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Index
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ABM treaty, 546
Abrams, Gen. Creighton: and increased use of air power, 51; proposed as successor to Harkins, 180; tactics, 253; on recruitment of graduates, 329; on obsession with charts, 335; on incompetence of district chiefs, 361; complains of ARVN inaction, 404; criticises Thompson’s slow progress, 412; mocks enemy after Tet, 416; replaces Westmoreland as commander, 416, 442; on US impotence against VC actions, 422–3; suggests swapping commanders with NVA, 440; on continuing war, 442; opposes promiscuous killing, 448–9; and US strategic policy, 450–1; and Davidson’s pessimism, 453; and US drug use, 455; praises Australian and New Zealand troops, 461; and Nixon’s new approach, 475; opposes Nixon’s withdrawal policy, 478; on US pulling out resources, 479; and US incursions into Cambodia, 480, 482; successes, 493; orders destruction of Ho Chi Minh trail, 495; and South Vietnam operation against Laos (Lam Son 719), 496–9; encounters Vietnamese family, 504; and enemy ability to penetrate perimeter wire, 507; dismisses Doyle and Baldwin after Mary Ann debacle, 511; anger at careless behaviour, 512; decline, 515, 546; on Lavelle’s misconduct, 515; and opening of North Vietnam offensive, 519–20, 524; learns of destruction of Dong Ha bridge, 527; reprimands Turley, 528; dislikes Vann, 529; and power of enemy offensive, 532–3; exasperated by South Vietnamese complaints, 537; on violence and brutality in fighting, 539; opposes Linebacker operation, 544; replaced, 546; on South’s successes against North’s offensive, 550; attempts to persuade Thieu over US settlement, 556; on South Vietnamese endurance of war, 586–7
Acheson, Dean, 29–30, 419, 485
Adams, Eddie, 403
Adams, Sam, 590
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 122
Agent Orange (defoliation substance), 122, 267–8
AK-47 rifle (Kalashnikov), 350–1, 354, 373
Aldridge, Maj. John, 566
Algeria: revolts against French, 14
Ali, Muhammad, 332
Allen, Chuck, 119
Allen, Lt. Joe, 410, 418
Allen, John, 569
Alsop, Joseph, 175, 227, 478
Alvarez, Lt. Everett, 190
Alward, Capt. John, 566
Ambrose, Mike, 489
Amory, Robert, 110
An Khê, 74
An Lạc, 426, 429–34
An Lộc, 539–43
Andersen air base, Guam, 561–3
Anderson, Fred, 600
André, Valérie, 37
Andropov, Yuri, 632
Anh, Miss (typist), 35, 256
Ann-Margret, 247
Anthony, Jeff, 408, 416, 423, 459
Ấp Bắc, 136–42, 169
Apache Snow, Operation, 478
Argenlieu, Adm. Thierry d’: as high commissioner in Saigon, 12; calls for Vietminh to quit, 16
Armalite rifle (AR-15), 351–2
Armed Forces Council: reorganised, 199
Armer, Sgt. Billy, 4225
Arnett, Peter, 133–4, 140, 142
Arnold, Eddie, 247
ARVN (South Vietnamese army): street battle with Binh Xuyen, 94; Vietcong attacks on after Resolution 15, 104, 105; desertions from, 105, 210, 215, 372, 443, 542, 543, 601, 602; US military advisers, 105, 108, 112, 115–16, 118–19, 121–3, 126–7, 136–41, 159–67, 200–1, 242; limitations of, 115, 131–2, 370–1, 543; culture clashes with US personnel, 119; and American helicopters, 131, 136, 138, 139, 240; brutality of, 131; Ap Bac defeat (January 1963), 136–42; conscription, 137–8; soldiers’ pay, 138, 373; Frances Fitzgerald on, 141; and Buddhists’ revolt, 143, 145; morale slumps after coups, 156, 172, 173, 200, 214–15; local defence forces on Cambodian border, 159; US soldiers’ attitudes to, 159–60, 213–14, 216, 370–2; fortitude and acts of heroism, 165–6, 241, 530–2; higher commanders as regional warlords, 166; Popular Forces (PF), 168, 241, 335, 376, 493, 522, 536, 537, 592, 610, 618; Regional Forces (RF), 168, 216, 335, 371–2, 376, 393, 493, 533, 536, 540, 610, 618, 620; and Khanh’s coup, 172–3; OPLAN34-A covert missions, 184–5, 188–90; and Saigon street demonstrations, 194–5; Armed Forces Council, 196, 199–200, 208; huge losses in 1965, 210, 215; US troops supplant at forefront of war, 214–15, 334; ‘friendly fire’, 259–60; Buddhist chaplains, 275; Vietnamese marines, 275, 404–5, 500, 549, 605, 606, 620; communist penetration of, 337, 378–9, 604; and AK-47 rifle, 354; soldiers’ everyday lives, 370–3; diseases and chronic illness, 374; casualties, 376, 493, 550, 591; troop numbers in 1967, 376; losses during Tet, 416; and heroin shipments, 455; Nixon’s Vietnamisation policy, 477–8, 494–502, 519–20; incursions into Cambodia, 480, 482–3; and Phoenix programme, 487–8, 492, 493; Lam Son 719 operation, 495–502; NVA 1972 offensive, 523–44, 547–51; defence of FSB Charlie, 530–2; fall of Quang Tri to, 535–8; battle for Kontum city, 538–9; battle for An Loc, 539–44; battle to recover Quang Tri, 547, 549; departure of US advisers, 586; U Minh forest offensive, 587–8; shortages of materiel and munitions, 588, 589, 592–4, 601; Route 7 battles, 591; fighting for Hill 1062, 595; abandons Central Highlands, 599–602; battle for Xuan Loc, 610–11; defence of Saigon, 618–20, 622–3
BATTALIONS: 7th Airborne, 164–5; 2/3rd Infantry, 389; 11th Airborne, 530–2
BRIGADES: 1st Airborne, 611, 612, 620
CORPS: IV, 136–41, 335, 404; I, 253, 276, 417, 497, 524, 536, 604–6; II, 274, 275, 529, 601, 608, 613
DIVISIONS: 7th Infantry, 105; Airborne, 164–5, 216–18, 239–40, 595, 599, 604; 5th, 195–6, 540–2; 2nd, 276, 499; 1st, 388–9; 3rd, 523, 524; 22nd, 533; 23rd, 538, 599; 18th, 591, 610–11, 619, 633; Black Cat, 608–10
REGIMENTS: armoured regiment based in Saigon, 337–8; 57th, 526; 53rd, 599; 42nd, 610
ARVN elite/special forces: US military advisers, 159–60; amphibious raids, 185, 188, 190; and Green Berets, 258
UNITS: Rangers, 144, 201, 241, 474, 497; 33rd Ranger Battalion, 216; Black Panthers (Hac Bao, 1st Division’s rapid reaction Force), 389, 412, 497; 39th Rangers, 498; 3rd Ranger Group, 539–40
A Shau (spelled ‘A Sầu’ in Vietnamese), 255
Ashley, Cliff, 565
Asselin, Pierre, 86
atomic weapons: US considers using, 406
Australia: opens jungle warfare school, 124; war casualties, 124, 465, 469; troops in Vietnam, 238–9, 460–2; in action, 266, 463–7; fight off Tet attack, 400; anti-war protests, 461–2, 469; Special Air Service, 461, 467; 1st Royal Australian Regiment, 461; drinking and indiscipline, 468; evacuates personnel from Vietn
am, 614
B-52 Arc Light strikes, 369–70
Ba Me, 377
Ba Trà, 358
Baez, Joan, 327
Baldwin, Hanson, 126, 178
Baldwin, Maj.Gen. James, 511
Ball, George: on Harriman/Hilsman telegram, 149; pessimism and scepticism, 176, 223–5, 235; opposes escalation, 197; supports renewed bombing, 210; warns against reinforcing Westmoreland, 220; urges Lippmann to lessen criticism, 227; hears Johnson’s briefings, 419
Ban Me Thuột city, 597–9, 601
Bảo Đại, Emperor, 10, 15–16, 22, 73, 76, 91, 94
Bảo Ninh (Hoàng u Phương): suffers on Ho Chi Minh trail, 203; on shooting and eating orangutan, 366; on fellow-soldiers, 439, 535; on ‘Jungle of Screaming Souls’, 453; on slump in morale, 549; receives books and comforts, 584; relief at war’s end, 626; on North’s triumphalism, 636; The Sorrow of War, 365, 598, 628, 649–50
Barker, Lt.Col. Frank, 449
Barrel Roll, Operation (US), 198
Barry, Maj. Michael, 457
Bartlett, Charles, 147
Baskir, Lawrence, 331
Bastogne, Firebase, 535
Bảy Đen, 137
Bay of Pigs invasion (Cuba, 1961), 120
Bảy Viễn, 93
Bayard, Task Force, 26
Bedell Smith, Walter, 73–4, 76
Bến Cát, 591
Bengler, Cmdr. Richard, 303
Benton, Operation (1967), 643
Berlin Wall: erected (1961), 120
Berry, Col. Sid, 163–5, 213, 238, 247, 251, 460, 640
Bidault, Georges, 47, 63, 64, 71
Biên Hoà, 588
Bigart, Homer, 135
Bigeard, Col. Marcel, 37, 55–6, 62, 68–9
Bình Định province, 518
Bình Xuyên, 93–4
Bisher, Jon, 570
Bizard, Capt. Alain, 59
Blaufuss, Phil, 568
Boccia, Lt. Frank, 343
Bolo, Operation, 289
Bolt, Capt. Joe, 389
bombing: effectiveness and limitations, 283–4
Bonville, George, 251, 256, 259–60
booby traps and mines, 261–4, 343
Boomer, Adele, 523
Boomer, Gen. Walt: eagerness to go to Vietnam, 236, 338; in action, 340, 350, 527–9; on effect of napalm, 344; stops US troops collecting enemy ears, 346; disciplines troops, 347; on night actions, 349; on malfunctioning rifles, 354; on racial tensions, 458; on Vietnamese hatred of US bullying, 523; on effect of Vietnam war, 645, 650
