Fort Bragg to Hue: A Paratrooper with the 82nd and 173rd Airborne in Vietnam, 1968-1970

In February 1968, the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division was understrength, with only enough paratroopers to deploy a single brigade. The 3rd Brigade was flown 9000 miles to reinforce American units fighting the North Vietnamese Army around Hue--received a Valorous Unit Award for their actions there. James Dorn was on Brigade staff. He later led a rifle platoon with the 3rd in the rice paddies west of Saigon. In his second year with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Central Highlands. he again led a platoon until promoted to captain. His frank and detailed memoir recounts their diverse combat missions, inhumanity for civilians and the day-to-day life of Infantrymen in the field.

• | Author: James M. Dorn
• | Publisher: McFarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Nov 21, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 234 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1476689334
• | ISBN-13: 9781476689333