Chapter XIV: Appendix: A

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND FOOTNOTES

=Explanatory Note=: Unless otherwise noted the material in this monograph is derived from Admiral Ulysses S. G. Sharp, USN, and General William C. Westmoreland, USA, =Report On The War In Vietnam=, hereafter Sharp and Westmoreland, =Report On The War=; Maj John J. Cahill, USMC, and Jack Shulimson, "History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam, Jan-Jun65"; FMFPac, Operations of U. S. Marine Forces Vietnam, Mar67-Apr68, hereafter =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=; FMFPac, U. S. Marine Corps Forces in Vietnam Mar65-Sep67 Historical Summary, Volume I: Narrative, hereafter =FMFPac HistSum=; III MAF Command Chronologies Apr67-Apr68, hereafter =III MAF CmdChron=; 3d Marine Division Command Chronologies, Apr67-Apr68, hereafter =3d MarDiv CmdChron=; 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Command Chronologies, Apr67-Apr68, hereafter =1st MAW CmdChron=; 26th Marines Command Chronologies, Apr67-Apr68, hereafter =26th Marines CmdChron=; 1/26 Command Chronologies, Apr67-Apr68, hereafter =1/26 CmdChron=; 2/26 Command Chronologies, Jan68-Apr68, hereafter =2/26 CmdChron=; 3/26 Command Chronologies, Jun67-Apr68, hereafter =3/26 CmdChron=; 3d Marines Khe Sanh Operations After Action Report, 9Jun67, hereafter =3d Marines Khe Sanh AAR=; VMGR-152 Command Chronologies Jan68-Apr68, hereafter =VMGR-152 CmdChron=; Marine Corps Command Center, Status of Forces, Apr68, hereafter =MCCC Status of Forces=; Defense Intelligence Bulletins Dec67-Apr68, hereafter =DIA IntBul=; Six Month Evaluation Report, prepared by HQ, MACV 31May68; Presentation of LtGen Robert E. Cushman, Jr., USMC, in 1968 General Officers Symposium Book, HQMC, dtd 15Jul68; CG, FMFPac msg to CMC dtd 200327Z Mar68; Combat Operations After Action Report, Operation PEGASUS (C), hereafter =PEGASUS AAR=; Gen William C. Westmoreland ltr to CMC dtd 14Dec68, Subj: Review of the draft manuscript "The Battle of Khe Sanh Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Westmoreland Comments=; LtGen Lewis W. Walt Interviews with HistBr dtd 17Dec67 and 14Jan69; LtGen Robert E. Cushman, Jr., USMC, ltr to Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, HQMC, dtd 26Dec68, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Cushman Comments=; LtGen Herman Nickerson, USMC, memo to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, HQMC, dtd Dec68, Subj: Review of draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Nickerson Comments=; LtGen William B. Rosson, USA, ltr to CMC dtd 18Dec68, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Rosson Comments=; LtGen John J. Tolson, III, USA, ltr to CMC dtd 21Jan69, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Tolson Comments=; MajGen Norman J. Anderson, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 2Jan69, Subj: Khe Sanh Historical Monograph, hereafter =Anderson Comments=; MajGen Louis Metzger, USMC, memo to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, HQMC, dtd 23Dec68, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Metzger Comments=; MajGen John R. Chaisson comments on draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Chaisson Comments=; Interview with MajGen Rathvon McC. Tompkins, USMC, dtd 26Aug68 No. 3088 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC), hereafter =Tompkins Interview=; Deputy Chief of Staff (Air) comments on draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh," dtd 9Dec68, hereafter =DCS/Air Comments=; BGen Robert P. Keller, USMC, ltr to Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 17Dec68, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Keller Comments=; BGen Harry C. Olson, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 13Jan69, Subj. "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Olson Comments=; BGen Carl W. Hoffman, USMC, ltr to CMC (Code AO3D) dtd 22Dec68, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Hoffman Comments=; Chief, USAF Historical Division Liaison Office ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 18Dec68, Subj: Review of Historical Study, "The Battle of Khe Sanh"; Chief, Historical Studies Branch, USAF Historical Division ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 22Jan69, Subj: Review of Historical Study, "The Battle of Khe Sanh"; Chief, Project CORONA HARVEST ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 15Jan69, Subj: Review of Draft Manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Air Force Historical Comments=; Interview with Col David E. Lownds, USMC, dtd Jul68, No. 801 674/4 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC), hereafter =Lownds Jul Interview=; Col David E. Lownds, USMC, Interview with HistBr dtd 13Sep68, hereafter =Lownds Sep Interview=; Col Frank E. Wilson, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 6Jan69, Subj: Review of "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Wilson Comments=; Col Bruce F. Meyers, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 16Dec68, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh" hereafter =Meyers Comments=; Interview with Col Franklin N. Pippin, USMC, dtd 24Jun68, No. 2907 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Interview with Col Johnnie C. Vance, Jr., USMC, dtd 20Jun68, No. 2909 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Col Robert D. Brown, USAF, ltr to HQMC (AO3D) dtd 8Jan69, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh" hereafter =Brown Comments=; Col Robert E. Brofft, USAF, ltr to HQMC (AO3D) dtd 8Jan69, Subj: Monograph, "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Brofft Comments=; LtCol John F. Mitchell, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 31Jan69, Subj: Comments on "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Mitchell Comments=; LtCol Harry L. Alderman, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh" hereafter =Alderman Comments=; LtCol James B. Wilkinson, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd Dec68, Subj: Response to HQMC ltr AO3D-rem S807 373 of 6Dec68, "The Battle of Khe Sanh," hereafter =Wilkinson Comments=; LtCol John A. Hennelly, USMC, comments on draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh" of 15Feb69, hereafter =Hennelly Comments=; Interview with LtCol Edward J. A. Castagna, USMC, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); LtCol Francis J. Heath, Jr., USMC, comments on draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Heath Comments=; LtCol Frederick J. McEwan, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 30Dec68, Subj: Comments on "The Battle of Khe Sanh Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =McEwan Comments=; LtCol Johnny O. Gregerson, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3, HQMC dtd 3Jan69, Subj: Review of a draft copy of the historical monograph: "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Gregerson Comments=; LtCol John C. Studt, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3, HQMC dtd 24Dec68, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh" manuscript, hereafter =Studt Comments=; Interview with LtCol Harry T. Hagaman, USMC, dtd 2Mar68, No. 2548 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); LtCol William J. White, USMC, comments on draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68" n.d., hereafter =White Comments=; Interview with Maj William J. Sullivan, USMC, dtd 26Apr68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Maj John A. Shepherd, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, dtd 2Jan69, Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68" hereafter Shepherd Comments; Taped comments of Maj Matthew P. Caulfield, USMC, on the draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68" dtd 2Jan69, hereafter =Caulfield Comments=; Interview with Maj Matthew P. Caulfield, USMC, dtd 10Feb68, No. 2535 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Maj Wayne M. Wills, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3, HQMC, dtd 2Jan69, Subj: Historical Monograph, "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Wills Comments=; Maj Harper L. Bohr, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3, HQMC, dtd 18Dec68, Subj: Comments concerning "The Battle of Khe Sanh" hereafter =Bohr Comments=; Maj Jerry E. Hudson, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3, HQMC, dtd 2Jan69, Subj: Review of Historical Monograph of Khe Sanh, hereafter =Hudson Comments=; Maj Mirza M. Baig, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC dtd 23Dec68, Subj: Comments on draft manuscript, "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68" hereafter =Baig Comments=; Maj William H. Dabney, USMC, comments on draft manuscript n.d., "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68" hereafter =Dabney Comments=; Maj William H. Dabney, USMC, Interview with HistBr dtd 10Jan69; Maj Earl G. Breeding, USMC, comments on draft manuscript dtd 22Dec68, "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68," hereafter =Breeding Comments=; Interview with Capt Earl G. Breeding, dtd Jul68, No. 2121 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Maj Kenneth W. Pipes, USMC ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, n.d., Subj: Khe Sanh Manuscript, hereafter =Pipes Comments=; Interview with Capt Kenneth W. Pipes, USMC, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); 1stLt James M. Alexander, USMC, ltr to HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC, n.d., Subj: "The Battle of Khe Sanh, Apr67-Apr68" hereafter =Alexander Comments=; Interview with 1stLt James M. Alexander, USMC, dtd 26Apr68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Interview with 1stLt William L. Everhart, USMC, dtd 10Feb68, No. 2535 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Interview with Sgt Timothy B. Keady, USMC, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Interview with HM3 Frank V. Calzia, USN, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); LCpl Michael A. Barry, USMC, Interview with HistBr dtd 17Feb69; Cornelius D. Sullivan, =et al.=, =The Vietnam War: Its Conduct and Higher Direction= (Washington, D. C.: The Center For Strategic Studies, Georgetown University, 1968) (U), hereafter Sullivan, =et al.=, =The Vietnam War=; Bernard B. Fall, =The Two Viet-Nams= (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965 ed.) (U); Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., USMC, =Soldiers of the Sea= (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute 1962 ed.) (U); Capt Ken Kashiwahara, USAF, "Lifeline to Khe Sanh," =The Airman=, v. XII, no. 7 (Jul68) (U), hereafter Kashiwahara, "Lifeline to Khe Sanh"; =Washington Star=, 25May68, p. 13 (Early Bird) (U); =Washington Star=, 9Jun68, p. 1-E (Early Bird); =Baltimore Sun=, 25May68, p. 2 (Early Bird) (U). All documentary material cited is located in the HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC and, unless otherwise noted, carries an overall classification of Secret.

FOOTNOTES:

(1) Major John J. Cahill, USMC and Jack Shulimson, "History of U.
S. Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam, Jan-Jun65," pp. 67, 68,
126 (S).

(2) =FMFPac=, =Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Jun67, pp. 5-12 (S).

(3) =Ibid.=

(4) =3d MarDiv CmdChron=, Oct68, p. 11 (S).

(5) =FMFPac=, =Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Mar67, p. 15 (S).

(6) =3d Marines Khe Sanh AAR=, p. 7 (S); Bernard B. Fall, =The Two
Viet-Nams= (New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1965 ed.), p. 3.

(7) =Westmoreland Comments.=

(8) =3d Marines=, =Khe Sanh AAR=, p. 12 (S).

(9) Lieutenant General Lewis W. Walt Interview with Historical
Branch dtd 17Dec68 and 14Jan69 (S).

(10) =3d Marines, Khe Sanh AAR=, pp, 7-30 (S).

(11) =Ibid.=

(12) =Ibid.=, pp. 32-33 (S).

(13) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, May67, p. 11 (S).

(14) =Ibid.=, pp. 7-10, 19 (S).

(15) =FMFPac HistSum=, pp. 7-17 (S).

(16) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Jul67, pp. 9-13 (S).

(17) =Ibid.=

(18) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Sep67, pp. 52-73 (S); =3d
MarDiv ComdChron=, Sep67, p. 25 (S); Chaisson Comments; Personal
observations of the author.

(19) =Westmoreland Comments=; =Metzger Comments=.

(20) =FMFPac=, =Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Oct67, pp. 24-36 (S).

(21) =Metzger Comments.=

(22) =26th Marines CmdChron=, May67, p. 4 (S).

(23) =Ibid.=

(24) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jun67, p. 4 (S).

(25) =Ibid.=, Jul67, p. 4 (S).

(26) Col Lownds tape No. 801 674/4 (S); =26th Marines CmdChron=,
Aug67, p. 4 (S); =Metzger Comments=.

(27) =Wilkinson Comments.=

(28) Col Lownds Tape No. 801 674/4 (S); =26th Marines CmdChron=,
Aug67, p. 4 (S), =Brown Comments=.

(29) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Nov67, p. 4 (S).

(30) =Cushman Comments=; =Hoffman Comments=.

(31) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Dec67, p. 4 (S).

(32) =Alderman Comments.=

(33) =Bohr Comments.=

(34) =Hudson Comments.=

(35) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Jan 68, pp. 8, 9; =III MAF
CmdChron=, Jan and Feb68 (S); =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68,
p. 60 (S); =Lownds Sep Interview= (S).

(36) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); =3/26 CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 10 (S);
=Caulfield Comments=.

(37) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, p.
4 (S).

(38) =3/26 CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 3 (S).

(39) =2/26 CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 2 (S).

(40) =Ibid.=; =Breeding Comments=; =Caulfield Comments=.

(41) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, pp. 3, 4 (S); =Lownds Sep
Interview= (S).

(42) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Jan68, p. 10 (S).

(43) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, pp. 3, 4 (S); =3/26 CmdChron=,
Jan68, p. 3 (S); =Alderman Comments=; =Dabney Comments=;
=Caulfield Comments=.

(44) =Ibid.=

(45) =Dabney Comments.=

(46) =Ibid.=; =26th CmdChron=, Jan68, pp. 3, 4 (S); =3/26
CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 3 (S); =Alderman Comments=; =Dabney
Comments=.

(47) =Ibid.=

(48) =Cushman Comments=; =Tompkins Interview= (S); =Lownds Sep
Interview= (S); =Wilkinson Comments=; =Pipes Comments=; =26th
Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 5 (S).

(49) =Caulfield Comments.=

(50) =Alderman Comments.=

(51) =Caulfield Comments.=

(52) =Ibid.=

(53) =3/26 CmdChron=, Jan 68, p. 3 (S); =Caulfield Comments=.

(54) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); Interview with Major Matthew P.
Caulfield, USMC dtd 10Feb68, No. 2535 (Oral History Collection,
HistBr, HQMC) (S); =Caulfield Comments=.

(55) =Dabney Comments=; =Caulfield Comments=.

(56) =Ibid.=; =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 4 (S); =Lownds Sep
Interview=; =White Comments=.

(57) =Pipes Comments.=

(58) =Wilkinson Comments.=

(59) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 4 (S); =Hudson Comments=.

(60) Interview with First Lieutenant William L. Everhart, dtd
10Feb68 No. 2535 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S);
=Hennelly Comments=.

(61) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 9 (S); =FMFPac Marine Opns
in Vietnam=, Jan68, p. 11 (S); =Tompkins Interview= (S); =Hudson
Comments=.

(62) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S).

(63) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 9 (S).

(64) =Cushman Comments.=

(65) =Ibid.=; =Westmoreland Comments=.

(66) =Westmoreland Comments.=

(67) =Ibid.=; Sharp and Westmoreland, =Report on The War=, p. 163.

(68) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, pp. 4, 11 (S); =Lownds Sep
Interview= (S).

(69) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); =Baig Comments=.

(70) =Wilkinson Comments.=

(71) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, p. 4 (S); =Lownds Sep
Interview=; =Wilkinson Comments=.

(72) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan68, pp. 3, 4 (S); =III MAF
CmdChron=, Jan68, pp. 3-10 (S).

(73) Sharp and Westmoreland, =Report on The War=, p. 158.

(74) Presentation of Lieutenant General Robert E. Cushman, Jr.,
USMC, in 1968 General Officers Symposium Book, dtd 15Jul68 (S).

(75) Sullivan, =et al.=, =The Vietnam War=, pp. 101-104.

(76) =Ibid.=, Sharp and Westmoreland, =Report on The War=, p. 235.

(77) =Ibid.=

(78) Sullivan, =et al.=, =The Vietnam War=, p. 99.

(79) =Ibid.=

(80) =Lownds Jul Interview= (S).

(81) =Ibid.=

(82) =Ibid.=; CG FMFPac msg to CMC, dtd 200327Z Mar68 (S).

(83) =Lownds Jul and Sep Interviews= (S).

(84) =Dabney Comments.=

(85) =Ibid.=

(86) =Ibid.=

(87) =Ibid.=; =Caulfield Comments=.

(88) =Dabney Comments.=

(89) =Lownds Jul Interview= (S).

(90) =Mitchell Comments.=

(91) =Lownds Jul and Sep Interviews= (S); =Tompkins Interview= (S).

(92) =Ibid.=; =Mitchell Comments=.

(93) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, p. 8 (S); Interview with
Captain Earl G. Breeding, USMC, dtd Jul68, No. 2121 (Oral
History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S): =Breeding Comments=.

(94) =Ibid.=

(95) =Ibid.=

(96) =Ibid.=; =Dabney Comments=.

(97) =Ibid.=

(98) =White Comments.=

(99) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, pp. 8-10 (S); =Tompkins
Interview= (S).

(100) =Ibid.=; =Lownds Jul Interview= (S); =Hennelly Comments=.

(101) =Hennelly Comments.=

(102) =Hudson Comments.=

(103) =Wilkinson Comments.=

(104) =Lownds Sep Interview=; =Caulfield Comments=.

(105) =Anderson Comments.=

(106) =Westmoreland Comments=; =White Comments=; =26th Marines
CmdChron=, Feb68, pp. 4-8 (S).

(107) =DIA IntBul.=

(108) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, pp. 8, 48 (S); =Mitchell
Comments=.

(109) =Ibid.=

(110) Lance Corporal Michael A. Barry Interview with HistBr, dtd
17Feb69.

(111) =Ibid.=

(112) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, pp. 8, 48, 49 (S); Mitchell
Comments.

(113) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, p. 49 (S).

(114) =Ibid.=, p. 51 (S).

(115) =Air Force Historical Comments=; =1st MAW CmdChron=, Feb68,
p. 8 (S).

(116) =Wilkinson Comments=; =White Comments=.

(117) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, p. 51 (S); Kashiwahara,
"Lifeline to Khe Sanh".

(118) =Ibid.=; =Lownds Sep Interview= (S).

(119) =VMGR-152 CmdChron=, Feb68, p. 4 (S); =Gregerson Comments=.

(120) Kashiwahara, "Lifeline to Khe Sanh"; =Meyers Comments=;
=Brown Comments=; =Air Force Historical Comments=.

(121) =Ibid.=; =Lownds Jul Interview= (S).

(122) =Ibid.=

(123) Information provided by the Marine Corps Command Center on
19Feb68.

(124) =Ibid.=

(125) =1st MAW CmdChron=, Jan, Feb, Mar68 (S); =Wilson Comments=.

(126) =Ibid.=

(127) =Dabney Comments.=

(128) =Ibid.=

(129) =Wilson Comments.=

(130) =DCS/Air Comments.=

(131) =Breeding Comments.=

(132) See =1st MAW CmdChron=, Jan, Feb, Mar68 (S); CG FMFPac msg to
CMC dtd 200327Z Mar68 (S).

(133) =Wilkinson Comments.=

(134) CG FMFPac Msg to CMC dtd 200327Z Mar68 (S); =Lownds Jul
Interview= (S).

(135) See =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan, Feb, and Mar68 (S).

(136) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S).

(137) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan, Feb, and Mar68 (S); =Lownds
Sep Interview=; Interview with Major William J. Sullivan,
USMC, dtd 26Apr68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr,
HQMC) (S); =Hennelly Comments=; =Gregerson Comments=; =Air
Force Historical Comments=.

(138) =1st MAW CmdChron=, Jan and Feb68 (S).

(139) =Ibid.=, Debrief Sheets (S).

(140) =Dabney Comments.=

(141) =1st MAW CmdChron=, Feb 68, p. 2-2 (S); =Pipes Comments.=

(142) Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Harry T. Hagaman, USMC, dtd
2Mar68, No. 2548 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (C).

(143) Information supplied by U. S. Air Force Public Information
Office, 16Oct68 (U); =Chaisson Comments=; =Air Force
Historical Comments=; =Brofft Comments=.

(144) =Tompkins Interview= (S).

(145) =Ibid.=; =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); Kashiwahara, "Lifeline
to Khe Sanh."

(146) =Air Force Historical Comments=; =26th Marines CmdChron=,
Jan, Feb and Mar68 (S); =Tompkins Interview=; =Baig Comments=.

(147) =Gregerson Comments.=

(148) =Lownds Jul Interview= (S); Interview with Major William J.
Sullivan, USMC, dtd 26Apr68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection,
HistBr, HQMC) (S); =Gregerson Comments=.

(149) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); Interview with First Lieutenant
James M. Alexander, USMC, dtd 26Apr68, No. 2621 (Oral History
Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S); =Hennelly Comments=.

(150) Interview with Major William J. Sullivan, USMC, dtd 26Apr68,
No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S); Interview
with First Lieutenant James M. Alexander, USMC, dtd 26Apr68, No.
2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S); =26th Marines
CmdChron=, Jan, Feb and Mar 68 (S); =Gregerson Comments=.

(151) =Ibid.=

(152) =Ibid.=

(153) =Lownds Interview=; =Hennelly Comments=.

(154) =Hennelly Comments.=

(155) =Baig Comments.=

(156) =Hennelly Comments.=

(157) =Ibid.=; =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan, Feb and Mar68 (S);
=Baig Comments=.

(158) =Ibid.=

(159) =Baig Comments.=

(160) =Ibid.=

(161) =Ibid.=

(162) =Ibid.=; Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. A.
Castagna, USMC, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection,
HistBr, HQMC) (S); Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., USMC,
=Soldiers of the Sea= (Annapolis: United States Naval
Institute 1962 ed.) p. 563.

(163) =Baig Comments.=

(164) Six Month Evaluation Report, HQ USMACV, 31May68 (S);
Interview with Colonel Franklin N. Pippin, USMC, dtd 24Jun68,
No. 2907 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S).

(165) =1/26 CmdChron=, Jan and Feb68 (S); CG FMFPac msg to CMC dtd
200327Z Mar68 (S); Information provided by Research,
Development, and Study Division, HQMC, 8Nov68 (U); =Lownds
Jul Interview= (S).

(166) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan and Feb68 (S); =Lownds Jul and
Sep Interviews= (S).

(167) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jan, Feb and Mar68 (S).

(168) =Dabney Comments.=

(169) =Ibid.=

(170) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); Interview with Sergeant Timothy
B. Keady, USMC, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection,
HistBr, HQMC) (S).

(171) =Baltimore Sun=, 25 May, p. 2 (Early Bird) (U).

(172) Interview with First Lieutenant James M. Alexander, USMC,
dtd 26Apr68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr,
HQMC) (S); Interview with Major William J. Sullivan, USMC,
dtd 26Apr68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC)
(S); Interview with Colonel Johnnie C. Vance, Jr., USMC,
dtd 20Jun68, No. 2909 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC)
(S); Interview with Major John A. Shepherd, USMC, dtd 26Apr68,
No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S).

(173) =Shepherd Comments.=

(174) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S).

(175) =Lownds Jul Interview= (S).

(176) =Ibid.=; =Tompkins Interview= (S).

(177) =Keller Comments.=

(178) =Wilkinson Comments.=

(179) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, Encl 1 (S).

(180) =Ibid.=

(181) =Lownds Sep Interview= (S); Interview with HM3 Class Frank V.
Calzia, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr,
HQMC) (S).

(182) =Ibid.=; Interview with Captain Kenneth W. Pipes, USMC, dtd
Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC) (S).

(183) =Ibid.=

(184) =Ibid.=; =26th Marines CmdChron=, Feb68, Encl 1 (S).

(185) =Lownds Jul and Sep Interviews= (S).

(186) =Ibid.=; =26th Marines CmdChron=, Mar68, p. 4 (S); =Baig
Comments=.

(187) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Mar68, pp. 3, 4 (S); =Wilkinson
Comments=.

(188) =Ibid.=; =Lownds Sep Interview=.

(189) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Mar68, p. 8 (S).

(190) =Ibid.=, pp. 11, 12.

(191) =Ibid.=, p. 7.

(192) =Ibid.=, pp. 7, 8.

(193) =Ibid.=, p. 6.

(194) =Ibid.=, p. 10 (S).

(195) =Ibid.=; =White Comments=.

(196) =Ibid.=; =McEwan Comments=; =Pipes Comments=.

(197) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Mar68, pp. 9, 10, and Encl 1.

(198) =Ibid.=; =Baig Comments=.

(199) MCCC, Status of Forces, Apr 68 (S); =Lownds Sep Interview=
(S); =PEGASUS AAR=, pp. 1-4.

(200) =PEGASUS AAR=, Encl 1 (C); =Westmoreland Comments=; =Cushman
Comments=.

(201) =Ibid.=

(202) =Tolson Comments.=

(203) =Ibid.=

(204) =PEGASUS AAR=, Encl 1 (C); =Rosson Comments=.

(205) =Ibid.=

(206) =Ibid.=

(207) =Ibid.=; =Lownds Jul and Sep Interviews= (S).

(208) =PEGASUS AAR=, Encl 1 (C).

(209) =Ibid.=

(210) =Ibid.=; =Lownds Jul and Sep Interviews= (S); =Tolson
Comments=.

(211) =PEGASUS AAR=, pp. 13, 14 (C).

(212) =Ibid.=, Encl 1.

(213) =Ibid.=

(214) =3/26 CmdChron=, Apr68, p. 4 (S); =Studt Comments=; =Meyers
Comments=.

(215) =Ibid.=; =Caulfield Comments=.

(216) =Ibid.=; =Dabney Comments=.

(217) =Caulfield Comments.=

(218) =Meyers Comments.=

(219) =3/26 CmdChron=, Apr68, p. 4 (S); =Meyers Comments=; =Studt
Comments=.

(220) =Caulfield Comments.=

(221) =PEGASUS AAR.=

(222) =Ibid.=; =26th Marines CmdChron=, Apr68, p. 4 (S); =Caulfield
Comments=.

(223) =Baltimore Sun=, 25May68, p. 2 (Early Bird) (U); =Washington
Star=, 25May68, p. 13 (Early Bird) (U).

(224) =Ibid.=

(225) =Olson Comments.=

(226) =Cushman Comments.=

(227) =Alderman Comments=; =Caulfield Comments=.

(228) =Baig Comments.=

(229) =Tompkins Interview=; =Lownds Jul and Sep Interviews= (S).

(230) =Westmoreland Comments=; =Cushman Comments=; =Rosson
Comments=.

(231) =Ibid.=

(232) =Ibid.=`

(233) =Washington Star=, 9Jun68, p. 1-E (Early Bird) (U).