Taking the Offensive [US Army in Vietnam] (Oct 1966 - Oct 1967)

512 Pages·1998·66.662 MB·English

by  G. MacGarrigle

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United States Army in Vietnam
Combat Operations
TAKING THE OFFENSIVE
October 1966 to October 1967
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George 1. MacGarrigle
MILITARY INsnVCflOS
Center of Military History
United States Army
Washington, D.C., 1998
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
MacGarrigle, George 1., 1930-
Combat operations: taking the offensive, October 1966 to October
1967 / George L. MacGarrigle.
p. cm. - (United States Army in Vietnam)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975-United States. 2. Vietnamese
Conflict, 1961-1975-Campaigns. 3. United States Army-History-
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. I. Title. II. Series.
DS558.M3 1998
959.704'3373-DC21 98-9975
CIP
CMH Pub 91-4-1
First Printing
United States Army in Vietnam
Jeffrey J. Clarke, General Editor
Advisory Committee
(As of September 1997)
Joseph T. Glatthaar Michael J. Kurtz
University of Houston National Archives and Records
Administration
Raymond A. CaLlahan
Brig. Gen. Fletcher M. Lamkin, Jr.
University of Delaware
U.S. Military Academy
Maj. Gen. James J. Cravens, Jr.
Carol A. Reardon
U.s. Army Training and Doctrine
Pennsylvania State University
Command
Col. Everett L. Roper, Jr.
Carlo W. D'Este U.S. Army War College
New Seabury, Mass.
Mark A. Stolar
University of Vermont
George C. Herring, Jr.
University of Kentucky
Lt. Gen. Frederick E. Vollrath
Archivist of the Army
Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Inge
U.S. Army Command and General Gerhard L. Weinberg
Staff College University of North Carolina
U.S. Army Cel1ter of Military History
Brig. Gen. John W. Mountcastle, Chief of Military History
Chief Historian Jeffrey J. Clarke
Chief, Histories Division Col. Clyde L. Jonas
Editor in Chief Jolu1 W. Elsberg
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