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U.S. Army Chief of Military History Bibliography

    "Americal Division Awaits Rebirth Under Fire Below Vietnam's DMZ" Army 17 (Oct 1967):18.

    "Americal-The Guard's Forgotten Heroes!" National Guardsman 17 (September 1963):back cover.

    Cronin, Francis D. Under the Sothern Cross; The Saga of the Americal Division. Wshington: Combat Forces Press, 1951. Reprint. Boston: Americal Division Veterans Assn., 1978.

    Eichelberger, Robert L., and McKaye, Milton. Our Jungle Road to Tokyo. New York: Viking Press, 1950.

    Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974.

    In Memory of a son, Lincoln W. Stoddard, 1908-1952. Worcestor Mass.: Davis Press, c. 1952.

    Kahn, E. J., Jr., and McLemore, H. Fighting Divisions. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1945. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1980.

    Kreuger, Walter. From Down Under to Nippon: The Story of Sixth Army in World War II. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1953. Reprint. Washington: Zenger Publishing Co., 1979.

    Miller, John jr. CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office 1959.

    ______. Guadalcanal: The First Offensive. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office 1949.

    Neel, Spurgeon. Medical Support of the U.S. Army in Vietnam 1965-1970. Washington: Government Printing Office 1973.

    "New Americal Division to be Activated." Army Digest 22 (November 1967):inside front cover.

    Peers, William R. The My Lai Inquiry. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1979

    Reports of General MacArthur. Vol I. Washington: government Printing Office 1969.

    Sharp, U.S.G., and Westmoreland, W.C. Reports on the War in Vietnam. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969

    Shots Fired in Anger. Plantersville, S.C.: Small Arms Technical Publishing Co., 1947

    Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Phillipines. United Staes Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963.

    Stanton, Shelby L. Vietnam Order of Battle. Washington: U.S. News Books, 1981.

    Walker, Joseph H., ed. The Americal Division. Vietnam, 1970.


Nolan Bibliography

The following bibliography and comments are provided by Keith William Nolan.
    Lowry, Timothy S.
    And Brave Men, Too: The Unforgettable Stories of Vietnam's Medal of Honor Winners. (Includes a chapter on lLT James Allen Taylor, XO, B/1-l Cavalry, who earned the MOH on 9 November 1967)

    Means, Howard
    Colin Powell: A Biography. (As a major, Powell served as XO, 3-lst Inf, 11th LIB, and as acting G3 and G3A, HQ, Americal Division, 1968-69)

    Nolan, Keith William
    The Magnificent Bastards: The joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha. 1968. (Describes the 3-21st Inf, 196th LIB, in the Battle of Nhi Ha, when opcon to the 3d Marine Regiment, May 1968)

    Nolan, Keith William
    Death Valley. (Includes info on the 3-21st Inf, 4-31st, and 1-46th Inf, 196th LIB, in the Battles of the Hiep Duc and Song Chang Valleys, August 1969)

    Nolan, Keith William
    Sappers in the Wire: The Life and Death of Firebase Mary Ann. (The 1-46th Inf, 196th LIB, in action, February 1970-April 1971 with an emphasis on the infamous sapper attack on FSB Mary Ann, 28 March 1971). Book Review

    Nolan, Keith William.
    Into Laos. (The story of the 1971 Laotian Incursion, codenamed Operation Lam Son 719, includes information about Americal helicopter companies supporting the ARVN in Laos, and the 1-1 Cavalry and the 4-3d Infantry, 11th LIB, providing ground support along the Laotian-Vietnamese border)

    O'Brien, Tim
    If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. (Memoir of a company RTO in A/5-46th Inf, 198th LIB, 1969-70)

    Schell, Jonathan
    The Military Half. (Task Force Oregon, the father of the Americal Division, in action in late-1967

    Schwarzkopf, General H. Norman, with Peter Petre
    It Doesn't Take A Hero. (Includes a chapter about Schwarzkopf's command of the 1-6th Inf, l98th LIB, 1969-70)

    Smith, Eric McAllister
    Not By The Book: A Combat Intelligence Officer in Vietnam. (Lieutenant Smith was a prisoner interrogator at Americal Division HQ and at the 198th LIB HQ, 1968-69

    Terry, Wallace
    Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. (One of the featured vets, Charles Strong, served as a machine gunner in an unidentified battalion of the 196th LIB, 1969-70)

    Wilson, James R.
    Landing Zones: Combat Vets From America's Proud, Fighting South Remember Vietnam. (One of the featured vets in this oral history, John Candler, served as a Platoon Leader, A/3-21st Inf, 196th LIB, 1968-69 another is Mary Laraine Young Hines, a Red Cross Donut Dolly with the Americal Division)

    Berry, F. Clifton
    Chargers. (Photo history of the 196th LIB, 1966-72)

    Bilton, Michael, and Kevin Sim
    Four Hours in My Lai. (An examination of the My Lai massacre, executed by C/1-20th Inf, 11th LIB, 16 March 1968)

    Bleier, Rocky, with Terry O Neil
    Fighting Back. (Pittsburgh Steeler Bleier s autobiography includes his service as a grenadier with C/4-31st Inf, 196th LIB, which ended when severely wounded during the Battle of Hiep Duc Valley, August 1969)

    Browne, Corinne
    Body Shop: Recuperating from Vietnam. (A book about amputees at Letterman General Hospital in 1972 includes numerous Americal vets who were wounded in Vietnam in 1970-71)

    Bryan, C.D.B.
    Friendly Fire. (The story of a family that lost their son when a misplotted artillery round hit C/1-6th Inf, 198th LIB, in February 1970. The battalion commander at this time was LTC H. Norman Schwarzkopf)

    Cohen, Roger, and Claudio Gatti
    In the Eve of the Storm: The Life of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. (Includes detailed chapter about Schwarzkopf s command of the 1-6th Inf, 1969-70)

    Crum, James E.
    Pigman-Vietnam. (Memoir of a machine gunner with B/2-lst Inf, 196th LIB, 1968-69)

    A Distant Challenge: The U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam
    1967-1972. (Reprints from INFANTRY Magazine includes an article about the 1-6th Inf, 198th LIB, in action following the 1968 Tet Offensive)

    Goff, Stanley, and Robert Sanders, with Clark Smith
    Brothers: Black Soldiers in the Nam. One of the two ex-GIs featured in this oral history, Goff, won a DSC while a machine gunner with B/2-lst Inf, 196th LIB, 25 August 1968)

    Grant, Zalin
    Survivors: American POWs in Vietnam. (Oral history includes the stories of six GIs from 3-21st Inf, 196th LIB, captured in January and March 1968)

    Hersh, Seymour M.
    My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and its Aftermath. (The company that slaughtered its ways through My Lai was C/1-20th Inf, 11th LIB, operating under the control of Task Force Barker)

    Hersh, Seymour M.
    Cover-Up. (Details the attempts at division and 11th LIB level to cover up of the My Lai massacre also describes the other two companies attached to Task Force Barker, A/3-lst Inf, which was not charged with war crimes, and B/4-3d Inf, which perpetrated a massacre in a hamlet adjacent to My Lai 4 on 16 March 1968)

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