AIRMOBILITY IN VIETNAM
1961 -- 1971
By LTG John J. Tolson, Department of the Army , Washington DC, 1989.
This study was dedicated to the memory of LTC Bob L. Gregory, LTC Herlihy T. Long, LTC Howard P. Petty, and LTC Robert L. Runkle. Airmobile Battalion Commanders who were killed in action during Vietnam.
The book is base on official records, with additional material from published & unpublished secondary works, from debriefing reports, interviews and personal experience of the author.
The author was involved in the air mobility concept as early as 1939. He participated in the 1st tactical air movement operation in World War II. He became an aviator in 1957 and later served as Director of the Army Aviation School. From 1967 - 1968, he serves as the 1st CAV Div (Airmobile) CDR, in Vietnam.
The author thesis was to trace the evolution of airmobility in the US Army.
My thesis is the helicopters effect on military history.
Vietnam was the first......
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