Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Coleman, J. D.

Pleiku: the dawn of helicopter warfare in Vietnam J. D. Coleman - New York St. Martin Press 1988 - 315 p

Building the Division --
Organization and deployment --
Setting the stage --
The lure and the ambush --
Beginning the search --
Capturing the hospital --
The Drang River ambush --
The First Brigade's final battles --
XRAY--
the first day --
XRAY--
the finale --
Agony at Albany --
Winding it down --
In the final analysis.

Recounts the first major battle between American and North Vietnamese forces in 1965, describes the first use of helicopters to move men into battle, and looks at how this tactic shaped the war

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Vietnamese Conflict
Vietnam War--1961-1975
Vietnam War--1961-1975
Military helicopters--United States

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