Dumond, Yves Michel, 58, 62
Duong Van Minh, Gen., 17, 236, 240, 241
Du Quoc Dong, Lt. Gen., 117
E
ethnocentrism, 3–4
Evans, Col. John, 193
F
Fall, Bernard, 1, 28
Fishhook, 39, 46, 225
Fitzgerald, Frances, 31
Franklin, Col. Ross, 159, 167
G
Gates, Bill, 246
Gaudeuil, E., 46
Geneva Accords, 15, 16, 33, 44, 110, 149
Gilles, Brig. Gen., 10, 11
Ginger, Lt. Col. Walter, 56
H
Hammond, William M., 4, 5
Hanoi, 9, 14, 17, 18, 21, 36, 38, 107, 159, 166, 168, 209, 212, 213, 220, 229, 331, 245
Harkins, Gen. Paul, 17
Harmer, Jerry, 243
Hart, Liddel, 54
Ha Thi Loan, 179
Ha Thi No, 179
Ha Van Hien, Sgt., 179
Hill 169: 66, 119, 120, 122, 126, 127, 134, 135, 136, 142, 173, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197
Hoang Minh Thao, Gen. (VC), 202
Hoang Trung Liem, Maj., 87
Hoang Van Hien., Lt. Col., 56
Hoang Xuan Lam, Lt. Gen., 45
Ho Chi Minh, 1, 107, 108, 144, 155, 157, 212, 243, 246
Hollingworth, Maj. Gen. James H., 1, 4, 29, 31, 49, 56, 78, 80, 82, 143, 176, 181, 183, 186, 218, 248
Hong Khac Tran, Maj., 68, 78
Ho Ngoc Can, Lt. Col., as TF-15 commander: 164, 170, 175 after An Loc: 240
Ho Ngoc Son, Capt., 70
Ho Trung Hau, Brig. Gen., as brigade commander, 3rd Airborne Brigade, 161, 163 as division commander, 21st Division: 168, 169, 180, 187 after An Loc: 239
Hue , 7, 38, 64, 109, 118, 164, 182, 205, 206, 212, 213, 216, 230
Huggins, Capt. Charles, R., 127, 130, 131, 180
Hung, Col., 234
Huynh Ba Tinh, Brig. Gen., 172
Huynh Huu Tri, Second Lt., 182
I
Indochina War, 7, 26, 28, 29, 155, 207, 225
Iron Triangle, 41, 225
Issaacs, Arnold, 220, 242, 243
J
Johnson, Pres. Lyndon B., 207
Joint General Staff (JGS), ARVN, 5, 37, 42, 64, 65, 66, 72, 81, 157, 161, 164, 183, 185, 202, 213, 214, 229
K
Kaiser, Robert G., 3
Khai, Capt., 91
Khmer Rouges, 175
Kissinger, Henry, 119, 221, 222
Khe Sanh, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 205, 206, 207, 230, 231
Kontum, 36, 50, 54, 65, 103, 144, 201, 202, 207, 213, 216, 220, 230
Kratie, 91
L
Lai Khe, 33, 34, 35, 52, 72, 73, 76, 87, 99, 103, 114, 116, 117, 119, 122, 126, 136, 160, 161, 168, 169, 222
Lam Quang Tho, Maj. Gen., 26
Lan, Maj., 131
Lang Son, 9
Lang Vei, 20, 21, 223
lao cong dao binh (LCDB), 73, 90, 97–98, 112–13, 227
Laos, 1, 18, 23, 118, 206, 207, 211, 222, 223
La Trong Thang, Sgt., 149
Le Dinh Chieu Thien, Lt., 127
Le Duan, 35
Le Duc Anh, 23
Le Duc Dat, Col., 45
Le Duc Tho, 221, 222
Le Hong, Maj., 124
Le Minh Dao, Brig. Gen., at An Loc: 186, 191, 192, 194, 200, 201, 203 battle of Xuan Loc: 231, 232, 234, 235 after Xuan Loc: 238, 239
Le Nguyen Vy, Col., as deputy division commander, 5th Division: 68, 69, 73, 74, 88, 96, 107, 185, 193, 198, 210 as division commander, 5th Division: 241
Le Quang Luong, Col., as 1st Airborne Brigade commander: 117, 119, 125, 129, 135, 140, 150, 152, 182 as Airborne Division commander: 239
Le Quang Vinh, Capt. 156
Le Quy Dau, Maj., 69, 148
Le Trong Tan, Gen.( PAVN), 231
Le Van Dao, Capt., 141
Le Van Hung, Brig. Gen., as division commander, 5th Division: 29, 30, 35, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 66, 68, 72, 73, 84, 86, 88, 96, 98, 101, 104, 112, 138, 139, 140, 152, 178, 181, 185, 186, 209, 210 after An Loc: 241
Le Van Hung, Lt., 48
Le Van Huu (NVA soldier), 93
Le Van Loi, Lt., 177
Le Van Ngoc, Lt. Col., 122, 135
Le Van Ngon, Lt. Col., as battalion commander, 92nd Border Ranger Battalion: 45, 225, 227, 228 after Tong Le Chan: 240
Le Xuan Hieu, Lt. Col., 199, 200, 231
Loc Ninh, 22, 25, 26, 34, 42, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 81, 86, 106, 107, 116, 117, 123, 127, 128, 129, 142, 143, 192, 193, 215
Loc Tan, 50
Lownds, Col. David E., 19
Lull, Howard B., 58
Ly Duc Quan, Lt. Col., 80, 138, 148, 149
Ly, Lt., 196
Ly Tong Ba, Col., 50, 53, 54, 103, 104, 156, 201, 202, 216
M
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 230
Mach Van Truong, Col., as regiment commander, 8th Regiment: 5, 35, 52, 72–74, 80, 86, 88, 97, 101, 128, 129, 131, 138, 152, 184, 185, 210, 215 after An Loc: 238
McManus, Lt. Col. Richard J., 78, 148
Mekong Delta, 4, 17, 22, 28, 30, 160, 187, 214, 240, 241
Mendes-France, 15
Metzner, Col. Edward P., 32
Military Assistance Command, Viet Nam (MACV), 17, 205, 207
Miller, Col. William, 30, 31, 52, 53, 82, 97, 136, 139, 144, 209, 210, 211
Minh Mang, Emperor, 25
Montagnard, 18, 23, 26, 27, 47, 84, 119, 127, 140, 141, 152, 224
My Chanh River, 139, 144, 164
N
Nam, 2nd Lt., 105, 106
Nang, Capt., 79
Nasan, 9, 10, 206, 207
National Liberation Front (NLF), 17
Navarre, Gen. Henri, 11, 15
Nghi, Capt., 110
Ngo Dinh Diem, Pres, 15, 17, 25, 33, 191
Ngo Dzu. Lt. Gen., 45
Ngo Ky Dung, Col., 231
Ngo Le Tinh, Lt. Col., 163
Ngo Minh Hang, Lt. Col., 183
Ngo Quang Truong, Lt. Gen., 60, 66, 71, 168, 181, 204, 230
Nguyen Anh, Emperor, 7
Nguyen Ba Thinh, Col., 42, 55, 56, 91
Nguyen Cao Ky, Maj. Gen., 26, 28, 108
Nguyen Cau, 88, 179
Nguyen Chi Hieu, Lt. Col., 122, 127, 175
Nguyen Cong Vinh, Col., as regiment commander, 9th Regiment: 48, 51, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 210 after Loc Ninh: 240
Nguyen Dinh Nghiem (NVA soldier), 92
Nguyen Dinh Sach, Col., 6
Nguyen Dinh The, Maj., 139
Nguyen Duc Phong, 2nd Lt., 182
Nguyen Hue campaign, 35–38, 41, 119, 211, 220
Nguyen Huu Che, Maj., 194, 199, 200, 201
Nguyen Huu Duong, Lt. Col., 48, 50, 60, 61
Nguyen Huu Kiem, Col., 165
Nguyen Huu Nhan, Maj., 83
Nguyen Khoa Nam, Maj. Gen., 241
Nguyen Kim Dien, Maj., 139
Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Lt. Col., 5, 62, 118, 119, 171
Nguyen Phu Chinh, Lt. Col., 83
Nguyen Phuc, Dr., 186
Nguyen Phuoc Song Huong, Capt., 195, 196, 197
Nguyen Quoc Khue, Capt., 76, 77, 79, 107
Nguyen Son, Capt., 177
Nguyen Tan Chi, Capt., 200
Nguyen Tan Trong, Maj., 144
Nguyen Thanh Chuan, Col., 204
Nguyen The Hoa (NVA warrant officer), 142
Nguyen The Than, Lt. Col., 113
Nguyen Thi Binh, 92, 107, 137
Nguyen Thi Hang, 93
Nguyen Thong Thanh, Lt. Col., 46, 47, 67, 184
Nguyen Van Biet, Lt. Col., as group commander, 3rd Ranger Group: 67, 68, 69, 70, 77, 78, 79, 80, 89, 95, 107, 132, 147 after An Loc: 240
Nguyen Van Dinh, Lt. Col., 120, 136, 151, 173, 174
Nguyen Van Giang, 90
Nguyen Van Hieu, Lt., 95, 96
Nguyen Van Huu (NVA soldier), 92, 93
Nguyen Van Kiet, 4
Nguyen
Van Minh, Lt. Gen., battle of An Loc: 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 38, 42, 45, 60, 62, 65, 66, 72, 99, 103, 116, 117, 118, 119, 143, 144, 159, 160, 172, 173, 176, 181, 191, after An Loc: 239
Nguyen Van Quoc, Maj., 69
Nguyen Van Quy, Dr., 109, 110, 111, 112, 125, 166, 176, 186
Nguyen Van Thanh, Lt., 144
Nguyen Van Thiet, Capt., 141
Nguyen Van Thieu, Pres., 26, 28, 35, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 64, 65, 66, 82, 108, 144, 160, 166, 168, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 204, 221, 229, 230
Nguyen Van Thinh, Maj., 47, 50, 51, 62, 75
Nguyen Van Thoai, Maj., 194
Nguyen Van Toan, Lt. Gen., 236
Nguyen Van Tuong, Col., 172
Nguyen Van Uc, Maj., 122
Nguyen Van Xuan, 2nd Lt., 181, 182
Nguyen Van Xuan (corporal), 147
Nguyen Viet Can, Lt. Col., 180
Nguyen Vinh Nghi, Lt. Gen., as 21st Division commander: 160, 161, 168 after An Loc: 238, 239
Nixon, Pres. Richard, 2, 32, 36, 166, 176, 212, 248
North Viet Nam, 8, 29, 35
North Vietnamese Army (NVA) Political indoctrination: 107–9
O
Ong Sau (An Loc resident), 147, 148
P
Paris Peace Agreement, 46, 62, 144, 155, 204, 220, 221, 222, 226, 229, 230
Parrot’s Beak, 39, 41, 67, 225
Pha, Ms., 158
Pham Chau Tai, Capt., 177
Pham Cuong Tuan, 90
Pham Kim Bang, Maj., 120, 135
Pham Ngoc Sang, Brig. Gen., 238, 239
Pham Phong Dinh, 240
Pham Quang My, Lt. Col., 47, 69
Pham Quoc Thuan, Lt. Gen., 228
Pham Van Dinh, Lt. Col., 64
Pham Van Huan, Lt. Col. as group commander, 81st Airborne Ranger Group: 5, 127, 128, 129, 131, 176, 183, 210 after An Loc: 240
Phan Nhat Nam, 92, 111, 174, 175
Phan Van Phu, Maj. Gen., 241
Phu Bai, 214
Phuoc Long, 22, 33, 50, 51, 229
Phuong, 2nd Lt., 201
Pleiku, 65, 156, 216, 229, 230, 239
Prados, John, and Stubbe, Ray W., 7, 20
Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG), 38, 92, 213, 238
Q
Quan, Lt., 106
Quan Loi, 34, 55, 70, 71, 77, 78, 89, 91, 96, 124, 132, 142, 147, 193, 194, 198, 199, 201, 203, 220
Quang Tri, 36, 38, 41, 44, 65, 72, 77, 80, 103, 108, 135, 138, 139, 144, 167, 168, 193, 198, 203, 207, 213, 214, 218, 228, 230, 236
R
Rhotenberry, Col., 202
Risch, David, Dr., 110
Route Nationale 1 (RN1), 41, 76, 167, 231, 232,
Route Nationale 9 (RN9), 18, 20, 21, 64
Route Nationale 13 (RN13), 5, 6, 25, 34, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 52, 56, 61, 69, 70, 75, 81, 86, 89, 91, 95, 116, 117, 118, 126, 142, 159, 163, 165, 166, 168, 175, 181, 182, 183, 214
Route Nationale 20 (RN20), 231, 232
S
Saigon, 1, 23, 28, 29, 30, 37, 41, 64, 116, 117, 118, 119, 160, 182, 211, 213, 215, 226, 229
Salan, Gen. Raoul, 9, 10
Schott, Lt. Col. Richard S., 49, 58
Smith, Capt. Mark A., 49, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62
Snoul , 25, 38, 63
Son, Maj., 51
Son Do, Lt., 69
Sorley, Lewis, 28, 42, 43, 209, 218, 221
South Viet Nam, 1, 18, 19, 35, 38, 41, 117, 133, 161, 199, 207, 209, 213, 216, 218, 221, 222, 223, 229, 230, 236, 244, 247
Stein, Lt. Col. Edward J., 180
strategy of indirect approach: 53–54, 229–31
Sully, François, 28
Sun Tzu, 54, 205, 211
T
Tai, Lt., 68
Tallman, Brig. Gen. Richard J., 186
Tan Khai, 25, 46, 47, 52, 81, 155, 161, 162, 163, 169, 171, 173, 182, 193, 194
Tao O, 25, 116, 142, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 187
Taylor, Lt. Col., Art, 176
Taylor, Gen. Maxwell, 207
Tay Ninh, 22, 30, 33, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 53, 67, 68, 116, 117, 126, 133
Tchepone, 21, 212
Territorial forces: 27–28
Thach Han River, 139, 193, 203
Thien Ngon, 45
Thieu (commando), 178
Tho, Capt., 68
Thompson, Sir Robert, 2, 176, 204
Tong Le Chan, 45, 94, 133, 152, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229
Tong Viet Lac, Maj., 69, 106, 107, 132
Tran Ba Thanh, Lt. Col., 197
Tran Dai Chien, 2nd. Lt., 135
Tran Minh Cong, Lt. Col., 231
Tran Thien Khiem, Gen, 64, 108, 183
Tran Thien Tuyen, Lt. Col., 174
Tran Van Binh, 90
Tran Van Hai, Brig. Gen., 241
Tran Van Nhut, Col. as Binh Long province chief: 5, 26, 27, 31, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 66, 67, 69, 72, 75, 84, 91, 93, 107, 108, 110, 112, 125, 130, 143, 155, 175, 176, 182, 183, 184, 214 as division commander, 2nd Division: 239
Tran Van Tra, Gen. (VC), 41, 119
Truong Dang Si, Lt., 125
Truong Huu Duc, Col., 71–72, 116
Truong Khanh, Maj., 69, 147
Truong Phuoc, Lt., 69, 75, 89, 95, 96
Truong Thanh Minh, 2nd Lt., 182
Tuan, Lt., 120
Tung, Sgt., 126, 131
U
Ulmer, Col. Walter as senior advisor to the 5th Division: 144, 145, 210 as retired lieutenant general: 247
V
Van Ba Ninh, Lt. Col., 122, 128
Van Mai (NVA soldier), 91, 92
Vann, John Paul, 42, 53, 54, 202
Vanuxem, Lt. Gen. Paul, 2, 183, 184, 185
Veith, George J & Pribbernow, Merle L., 236
Viet Cong, 16, 17, 18, 19, 36, 38, 39, 41, 43, 46, 63, 67, 93, 94, 108, 109, 122, 137, 159, 160, 192, 193, 212, 223, 225, 226
VietMinh, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 58, 59, 155, 206, 208, 209
Viet Nam War, 3, 26, 50, 229, 246, 248
Vinh, Lt., 120
Vo Nguyen Giap, Gen. (NVA), 9, 13, 16, 35, 36, 211, 231
Vosary (commando), 178
Vo Tanh, Gen., 7
Vo Tan Vinh, 67, 91
Vo Van Tay, Lt., Col., 69, 70
Vung Tau, 44, 51, 182, 192
Vu Van Giai, Brig. Gen., 139
Vu Van Hoi, 2nd. Lt., 123, 124, 137, 181
W
Wallingford, Kenneth, 58, 62
Wanat, Capt. George, 62
War Zone C, 25, 41, 46, 224, 225
War Zone D, 25, 225
Westmoreland, Gen. William C., 7, 18, 20, 43, 205, 206, 207
Wheeler, Gen. Earl, 205, 206, 207
Willbanks, James H., 11, 3, 30, 53, 57, 58, 210
Willey, Lt. Col. Burr, 180
Windrow, Martin, 9
X
Xa Cam, 25, 118, 134, 149, 150, 161, 172, 173, 193, 194, 242
Xuan Loc, 33, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236
Y
Yerta, Jesse, Sgt., 127, 130, 131
Y Muil Mbor, (commando), 178
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