INDEX
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1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division
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1st Cavalry Division, Airmobile
“airmobile” designation of
command of
firebase strategy of
primary area of operation
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1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry. See also Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry; D Company, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
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2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
at FSB Jay
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2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
establishment of FSB Illingworth
establishment of FSBs
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
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2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Alpha Company. See Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Charlie Company. See Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, E (Recon) Company. See E Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Headquarters and Headquarters Company
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
roster
2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery. See Blue Max
8-inch howitzers
defined
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
11th Armored Cavalry, 1st Squadron. See Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th
Armored Cavalry; D Company, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
25th Infantry Division (“Tropic Lightning”)
32nd Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, A Battery. See A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery
32nd Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion
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.50 caliber machine guns
defined
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
77th Field Artillery, 1st Battalion, B Battery. See B Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery
77th Field Artillery, 1st Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion
roster
81 mm mortars
defined
95th NVA Regiment
105 mm Howitzer
defined
155 mm Howitzer
defined
272nd NVA Regiment, 2nd Battalion
April Fool’s Day assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
bunker complex fight (March 26)
FSB Crook attack
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A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery. See Blue Max
A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
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Abrams, Creighton W.
letter from Roberts
letter to family of Illingworth
ACAVs (armored cavalry assault vehicles). See also M-113 ACAVs
cavalrymen sleeping inside
defined
ADCs (assistant division commanders)
defined
African American soliders, and race relations
Agent Orange
AH-1 Cobra helicopters. See also Blue Max
defined
Ahearn, John
Conrad and
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
NVA bombardment of FSB Jay (March 26)
AK-47 rifles, defined
Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
assignment to FSB Illingworth
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
on patrols
roster
Alpha Team
formation from Alpha Troop and Company A
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
at FSB Illingworth
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
Presidential Unit Citation to
roster
American Civil War
American Revolution
ammunition at FSB Illingworth
blows up (April 1)
AN/PPS-5 (“Pipsy-Five”)
defined
AO (area of operations)
defined
April Fool’s Day NVA assault on FSB Illingworth. See NVA assault on FSB Illingworth
“April High Point”
ARA (Aerial Rocket Artillery). See also Blue Max
defined
Armer, Ray
Jack Illingworth and
in later life
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
on patrols
Article 32 investigations
artillery, at FSB Illingworth
arrival of stockpiles (March 31)
ammunition blows
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam)
combat capabilities of
defined
setting up clean slate for
U.S. advisers to
U.S. turning over responsibility to
B-40 grenades
defined
B-52 bombers
defined
Baerman, Paul
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Bahnsen, John C. “Doc,” Jr.
Bangalore (torpedo)
defined
Banicki, John
barbed wire, at FSBs
Barker, Bobby L.
Battle of the Bulge
B Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery
NVA assault of FSB Illingworth (April 1)
roster
B Battery, 5th Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Beauchamp, Charles
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
beehive (projectile)
defined
Blackhorse Riders (Keith)
blivets
defined
Blue Max
defined
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
body odor
Boedecker, Maynard “Bo”
in later life
Bowen, Thomas R.
Boyle, Patrick
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Brady, Morris J.
artillery assets at FSB Illingworth
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Bridgman, Cleaveland F.
background of
death of
posthumous promotion of
Brooks, Tim
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Brown, Charles
Bruce, Larry
Bullock, Dan
Burks, George
background of
Father Boyle and
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
bust jungle (“busting”)
defined
C-130 Hercules, defined
Cambodia
War Zone C
Camp Hazard
Cam Ranh Bay
Carlisle, Billy P.
Casey, George, Jr.
Casey, George, Sr.
Conrad’s desire to abandon FSB Illingworth
death of
firebase strategy against NVA
Hannas and
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
surveys NVA bombardment of FSB Jay (March 29)
casualties. See also KIAs
pictures of
Cat from Hué, The (Laurence)
Cavieaux, Pete
CBS Evening News
CH-7 Chinook helicopters
defined
“charge zero”
Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
commanding officers of
newbies of March 30
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
NVA bunker complex firefight (March 26)
on patrols
return to FSB Illingworth (March 27)
roster
chess
chicom grenades
defined
Childress, Benjamin V.
Chinese Army troops
Chinook helicopters
defined
claymore mines
defined
Clinton, Bill
Cobra helicopters. See also Blue Max
defined
Collins, Gary
command and control (C2)
defined
Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry. See Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Company C, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry. See Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
CONEX
defined
Conrad, Mike
awards and medals of
desire to abandon FSB Illingworth
establishment of FSB Illingworth
at FSB Illingworth
Hannas and
Jack Illingworth and
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
order patrols
on recreational drug use
cook off (cooking off)
defined
COs (commanding officers), defined
COSVN (Central Office for South Vietnam)
defined
C-rats (C-rations)
defined
Cronkite, Walter
“danger close”
D Company, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
roster
DEROS (date of expected return from overseas)
Desert Storm
deuce-and-a-half
defined
di di mau
defined
direct fire
defined
dirt, at FSBs
Dodd, Thomas J.
domino theory
Dragosavac, Barbara
Dragosavac, David G.
drug use
DSR (Daily Status Report)
defined
Duncan, Gary
dust-offs
defined
E (Recon) Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
roster
F-4 Phantom IIs, defined
FACs (Forward Air Controllers)
defined
Fasching, Leroy J.
FDC (Fire Direction Center)
defined
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
firebase strategy
Hay study of FSBs Crook and Illingworth
fire support bases (FSBs). See FSBs; And specific FSBs
Fitzgerald, Tom
flak jackets, defined
flare ships
defined
flechette, defined
FNGs (“fucking new guys”)
defined
food. See C-rats; Meals, at FSBs
Foreman, Robert
Fort Sill National Cemetery
frags
defined
Frank, Gordon
in later life
friendly fire
defined
FSBs (fire support bases). See also specific FSBs
defined
description of
establishment and construction of
everyday life at
naming of
FSB Beverly
FSB Camp Hazard
FSB Carolyn
FSB Crook
FSB Floyd
FSB Hannas
FSB Illingworth
abandonment of
ammunition arrival at (March 31)
ammunition blows (April 1)
artillery at
cavalry at
chaplain at
Conrad’s desire to abandon
establishment and construction of
FSB Crook compared with
infantry at
MACV news release (April 2)
naming of
NVA assault on (April 1). See NVA assault on FSB Illingworth
NVA mapping of
present state of, forty years later
Roberts report on events at
FSB Jay
abandonment of
artillery at
NVA bombardment (March 29)
Roberts report on events at
FSB St. Barbara
Furey, Bart
Gesker, Joe
glossary of terms
gooks, defined
grunts, defined
Hall, Tim
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
H&I (“harassment and interdiction”)
defined
Hannas, Robert
background of
bombardment of FSB Jay (March 26)
commanding 2/7
film crews following
Frank and
at FSB Jay
in later life
wounding of
Hay, John H., Jr.
Hebert, Syriac
helicopters. See also Blue Max; Chinook helicopters; Huey helicopters
medical evacuations on
Hensley, Jerry
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
heroin
Hill, Robert A.
Hobson, George
commanding Charlie Company
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
on patrols
personality of
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hodge, Kenneth Ray
death of
Father Boyle and
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Hogg, Joe
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Hokenson, Rick
“borrowing” of NVA uniform
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Horner, Russ
“hot-bunked”
Huey helicopters
defined
Hughes, Joseph Colan “J. C.”
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
I Battery, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery
IDPF (Individual Deceased Personnel File)
Illingworth, Frances “Frank”
Illingworth, John J. “Jack”
in Alpha Company
background of
communication notifying family of death
death of
posthumous decorations of
Illingworth, Laura
Illingworth, Muriel
in country, defined
indirect fire
defined
infantry, at FSB Illingworth
Iraq war
Irving, Richard R.
Janis, Michael
Johnson, Lyndon
Jones, Ralph
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Ka-Bar knives, defined
KCs (Kit Carson Scouts)
Defined
KIAs (killed in action)
defined
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
Kilgore, Michael
“killer junior” (“killer senior”)
defined
Kimmel-Ober, Kimberly
klicks, defined
Knox College
laager. See NDP
Lai, Nguyen Tuong
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Laidig, Arnold W.
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Laird, Melvin
Lane, Robert H.
Lassen, David H.
latrines, at FSBs
Laurence, John
Lemon, Peter
awards and medals of
background of
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
wounding of
Livermore, Leigh
living quarters, at FSBs
Loach
defined
Lockhart (soldier)
Long Binh
Longstreet, James
M-14 rifles
defined
M-16 rifles
defined
M-48 Patton tanks
defined
M-60 machine guns
defined
M-102 105 mm Howitzer. See 105 mm Howitzer
M-113 ACAVs
defined
M-551 Sheridan tanks
defined
M-577 command tracks
defined
MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam)
defined
mad minute
defined
Magness, Thomas H.
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Mann, Nathan J.
marijuana
Martin, Jack
McInerny, Roger J.
McNamara, Robert
meals, at FSBs
medevacs (medical evacuations)
defined
MIA (missing in action), defined
Moore, Michael
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth
(April 1)
mortar platoon, Echo 2/8
mortars, defined
Murphy, Thomas J.
napalm, defined
NCOs (noncommissioned officers), defined
NDP (night defensive position)
defined
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
newbies
defined
New Haven Induction Center
Nicholson, Dave
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
tainted blood transfusion at Cam Ranh Bay
Night in the Dog’s Head, A (Brady)
Nixon, Richard M.
No-Nuts (dog)
NVA (North Vietnamese Army)
2nd Battalion, 272nd. See 272nd NVA Regiment, 2nd Battalion
95th Regiment
ammunition depots
assault on FSB Illingworth. See NVA assault on FSB Illingworth below
available routes in War Zone C
bombardment of FSB Jay (March 29)
bunker complex firefight (March 26)
firebase strategy against
FSB Jay and
model of command and control
Ochs, William V., Jr.
Conrad’s desire to move FSB Illingworth
Hannas and
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
OH-6 light observation helicopters (“Loach”)
defined
Patterson, Michael R.
Patton (tanks). See M-48 Patton tanks
Patton, George
PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam)
defined
Peters, Gregory J.
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Silver Star of
Phnom Penh
Phuoc Vinh
Plattenburger, Bonnie
Plattenburger, Sidney E.
Poindexter, John
in later life
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
quest for Presidential Unit Citation for Alpha Troop
POWs (prisoners of war)
9th NVA Regiment
American
defined
PRC-25 radios
defined
PSP (pierced steel planking)
defined
PUC (Presidential Unit Citation)
defined
Purdon, Gerald W.
quad .50 (M45 Quadmount)
defined
race relations
R&R (rest and relaxation)
defined
Rappaport, Allan
rations. See C-rats
Recon Company. See E (Recon) Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
recordkeeping in the field
recreational drug use
redlegs
defined
Redstone Arsenal
Reed, James
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
REMFs (Rear Echelon Mother Fuckers), defined
rest periods, at FSBs
Rhodes, Cliff
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Richards, Randall
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
RIFs (reduction in forces)
defined
River, Dan
Roberts, Elvy
background of
commanding 1st Cavalry
firebase strategy against NVA
in later life
letter to Abrams
letter to family of Illingworth
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
orders to dismantle FSB Jay
orders to keep FSB Illingworth open
report on events at FSBs Jay and Illingworth
Roberts, F. B.
ROE (Rules of Engagement), defined
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.
RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades), defined
RTOs (radio telephone operators)
defined
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Russell, Mike
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
satchel charges
defined
Schell, Terry L.
Schlieben, Klaus D.
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman
shake ’n bake
defined
Sheridan tanks
“shithooks”
defined
shit sandwich
defined
showers
shrapnel, defined
sleep
sleeping bunker
slicks. See also Huey helicopters
defined
Smith, John Lee
death of
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
smoke grenades
Smolich, Francis “Bud”
in later life
NVA bunker complex fight (March 26)
Snoul
South Vietnamese Army. See ARVN
“Spooky”
defined
Stapp, Leslie
Starlight (scope)
defined
Steege, Greg
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Stilwell, Richard
Stone Mountain Two-Nine. See 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
Street, Brent A.
Sutton, Lawrence E.
Sutton, Marlene
TACAIR (tactical air support)
defined
Tactical and Materiel Innovations (Hay)
tanglefoot
defined
tanks. See also M-48 Patton tanks; M-551 Sheridan tanks
cavalrymen sleeping inside
Taylor, James
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Silver Star of
Tay Ninh City
TCs (track commanders)
defined
Team Alpha. See Alpha Team
Tet (holiday)
defined
Tet Offensive
thorazine
Time (magazine)
TOC (Tactical Operations Center)
defined
at FSB Jay
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
ammunition blows
tracers
tracks. See also M-113 ACAVs; Sheridan tanks
defined
trotter (trail)
defined
Tyler, Dan
UH-1 Huey helicopters
defined
Vaca, Lou
background of
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
wounding of
Vall de Juli, Ken
Bronze Star of
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Vietcong
defined
Vietminh, defined
“Vietnamization”
Vietnam Memorial Wall
Vietnam Task Force
Vietnam War
political considerations vs. strategic ones
Zinni on
Vinyard, Jim
“wake-up”
Waller, Casey O.
awards and medals of
death of
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
War Zone C
March-June 1970 map
Weltha, Lee (known today as Lee Velta)
in later life
NVA assault on FSB Illingworth (April 1)
Westmoreland, William
Weyand, Frederick C.
WIA (wounded in action), defined
Williams, Steven J.
Woodward, Ken “Mississippi”
in later life
World War II
xenon searchlights
defined
XOs (executive officers), defined
Zinni, Anthony