Fort Bragg to Hue: A Paratrooper with the 82nd and 173rd Airborne in Vietnam, 1968-1970 - Paperback
Fort Bragg to Hue: A Paratrooper with the 82nd and 173rd Airborne in Vietnam, 1968-1970 - Paperback
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by James M. Dorn (Author)
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.
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.
Author Biography
James M. Dorn is a retired U.S. Army infantry parachutist and special forces qualified officer, a retired municipal police officer, and a retired lawyer. He lives in Chino Hills, California.
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