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Issue #4, April 1999, Table of Contents
CSM PAUL HUFF (MOH) PAGE 1
CSM Paul Huff (MOH) served the 101st Airborne Division and the
1st Brigade
(Separate) with distinction for many years. He was forced to be very
persuasive in order
to get the assignment to the first brigade because of his status as a
recipient of the Medal
of Honor.
BRIGADE PERSONALITIES PAGE 2
Material for this page LTC(R) Joseph Hicks, Brigade Intelligence
Officer, was supplied
by Tim Swain. The photo is from the 101st yearbook published at Fort
Campbell in
1965.
FROM NEWS RELEASES AND THE BRIGADE NEWSPAPER
PAGE 3
Material from the 17 April 1966 issue of THE DIPLOMAT AND WARRIOR. This
was
a mimeographed six page, on legal size paper, newsletter. I do not have
pages one and
two in my files. Other material is on pages 17, 20, 32 and 35.
ADVERTISEMENTS PAGES 4 & 32
When asked what he could do to help continue the publication of THE
DIPLOMAT
AND WARRIOR, Tim Swain was told that advertising would help. He
purchased a full
page ad in four issues. Bob Shuta also helped with his ad to run
in four issues.
BRIGADE STAFF PAGE 5
From the Worrell collection.
PROPAGANDA PAGE 6
William V. Larsen, 2/327 B 7/65 - 7/66 sent the copy of this
propaganda leaflet and Ben
Lam translated the text.
HAWTHORNE'S HILL PAGE 7
A poem by Peter S. Griffin who was part of Operation Hawthorne.
AFTERGLOW PAGES 8 & 9
In a phone conversation with Peter Griffin I asked him if he had
ever written anything
other than poetry? He said he had not. I urged him to try some prose.
This is his
impression of what combat can do to influence a veteran.
SALES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS PAGES 9 & 10
Your support of the magazine through your renewal, purchase and
subscribing for a
friend or recommending the magazine to a friend will help the veterans
of the 1st Brigade
(Separate) to have a larger and better magazine.
KIA AND NON-BATTLE DEATHS PAGE 11
A continuation of the list of 1st Brigade (Separate) soldiers who died
in Viet Nam. They
are listed by date of death.
SUBSCRIBERS PAGES 12 &13
OBITUARY PAGE 13
William Miller sent the first obituary of a subscriber.
TOP NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
PAGE 13
Photo from Worrell collection with identification, place and time frame
supplied by CSM
Robert A. Young, USA, Ret.
BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR PAGES 14 &
15
Presentation of a medal after years of waiting.
NEW MAGAZINE NAME PAGE 16
Announcement of a new name for the 1st Brigade (Separate) magazine.
BRIGADE VIET NAM NEWSPAPER PAGES
18 & 19
This reproduction is from the brigade newspaper, THE SCREAMING EAGLE,
January
17, 1968.
SCRAPBOOK PAGE 21
More stories, about the 1st Brigade (Separate) from USA newspapers.
BOOK REVIEW PAGE 22
Book by a soldier of the 1st Brigade.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PAGES
23 - 29
Messages from the web page, e-mail and US Mail.
TOUMRONG PAGES 30 & 31
Pages from the 101st Airborne Division Association THE SCREAMING EAGLE
of
Sept.- Oct and Nov - Dec 1966.
HISTORY 1/327 PAGES 33 & 34
LTC(R) J. A. Every-Clayton chronicles his arrival to the brigade
during the Dak To
fighting and sent an officers' roster of the 1/327 that was
painstakingly reconstructed
from an onionskin copy.
MIA PAGE 34
List of 1st Brigade (Separate) soldiers listed as Missing In Action.
3RD PLATOON COMPANY A 2/502 PAGE 35
Photo, sent by Bill Miller, of members of his platoon in 1967.
COMPANY A 2/327 PAGE 36
Photo sent by COL(R) Charles T. Furgeson
BACK COVER
Photo from the collection of Jim Apodaca.