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Issue #31, January 2006, Table of Contents
LESSONS LEARNED PAGES 1 - 6
Find 'em, Fix 'em, Finish 'em is an article submitted by BG Willard
Pearson to the
ARMY DIGEST in 1966. The material covered in the article covers many of
the lessons
learned by the 1st Brigade (S) in 1965 and 1966.
VC HEADQUARTERS RAIDED PAGES 7 & 8
The story of a raid on a Viet Cong Regimental Headquarters by the 2nd
platoon, B
Company 2/327 was written by the platoon leader, LTC(R) James C.
Joiner.
ELTINGE POSITION MAP PAGE 8
A map showing the position of the 1st Brigade troop ship on July 23,
1965, was sent by
Richard B. Preston, 326 MED D 7/65-7/66.
TENTH REUNION PAGES 9 & 10
All the material now known about the Tenth Biennial Reunion of the 1st
Brigade (S)
101st Airborne Division in Atlanta, Georgia, September 20 – 24, 2006,
along with hotel
contact information and a registration form.
CHRISTMAS CARD 1966 PAGE 11
A reproduction of the Christmas card that was made available to the men
of the 1st
Brigade in December 1966. Art is by Raymond Brown.
OBITUARY PAGES 12 & 13
The editor was aware of only one obituary this quarter. The old adage
that no one is
irreplaceable does not apply in this case. Billy Colwell may be replaced
in the many
activities he excelled in but that replacement will require a number of
people and many
talents.
CITATIONS FOR VALOR PAGES 14 & 15
Material from the SHIELD & CIRCLE, the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, troop
newspaper
recording short descriptions of acts of valor by 1st Brigade soldiers in
Viet Nam. These
are from early 1966 and include
HACK COULD HACK IT PAGE 16
Commentary from a ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH writer on his encounters with
COL
(R) David Hackworth.
DIPLOMAT AND WARRIOR PAGES 17 – 20
Volume 1 Number 28 dated December 2, 1966, of the First Brigade weekly
newspaper
contains stories about soldiers helping students in Phan Rang with funds
to attend school,
Psychological Warfare and other stories. At least one of those mentioned
in the paper
was a subscriber but dropped out in 2000.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PAGES 21 –
24
SUBSCRIBERS' LIST PAGES 25 – 29
STRIKE FORCE GATHERING PAGES 29 & 30
A report of the annual 2005 Strike Force gathering of comrades in
Washington, D. C., to
honor past comrades at Arlington National Cemetery, award DMOR status to
2/502
veterans and to dine together.
POEM PAGE 30
The poem "Doc Blair Was There" is about John "Doc" Blair, 1/327 C
2/67-2/68 and was
written and submitted by Arthur R. Kottke, 1/327 C 7/67-7/68.