He also pieces together declassified information on the opposing North Vietnamese and Vietcong units, tracing the troops' actions and putting a face on an otherwise anonymous enemy. Humphries draws on both his own combat experience and the eyewitness reports of former veterans, and a multitude of US Army and Marine Corps documents to create a powerful reconstruction of combat in Vietnam. Through the Valley brings those battles into sharp focus, chronicling the efforts of the proud units of the Americal Division and the 196th Light Infantry Brigade against a stubborn enemy in long-forgotten villages and on torturous hills. 9781626379756 Through the Valley 93.4000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction /shop/books/non-fiction/history/military-history /shop/books/non-fiction/history The fierce close combat in the remote areas of South Vietnam's northern provinces in 1967-1968 - the battles of Hiep Duc, March 11, Nhi Ha, and Hill 406 - has been a strangely underreported slice of the Vietnam War. Company A was formerly the 175th Engineer Company, organic to the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. He also pieces together declassified information on the opposing North Vietnamese and Vietcong units, tracing the troops' actions and putting a face on an otherwise anonymous enemy. The 26th Engineer Battalion is composed of four Combat Engineer line companies, a Float Bridge Company, and a Headquarters and Headquarters Company. The fierce close combat in the remote areas of South Vietnam's northern provinces in 1967-1968 - the battles of Hiep Duc, March 11, Nhi Ha, and Hill 406 - has been a strangely underreported slice of the Vietnam War. It is the author’s hope that by reading this book you might consider the hundreds of thousands of young men that had similar experiences during their time in Vietnam.The fierce close combat in the remote areas of South Vietnam's northern provinces in 1967-1968 - the battles of Hiep Duc, March 11, Nhi Ha, and Hill 406 - has been a strangely underreported slice of the Vietnam War. He still lives on the property his parents bought in 1956 as does his daughter and her family. He has one grown daughter and 2 grandchildren. Today, after successful careers in design engineering and property development, the author is retired and lives a quiet life with his wife of 45 years. The author refers to his time in Nam as his “lost year”. The thought of writing this book at first was overwhelming, as he had spent so much time and energy trying to forget his time in Vietnam. Company A of the Third Battalion, 196th Light Infantry Brigade refuses the order of its commander, Lieutenant Eugene Schurtz, Jr. The author took many years to compile this book, with the hope that reader could get a better sense of that divisive war fought so many years ago. The letters recorded here are actual unedited reproductions of the letters he received in Nam and letters he sent home. The 196th Light Infantry Brigade officially joined this division, 15 February 1969. The author was born in Mineola, New York to a working class family, and at the age of 5, he moved to Marlboro, New York, where his parents bought an apple farm. I have placed three maps on this website that you can download in PDF format. It is somewhat difficult to find the map of the area you are looking for, but I will try and add in instructions for finding the maps. This book tells of this draftee’s struggles, sacrifices and ultimate survival of a war he wanted nothing to do with. It is now possible to download topographical maps drawn in the 1960s and 70s, from the USGS website. One peculiar fact about the book is that the author makes repeated references to his assignment to the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, but never once speaks of the Division the Brigade is assigned to. In Vietnam the author was attached to the 1st/46th – 196th Light Infantry Brigade, an off shoot of the Americal or 23rd Infantry Division, based in Chu-Lai, South Vietnam. Excellent, obviously factual and frank book, unlike many Vietnam 'memoirs' which contain so much BS filler. Joseph Allen Freeborn served in Vietnam from Augthrough March 16, 1972, stationed in Da Nang where the US Air Force had a major air base.
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