The Bridges of Vietnam: From the Journals of a U.S. Marine Intelligence Officer

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Index Numbered Military Units I Corps, vii, x, 234; club, 159 1st Battalion, Ninth Marines, 242 I't Brigade, 101't Airborne Division, 73-74 I't Force Recon Company, 136 l stMarDiv (1st Marine Division), 1417 ,135 1st Recon Battalion, 45-47, 136 II Field Force Vietnam, 123 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry, I't Infantry Division, 65-66 2nd Brigade, 9thlnfDiv, 192 III Corps, 123, 244 III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF), vii, 6, 41,135,181; headquarters described, 10-11, 133-34; schism with MACV, 19, 106, 188 3rd Battalion, Fourth Marines (CompanyM ),54 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 73-74 3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv), 109,135,138-39,234 3rd Recon Battalion, 44-45 4th U.S. Infantry Division, 98-99, 146-47 5th Special Forces Group, 70-72, 12526 ,196-97,247 9th VC Division, 229 25th Infantry Division (25th InfDiv), 28,67-68,147-48 324B Division (NVA), 19,42, 108, 233 A A Shau, 48, 81n.7, 233 admiral in Da Nang (unnamed), 4244 "adult reaction," 75-76, 82n.28 Air America, 74 Americal Division, 107, 158, 178, 240 An Khe, 66 An Trach, 236 Anderson, Karl, 5, 6 ao dai, 30 Ap Bac, 226 Aralin pills, 39, 80n.3 attrition: introduced by Harkins, 226; strategy continued by Abrams, 246; Westmoreland's policy of, xv, 106,231,232 Australian forces in Vietnam, 76-80, 134,233. 267 268 • The Bridges ofVietnam B Ba Muoi Ba beer, 84, 87 Badcoe, Peterj., 159, 176-77, 178 Badolato, Ed, 13-14,40, 80n.2 Bao Dai, Emperor, 222, 223, 224 Beaver (aircraft), 73 Bendell, Don, 219 Berry, Doyle, x Bien Hoa, 122-124 Bien Hoa highway, 189-91 Biere Larue, 110 "Big Red One" (lst Infantry Division ) , 65-66 body count. See attrition Bon Homme Richard, USS, viii boots, on black market, 22-23 Bost, Warren and Sally, 7,8,135 Broderick, Bill, 179, 183 Bunker, Ellsworth, 239 C C-47 airplane, 39, 40, 75 C. TurnerJoy, 229 Calley, William,Jr., 235 Cam Ranh Bay, 40, 235 Cambodia, 248; sanctuary for NVA, 90-91 Camp Reasoner, 136 Can Tho, 151-52 Candy, Brian H., 174-75,204,220 Caribou (aircraft), 69 Catecka Tea Plantation, 74 central highlands, 98-99 Chaisson, Major General, 101 "chogy" stick, 29-30, 134 Cholon, 56, 60 Chu Lai, 14-17, 37n.13, 45 CIDG (Civilian Irregular Defense Group),48 Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, 240 Civilian Irregular Defense Group. See CIDG Clausewitz's philosophy, 215 Coastal Defense Group 13, 53 Colby, William, 6 Combined Action campaign, Marine, 32 Combined Action Company (CAC), 160 Company M, 3rd Battalion, Fourth Marines, 54-55 compartmentalization, 85-86, 103-4 Con Thien, 241 Continental Palace, 87 Cook, Donald G., 114n.ll CORDS, 240 crossbows, Montagnard, 95, 114n.8 Cu Chi, 67 Cushman, Robert E., 187, 242 D Da Nang, 9-24, 135-36, 159, 230, 243; described, 15, 137-40 Da Nang River, 12 Daniel Boone patrols, 104 Dave (Marine Captain), 88 Dawson,Chuck,2-3,63,217-18 Daly, Dan, 155 deckhouse operations, 151, 153 decompartmentalization, 111-12 Demetrius,James, 75-76 DePuy, William E., 66 Devine, Doug, 13, 14 Di Anh, 65-66 Dick (Navy lieutenant), 53-56 Division Ambush Academy, 67 Dogpatch (Da Nang), 22-24 Don (Air Force captain), 195 Dooley, Tom, 34 dowsers, 178-80 Duc Co, 89-95, 196-97 Dunlap, Stan, 101,219 dysentery, 129 E Edwards, Fred L.,jr.: arrives at Saigon, 25; assignment from Litde, 35; birthday celebration, 87-88; bit by monkey, 197-98; celebrates Thanksgiving, 119-20; at Da Nang, 9-24; dysentery of, 127-29; epilogue on, 220; fired at for first time, 59; last days in Vietnam, 204-11; moves to Hong Kong Hotel, 59-61; ordered to COMUSMACV in Saigon, 18; promoted, 99-100; promotion lost, 99-100; R&R in Hawaii, 18586 ; photos of, xvi, 77, 214 Edwards, Pauline, xi-xii, xiii, 211-12; in Hawaii, 186; receives elephants, 133; photos of, 186, 214 Elephant Pass, 13 elephants, ceramic, 132-33 F Fall,Bernard,9,239 Fielding, Ted R., 35, 39, 41, 49, 65, 85, 100, 108, 146, 150; buried at Arlington, 218; requests joint Service Commendation Medal, 201-2 fire team, 14 Five Oceans Hotel, 27, 31, 173-74 "flap," 104-6 Fletcher,jack, 181, 195-96, 205, 220 Fonda,jane, 249 Forresta~ 243 Index· 269 French, war with Vietnam, 224 FULRO (Front United for the Liberation of the...