{"product_id":"fort-bragg-to-hue-9781476689333","title":"Fort Bragg to Hue","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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--received a Valorous Unit Award for their actions there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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 platoon until 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Infantryman's Lot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. From Emergency Alert to Arrival in Vietnam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2 The Brigade's Public Information Staff Officer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. The Brigade's Post Exchange Officer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Transferred to the 1st Battalion, 508th PIR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. 1st Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, 508th PIR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Pineapples and a Missing Battalion Commander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Mudflats, Ice Cream and a Man Drowned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Christmas, Bob Hope, a Medcap, and an Airstrike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Extending My Tour for Six More Months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Farewell 3rd Brigade, Hello 173rd Brigade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 173rd Airborne Brigade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. LZ Uplift, Reconnaissance Missions, and a Life Saved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. \"C\" Company, 3rd Battalion, 503rd PIR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Patrolling Deep in the Central Highlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. To Climb a Mile High Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Resupply, Mail, a Desert and Bouncing Bettys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Pacification, Stupid Questions and a Heavy Machine Gun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. A Man Killed by a Claymore Mine and RF\/PFs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. Helping Rebuild the Village and a Feast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. Regional Force, Local Force and a USO Visit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20. Waterboarding a Female Viet Cong Member\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21. The Last Time I Lead My Men into Danger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22. A Captain on the Battalion's Operations Staff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e23. Time to Go Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24. Awards and Decorations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138284519767,"sku":"9781476689333","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476689333.jpg?v=1751918735","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fort-bragg-to-hue-9781476689333","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}