Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to the Past
2. The Current State of Play
3. Welcome to Team 162 and the Vietnamese Airborne
4. Side Trips from the National Training Center
5. Work Call
6. Off to War
7. Visiting Brass
8. A Media Event
9. Hitting the Wall
10. Shifting Gears
11. From the Frying Pan into the Fire
12. Rangers in Foxholes
13. Trying to Not Get Overrun
14. New Digs
15. Airborne Rangers into the Breach
16. Tactical Arc Lights
17. The SA- 7 Missile Arrives with a Bang
18. To Catch a FAC
19. The Helicopter Lifeline Is Cut
20. The Oldest Lieutenant
21. Belt- Tightening Time
22. Moving Uptown
23. Sick Call in the Basement
24. A Shattered Image
25. Tanks in Town
26. The Enemy’s Worst Nightmare Was Named Spectre
27. Disjointed Events
28. The Ambivalence of Leaving
29. Off with the Old and on with the New
30. In Retrospect
Epilogue
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Notes
Bibliography
Index