Fort Bragg to Hue : A Paratrooper with the 82nd and 173rd Airborne in Vietnam, 1968-1970.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorn, James M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dorn, James M., 1945-.

Dorn, James M.

United States. Army--Officers--Biography.

United States.

United States. Army--Parachute troops--Biography.

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd. Brigade, 3rd--History--20th century.

United States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rd--History--20th century.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

"In February 1968, the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division was understrength, with only enough Paratroopers to deploy a single brigade. The 3rd Brigade was flown 9000 miles to reinforce American units fighting the North Vietnamese Army around Hue and joined the battle. The 3rd Brigade received a Valorous Unit Award for their actions in combat there. James Dorn was on Brigade Staff. He later led a Rifle Platoon with the 3rd in the rice paddies west of Saigon. In his second year with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Central Highlands. he again led a Rifle Platoon until he promoted to Captain. His frank and detailed memoir recounts their diverse combat missions, inhumanity for civilians and the day-to-day life of Infantrymen in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From Emergency Alert to Arrival in Vietnam

The Brigade's Public Information Staff Officer

The Brigade's Post Exchange Officer

Transferred to the 1st Battalion, 508th PIR

1st Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, 508th PIR

Pineapples and a Missing Battalion Commander

Mudflats, Ice Cream and a Man Drowned

Christmas, Bob Hope, a Medcap, and an Airstrike

Extending My Tour for Six More Months

Farewell 3rd Brigade, Hello 173rd Brigade

LZ Uplift, Reconnaissance Missions, and a Life Saved

"C" Company, 3rd Battalion, 503rd PIR

Patrolling Deep in the Central Highlands

To Climb a Mile High Mountain

Resupply, Mail, a Desert and Bouncing Bettys

Pacification, Stupid Questions and a Heavy Machine Gun

A Man Killed by a Claymore Mine and RF/PF

Helping Rebuild the Village and a Feast

Regional Force, Local Force and a USO Visit

Waterboarding a Female Viet Cong Member

The Last Time I Lead My Men Into Danger

A Captain on the Battalion's Operations Staff

Time to Go Home

Awards and Decorations.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Dorn, James M. Fort Bragg to Hue

ISBN:

9781476646732