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Endnotes
Janes Infantry Weapons 1976, 570, 589–590; James D. Johnson, Combat Chaplain: A Thirty-Year
Vietnam Battle (Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2001), 47–48; Donn A. Starry,
Mounted Combat in Vietnam (Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 1989), 47.
19. George L. MacGarrigle, Taking the Offensive: October 1966 to October 1967 (Washington,
DC: Center of Military History, 1998), 430.
20. Westmoreland apparently made the statement to Rear Admiral Kenneth A. Veth,
COMNAVFORV. See Schreadley, From the Rivers to the Sea, 139.
21. Ibid, 394–395; MACV Command History, 1966, 45–48, Box 44, VCF; William B. Fulton,
Riverine Operations 1966–1969 (Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 1973), 24–25.
22. Naval History Division, OPNAV, “History of U.S. Naval Operations in the Vietnam
Conflict,” 3:425–426.
23. General William C. Westmoreland as cited in HQ PACAF, Riverine Operations in the
Delta, May 1968–June 1969, CHECO 67, 31 Aug 1969, Air Force Historical Research Institute,
Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL, 1, Author Files.
24. Naval History Division, OPNAV, “History of U.S. Naval Operations in the Vietnam
Conflict,” 3:425–426; MacGarrigle, Taking the Offensive, 396; Fulton, Riverine Operations, 47.
25. TF 117, Operation Order 201-YR, 10 Jun 1968, Box 858, Operation Orders Collection, AR.
26. Even officers who trained in 1967 noted that their men received no small boat training
in the United States prior to deploying to Vietnam. Email, Courtney Frobenius to author 12
Feb 2010; Naval History Division, OPNAV, “History of U.S. Naval Operations in the Vietnam
Conflict,” 3:430; Fulton, Riverine Operations, 43–44.
27. Bolduc also complained about having to prepare for a command management inspection
and attend command and staff training sessions at night. Lucien “Blackie” Bolduc, interview
with author, 12 Feb 2010.
28. RIVFLOT 1 Briefing Book, May 1967, Box 161, VCF; NIOTC Command History, 1966,
Box 1338, Post-1946 Command File.
29. Alan Breininger, interview with author, 8 Jun 2008.
30. Lester Schneider, interview with author, 5 Aug 2009.
31. David Raybell, interview with author, 25 Jun 2009.
32. Butler interview, 19 Nov 2009.
33. Larry D. Rodgers, interview with author, 4 Aug 2009.
34. Michael Harris, interview by Stephen Maxner, 22 Aug 2000, 13, Vietnam Archive.
35. Ibid., 10.
36. Walter F. Lineberger III, interview with author, 12–13 Jan 2010.
37. Harris interview, 22 Aug 2000, 12.
38. John L. Green Jr., interview with author, 31 Jul 2009.
39. Harris interview, 22 Aug 2000, 12.
40. Raymond W. Johnson, interview with author, 8 Mar 2010.
41. Chester C. Stanley Jr., interview with author, 26 Jun 2009.
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