Abrams, Creighton, 56, 147, 207–209, 222, 228
Abzug, Bella, 256
Acheson, Dean, 151
Advanced Individual Training (AIT), 63, 65–66, 300
Agent Orange, 6, 270, 270, 271, 271, 289, 303, 317
Agnew, Spiro, 134
Air Force Academy, 66
air power
Johnson administration restraints on, 108
Marine units, 107
McNamara reassessment of bombing, 109
North Vietnam bombing campaigns, 36, 39–40, 68–70
North Vietnamese reaction to, 108
Operation Linebacker II, 234–235
planes and base locations, 107
Ai Tu Combat Base, 237
allied forces, 105–107, 106, 143, 275
Alvarez, Everett, Jr., 38–39, 244, 244–245, 245
American Embassy. See United States Embassy
Andersen Air Force Base, 234
An Loc, 231, 233, 238, 239–242, 240
Ann-Margret, 100
antiwar movement. See also public opinion
demonstrations and, 171–172, 173
mainstream adoption of, 133, 171, 171–172, 172, 172, 176
Moratorium Days, 207
social/racial inequality and, 176, 180
Armed Forces Television Network, 98
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
after American withdrawal, 250, 253–255, 257–258, 261, 264, 269
Binh Dinh Province and, 89
Easter Offensive and, 239
increase in US troops and, 68
Rangers, 96, 137, 240, 255, 256, 258, 278
training of, 31
US ground strategy and, 71–72
Vietnamization and, 208–209, 228–229
Arnett, Peter, 123–124
Associated Press, 123, 262, 286, 319
B-52 bombers, 51, 69, 72, 73, 79, 81, 97, 105, 107, 111, 121, 140, 203, 219, 229, 231, 234–235, 236, 242, 247
Back to the Nam, 300–301
Baker, Carroll, 99
Ban Me Thuot, 141, 143, 255, 256, 256, 261
Barker, Robert (Bob) L., 47, 47
Beech, Keyes, 267
Bell, Terrence M., 287, 287–290, 289
Bien Hoa Air Base, 15–16, 98, 144, 210, 211, 266, 299
Binh Dinh Province, 77, 87, 92
Black Panther Party, 180
Black Panther Party, 156
Bong Son plain, 78, 79, 89, 290–291, 291
Bradley, Omar, 151
Braniff, Bill, 299–301
Brooke, Edward, 176
Browne, Malcolm, 167, 280, 285, 297
Buffington, Nile B., 137
Bui Diem, 261
Bundy, William, 149
Cambodia
American public reaction to bombing of, 215
as base for Viet Cong, 76, 77, 107
Nixon administration bombing campaign, 203, 209, 213, 215, 217–219, 221, 236
refusal of US aid, 30
support of government of, 224
as US military target, 112, 148
Vietnamese ouster of Khmer Rouge, 18, 56, 277
Carmichael, Stokely, 180
Carter, Dwight, 210
Carter, Jimmy, 271
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 33, 70, 151, 167, 208, 255
Chennault, Anna, 199
Cheo Reo (Hau Bon), 257–258
Chiang Kai-shek, 19
US relationship with, 21, 30, 68, 174, 201, 231–232, 275, 284
Chu Lai, 70, 72, 79, 99, 112, 210–211, 318
Church, Frank, 215
Civic Action Program (CAP), 81–82, 320
Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG), 33, 131, 140, 320
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 168
Clifford, Clark, 149–151
cluster bombs (CBUs), 103
Coast Guard, 66
Columbia University demonstrations, 185–186, 186, 187
Combined Reconnaissance and Intelligence Platoon (CRIP), 212
Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE), 172
Congress. See US Congress
conscientious objectors (COs), 177–179, 179
Con Thien, 6, 7, 84, 105, 114, 118, 118–121, 119, 120, 142, 295, 296, 318
Cooper, John Sherman, 215
COSVN (Central Office for South Vietnam), 212, 213, 254, 261, 320
Cronkite, Walter, 146, 147, 147, 193
Cu Chi, 70, 76, 77, 144, 266, 299
Dahlstedt, Kate, 287, 301, 303
Dak To, 105–107, 106, 121, 126, 127, 142, 240, 287, 288, 289, 290
Daley, Richard J., 191, 191, 195
Daly, Christopher B., 130, 132–135
Da Nang, 14, 40, 40–43, 44–45, 47, 84, 98, 100, 112, 128, 231, 258–260, 314, 314
Darlac Province, 141, 255, 256
Davis, William W. “Sonny,” Jr., 293, 293–296
Deck House IV, 84
Defense Attaché’s Office (DAO), 253, 260, 264, 267
demilitarized zone (DMZ), 31, 48, 79–80, 84, 86–87, 104–105, 114, 118–119, 120–121, 131, 137, 199, 224, 231, 237, 239, 254, 294, 320
1968 Democratic National Convention, 174, 190, 190–195, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195
demonstrations
antiwar, 133, 171, 171–172, 172, 173, 176, 178, 213, 215
pro-war, 181
Columbia University and, 185–186, 186, 187
Democratic National Convention and, 134, 190–193, 193, 194, 195
Kent State University and, 214, 215
march on Washington, 50
Martin Luther King Jr. assassination and, 133
racially motivated, 134
radical feminist, 134
DePuy, William E., 77, 97, 153
Dewey, Peter, 15
Dien Bien Phu, 21, 42, 57, 130, 140–141, 276
Dong Ha, 79, 80, 118, 239, 318
Don Luan, 255
Dougan, Clark, 273–279
draft, 59–60, 63, 63, 110, 168, 176–177, 178–179, 180, 182, 206, 225, 293, 297, 300
Duncan, David Douglas, 120
Duong Van Minh, 265, 266, 267, 317
Easter Offensive, 57, 231, 237, 237, 239–242
East-West conference (Geneva), 21, 57, 317, 320
Ehrhart, Bill, 61–62, 296, 296–299, 297
Eisenhower, Dwight, 21, 22, 23, 31, 42, 57, 201, 275, 277
Ellsberg, Daniel, 283, 283–284, 318
English, Lowell, 131
Enthoven, Alain, 149
Ervin, Sam, 174
Fall of Saigon Marines Association, 27
Fire Support Base Mary Ann, 224
Ford, Gerald, 255–256, 264, 266–267, 269
Fort Benning, Georgia, 66, 68, 287
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 47
Fort Dix, New Jersey, 60, 61, 63, 65
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 60, 300
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 60
Fort Ord, California, 60
Fort Polk, Louisiana, 60
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 66
Forward Base Cudgel, 116
Foxx, Peace, 303
“fraggings,” 225
France, 17–21, 30, 56, 133, 275, 276, 316, 317
Fulbright, J. William, 31, 172, 174, 176
Gayler, Noel, 264
Gelb, Arthur, 132
Gelb, Leslie, 283
Geneva agreements. See East-West conference (Geneva)
Gia Lam Airport, 236, 242, 247
Goldwater, Barry, 38, 168–169, 174, 199
Great Society, 30, 51, 83, 170, 177, 180, 191
Gruening, Ernest, 37, 171, 317
Gulf of Tonkin incident, 36–38, 56, 168, 244, 317
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 37, 37–38, 170, 171, 176, 215, 317
Habib, Philip, 153
Hahn, Jeffrey, 174–175
Haiphong, 19, 39, 69, 224, 232, 234
Halberstam, David, 11, 280–281, 284–286, 285
Hallin, Daniel, 279
Hanoi, 35, 39, 69–70, 108, 137, 224, 232, 234–235, 236, 246–247, 262, 276–277, 279, 315, 315
Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison), 10, 242, 244–245, 315, 315
Harper, Ronald W., 152
Harriman, W. Averell, 198, 200
Harsch, Joseph, 269
Heath, Richard, 140
Helberg, Mark, 303
helicopters, 43, 47, 52, 58, 65, 66, 72, 73, 76, 77, 79, 80, 84, 89, 91, 103, 104, 107, 119, 122–124, 126–127, 137, 164, 164–165, 165, 213, 216, 217, 218, 223–224, 228, 229, 231, 240, 246, 258, 265, 266, 267, 285, 286, 321
Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey), 58, 73, 77, 164–165, 216, 321
Herr, Michael, 140
Hibbs, Robert J., 97
Hill 400, 84–86
Hill 875, 107, 114, 121–127, 123, 124, 125, 127. See also Dak To
Hill 881 N, 79, 82, 83, 131, 136
Hill 881 S, 131
Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton), 242, 244–245, 315, 315
Ho Chi Minh
Cold War and, 276
declaration of independence, 15, 20
early life, 18–19
Paris peace talks and, 205–206
partition of Vietnam and, 21
Tet Offensive and, 142–143
Ho Chi Minh Campaign, 265
Ho Chi Minh City. See Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail, 6, 23, 33, 69, 109, 131, 224, 228, 229, 320, 321
Hodierne, Robert, 290, 290–293, 291
Holland, George, 25–26
Hon Me, 36
Howard, John, 242
Howell, Haney, 280
Hue
after American withdrawal, 258–259
massacre at, 160
NVA capture of, 14
pictured, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163M>, 314
psychology importance of, 156
Radio Freedom, 43
Tet Offensive and, 143, 145–146, 147, 156–163
Humphrey, Hubert, 134, 168, 169, 183, 188, 190, 192, 192–193, 195, 198–200
Ia Drang Valley, 73, 76, 87, 89
Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA), 185
International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS), 236, 249, 250
International Red Cross, 243
Japan, 15, 19–20, 57, 199, 275–276
Johnson, Harold K., 61
Johnson, James H., 123
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
attempt to find peace initiative, 150–151, 153–154, 153, 169–170
bombing target restraints and, 108
buildup to war and, 29–31, 39, 46, 170
choice not to seek reelection, 133, 147, 153–154, 153
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 168
Cronkite and, 147
election to full term, 38, 168
Great Society reforms, 51, 83, 170
Gulf of Tonkin incident, 36–37
Khe Sahn and, 130, 137, 140, 141, 146
Laos and Cambodia and, 112
Operation Rolling Thunder and, 39–40, 112
pictured, 114, 141, 151, 153, 169
public opinion and, 38, 49–51, 68, 108, 149, 169–170, 183–184
public relations campaign of, 51, 114
“wise men” meeting and, 151
Johnston, Bill, 305–306
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 36, 39–40, 42, 46, 49, 51, 59, 69, 137, 146, 149, 151, 203, 234
Joint Military Commission, 250
Jordan, B. Everett, 174
journalism, 120, 127, 132–135, 147, 149, 170–171, 182–184, 279–282
Judge, Darwin, 13, 15, 25, 25–27
Kaufman, Harold, 122
Kennedy, Edward (Ted), 26, 190, 253
Kennedy, John F., 23, 23–24, 29–30, 42–43, 52, 60, 73, 147, 168, 170, 275, 284–285
Kennedy, Robert F., 133, 150, 174, 184, 187–189, 188, 189, 190
Kent State University, 174, 214, 215
Khe Sanh
combat in, 104, 136–138, 140–141
Giap strategy and, 142
Johnson and, 130, 137, 140, 141, 146
Khe Sanh Combat Base, 131, 137, 155–156, 223
public opinion and, 130
Westmoreland and, 130–131, 136
Kiley, Michael, 122
King, Coretta Scott, 172
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 133, 169, 172, 173, 174, 180, 184–185, 185, 191, 225–226
Kinnard, Harry W. O., 73, 87, 89, 92
Kissinger, Henry, 199, 202, 203, 206, 213, 232, 232–233, 235, 236, 236, 247, 250, 253, 267
Komer, Robert W., 183
Kontum, 143, 231, 240–241, 256
Kopkind, Andrew, 176
Korea
Korean forces in Vietnam, 96
Korean War, 23, 24, 102, 201, 274, 274–275, 305, 321
Lach Chao Estuary, 37
Landing Zone (LZ) Albany, 73
Landing Zone (LZ) X-Ray, 73
Laos
Lam Son 719, 224, 229, 230, 231
Nixon administration bombing campaign, 221, 236
as rear base for NVA, 104
support of government of, 224
as US military target, 112, 131, 148
Le Duc Tho, 232, 233, 236, 236, 247, 261
Leiser, Ernest, 147
LeMay, Curtis, 199
Lindseth, Alfred, 126
Lippmann, Walter, 170–171
Lisagor, Peter, 183
Locke, Ken, 27
Loc Ninh, 77, 105, 142, 239, 261
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 30, 36, 151, 286
Long Khanh Province, 75
Long Thanh, 76–77
Lownds, David E., 140
MacDonald, Bob, 101
maps
Corps Tactical Zones, 67
Ho Chi Minh Trail, 109
Tet Offensive, 143
Vietnam in 1965, 48
Marine Security Guard Battalion, 25
Martin, Graham, 15, 261, 263–264, 266–267
Mayer, Jim, 304–305
McCarthy, Eugene, 150, 174, 184, 187–88, 190, 192, 195
McCawley, Andy, 304
McMahon, Charlie, 13, 15, 16, 25–27, 26
McNamara, Robert S., 23, 30, 31, 36, 37, 39, 51, 56, 70, 105, 109, 112, 151, 168, 176, 183, 276–277, 277, 279, 283, 284
media, 120, 127, 132–135, 149, 170–171, 182–184, 279–282
medical personnel, 110, 122, 124
Mekong Delta, 53–54, 70, 116–117, 143, 252, 254, 269, 286
Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), 15, 21, 52, 317
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), 34, 36, 46, 50–51, 56, 68, 72, 76, 81–82, 98, 102, 107, 109–110, 121, 131, 137, 148, 156, 215, 222, 228, 280–281, 282, 286, 288, 321
missing in action (MIA), 271, 290, 321
Mohr, Charles, 183
Montagnards, 33, 34, 131, 302, 303, 320, 321
Moore, Harold G. “Hal,” 73, 89–91
Moorer, Thomas, 234
Moratorium Day, 207
Muller, Robert, 271
Nanking massacre, 19
National Guard, 174, 177, 184, 191, 193, 195, 214, 215
National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, 246
National Liberation Front (NLF), 23, 55, 83, 145, 156, 160–162, 199, 202, 232, 236, 250, 273, 322
National Mobilization Committee to End the War, 190
National Security Agency, 199
New England Center for Homeless Veterans (NESHV), 303–304
Newton, Huey, 180
New Zealand, 96
Ngo Dinh Diem, 21–22, 22, 24, 30, 167, 297, 317
Ngo Dinh Nhu, 24
Ngo Quang Truong, 156, 241, 258
Nguyen Hiu Co, 35
Nguyen Van Thieu
Easter Offensive and, 239
as head of civilian government, 50
Marine presence and, 40
Paris talks and, 200, 232–234, 236
pictured, 204
resignation of, 264
Vietnamization policy and, 204, 229
war after American withdrawal and, 250, 252–253, 255–256, 259, 261
Nha Trang, 98, 143, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263
Nicholson, Ed, 306
Nixon, Richard
aid to Vietnam after withdrawal, 250
antiwar protests and, 206–207, 213, 215
Cambodian bombing campaign, 174, 203, 209, 213, 217–219
Congressional challenges and, 215
election campaign, 132, 197–199
Kissinger and, 201–202
Operation Linebacker II, 234–235
Paris peace talks, 204, 206, 233–235
post–Tet Offensive and, 202–203
POWs and, 246
public opinion and, 204, 206–207
Vietnamization policy, 203, 204, 207–208
Watergate scandal, 253
North, Don, 278
North Vietnamese Army (NVA)
after American withdrawal, 250, 252–258, 261, 263–264
fall of Saigon and, 265–266
Ho Chi Minh Campaign, 265
numbers of, 72
Operation Hastings and, 79–80
Operation Prairie and, 80
replacement rates, 109–112
strategy of, 138, tactics of, 71, 104
Tet Offensive and, 142
victory at Saigon, 15
Vietnam evacuation and, 14
Nuernberger, Howard, 210–211
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 15, 20, 276, 316
Officer Candidate School (OCS), 63, 66, 68, 210, 290
operations, military
Attleboro, 80–82
Bold Mariner, 78
Cedar Falls, 95, 96, 97, 102, 318
Crazy Horse, 92
Crimp, 76
Davy Crockett, 92
DeSoto, 36
Dewey Canyon, 205
Double Eagle, 73
El Paso II, 77
Flaming Dart, 39
Frequent Wind, 267
Hickory, 104
Jackstay, 74
Jefferson Glenn, 224
Junction City, 102–103, 103, 318
Lam Son 719, 224, 229, 230, 318
Linebacker II, 234–235
Mallet, 76
Marauder, 76
Masher/White Wing, 77, 87, 91–92
Menu, 203
Neutralize, 120–121
Niagara, 137
Oregon, 102
Outreach, 271
Pierce Arrow, 37
Prairie, 80, 85, 84–87, 86, 87, 88, 93
Rolling Thunder, 39–40, 45, 59, 68–69, 69–70, 108, 112, 232, 317, 318
Sam Houston, 104
Starlite, 72
Tiger Hound, 69–70
Utah, 79
Wahiawa, 77
Ovnand, Chester, 14, 16, 16, 317
Owens, Ron, 300–301
paratroopers, 72, 76, 81, 97, 103, 105–106, 121–127, 124, 127, 144, 222, 224, 271
ARVN Airborne Division, 229, 241–242, 258
Paris Peace Accords, 26, 249, 318
Paris peace talks, 198–200, 235
Parris Island, South Carolina, 60, 294, 297
Parrot’s Beak, 213
Paul Doumer Bridge, 108
Peers, William R., 126
Pentagon Papers, 42, 282–284, 283, 318
People’s Special Forces groups, 33
Percy, Charles, 176
petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) assault, 69
Phoenix Program, 208–209
Phung Du, 89
Phuoc Binh, 255
Phuoc Loi, 37
Phuoc Tuy Province, 77
Pizzi, Joseph, 240
Pleiku, 39, 70, 104, 141, 143, 256, 257, 258, 287
Plei Me, 73
Plumley, Basil, 89–90
Popp, Adam, 305
post–Tet Offensive, 202
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 270–271, 281–282, 287, 288, 322
prisoners of war (POWs), 107, 204, 235–237, 242, 242–247, 243, 245, 246, 247, 292
Project 100,000, 177
Project Delta, 34
Project Healing Waters, 306, 307
Project Leaping Lena, 34
protests. See demonstrations
Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG), 235–236, 250, 252–253
psy-ops forces, 132
PTSD. See posttraumatic stress disorder
public opinion. See also antiwar movement
American casualties and, 110, 112
confusion in, 112
prisoners of war and, 247
rise of antiwar movement and, 112, 168, 171
Tet Offensive and, 130, 183–184
working-class white, 182
Quang Khe, 37
Quang Ngai Province, 50, 73, 78, 79, 102, 224, 316
Quang Tin Province, 224
Quang Tri City, 79, 98, 137, 138, 143, 231, 237, 239, 241–242
Quang Tri Province, 80, 84, 130, 137, 138, 294, 155–156, 241. See also Khe Sahn
Qui Nhon, 39, 74, 98, 142, 143, 210
Radio Freedom, 33
Radio Hanoi, 142
refugees, 92, 111, 237, 256, 257, 257–259, 259, 260, 263, 267, 267
Resolution for 1975, 254
Reunification Day, 15
Reynolds, Jon A., 247
Richter, Ruediger, 75
rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), 120, 165, 210, 211, 217, 296–298, 322
Rogers, William, 206
Rolling Stone, 135
Roosevelt, Franklin, 15, 20, 275, 316
Rostow, Walt W., 51, 141, 150, 183
Rowe, James L., Jr., 150
Rural Development (RD) Program, 82
Rusk, Dean, 23, 30, 30, 151, 150, 183
Russell, Richard, 204
Ryman, Roger, 84
Saigon
after American withdrawal, 258, 261
armed forces stationed in, 70, 100
defense of, 76, evacuation of, 15, 264–267, 269
Ho Chi Minh Campaign, 261
Tet Offensive and, 141, 143–145, 145
Santoli, Al, 212
Santos, Ruben, 136
Scheer, Robert, 176
Schlesinger, Arthur, 43
Schlesinger, James, 267
Schweiter, Leo H., 121
Scotton, Frank, 33
Selective Service System (SSS). See draft
Senate Armed Services Committee, 172, 176, 264
Sharp, U. S. Grant, 37
Sheehan, John G., 125
Sheehan, Neil, 11, 182, 280, 283, 284, 285, 286
Shumaker, Bob, 244
Siggers, Jack, 122
Smith, Homer, 263
Smith, Ken, 303
Smith, Richard B., 118
Snuol (Cambodia), 218–219
Soldier’s Heart, 287, 287, 289, 290, 301, 301, 302, 303
Soto, Rudy, 152
South Vietnamese Army. See Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, 37
Southeast Asia Pictorial Center (SEAPC), 210–211
Southeast Asia Resolution, 37–38, 171, 176
Soviet Union, 6, 18, 19, 21, 68, 70, 109, 201, 232, 174, 274
Spencer, Daniel E., 75
Spock, Benjamin, 172
Starry, Donn, 217
Stennis, John C., 108
Stevens, Howard, 34
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 180
Studies and Observation Group (SOG), 34, 322
Sukarno, President, 30
surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), 40, 109, 231, 234
Takenaga, Kazunori (Ken), 296, 296–298, 297
Tan My, 258
Tan Nguyen, 254
Tan Son Nhut Air Base, 12, 13–15, 25, 98, 222, 144, 263, 264, 266–267, 300
Taylor, Maxwell, 35, 39, 40, 42–43, 46, 51, Khe Sanh and, 131, “wise men” meeting and, 151
Tay Ninh, 70, 77, 212, 264, 266
television, 98–99. See also journalism, media
Tet Offensive
American reaction to, 130, 146
events of, 142–145, 143, 210–211
Giap and, 57
indications before, 141–142
journalism and, 132
Khe Sahn and, 140
military knowledge of, 136
US Embassy and, 152
Thailand, 17, 19, 26, 43, 44, 60, 72, 107, 231, 277
Thomas, Norman, 172
Thorsness, Leo, 243
Tick, Edward, 287, 289, 289–290, 301, 301, 303
Ticonderoga (USNS), 36, 36, 99
Tompkins, Rathvon McClure, 138
Tonc, La Thanh, 137–138
Tran Van Huong, 266
Treaty of Versailles, 17
Tripoli (USNS), 111
Truman, Harry, 20–21, 23, 42, 274, 275, 276, 317
“truth teams,” 114
Turner Joy (USNS), 36
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 82
United States Information Service (USIS), 33, 82
US Armed Forces. See also air power; US Marine Corps
approach to Vietnam, 68–70
base life, 98–100
Black Panther Company, 156
Con Thien and, 120–121
deployment to Vietnam, 59–61, 70, 98
disintegration of discipline, 223–228
draft and, 60
expansion of facilities, 60
logistical activities, 70
reaction to Vietnam, 70–71
reserves, 51, 59, 76, 146, 148, 177, 224
rest and recreation (R&R), 100
social inequality in, 177, 180, 225–226
training and, 61–62, 64, 64–66, 65
violence against Vietnamese, 226–227
US Coast Guard Academy, 66
US Congress
antiwar demonstrations and, 176
appropriation bills for war support, 50, 51
bombing campaign restraints and, 108
challenges to Nixon administration, 215
elections of 1966, 176
Indochina Prohibition, 236, 251–253
Southeast Asia Resolution, 37–38
War Powers Act, 252
wartime tax increase and, 180
US Embassy in Vietnam, 25, 46, 130, 144, 144, 152, 259, 267
US Marine Corps. See also US Armed Forces
air units, 107
Con Thien, 114, 118, 118–121, 119, 120
Da Nang Air Base and, 40, 40, 43, 47
deployment numbers, 70
DMZ battles, 104–105
increases in deployment to Vietnam, 49
Khe Sahn and, 131
officer training at Quantico, 68
Operation Hastings and, 79–80
Operation Hickory and, 104
Operation Prairie and, 80, 84–87
reaction to NVA, 79
rest and recreation (R&R), 98–100
training, 61–62
US Military Academy (West Point), 66, 178
US Military Sealift Command, 14
US Naval Academy (Annapolis), 66
US Special Forces, 33, 34, 89, 96, 121, 140, 246
Khe Sahn and, 131
Ut, Nick, 262
Van Tien Dung, 252–257, 261, 264–265
Vance, Cyrus, 151
veterans
Agent Orange and, 270
antiwar demonstrations and, 172
charitable organizations, 301–309
memorial for, 13, 271, 281, 308–309, 308–309
psychological effects on, 270–271
return home of, 269–271
women veterans, 304
Veterans Administration, 271, 304
Veterans and Reservists to End the War in Vietnam, 172
Veterans Day ambush, 106
Vien, Cao Van, 258
Viet Cong (VC)
difficulty of identifying, 55
Johnson and, 31
Khanh era and, 34–35
Montagnards, 302
numbers of, 72
presence in Cambodia, 219
propaganda promoted by, 226
tactics, 71
Tet Offensive and, 143–145, 145
violations, 251
Viet Minh, 15, 20–21, 22–23, 31, 53, 57, 137, 140–141, 275
Vietnam, history of
Cold War, 275–276
French, 17–18
partitioning, 21
World War II, 19–20
Vietnam Day Committee, 171
Vietnamese Counter-Terror Teams, 33
Vietnamization policy, 203, 204, 206, 207–208, 221, 229
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, 8, 9, 14, 271, 281, 308–309, 308–309, 310, 312, 272, 295, 303
Vietnam Veterans of America, 271
villages, 71, 76, 92, 110–111, 212
Vinh, 37
Vizzerra, William, 136
Vo Nguyen Giap, 56, 57, 57, 112, 129, 130, 142, 168, 277, 279
Walt, Lewis, 131
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 305, 306
War Zones: C, 50, 77, 80, 102, D, 72
Washington, Ernest E., Jr., 293–296, 294
Wayne, John, 99
Westmoreland, William C.
buildup to war and, 36
Con Thien and, 120
Dak To and, 126
Marine landing on Da Nang and, 40
McNamara reassessment and, 109
public relations and, 114, 129–130, 183
recall from Vietnam, 150–151, 153
strategy of, 70–72, 76, 96–98, 109–110
troop increases and, 46, 49–50, 51, 83
Weyand, Frederick C., 141, 142
Wheeler, Earle, 51, 146, 148–149, 176
White House Psychological Strategy Committee, 183
Williams, Clarence “Del,” 43, 44, 44–45, 45
World War II, 15, 19–20, 42, 56, 57, 62, 108, 133, 217, 234–235, 269, 274–276
Xom Bang, 39
Yankee Station, 107
Youth International Party (Yippies), 134, 191
Zachuranic, George, 152