OUR WAR: An Infantry Battalions Sacrifice in the Vietnam War - Colonel Dave Taylor

Our WAR An Infantry Battalion’s Sacrifice in the Vietnam War

David W. Taylor

Our War – The Terrain

Our War – South Vietnam’s Political Geography

Provinces• Quang Ngai

Districts• Binh Son

Villages• Son My

Hamlets• My Lai’s• My Khe’s• Coy Loy’s

Sub-hamlets• My Lai (1)• My Lai (2)• My Lai (3)• My Lai (4) • My Lai (5)• My Lai (6)

Our War – The Sub-Hamlet, The Basic Structure of Vietnamese Life & Insurrection

Our War – The Annamite Mountain Chain

Our War – The Piedmont

Our War – The Coastal Plains

Our War – The Battalion Base Camp Landing Zone (LZ) Gator Facing East

Our War – The Battalion Base Camp Landing Zone (LZ) Gator Facing West

Our War – Extensive Retribution

Our War – Up Close and Personal

Our War – Burlington Trail

Our War – Assault into the Mountains

Our War – Caught in the Middle

Our War – Finding the Enemy

Our War – Hunter-Killer Teams

Our War – Eagle Flights

Our War – VIP Program: December 14, 1968

LZ Dottie LZ Paradise

M-16 Mines10M-79 Rounds5181mm Mortar Rounds14Claymore Mines11WP Hand Grenades 2Machinegun Rounds1276105mm Artillery Rounds 7 M-14 Mines25M72 Light Anti-tank Weapon 1M79 Canisters 360mm Mortar Rounds44M-26 Hand Grenades36VC improvised Grenades11M-16 Rifle Rounds310155mm Artillery Rounds 13.5 inch Rocket Launcher 1

Booby Trap 1M-79 Rounds19105mm Artillery Rounds 3M-26 Hand Grenades 8.TNT 2 ½ lbsB-40 Rocket 181mm Mortar Rounds 4 4.2-inch Mortar Rounds 5

Our War – Tactical Hegemony

Our War – Vietnamization

Our War – Winning Hearts and Minds