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Forwarding Note from Leslie Hines, ADVA Vietnam Era Historian for 2018 Forwarding note from Leslie Hines, ADVA Vietnam era historian for 2018. The Americal Division Veteran’s Association Historical Data Base contains many news articles, reports, unit albums, casualty reports, KIA information, videos and maps relating to units that served with the Americal Division. My work on this effort began way back in the 1990s. Many items came from veterans sharing their news articles with me or from tedious efforts to locate and transcribe the text and images from microfilm copies. Today the data base now holds approximately 40% of the stories of our service in the Americal Division and supporting units. But it is the result of my best effort. I have realized that it might be difficult for a veteran to find stories about their battalion from the data base if they did not have some computer skills. This compilation may come too late for some, but it is always something that I hoped that would be done by a unit’s web master or some other helpful soul as I continued to add more material to the data base. But it is time that I start making the effort. If for no other reason than to illustrate what can be done if someone makes the effort to compile their own unit stories from the data base. This compilation limited to only news stories. These come from “Pacific Stars & Stripes” and the “Army Reporter” which published many of the articles provided by the Americal Division Information Office. It also includes brigade command newsletters (198th LIB), the division daily newsheets, the Americal Division magazines (12 issues), the Americal Division Book (printed in July 1970), and 117 issues of the “Southern Cross” published in Vietnam were included. Notable sources of stories that were not included in the compilation were the ADVA Newsletter/Journal stories and the 1/46th Battalion Newsletters. Some of the ADVA “Newsletters” have been scanned as read only images. The issues of the ADVA “Journal” is searchable and currently is complete. It would be possible to select many more articles if I had time to research stories that did not provide the company name. For example a story might only refer to the action of a unit of the Americal Division or the 198th Bde engaging the enemy. If the story indicated their were 23 enemy killed and a cache of 12 B-40 rockets I might be able to identify that the company was from the 1/6th Inf. Bn. Without this determination I would not be able to include this story in the compilation. Note: References to photos may indicate that we have an image taken from microfilm or xerox copy. These may be found in PDF files in the historical data base or you may request copies of the images the ADVA historian. No tour books for the 1/6th Inf. Bn. have been located. These books are similar to high school year books. These were created under the direction of the officer assigned duties as historian for the battalion. We have located 2 or more of these for other similar units like the 1/46 and 5/46th Inf. Bn. and are hopeful to find some for the 1/6th Inf. Bn. Also, there were battalion newsletters printed for infantry battalions in the 198th Inf. Bde. as well as a newsletter for the 198th Inf. Bde. To date we have not been able to locate some of the 198th Bde newsletters Bayonet. To Date none of the the 1/6th newsletters have been located. And there are very few 1/6 Inf. Bn. Battalion S2/S3 images. Some quarterly historical summaries exist for the 1/6th Inf. Bn that do not exist for other units that will be included in this compilation. The best source of 1/6th Information may have been created by Ray Tyndall and Col. Wayne R. Johnston. Recently found are some newsletters from the ship that the 1/6th Inf. Bn. 1st arrived in Vietnam on. Another source that has not been worked is the news releases sent to home town newspapers with stories about our veterans. Americal Division Magazine - January, 1970 Page 22 16th CAG Metal Angels Of Hope & Mercy By SP4 CRAIG COUTURE 16th Cbt. Avn Grp. Nineteen Hueys cast dark silhouettes against the lava-red South China Sea. The early morning sky was blazed scarlet and clouds formed delicate designs that a carefree mind could mold into anything it fancied. But to a number of men of Americal's 16th Combat Aviation Group (CAG) the significance of their mission left little time for such pleasant diversions. On this particular morning, 500 infantrymen had to be lifted into an area where the Viet Cong were suspected of hiding. The operation was a fairly large one; there would be two assaults. The first involved carrying over 200 men of the 1st Bn., 6th Inf., 198th Inf. Bde. into a valley 15 miles west of Chu Lai. The second was an assault involving more than 300 men from the 1st Bn., 6th Regt., 2nd ARVN Div. into the same general area. Gunships approached the LZ first, firing their rockets and miniguns at any suspicious areas. The command and control ship dropped down and marked the LZ with smoke grenades. The smoke ship, affectionately called "Smokey" followed and circled the area with a protective ring of heavy smoke to conceal the approaching troop-carrying "slicks." Despite small arms fire that kept bursting from the bushes of the surrounding hillsides, both assaults flown by the 176th Avn. Co. were successful in bringing Americal and ARVN soldiers to the enemy's doorstep...Rest of the story goes on about the 16th Combat Aviation Group........................................................... Americal Division Magazine - Spring 1971 DECEMBER The first two weeks of December saw extremely light action with a large amount of rice uncovered. ............................... On December 6th, the "Regulars" of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, were on patrol southeast of Chu Lai checking deserted hamlets near the new pacification village of Giem Dien. The first two hamlets produced no results, but then the patrol spotted several structures standing alone on a small island that had been created by the monsoon rains. Private First Class Milton W. Dacalio of Naaleku, Hawaii and Specialist Four Robert "McGowan of San Bernadino, Calif., moved to a structure at the far end of the island. It was raining hard and we had to wade out to the small island to investigate the structures," McGowan related. "I was glad to get to dry land, but I really didn't know what was in store for us." When the two men reached the structure, Dacalio cautiously moved inside while McGowan provided security outside. Inside, Dacalio gave a quick look around and saw four Viet Cong looking back at him. He sent a burst of M-16 fire into the enemy group and retreated to a safer position outside. Again Dacalio entered the structure, but this time he stayed long enough to find the bodies of the four Viet Cong along with two AK-47 rifles, six hand grenades, and six packs. "The whole thing came as a surprise to us, but I'll bet the VC were the most surprised of all," commented McGowan. Americal Division Magazine - May, 1968 This is the inaugural issue of the Americal Division Magazine. There were only two issues in 1968. This first issue has a different format from the subsequent issues. This issue appears to use 8"x10" paper folded over like a pamphlet. Nearly all the photos are B&W, unlike subsequent issues that had a full 8"x10" size and used a lot of color photos and graphics. T H E B A T T L E F O R L O G I A N G B&W map drawing by J NICHOLSON. Battle takes place approximately 2 klicks northeast of LZ 410 at Lo Giang. In the battle for Lo Giang, the "Regulars" of the 198th Brigade's 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry-sent to Da Nang to assist Marines defending that city during the Tet attacks-wiped out the 60th Main Force Viet Cong Battalion which had amassed some 800 soldiers to attack Da Nang. The "Regulars" were supported by both Army and Marine helicopters and artillery, and by Marine jet bombers in the five-day action. The soldiers of Company A, supported by the men of Company E, swung to the north of the village and companies B and C struck the enemy from the south. The actual body count after the vicious, often hand-to-hand fighting was 266 enemy killed. Page 14 Americal Division Magazine - January, 1969 AMERICAL January, 1969 Page 25 Eager To Aid Their People, Vietnamese Nurses Provide...... SERVICE With A Pretty Smile "I wanted to become a nurse since I was a small girl. My people do not have a doctor. I want to be able to help when the Americans are not here." The speaker is Tuong Nguyen Thi, a petite and pretty girl who displays maturity beyond her years and a education to the cause of caring for the health needs of her people. Tuong Nguyen Thi's dream of becoming a nurse became a reality recently with the help and training of the 198th Infantry Brigade. She was one of several girls to be selected by the chiefs of the seven villages of Ly Tin District to complete the new short course in nursing recently started by "Brave and Bold" medical personnel. Instituted and headed by CPT Robert Brown (River- B&W photos - "Soon-to-be nurse Tuong Nguyen Thi (left) shows Dr Robert Brown, program supervisor, the antiseptic she has chosen to treat an elderly patient.
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