Aamodt, 2nd Lt. John R., 32, 34, 38, 150, 152
Abrams, Gen. Creighton, xvi, xx, xxi
AK-47, 69
Alpha Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, xvii, 2, 6, 91, 96, 99, 100, 122, 145, 159, 189
Alpha Company mortarman, 126–29
An Cuu Bridge, xxii
An Hoa, 224
Arizona Territory, 224–25
Army Language Aptitude Test, 24
back-alley bridge, 35
Benware, L. Cpl. Benny, 12, 17, 19, 46, 55, 59, 75, 112, 215
boats: Higgins, 67; Landing Craft Utility (LCU), 68; Whiskey, 68, 80; Poppa, 67; Mike, 67
Bowe, Capt. J. J., 100
Bravo Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, 91, 159, 189
Callahan, Sgt., 21–22
Camp Pendleton, California, 21
CH-47 Chinook Helicopter, 39–40
Charlie Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, xix, 2, 11, 91, 122, 215, 229, 231
Charlie One, 2, 26, 122, 229, 230
Charlie Three, 12
Cheatham, Col. Ernest C, xvii–xviii, xx
chemical warfare, possibility of, 78
Chemical Warfare School, 203
Chicom (Chinese Communist) antipersonnel mine, 175
Chieu Hoi, 201–2
Citadel, the, xvi, 31, 53, 54, 61, 63, 80. See also Tet Offensive of 1968
Coke-Bottle Glasses, 185–88
command bunker, 69
Company G, Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, in south Hue, xvii
Company H, Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, in south Hue, xvii–xviii
Curd, 2nd Lt. Travis, 32, 34, 38, 74, 136–38, 193–96
Cushman, Gen. Robert E., xvi, xx, xxi
Delta Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, 19, 35, 91, 114, 141, 145, 166, 189
Dien Bien Phu, French Indochinese War in 1954, xii
Dong Ba canal, 80
Dong Ba Porch (tower), 161, 181
Dong Ha, 62
E-8 Gas Launcher, 204–6
English, Doc, 105, 115–18, 215
Estes, L. Cpl. Edward S., 46, 56–59, 85, 103, 110–112, 167
Fifth Marine Regiment, 25
First Battalion, Fifth Marines, xix, xx; Command Chronology (1–29 February 1968), x; Presidential Unit Citation for Operation “Hue,” xii
food: buying rice at Lang Co, 35; C rations, 35, 129
Gravel, Col. Marcus J., xvii–xviii
Gunny, The, 34, 36, 47, 74, 91, 215–216
H & S Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, 224
Hai Van Pass, 11, 13, 16–17, 29
house-to-house fighting, training in tactics, 95
Hue: as cultural center, xvi; civilian casualties, xviii; siege of southern, xvi; significance of, ix, xv, 31
Hue City, 231
Hughes, Col. Stanley S., xvii
Huong Giang River. See Perfume River
Kelly, Capt. Jack, 23
LaHue, Gen. Foster C., xvi
Lang Co AO, 15
Lang Co Bridge, 12, 19, 27, 40–41
Lattimer, PFC Robert, 51, 148–51, 211, 215, 225–27
Lima Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, 212
Lost Outpost, 138
Lowder, 2nd Lt. Richard L., 17, 29, 32, 34, 37, 150, 166, 174–75
Loudermilk, Doc, 12, 108, 111, 135, 215
Lunsford, SSgt, 175, 178–80, 182
M-16 rifle, 95
M-60 machine gun, 95
MACV Compound, 54, 60, 67, 69–70 maps: Hue, 1:10, 000, 47, 54–55, 61, of Hue, South Vietnam, 45; of I Corps, 14; 1:50, 000 terrain, 55; of Southeast Asia, 14
Marine fire team, 103
Marine rifle platoon, 155–56, 169–72
MCS Quantico, Virginia, 21, 162
Morgan, PFC Charles R., 110
mortarman, Alpha Company, 126–29
Morton, 2nd Lt. Bruce, 162–63
mule, mechanical, 143
Mullan, SSgt John A., 12, 19, 26–27, 36, 58–59, 64–66, 92, 94, 108, 174
Nelson, 1st Lt. Scott A., xix, 2, 16, 20, 30, 34, 47, 49, 74, 78, 90, 113, 118–19, 121, 147, 154, 161, 166, 177–78, 180, 182, 189, 215–16, 219, 223
Nguyen Hoang bridge, 210
NVA, flag, 64
NVA (North Vietnamese Army), 90, 181
Odum, SSgt Robert H., 115–18, 167 105-mm artillery rounds, booby-trapping of, 57
Operation “Hue,” Combat After-action Report, x
Operation Starlight, Capt. Kelly in, 23
Oregon, Southwestern, 16
Perfume River, 44, 62, 210, 217
phase line green, 90, 98, 104, 157, 166
phase lines, tactical use of, 90
Phu Bai, xvi, xvii, xxi, 31, 42, 47, 48, 219, 220
Phu Loc 6 firebase, 11, 15, 27, 31, 35, 37, 162
Portner, Gunny, Alpha Company, 36
radios: PRC-25, 1, 12, 49, 102; PRC-6, 102
railroad station at Lang Co, 32
railroad system in South Vietnam, 32, 62
rifles: M-16, 168–69; M-14, 168–69
RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade launcher), attacks, 163
Rules of Engagement, xi, 93, 124
Saigon, 31
sappers, Viet Cong, 13
Sawaya, Cpl. Robert M., 52, 57, 58
Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, 31, 44, 52
snake-eye bombs, 142
South Vietnamese Popular Forces, 162
Stanford, 1st Sgt, 42–43, 47–48, 220
streets in Hue: Dang Dung, 182; Dinh Bo Linh, 98, 99, 165, 182; Dinh Cong Trong, 208; Doan Thi Diem, 182; Hon Thuyen, 200, 207; Hung Vuong, 193, 197; Mai Thuc Loan (Phase Line Green), 1, 99, 160; Ngi Hieu, 166; Nguyen Bieu, 161; Tang Bat Ho, 101; Tong Duy Tan, 208–9
Sun Tzu, The Art of War, vi, xi
Task Force X-Ray, xvi
Tet Offensive of 1968, battle for the Citadel of Hue, ix, x, xii, 27, 41, 160. See also Citadel, the
Third ARVN Regiment, xviii
Third Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, xxii, xviii
Thompson, Maj. Robert H, xix, 72, 74, 81, 85, 87–88, 113, 118–19, 225
Thuong Tu Porch (tower), 209
Tri-Thien-Hue Front, xxi
Truong, Brig. Gen. Ngo Quang, xviii, xix, xxii
Vietnamese Black Panther Battalion, 213, 217
Vietnamese civilians, casualties, 135
Vietnamese soldiers, casualties, 89
Warr, 2nd Lt. Nicholas, xix, 229, 230
waterboo (water buffalo), 46
Westmoreland, Gen. William C., xvi–xvii
Whalen, Lt. Col. R. P., 162
Wilbourne, 1st Lt. F. P., 100–101
Wilson, Maj. P. A., 71