Combat Operations

by Macgarrigle, George L.

• ISBN13: 9780160495403
• ISBN10: 0160495407
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: United States Govt Printing Office

Table of Contents

PART ONE Toward the Offensive
An Expanding War	3	(28)
Evolving Strategy	11	(6)
The Enemy	17	(7)
Measuring Success	24	(3)
Uncertainty Prevails	27	(4)
Attleboro: The Coming Storm in III Corps	31	(14)
Opening Gambit	34	(3)
The Battle Begins	37	(8)
Attleboro: The Battle Widens	45	(16)
Attleboro: Upgraded to a Field Force Operation	47	(8)
An Assessment	55	(6)
West Toward the Border	61	(16)
Opening Moves	67	(5)
Collision in the Plei Trap	72	(2)
Red Warrior	74	(1)
Another Border Fight	75	(2)
The Developing Campaign on the Coast	77	(18)
Geronimo	79	(4)
From Phu Yen to Binh Dinh	83	(6)
Firebase Bird	89	(6)
PART TWO Out From Saigon
Into the Triangle	95	(18)
American Planning	96	(3)
Preliminary Operations Begin	99	(1)
Seizing the Iron Triangle	100	(4)
Refugee Evacuation	104	(3)
Leveling the Triangle	107	(4)
Assessment	111	(2)
Junction City: The Horseshoe	113	(14)
Deception Operations	114	(1)
Junction City: The Plan	115	(3)
The Horseshoe Is Pitched	118	(4)
Reaction and Counteraction	122	(2)
The 1st Division Sector	124	(2)
The 25th Division Sector	126	(1)
Junction City: The Battle Continues	127	(18)
Suoi Tre (Firebase Gold)	127	(5)
Bau Bang (Firebase 14)	132	(4)
Ap Gu (landing Zone George)	136	(5)
Assessment	141	(4)
Defending Saigon	145	(20)
North and East of Saigon	145	(3)
West and South of Saigon	148	(7)
Operation FAIRFAX	155	(10)
PART THREE Farther North
New Border Battles	165	(14)
Preliminaries	165	(2)
West towards Cambodia	167	(3)
Sam Houston---Phase Two	170	(3)
The Plei Doc	173	(6)
The Lowlands: Signs of Success	179	(24)
Gearing Up for Operation Pershing	180	(4)
Operation PERSHING-The Bong Son Offensive	184	(5)
The Refugee Issue	189	(1)
Success at Last	190	(2)
The Expanding Korean Tactical Area	192	(4)
A Microcosm-Task Force Byrd	196	(7)
A Looming Threat in the North	203	(12)
The Provisional Division	206	(4)
Le Jeune	210	(5)
Taking Stock	215	(12)
Opposing Forces	215	(4)
The Question of the South Vietnamese Army	219	(1)
Pacification Developments	220	(2)
Looking Ahead	222	(5)
PART FOUR Looking for Momentum in I Corps
Task Force Oregon on the Offensive	227	(18)
Chu Lai	229	(3)
Duc Pho	232	(4)
Inland Sweeps	236	(3)
Back to the Coast	239	(3)
Summing Up	242	(3)
Weary Battles of Summer	245	(10)
General Situation	245	(1)
Hood River	246	(2)
Benton	248	(4)
Hole Hunting	252	(2)
Again, Refugees	254	(1)
On the Demilitarized Zone	255	(12)
Guns Along the Demilitarized Zone	255	(2)
Second Front in Southern I Corps	257	(3)
The American Response	260	(7)
The Americal Continues the Attack	267	(20)
Wheeler	270	(5)
Wallowa	275	(6)
Enclave Security	281	(6)
PART FIVE Trouble in Mid-Country
The Highlands Again	287	(24)
Border Battles Begin Anew	291	(6)
Kontum	297	(7)
Pleiku Again	304	(3)
Pacification in the Western Highlands	307	(2)
Final Days	309	(2)
Old Coastal Haunts	311	(16)
The Korean Factor	311	(4)
The 1st Cavalry Division in Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai	315	(7)
The Security Campaign	322	(5)
PART SIX Protracted War in III Corps
Counterstrike	327	(12)
A Matter of Logistics	327	(4)
The Opposing Forces	331	(1)
Target: Bien Hoa	331	(7)
Aftermath	338	(1)
The Ordeal of the Big Red One	339	(24)
Landing Zone X-RAY	339	(6)
Xa Tan Hung	345	(2)
September Uncertainty	347	(2)
The Long Nguyen Secret Zone	349	(4)
Ong Thanh	353	(10)
The 25th Division's Search for Progress	363	(16)
The Base	363	(2)
The 3d Brigade	365	(4)
The 1st Brigade	369	(5)
The 2d Brigade	374	(3)
An Overview	377	(2)
East of Saigon	379	(14)
The Hat Dich	379	(4)
The Fight at Tuc Trung	383	(2)
Ambush on Highway 20	385	(3)
Back to the Hat Dich	388	(5)
PART SEVEN Winding Up
Early Delta Battles	393	(18)
War in Long An	397	(4)
Deeper Into the Delta	401	(4)
The Start of Riverine Operations	405	(3)
Results	408	(3)
The Riverine Balance Sheet	411	(20)
Coronado Operations Begin	416	(5)
Coronado II	421	(4)
Coronado III Through V	425	(6)
Strains of an Open-Ended War	431	(14)
Situation on the Ground	434	(2)
Hanoi's Prospects	436	(4)
The Strains of War	440	(5)
Bibliographical Note	445	(10)
Military Map Symbols	455	(2)
Index	457