Search and destroy : the story of an armored cavalry squadron in Vietnam : 1-1 Cav, 1967-1968

The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Of The 1st Armored Division, Deployed To Vietnam From Fort Hood, Texas, In August 1967. Search And Destroy Covers The 1/1's Harrowing First Year And A Half Of Combat In The War's Toughest Area Of Operations: I Corps. The Book Takes Readers Into The Savage Action At Infamous Places Like Tam Ky, The Que Son Valley, The Pineapple Forest, Hill 34, And Cigar Island, Chronicling General Westmoreland's Search-and-destroy War Of Attrition Against The Viet Cong And North Vietnamese Army. Exploring The Gray Areas Of Guerrilla War, Military Historian Keith Nolan Details Moments Of Great Compassion Toward The Vietnamese, But Also Eruptions Of My Lai-like Violence, The Grimmer Aspects Of The 1/1's Successes. Search And Destroy Is A Rare Account Of An Exemplary Fighting Force In Action, A Dramatic Close-up Look At The Vietnam War. Pt. 1. 1967 -- Saddling Up : January-may 1967 -- Hurry Up And Wait : June-august 1967 -- Bound For Foreign Shores : August 9-27, 1967 -- The Advance Party : August 14-28, 1967 -- Getting Situated : August 28-september 4, 1967 -- First Blood : September 4-5, 1967 -- On The Go-go : September 1967 -- Finally, Solid Contact : September 24-30, 1967 -- Cigar Island : October 7-13, 1967 -- End Of The Line : October 1967 -- The Real Face Of War : October 20-november 1, 1967 -- Meanwhile, Charlie Troop : October-november 1967 -- Into The Valley Of Death : November 6-14, 1967 -- The View From Above : October-december 1967 -- The Daily Grind : November-december 1967 -- The Pineapple Forest : November-december 1967 -- The Best Defense Is A Strong Offense : December 1967 -- The Turning Of The Screw : December 1967 -- Pt. 2. 1968 -- Changing Of The Guard : January 2 And 7, 1968 -- Like Nothing That Had Come Before : January 3-16, 1968 -- Sorry 'bout That : January 1968 -- Good Hunting : January 1968 -- Skirmishes : January 1968 -- Tet : January-february 1968 -- The Tet Counteroffensive : February-april 1968 -- The Road To Tiên Phuoc : April 1968 -- One Of The New Guys : April-may 1968 -- The Mayor Of Fat City : May 1968 -- Lz Goat : May-june 1968 -- Another Patton : July-august 1968 -- The Battle Of Tam Kỳ, Day One : August 24, 1968 -- The Battle Of Tam Kỳ, Day Two : August 25, 1968 -- The Battle Of Tam Kỳ, Days Three, Four, And Five : August 26-28, 1968 -- Seeing The Elephant : Summer And Fall 1968 -- Finale To The Third General Offensive : September 1968 -- A Dull, Gray Time : October-november 1968 -- Operation Daring Endeavor : November 10-20, 1968 -- End Of An Era : November-december 1968 -- Epilogue: Home From War -- Appendices -- Glossary -- In Memoriam. Keith W. Nolan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 423-425) And Index. Using firsthand accounts from Vietnam soldiers, this book "tells it like it is, warts and all . . . [an] honest account of a cavalry squadron's experience" ( Military Review ). The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, of the 1st Armored Division deployed to Vietnam from Fort Hood, Texas, in August 1967. Search and Destroy covers the 1/1's harrowing first year and a half of combat in the war's toughest area of operations: I Corps. The book takes readers into the savage action at infamous places like Tam Ky, the Que Son Valley, the Pineapple Forest, Hill 34, and Cigar Island, chronicling General Westmoreland's search-and-destroy war of attrition against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Exploring the gray areas of guerrilla war, military historian Keith Nolan details moments of great compassion toward the Vietnamese, but also eruptions of My Lai-like violence, the grimmer aspects of the 1/1's successes. Search and Destroy is a rare account of an exemplary fighting force in action, a dramatic close-up look at the Vietnam War. "Nolan's research, his comprehension of the political as well as the military actions, his careful concern for those who were there, and, most of all, his writing, are superb." —Stephen Ambrose Fortælling om "Armored Cavalery Regiment, 1 st. Squadron" fra Texas og deres Guerillakrig gennem 2 år af Vietnamkrigen bl. a. fra am Ky, the Que Son Valley, the Pineapple Forest, Hill 34, and Cigar Island