List of Figures and Tables
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Part One: The Siege
1. Winding Down
2. Proud Americans
3. Sappers in the Wire
4. Bad Omen
5. Sky Troopers
6. ARNVs, BUFFS, and Other Friends
7. Incoming
8. Confusion on the Ground
9. Welcome to Prime Time
10. Under New Management
11. Leave No One Behind
12. Whiskey and Kool-Aid
Part Two: The Soldiers
13. The Grunts
14. Artillery and Other Combat Support Troops
15. Beyond Pace
16. Soldiering On in MR I
17. REMFs, Fraggers, Dopers, Slackers and Other Losers
18. Follow Me
19. A Thousand Calley’s?
Part Three: The Press
20. Boyle vs. the Powers That Be
21. The Press and the White House
22. The Press and the M-Word
Part Four: The Bigger Picture
23. South Vietnamese Allies
24. North Vietnamese Allies
25. Vietnamese Verdun
26. Pace as History
27. Lessons Learned?
28. Conclusions: A Difficult End to a Long War
Epilogue
Appendix A: Order of Battle MR III—U.S. Forces, Fall 1971
Appendix B: Order of Battle MR III—North and South Vietnamese Forces
Appendix C: Inspector General’s Report, October 11, 1971
Appendix D: Fact Sheet, Fire Support Base Pace Incident, October 22, 1971
Appendix E: Letter from Senator Kennedy to SP4 Al Grana, October 18, 1971
Appendix F: Letter from MG Donnelly Bolton to SP4 John P. White
Appendix G: Valorous Unit Award for Extraordinary Heroism to the 2/32d Field Artillery and Attached Units, July 3, 1972
Notes
Bibliography
Index