Index
Aeschylus, 7–8, 175n1 (chap. 2) aircraft, types of: A-1, 31, 169; A-37, 169; AC-47, 129–30; AC-119, 130, 169; AC130 , 29, 60, 70, 72, 109, 121, 130–33; AH1G , 29, 52, 55, 60, 70, 73, 83–85, 91–92, 121, 169–70; B-52D, 60, 77–80, 177n1 (chap. 16); C-123, 92, 97, 169; C-130, 97– 101, 169; CH-47, 169; O-2, 88, 90, 169– 70; UH-1H, 92–93, 147, 150–52, 169–70 An Loc, 25, 30, 34, 36, 44, 51–52, 57, 59, 65– 67, 70, 72–73, 75–76, 78–79, 83–85, 91– 93, 97, 101–5, 107, 109, 112, 119, 121–22, 124, 131, 135–36, 142–43, 145–46, 149, 151, 153, 165–67, 175n1 (Preface and Acknowledgments ); initial defense, 36–37; major attacks of April and May, 71–73, 78, 81–83, 86, 103 anti-aircraft threat: along Highway 13, 36; in and around An Loc, 91, 97–100; SA-7 Missile, 84–85, 87, 91; ZSU-57-2, 148 Arc Light, 60, 77–80 armored vehicles, types of: M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier, 41–43, 47–48; M-48 Tank, 41–43, 47–48; PT-76 Tank, 126; T-54 Tank, 108, 121–22, 124–28, 138– 40, 146, 148–50 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 1st Airborne Brigade, 13, 22, 25–27, 40–41, 45, 51, 55, 58–59, 142, 144, 146, 176n1 (chap. 12); artillery, 25, 28– 29, 34, 44, 47, 49–51, 55, 60–61; deployment in An Loc, 55–56, 69, 92, 104, 106, 146; engineers, 25, 28; initial deployment along Highway 13, 27–29, 40; leaving the city and redeployment, 146 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 5th Airborne Battalion, 21–22, 26–27, 40, 55, 60–61, 68, 72–73, 82, 89, 95, 103, 109, 125, 130,142,145,146,153,177n1 (chap.19) Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 6th Airborne Battalion, 51–52, 60–61, 141, 146, 176n2 (chap. 13) Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 8th Airborne Battalion, 12, 15, 32, 36, 42, 46–47, 53, 55, 69, 72, 103–4, 106, 141, 146, 177n1 (chap. 19) Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 5th ARVN Division, 86, 122, 125, 150, 166–67 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 81st Airborne Ranger Group, 74–76, 142, 167 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Vietnamese Airborne Division , 12–13, 74, 94, 130, 146, 152, 157 A Shau Valley, 2 Ben Cat, 25 Benedit, Edward B., 150, 152 Berra, Yogi, 4 Blassie, Michael, 169 Byra, Ed, 178n1 (chap. 21) Index 186 Index Cambodia, 3, 13, 15, 30, 75, 149, 154 Can, Ho Ngoc, 161 Carruthers, Bill, 57, 66, 90, 93, 102, 112, 126, 143, 147, 148, 162, 177n1 (chap. 16) casualties during battle for An Loc: 1st Airborne Brigade, 146; 5th Airborne Battalion , 146; North Vietnamese, 146; South Vietnamese, 149 Chon Thanh, 27, 30, 45, 48, 50–51, 55, 176n1 (chap. 6) Chulan, xiii, 5–7, 159 civilians in the city, 114, 117–18, 139–41 Cover, Winston, 21, 47, 53, 106, 162 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 3, 22 Detachment-Left-In-Contact, 63–64 Dien Bien Phu, 94–95, 123, 178n3 Dinh, Nguyen Van, 61 Duc, Truong Huu, 35, 41 Easter Offensive, 3–4, 20, 22, 142, 149, 160; enemy objectives, 3, 175n1 (Preface and Acknowledgments), 176n1 (chap. 3); outcome and lessons learned, 142, 144, 146, 153, 157, 160 Hallum, Joe, 151 Hieu, Nguyen Chi, 21–22, 31, 35, 40–41, 48, 51, 53, 56, 63, 71, 79, 94, 103, 108–9, 111– 12, 115, 119, 123, 131, 135, 137, 142, 161 High Altitude Low Opening (HALO), 99 Ho Chi Minh Trail, 3, 130 Hollingsworth, James F., 33–35, 148, 151, 160, 176n1 (chap. 7) Huan, Pham Van, 75, 161 Hue, 2 Hung, Le Van, 125, 161 Kelly, Ross, 60–61, 162, 176n2 (chap. 13) Khe Sanh, 2, 13, 78, 123–24, 178n4 Lai Khe, 25, 27, 38, 51, 151–52 Lam Son 719, 2, 13, 176n1 (chap. 3) Laos, 3 Lebar, Tom, 177n1 (chap. 16) Loc Ninh, 30, 166 Luong, Le Quang, 59–60, 63, 101, 103, 161 McCauley, Ron, 21, 47, 63, 70, 163 McGiffert, John, 151 McPhillips, Pep, 88–90, 150, 152, 162, 170, 177n2 (chap. 18) Mi Mi’s Airborne Bar, 23–24 Missouri Bachelor Officer Quarters (BOQ), 11–12, 152–53 Morgan, Richard, 61 Mulligan, Hugh, 38–39, 168 National Highway 13, 22, 25...
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