We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam (31 page)

Drang (1966), 12, 124

retirement from Army, 14–15

return to Ia Drang (1993), xvii, 1–4, 17, 22, 41–69, 86–123, 147–51, 155

return to Pleiku (1993), 83–86

return to Vietnam (1990), 15–16, 20–33

return to Vietnam (1991), 22, 33–40

return to Vietnam (1999), 22, 134–45

Schwarzkopf and, xi, xii

stress and, 181

study of French in Indochina, 45, 129–30

Vietnamese visa problems, 23–24

visit to An’s widow, 142–44

visit to Dien Bien Phu (1999), 130, 134–35, 140–42

war, beliefs about, 187–201

at West Point, 68, 72–74, 132, 157–63

West Point farewell speech, 168–69, 195–96

Moore, Julia Compton “Julie,” 132, 203, 214–25

comforting families of lost soldiers, 203–4, 215–16

courage of, 222–23

death of, 222

film of
We Were Soldiers

and, 221–22

Moore, Julie, 218, 229

Moore, Steve, 217, 220, 229

Muoi, Do, 16, 27

My Lai massacre, 55–56

Nadal, Capt. Tony (later Col.), 8, 14, 42, 47, 84, 90, 227

Navarre, Gen. Henri, 47, 134–36

Newcomb, Arthur W., 157

Nightline
(TV program), 115, 117

NVA (North Vietnamese Army).
See also
PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam)

33rd Regiment, 114

66th Regiment, 114

massacre of civilians after fall of Saigon, 148

troops in Chu Pong Massif, 5

U.S. helicopters and, 29

187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, 76

173rd Airborne, 68

Page, Tim, 23, 24

PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam)

32nd Regiment, 3

33rd Regiment, 3, 12, 114

66th Regiment, 3, 114

66th Regiment, 7th Battalion, 85

66th Regiment, 8th Battalion, 11, 12

316th Division, 34

casualties, 3

demobilization, 68

as peasant army, 37, 45

soldier’s kit, 85

studying of American tactics, 28–29

troops in Chu Pong Massif, 6

Peroddy, Sgt. Maj. Don, 178, 179

Persian Gulf War, xi, xviii, 17, 192, 195

casualties, American, 190

Phillips, WO Jesse, 87

Phuong, Gen. Hoang, 20, 22

account of Landing Zone

X-Ray battle, 29, 39–40

background of, 49

meeting with, 1990, 21, 28–30

meeting with, 1991, 22, 39–40

Piroth, Col. Charles, 136–37

Plei Me Camp, 6, 10, 35, 36, 88

Plumley, Deurice, 77, 80, 88–89

Plumley, Sgt. Maj. Basil L., 41–42, 47, 71, 72, 75–81, 102, 110, 125–26, 171, 227

Ia Drang battle, 6, 7, 77–78, 88, 95

An Khe base, 65–66

Poley, Clinton, 200

Powell, Gen. Colin, 166, 193

PRC-25 field radio, 85–86

PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), xvii

Quang, Nguyen Cong, 24, 228

Random House publishers, 17

Rather, Dan, 151

Reagan, Ronald, 108

Renwick, Bruce, 99

Rescorla, Lt. Cyril R. “Rick,” 67, 203

background of, 207–9, 212–14

as hero of 9/11, 204–5, 208–11, 214

iconic photo of, 206, 212

platoon leader, 2/7 Bravo Company, Vietnam, 205–7

Rescorla, Susan, 210–11, 213–14

Rice, Jim, 87

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 159

Roosevelt, Teddy, 148

Rowe, Nicholas, 25

Rumsfeld, Donald H., 191, 196

Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, 56–57

changes and growth, 149–55

fall of, 4, 22, 35, 36, 58, 68

girlie bars of Tu Do, 153

thirtieth anniversary of fall of, 153–54

traffic, 152–53

Savage, Sgt. Ernie, 42, 47, 90, 91–92, 97, 227

Sawyer, Forrest, 22, 42, 84, 99, 115

Schwarzkopf, Gen. H. Norman, xi–xiii

Persian Gulf War and, xii

September 11 (9/11) terrorist attacks, 193–94

casualties, 194

Morgan Stanley offices, 204, 208–10

Rick Rescorla as hero during, 204–5, 208–11, 214

7th Cavalry, xv, 185

1st Battalion, 4, 5, 10

1st Battalion, Alpha (A) Company, 8, 14, 38, 41–42

1st Battalion, Bravo (B) Company, 7, 10, 38, 42, 96

1st Battalion, Charlie (C) Company, 78, 96, 105–6, 172–73

2nd Battalion, 9, 11–13, 39, 42, 122, 206

2nd Battalion, Alpha (A) Company, 63, 64, 113, 118

2nd Battalion, Bravo (B) Company, 9, 77–78, 90–92, 205–7

2nd Battalion, Charlie (C) Company, 86, 113, 124, 125

history of, 8

marching tune, 149

7th Infantry Division, 174–78

Sheehan, Neil, 32

Shucart, William, 211

Smith, Howard K., 48, 118

Smith, Jack, 42, 44, 47–48, 86, 113, 115, 121, 155, 227

death of, 118

speaking on Landing Zone Albany battle and effects of experience, 116–18

South Vietnamese army, xii, 35, 36, 62

18th Division, 150

Spanish-American War, 192

Special Forces A-Team Camp, Plei Me village, 6, 10, 35, 36, 88

Stancil, WO Ken, 87

Stowe, Madeleine, 221, 222

Street Without Joy
(Fall), 129

Sullivan, Stanley, 212

Sun Tzu, 137, 169

tanks, xii, xvii

at Dien Bien Phu (French M-24), 135, 140

Iraq War, 194

left in Vietnam, 61

M1A1

Abrams, xviii

Persian Gulf War, 190

Russian, 44

Thach, Nguyen Co, 16, 27

Thai, Quyen, 42

They Were Young and Brave
(TV documentary), 5, 22, 41–42, 63, 95–96, 115, 155, 228

Thompson, Hunter, 151

Thuoc, Col. Vu Dinh, 53, 85–86, 87, 122, 142, 144–45, 149, 228

Tien, Le, 31, 142

Trinh, Le Xuan, 16, 27

Tully, Lt. Col. Bob, 11

24th Infantry Division, xi, xviii

23rd Infantry

2nd Battalion, 76

Battle Group, 76