Vietnam War map from Newsweek – January 1, 1968
I Corps
Also known as “Eye Corps,” this encompasses the five northernmost provinces in South Vietnam, along with two major cities — Hue and Da Nang.
II Corps
The Central Highlands area in South Vietnam, consisting of 12 provinces, and the largest of the four corps in size.
III Corps
The densely-populated area between Saigon and the Highlands, with 90% of its industry, 7 million people (38% of the population) and the capital city.
IV Corps
The 16 southern provinces in the Mekong River Delta area, including the rich “rice bowl.” [See more in the article below.]
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U.S. FORCES:
3rd Marine Division
1st Marine Division
1st Marine Air Wing
36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! Division
3rd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division
196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades
11th Infantry Brigade
3rd Brigade of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) also attached
SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES:
1st Division
51st Regiment
2nd Division
U.S. ALLIES:
ROK 2nd Marine Brigade
ENEMY FORCES:
NVA 324th B Division
NVA 325th Division
Elements of NVA 341st Division
NVA 368th B Regiment
Two Rocket Artillery Battalions
NVA 2nd Division
NVA 3rd Division
NVA 3rd Division
NVA 1st Division
NVA 5th Division
VC 5th Division
VC 9th Division
VC 7th Division
Five VC Main-Force Battalions
Six VC Main-Force Battalions
U.S. FORCES:
Elements of 9th Infantry Division
Delta Helicopter Aviation Battalion
ISE Headquarters for Navy River Corps Patrol Boats, Seal Teams, Junk Forces; Army Special Forces
VIETNAM FORCES:
7th Division
9th Division
21st Division
U.S. FORCES:
1st Brigade of 4th Infantry Division
Elements of 2nd Brigade 4th Infantry Division
Elements of 173rd Airborne Brigade
Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
2nd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division
Elements of 25th Infantry Division
Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
1st Tactical Fighter Wing
1st Field Force Headquarters
5th Special Forces Group Headquarters
Army Engineer Command
12th Tactical Fighter Wing
483rd Troop Carrier Wing
35th Tactical Fighter Wing
Elements of 101st Airborne Division
SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES:
22nd Division
23rd Division
U.S. ALLIES:
ROK Capital Division
ROK White Horse Division
Royal Australian Air Force Squadron
U.S. FORCES:
1st Infantry Division
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
3rd Tactical Fighter Wing
1st Brigade of 101st Airborne Division
199th Light Infantry Brigade
Elements of 9th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES:
5th Division
18th Division
25th Division
U.S. ALLIES:
Royal Thai Queen’s Cobra Regiment
Republic of Philippines Contingent
2nd and 7th Battalions of Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Australian Task Force
New Zealand Artillery Battery
Vietnam war statistics: Charts from 1968
Killed in action (Monthly average) | Under whose control? (Percentage of total population) | Desertions
VIETNAM WAR MAP: IV CORPS (from Newsweek – January 1, 1968)
The sixteen southern provinces in and around the Mekong River delta comprise the richest part of all Vietnam, its rice bowl. The government claims to control more than 50 percent of the 6.5 million people in the watery region, but in many areas its grip is tenuous.
There are nearly 200,000 South Vietnamese regulars, militia and irregulars operating in the delta, along with 9,000 U.S. troops, and they have inflicted serious wounds on the enemy.
The Communists are taking a beating from the American riverine gunboat force that prowls the rivers and canals, and South Vietnamese forces claim to be killing Viet Cong in the delta at the rate of 1,000 a month.
In some respects, paradoxically, the Viet Cong appear stronger in the delta now than ever before. Their numbers have clearly increased. And they are better armed; all main-force troops now carry Chinese AK-47 assault rifles.
But U.S. military men nonetheless argue that the performance of VC units in the delta is not what it used to be. “The units we fight now will break and run,” says one general. “Two years ago you couldn’t pry them out.”
This kind of optimism, in fact, prevails not only among U.S. commanders in the delta but throughout the whole of Vietnam. Aware as they are of the considerable problems remaining in each corps area, most senior U.S. officers profess confidence about over-all military prospects.
So encouraged is General Westmoreland that he is about to launch into what he terms Phase Three of the war. (Phase One, according to Westmoreland, involved the initial U.S. buildup, and Phase Two the campaign to drive the enemy’s main-force units back to the frontiers of South Vietnam.)
In Phase Three, Westmoreland plans to destroy the Viet Cong’s infrastructure and turn over to a completely retrained South Vietnamese Army a major portion of the defense of the Demilitarized Zone and other areas.
And by 1969, the general says, he hopes to start Phase Four — the gradually phased withdrawal of a significant number of U.S. combat troops.
Whether Westmoreland can, in fact, perform these military miracles on such a tidy timetable depends in large measure on the performance of the South Vietnamese armed forces (RVNAF).
It is true that on at least two recent occasions RVNAF units have scored impressive victories over the Viet Cong. But, even allowing for continued steady improvement on the part of South Vietnamese forces, most Americans in Vietnam doubt whether they will be ready, when Westmoreland flashes the sign, to assume the heavy military burden he contemplates putting upon them.
Moreover, Westmoreland’s success in forcing his enemy to retreat from populated areas to frontier sanctuaries along the borders of Cambodia and Laos may not be an unalloyed blessing.
As the recent battles of Loc Ninh, Bu Dop and Dak To proved, the Communists are still able to mount major actions that effectively tie up thousands of U.S. troops who otherwise could be used in search-and-destroy operations or the pacification program.
Still another variable in weighing the military prospects in Vietnam is the enemy’s demonstrated willingness to sustain enormous combat losses for what appears to be no immediate advantage.
Some U.S. military men suggest that these suicidal tactics reveal Communist desperation. Others believe that strategists in Hanoi have made a conscious decision to accept vastly increased losses in order to raise the number of American casualties to a point where it may become politically indigestible in the U.S.
Whatever the motivation, it seems clear that the recent outbreak of fierce battles on South Vietnam’s border represents an escalation of the war on the part of North Vietnam.
This, however, is merely a continuation of a long-standing trend. As it has become increasingly difficult for the Communists to recruit troops in the south, North Vietnam has felt obliged to commit more and more of its men to the war.
Today, U.S. military men estimate, in addition to the completely North Vietnamese units serving in the south, Hanoi is supplying Viet Cong units with about 10 percent of their personnel.
Nonetheless, the U.S. command in Saigon believes that Hanoi has not been able to keep pace with the Viet Cong’s attrition rate and that, as a consequence, total enemy troop strength has declined over the past year.
Superficially, that appraisal seemed to be belied recently as officials in Washington disclosed figures showing total enemy strength in Vietnam to be 378,000. (Last year’s official figure was 280,000.)
All this really suggested, however, was that last year’s figures had been deceptive. In November, after months of haggling among intelligence experts, the U.S. drastically revised its method of calculating enemy strength. As a result, meaningful comparisons with previous manpower estimates have now become all but impossible.
Figures apart, most U.S. commanders in the field are convinced that there has been a marked decline in the past few months in the combat effectiveness of enemy troops. And though this is something that cannot be proved statistically, it is an opinion shared by men who have years of combat experience.
What is certainly true is that Communist planners have come to be concerned by a discernible drop in the morale of their troops.
One recent batch of captured documents, for example, turned up a directive issued by the Viet Cong’s Political Staff Department warning against “confusion of mind, fear of hardships and protracted war, lack of heroism and loss of revolutionary pride.”
Yet, despite the savage mauling they have been taking and the signs of flagging morale among them, there is no evidence that the Communist main-force units in Vietnam are about to quit. On the contrary, most U.S. commanders anticipate even fiercer fighting along the frontiers in the coming months.
“Don’t kid yourself,” said one general. “It’s not a crumbling army. They have tough and well-equipped troops along those borders and they can still give us a lot of trouble.”
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Where is “MAC-V’?
All over. It was the Military Assistance Command- Vietnam and I think reported to USARV US Army Republic Vietnam.
Correct except MACV was the higher command. USARV was United States Army- Republic of Vietnam. General Westmoreland was stationed at USARV headquarters at Tan Son Nhut and in early 1967 moved to Long Bien about 20 miles up highway 1 to the north. I was stationed with USARV when we made the move. We transported the prisoners our forces captured from the field to the POW camps where MACV took over responsibility in an advisory capacity to see that the Geneva Convention agreement relating to prisoner treatment was adhered to by the South Vietnamese who had control of the camp. That war was a waste and the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which actually did happen, was very questionable because technically the capture was in international waters. This supposedly was the reason for the U.S. entering the war. If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved.
Your last statement, “If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved.” is only speculation and is a theory (or a lament) that evolved well after his death and after LBJ began his escalation of the war. There’s no way of knowing what would have transpired. Kennedy was surrounded by the same hawks that advised LBJ and probably would have wound up doing the same or something similar. Eisenhower got us involved in Vietnam, Kennedy accelerated our involvement and LBJ escalated it. Kennedy must share his part in the fiasco.
I agree. I’m a Green Beret from that time frame and HEAVY AIRSTRIKES should have started be for we were there. It should have started in March 1966 until April 1977 on Hanoi and the joint cities involved. End Game!
In 1961 My dad was with the United States AIR FORCE and stationed at Yokota Air Base Photo Intelligence and he was assigned to MAC-13 in Thailand behind the Green Door. His mission was TOP SECRET at the time and I only know about this because the war is over and 20 years have passed.
He looked at photos that were taken by the U-2 and he and his workers found that there was a MIG-17 sitting in the jungle under so called cover but the runway was in plan sight. This is before we entered the war on the ground. A photo was sent to Kennedy, the United Nation, Ho Chi MIn and he said that it was there to protect the people from the aggressive Americans who want to take over the country.
Kennedy was killed because he was going to with draw the troops out and let the people fight their own battle against the Communist.
Kennedy, through the CIA had totally botched an attempt to kill Castro. This of course, did not sit well with Castro. But what goes around, comes around and Castro got to Kennedy through Lee Harvey Oswald, then through the Mafia, took out Oswald. The Mafia had an axe to grind because JFK’s brother, Bobby, who was the U.S. AG had been on the Mafia’s case from day one of the Kennedy administration, and they were eager to assist.
Well, yes and no. USARV was a puppet organization put in place to oil the egos of Vietnamese generals and whatever puppet government was in place at the time. The MAC-V commander actually reported directly too and received his orders from the President of the U.S.
MACV or MAC-V stands for Military Assistance Command – Vietnam. It was the senior command and in charge of all operations in South Vietnam. Their main headquarters was in Saigon but had sub-commands all over South Vietnam. All Americans of all branches in Vietnam in one way or another reported to MAC-V. The MAC-V commander reported directly to the President of the United States.
The 5th Infantry Division is not identified on the I Corps Area. We were there in 1968.
1st of the 5th Div.were op-con to the 3rd Marine Div under army’s XXIV Corps. They served up on the DMZ.
Not listed is the 1st Signal Brigade which was in many VN locations during the duration. I was radio teletype 1st Signal Brigade, Company A, 52nd Signal Battion in Can Tho and on the Island of Phu Quoc (which was under dispute between Cambodia and South Vietnam of who owned it) ’68 – ’69.
I just want to add that the U.S. Navy also had a river patrol boat unit (TF-116) in I Corps in 1967-1970. Reference: http://www.tf116.org
There was also at least one SEAL team from which members rescued LCOL Iceal Hambleton (Bat-21 story) in 1972. Two Medals of Honor earned by SEALs on I Corps missions.
Where can I get (purchase) a 1968 Vietnam war map with corps listed like above?
I think it will be the Vietnam Center and Archives at the Texas Tech University
is this Donald G johnson from deerfield il ??? if so please reply to me
How could a person who rotated out of a tour in 1967, be involved during the Tet of 1968? Can’t figure this out as my husband said his 1st tour was 1966-67, but he also fought during Tet. During the first part of that tour (66-67) he was a door gunner on Westmoreland’s chopper–wherever that was.
The Tet holiday happens every year. The big Tet offensive was in January 1968. There were smaller battles in other years during Tet.
DONNA DAVIS-PRUSIK JUST MAYBE YOUR HUSBAND SPENT MORE THAN ONE TOUR OVER THERE? Check with him and check his DD214 for time served in country.. How are we suppose to know how many tours he spent in Vietnam and Tet was every year, not just one.
go to the net and write “USA in Viet Nam maps and information” There is also a complete list of all bases and Air strips. Just do your search on all of this info by writing ‘
Viet Nam War”
Thanks for sharing this wonderful pictorial, and facts about Vietnam. I was stationed in the 19th Combat Engineers during 1966 to 1967. I am now retired, and a resident at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Illinois.
How can you forget the Vietnamese Ranger Groups? I was Senior Advisor to the 33rd and 34th Ranger Bns.in 1971. I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. We had very little American support, mostly C-47 gunships at night and ARVN helocopters and VNAF airstrikes during the day. Oh yes we had 4 consective nights of B-52 strikes in October 71. The strikes were just across the border
Is this map available for purchase? My father in law is a Vietnam vet and has asked for a map.
For people who want to get maps of an area like Nam it’s here:HEADQUARTERS AERONAUTICAL CHART SERVICE, Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. I have maps that date back to 1897 which includes the RailRoad routes in the US.
You might have to pay a fee but it’s worth it. Thanks to my dad I have a great collection of Maps all over the world.
I was in an infantry squad that did what ever they had for us that day. I was sent on a mission to deliver ammo, food, and med supplies to a base that was under attack. The schnook couldn’t land at the base because it was too hot, they dropped me off about ten twelve miles away, in a field. I was there about 8 to ten Hours, the base was surrounded by water on two or three sides. The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. Does anyone know the name of the base?
Dong Tam
Could have been Firebase Schroeder. This was in Cai Lay not far from My Tho and Dong Tam.
That base sounds like Dong Tam. It was constructed over a rice paddy by dredging the Mekong River. the silt was a silvery gray color and the base felt like Jello because it never fully hardened. Incoming or outgoing fire made the whole base shake. I was there Dec 67-Dec-68 as S-4 of the 2nd Bde of the Ninth Infantry as part of the Mobile Riverine Force. I am currently writing a short book: War Sketches From the Mekong. I hope to publish on Amazon by June 2024.
Could very well be Dong Tam. It was about 8 miles west of My Tho.
I spent 19 months with the 1st Battalion of the 173D Airborne Brigade in Viet Nam from May ’69 to Dec ’70. I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. Uplift. The map as shown above is vague and lacks a lot of accuracy. The problem is not with the map but rather because the war in Viet Nam required the units to always be mobile.
Most people don’t know it but the 173D, shortly after the fights at Hill 875 and Dak To Army Airfield, had some of its paratroopers sitting alongside the runways at Dak To dressed in desert warfare camouflage uniforms because they had been put on alert to go into the 7 Day War between Israel and Egypt. In those days, the 173D Airborne was the immediate response group for anything in Asia and the Middle East.
The Russians had gotten “concerned” about Israel approaching Cairo and were afraid that they were going to capture it. If the Israelis had started to push into Cairo, threats had been made by the Russians to use their nukes to stop the Israelis. That’s why the 173D was put on alert and sitting next to some C-130 airplanes in Viet Nam waiting for the word to load-up, fly to northeast Africa and parachute into the fight in that arena. I talked to the guys who had been sitting on Dak To tarmac so I know that the mobility of all military units would throw off anybody trying to design a map of the units in Viet Nam at any time. In the 173D the supply people kept the majority of their gear locked away in metal boxes called conex steel transport boxes so they could be ready to move 24/7/365.
The 1st and 3rd Battalions were stationed at L.Z. Uplift. The 4th Battalion was at L.Z. English. The 2nd Battalion was at North English. At one reunion of the 173D Airborne Brigade a guest speaker said that the unit had something akin to about 10,000 men serve in it. Out of that 10K group over 7,000 people were awarded the Purple Heart. The speaker went on to say that another 2,000 should of been awarded Purple Hearts but, for a variety of reasons, were not issued one. Then he said, “Imagine that! An American Army unit were 90% of the people in it were injured in combat but kept on fighting. Unreal.” That’s pretty much the story of the 173D as I know of it.
con thien 68 1/61 5th inf. yes we were their
1/61 5th. Inf. was on Con Thien in 1968. The Cam lo river bridge was washed out. We staid until the river went down. Then we went to L Z Sharon
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You forgot the “advisors on the ground”. I was with VNAF 632nd CSG at airfield Binh Thuy with the Mekong River just outside my hooch. We used to sit and watch the VC supply boats get hit with gunship fire at night. Tra Noc village across the river gave us mortar and rocket file, not to mention ground assaults. We were never given permission to return fire.
Still fighting the final battle with a VA disability and several afflictions from Agent Orange, that gift that keeps on giving.
I was engaged to a guy he joined the Navy Jan. 1966. he got shipped to Nam the last Talked to him was July 1968. we were supposed to get married when he got out. I have always wondered about him.I just found out 3 yrs ago that he got shot in Nam.I was hoping to find someone that might of known him.he has since past away. also I had a picture that he gave me when he joined in his white uniform .I lost that when we moved.do you know if there is anywhere I can get another one?? I think his son would love to have one. I never stopped loving him. his name R.J. Goupil. Thanks for any help you can give me. Diana
Diana I am sorry for your loss. Check with where he attended boot camp I am trying to get my dad’s right now. He was in VietNam from 1968-1969. Good Luck!
was corps 1 artillary firebase operating in lower mekong delta in 1968? I left ben hoa/long ben to duty in Mekong Delta area. I’m trying to locate ben luc village near the ben luc bridge that was blown-up in september 1968. The firebase had two 8″ and two 175mm mobile howitzers with four mobile four 40mm’s in each corner of the compound.”I” went there as combat medic in march or early apr. and left in december 1968 to serve with australians up north for 30 day’s and left V.N. january 2 of 1969. if you have any info about these area’s please respond. “I” respect you for your service. Dana
Records and Photos are archived at the National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA) in Washington, DC and its major records library in a nearby Maryland suburb. Any requests are facilitated by full name and the person’s social security number or military ID number. Also the new National Museum of the US Army can assist in Army cases. Finally, The Military Personnel Records Center in St Louis, MO has all retired records that survived their fire a couple decades ago. Don’t be shy about seeking help!
I served as the commander of the 19th Ordnance Company (DAS) in Nha Trang Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. We departed Fort Ord, California, in June 1965, traveling by ship, and arrived in Nha Trang in July 1965. I departed Vietnam in June of 1966. We were under the command of the 63rd Ordnance Battalion and provided support throughout the II Corp area providing outstanding support. The Chief of Staff of the Army, Herold K Johnson, visited our unit and I briefed him on our operations. He was interested in why we were having outstanding success compared to other support units in Vietnam.
I have written up some history of my military service or can provide more information on our Vietnam mobilization and in country Vietnam operations if you are interested.
We were the 362nd Signal Co. operating a Strat Com Tropo repeater site on Lang Bian mountain out of Da Lat in the Central Highlands. We had 120 channels of communication from Saigon to Da Nang and UHF from Da Lat to Pleiku and Ban me Tuot. I was there in 1966. Our Post in Da Lat was an old WWII Japanese military hospital. Our scheduled time on the hill was 3 days up and 4 days down. We pretty much all went over as privates, and left as Sp5’s. They gave out rank like it was candy bars. Pay was more relative to time in service rather than rank. My three years in the U.S. Army consisted of one year at Ft. Monmouth N.J., One year in Vietnam, and one year back at Ft. Monmouth. I apologize in advance for any misspelled words.
MY Unit and I FOUGHT SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS IN CENTAL VIETNAM ‘S MOUNTAINOUS AND JUNGLE AREAS (1968 & 1969 while in the 4TH INFANTRY. Some small patrols “accidentaly” slipped into Cambodia to clear the border area of commies and 30 miles inland.
You can read my story of Clearing a Fire Base and 76 Scout Dog (Tracker) and my others if have copies of the Redcatcher Newspaper from 1969-70. Interesting time “Baby Sitting the ARVN” by Manard Parker who used much of our information. Also about our chaplain who was awarded the Medal of Honor.
I was in Vietnam March of 1968 to march of 1969. I wanted to do some research on the 2 corps area I was stationed in. This map and the associated nonsense is useless. I was at the Oasis forward firebase LZ in November when it as hit and hit hard I was back in the states when it was hit and wiped out in May of 1969 40 of my 46 man platoon came back in body bags. I am watching a VHS video on that area from 1968 I was told that my sight was the first thing hit in May of 1969. I wanted to show my daughter that area on the map. I was at Dok To for the end of the 1968 Tiet. the third retake. I went to Dok to by Chopper and came back by convoy. One of the men that went to Dok to with me was trying to find a sniper position, I tapped him on the shoulder and told him to get down. He just fell over with to bullet holes in his forehead.
I was a medic with D Troop 17th Armored Cav attached to the 199th Inf. Brigade. I found this site while doing research on my experience from 68 to 69 and possibly writing a book (“Looking Back after 50+ Years”) and wanting to know exactly in which corp each unit fit. Thanks for the info.
So, where is the information about the October 5th meeting at the White House? Kennedy said to withdraw 1,000 advisors from South Vietnam, by the end of December 1963. Then on October 11th the White House published a Secret Memo, which directed that withdrawal.
That Memo was declassified in July 1977. I have a copy in my desk, that I got from the National Archives.
Certainly I don’t really know what Kennedy was up to, but I know that LBJ wanted the war, if noting else to make money. Lady Bird owned the company that supplied maintenance and civilian flight instructors at Ft. Wolters, TX, where I went through primary flight school in 1968. And that is the small stuff. Just look at how many defense plants were in Texas at the time. LBJ grew up poor, married a rich girl and knew how to trade the blood of my generation for money.
I was a Huey pilot in B Company 158th Aviation Bn, 101st Airborne Division. May 10th, I was on Apache Snow, the sky was black with helicopters. It ended up in the battle of Hamburger Hill, Dong Ap Bai. The battle ended May 20th, we vacated the hill on June 7th. I was there every day, operating out of Camp Evans. I flew many missions in the Secret War into Laos, out of Northern I Corps. My crew and I resupplied them during the battle and carried many dead soldiers off the mountain. From what I know about 70 Americans died there. My Huey cargo compartment was covered in blood. One time we had 12 dead men on board, blood flowed out like Niagra Falls. Sickening.
My dad was in the military arms businesses from the time I was 5 until I was 25. Such projects as the Chance Vought F-8 fighter where me met a young pilot, John Glenn, then the Atlas Missile project, then Bell Helicopter helping with the design of the Bell Cobra 209 project. It was a company secret, but the Army bought it and resigned it. After that he went to LTV, on the Lance Missile project.
I learned just by watching, Eisenhauer’s warning about the Military Industrial Complex was true, but even he did not know what would happen. It really involves the Congress and the Media as well, it was a big money conveyor belt.
Years later, I worked for a training contractor who had a contract with Bell Helicopter. The deep state is so deep it is un real. Bell got away with stuff at the FAA, some of the stuff that the Bell pilots did not know and did was amazing, and it did not matter, they had cover all the way through, the Department of Defense and the State Department.
Until someone cleans this all up, you can bet more Afghanistans will happen. When Saigon fell in 1975 the US Navy, sailed in to help with evacuees. Those Helicopters that were pushed off of ships and crashed into the sear were South Vietnamese helicopters. Our military had been gone for about 18 months. But the average American idiot thinks that those were American aircraft. Americans built them, and paid for them, but they were operated by the South Vietnamese. The average American idiot thinks we lost the war on the battlefield. There is more, but we are going to keep doing these things up unless we get the Left Wing Democrats and some of their buddies in the Republican party (Liz Cheney and company) to stop this crap. Why do you think they all hate Trump? He is no fool, he see what I am telling you. I have been watching it all my life. My dad and 4 uncles were in both theatres of WWII, in combat and lived, it was a wonder. But they were all indoctrinated, they were all Democrats. FDR did them in on the Radio during the Depression, prior to WWII.
My arrival to my home church in Ft. Worth Texas, on 5 April 1970, a week out of combat, by former Bible Teacher saw me. He was an employee of General Dynamics, the home to bombers and 5 years later the prototype F-16. He built arms for war. Yet, he called me a baby killer in front of every one. I was not in uniform, he did not know if I was working in supply or combat during my tour. I said nothing and left. I have never been back. Welcome home.
I have little respect for the average ignorant American.
I am interested in knowing what happened to the 19th Ordnance Company DAS), which was located in Nha Trang, after July 1966. Was it reorganized to another unit? I was with the unit from 1963 to 1966. In 1963 to 1965 it was located in Fort Ord, Calif. In June 1965 it relocated to Nha Trang and was there when I departed in in July 1966.