In Buddha's Company: Thai Soldiers in the Vietnam War

Index

Page numbers in boldface type refer to illustrations. abrams, creighton, 104 adjutant-general’s department (royal thai army), 113 agnew, elinor isabel “Judy” Judefind, 77 agnew, spiro, 77 amarin hotel, 237n.71 amphon Palace, 75 amulets (Buddhist), 7–8, 9, 19, 45, 48, 67, 128–136, 129, 131–132, 181, 194, 212 anderson, Benedict, 230n.23 angkor Wat, 224 ann-Margret, 77, 244n.85 anu sumitra, 47, 159 apasra hongsakula, 76 aphantri Prayutthaseni, 76 aran saengmani, 65–66, 112, 154, 164, 169, 171, 188–189, 197–198, 249n.102 arVn (army of the republic of Vietnam): relationship with thai troops, 163–166 association of southeast asian nations (asean), 214 australia, 10, 150, 227n.1. See also royal australian navy ayutthaya, 43, 99, 115–116 Baldwin, daniel l., 187 Ball, george, 187 Ban cha Minetrakinetia, 53–54 Bandit sinamthieng, 88, 112, 114, 178, 229n.13 Bangkok Post, x, 19, 33–34, 39, 61, 76, 85, 137–138, 148, 177, 213 Batman, 130 Bearcat logistical support activity, 58 Beatles, the, 131 Ben air, 112–113, 182–183, 193, 238n.81 Berger, samuel d., 102–103 Bhumibol adulyadej, King, 21, 28, 36–37, 40–42, 47, 49, 59–60, 71, 73–74, 77–80, 152, 236n.49 Bible, 130 Binh son, battles at, 62–63 Blackburn, robert M., 10, 28–30, 229n.16, 235n.31 Black Panther: change of unit’s english name, 228n.7 Blumenthal, ralph, 102, 104 Boeing 707, 183–184, 258n.3 Boeing 747, 258n.3 Boonlert Boonarak, 22 Boulle, Pierre, 42 Bovorn ngarmkasem, 231n.26 Bridge on the River Kwai, 42, 54, 239n.94 Buddha: episodes of his lives, 131, 190, 194, 210–211 InDex 270 : indeX Buddhism: american interest in, 118, 130, 133–135; images of, 9; in south Vietnam, 131, 145, 205–210; in thailand, 71–73, 79; thai volunteers adherence to, 7–8, 9, 16, 43, 45–49, 131–132, 134–135, 145, 180–181, 189–191, 193–194, 200–203, 211, 216–217. See also sangha Buddhist monks: as volunteer soldiers, 22–23 Budweiser (beer), 83 Bunchai unkham, 154 Bundy, Mcgeorge, 187 Bunsak Pothcharoen, 231n.26 Buriram, 189 Burma, 15, 43–44, 116, 121, 214, 232n.39 c-47, 216, 220 c-123, 216 c-130: hercules, 181–183, 182, 258nn.1–4, 258n.6 callaway, Joseph, 39–40, 44–45, 49, 68–69 cambodia, 188–189 canon (camera), 90 casualty figures for thai troops, 2, 216, 228n.8 cemeteries: thai troops’ use of in south Vietnam, 203–205, 260n.60 central department, 247n.46 chae, Myung shin, 137–138 chai Muangsing, 169 chalad hiranyasiri, 9, 12, 89, 104, 126 chalong soontravanich, 125–126 chamlong srimuang, 13, 231n.26 chanboon Phentragul, 231n.26 chanrit hemathulin, 55, 84, 150, 168–169 charin nanthanakon, 169 charoon lisora, 66–67, 69 chatchai chieonoi, 79 chatchai chunhawan, 214 chatchai uampiam, 62, 107 chavalit yongchaiyudh, 12, 44–45 chiang Mai, 47 chiang rai, 47 china, People’s republic of, 68, 211 china, republic of (taiwan), 98, 227n.1 chinarat Buddha, 9 chinese: cultural influence in south Vietnam, 158, 189, 203, 209; ethnicity in siam and thailand, 6, 18, 68, 208, 211; symbols in pre-modern siam, 100 chiranan saotanan, 76 chirisuda Kitiyakara, 76 chivas regal, 86 chonburi, 42 chongkol Kittikachorn, 76 choopong Matavaphand, 231n.26 christian crosses and crucifixes, 130–131, 134. See also Jesus christ chulalongkorn, King (rama V), 48 cid (criminal investigation division, us army), 103 coca-cola, 86 “colonel Bogey March,” 54 colt .45, 124, 251n.23 communist Party of thailand (cPt) and thailand’s domestic insurgency, 11–12, 27, 67–68, 74, 112, 125, 138, 194, 214, 222, 231n.26, 244n.79, 259n.27 cool (cigarettes), 122 c ration, 105–106 Daily News (thailand), 71 dawee chulasuphya, 206–207 deer, 110, 194–199 defoliants, thai exposure to, 191–192 development (kan-phatthana), 5–7, 26, 66, 93–94, 118, 143, 250n.1 indeX : 271 dien Bien Phu, Battle of, 94 dinh trinh chinh, 35 don Muang airport, 72, 77 drug use in Bearcat camp, 120–126 dulles, John Foster, 93–94 emerald Buddha (Phra Kaeo Buddha), 47, 222, 222 First artillery Battalion (rtaVF), 106 Fluk, 209 Foremost (milk), 109 Fort sam houston national cemetery, 69 Frankum, ronald B., Jr., 230n.19 Free World Forces (Free World Military assistance Forces), 1, 2, 7, 26, 28–29, 32, 34, 53, 55, 77, 93, 103, 114, 119, 141, 143, 146, 159, 178, 187, 227n.1 garuda, 193...