Summary of 9th Infantry Division Activities to Thwart the VC Winter-Spring Offensive, 1 January 1969 to 31 May 1969,” 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, 31 May 1969. 5. 9th Infantry Division, pamphlet, “Organization of an ICAP,” Republic of Vietnam, 1969. 6. Ira A. Hunt Jr., Report to Assistant Division Commander, Evaluation of ARVN and RF Units, 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, September 1968. 7. Maj. Gen. Harris W. Hollis, Letter to Lt. Col. William B. Rosson (Operational Effectiveness), 9 May 1968, Headquarters 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam. 5. Third Phase of the VC...