Into Laos: The Story of Dewey Canyon II/Lam Son 719, Vietnam 1971

101st Airborne 101st Airborne Division 1st Armor aboard advisors ambush Americal Division artillery ARVN Aviation battalion Battreall began Bodenhorn border Bravo Brigade brush bunker captain Carney Cobras combat commander Company convoy crew Da Nang Daugherty dead Delta Dewing Division Dong draftees elephant grass enemy engineer exploded firebases frag going grenades ground grunts gunships helicopter helo Hill 31 hootch Huey Infantry jungle Keefer Khe Sanh killed Kirklighter Klose Lam Son 719 Laos Laotian Lieutenant Colonel lifers Luat major Malmstrom Marine medevac Meyer morning mortar moved Nang night North Vietnamese NVA fire officer operation patrol perimeter pilot platoon pulled Purple Heart Quang Tri radio Ranger recon road rockets Rockpile Route 9 screaming sergeant shelling shot shouted shrapnel slick smoke soldiers South Spurgeon Sutherland tanks Tchepone thought track trail troops truck U.S. Army units Vandegrift vehicles Vietnam wounded XXIV Corps