Bravo Troop: A Forward Observer's Vietnam Memoir - Softcover

Watson, William

 
9781476688466: Bravo Troop: A Forward Observer's Vietnam Memoir
Softcover
ISBN 10: 147668846X ISBN 13: 9781476688466
Publisher: McFarland, 2022

Synopsis

During the first half of 1969, Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division operated northwest of Saigon in the vicinity of Go Dau Ha, fighting in 15 actions on the Cambodian border, in the Boi Loi Woods, the Hobo Woods and Michelin Rubber Plantation and on the outskirts of Tay Ninh City. In that time, Bravo Troop saw 10 percent of its average field strength killed while inflicting much heavier losses on the enemy. This memoir vividly recounts those six months of intense armored cavalry combat in Vietnam through the eyes of an artillery forward observer, highlighting his fire direction techniques and the routines and frustrations of searching for the enemy and chaos of finding him.

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About the Author

Retired attorney William Watson was commissioned in the Army upon graduation from Princeton University in 1965 and went on active duty after graduating from Harvard Law School in 1968. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

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Publisher
McFarland
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
147668846X
ISBN 13 
9781476688466
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
278