Endnotes for Chapter XII

2 Johnson, Public Papers, 1965, p. 495; U. S. G. Sharp and W. C. Westmoreland, Report on the War in Vietnam: 1964-1968 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1969), pp. 275-76: Hermes, "Vietnam Buildup," ch. 5, pp. 34-38.

3 Richard P. Weinert, The Role of USCONARC in the Army Buildup, FY 1966 (Fort Monroe, Va.: U.S. Continental Army Command, 1967), pp. 113-18; Ltr, TAG to CGs, First and Fifth U.S. Armies, 30 Sep 65, sub: Reorganization of the 1st Infantry Division, AGAO-O (M) (20 Sep 65) DCSPER, 1st Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO.

6 Weinert, Army Buildup, 1966, pp. 82-84; TOE 77-100T, Separate Light Infantry Brigadc, 1965; Ltr, TAG to CG, First U.S. Army, 7 Oct 65, sub: Change in Status of STRAF Units, AGAO-O (M) (21 Sep 65) DCSPER, and Fact Sheet (OSD 1078), ACSFOR for White House, The 196th Infantry Brigade has achieved a Combat Ready Posture, 20 Jun 66, both 196th Inf Bde file, DAMHHSO.

9 William F. Fulton, Riverine Operations, 1966-1969 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973), pp. 26-41, 51-60; Ltr, TAG to CG, Fifth Army, and CinC, USARPAC, 21 Mar 67, sub: Reorganization of Elements of the 9th Infantry Division, AGSD-C (M) (21 Oct 66) ACSFOR, 2d Bn, 47th Inf, file, DAMN-HSO.

10 Weinert, Army Buildup, 1966, pp. 97-99; Hennes, "Vietnam Buildup," ch. 13, pp. 34-38; Ltr, TAG to CG, Third U.S. Army, 17 Jun 66, sub: Activation of the 199th Infantry Brigade, AGSD-C (M) (3 Jun 66) ACSFOR, and The 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Sep) "Redcatcher," undated, Ms. both 199th Inf Bde file, DAMH-HSO; Sharp and Westmoreland, Report of the War in Vietnam, p. 129.

11 Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, 21 Jul 66, sub: Activation of the 11th Infantry Brigade, AGSD-C (M) (21 Jul 66) ACSFOR, and Joe F. Galle, "A History of the 11th Infantry Brigade, 1 July 1966-1 May 1970" (3d Military History Detachment, 1970?), p. 9, Ms, both I lth Inf Bde file, DAMN-HSO; SS, ACSFOR for ColS, I Apr 66, sub: Brigade Activations, FOR PP TP, Memo, ACSFOR for VCofS, 16 Oct 67, sub: Activation of the 6th Infantry Division, Incl 1, FOR PP TP, and Memo for Record, OCMH, 29 Sep 67, same subject, all 6th Inf Div file, DAM H-HSO.

12 Starry, Mounted Combat, p. 58; Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, 26 Jan 66, sub: Reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division, AGAO-O (M) (26 Jan 66) ACSFOR, and Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, 10 Mar 66, sub: Reorganization of Elements of the 25th Infantry Division, AGSDC (M) (10 Mar 66) ACSFOR, both 25th Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO; Ltr, TAG to CG, U.S. Army, Alaska, 10 Jan 66, sub: Activation of Units, AGAO-O (M) (10 Jan 66), AG Reference files, DAMHHSO; Hermes, "Vietnam Buildup," ch. 13, pp. 1-13.

13 Ltr, TAG to CG, Sixth U.S. Army, 29 Dec 65, sub: Reorganization of the 4th Infantry Division, AGAO-O (M) (12 Nov 65) DCSPER, 4th Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO; Weinert, Army, Buildup, 1966, pp. 122-25; Hermes, "Vietnam Buildup," ch. 13, pp. 27-34.

15 Ltr, TAG to Chief, NG13, and other addresses, 9 Oct 65, sub: Increased Readiness of the Selected Reserve Component Force, AGAM-P (M) (8 Oct 65) ORC (Office of Reserve Components) -OPT (Organization, Plans and Training)-OF, Selected Reserve Force file, DAMH-HSO; "Reserve Units In Selected Reserve Force," Army Reserve Magazine 11 (Dee 1965): 4-6; Ltr, NGB to AG, California, 1 Nov 65, sub: Reorganization of California ARNG, 1965, to Include SRF Units, NGAROTO 1002-California, Ltr, NGB to AG, Texas, 24 Jan 66, sub: Reorganization of Texas ARNG to Include SRF units, NG-AROTO 1002-O1-Texas, Ltr, NG13 to AG, Washington, 28 Oct 65, sub: Reorganization of the Washington ARNG, 1965, to Include SRF Units, NG-AROTO 1002-01Washington, and Ltr, NGB to AG, Oregon, 28 Oct 65, sub: Reorganization of the Oregon ARNG, 1965, to Include SRF Units, NG-AROTO 1002-01-Oregon, all NG13 Reference files, DAMH-HSO.

19 Weinert, Army Buildup, 1967, pp. 97-101; Telephone information request sheets, sub: Composition of the 198th Infantry Brigade, 2 and 5 May 1967, Msg DA 813926 to CG, CONARC, 9 May 67, sub: Organization of the 198th Inf Bde, and Memo for Record, undated, sub: Evolution of 198th Inf Bde, all 198th Inf Bde file, DAMH-HSO.

22 Msg, USARV to USARPAC, 181303 May 67, sub: 3d Brigades, 4th and 25th Infantry Division, Msg, ACSFOR to CinC, USARPAC, DA 824266, 1923552 Jul 67, same subject, GO 144, USARPAC, 1967, Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, 12 Sep 67, sub: Change in Status of USARPAC Units, AGSD-C (M) (1 Sep 67) ACSFOR, all 3d Bde, 25th Inf Div file, DAMN-HSO.

23 SS, ACSFOR for Cofs, 7 Sep 67, sub: Americal Division, FOR PP TP, Memo for Record, 29 Sep 67, sub: Organization and Activation of the 23d Infantry Division, and GO 175, USARPAC, 20 Sep 1967, all 23d Inf Div file, DAMN-HSO.

24 Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, 29 Sep 67, sub: Change in Status of Units, AGSD-C (20 Sep 67) ACSFOR, Ltr, TAG to CG, CONARC, 28 Sep 67, sub: Reorganization of the 198th Infantry Brigade, AGSD-C (M) (21 Sep 67) ACSFOR, both AG Reference files, DAMN-HSO; "For Freedom Under the Southern Cross," Americal 1 (May 1968): 2-6.

25 Sharp and Westmoreland, Report on the War in Vietnam, p. 156; News Release, 1170-67. Arrival of 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, 13 Dec 67, and Ltr, TAG to CG, Third U.S. Army, 30 Nov 67, sub: Reorganization of Elements of the 101st Airborne Division, AGSD-C (M) (15 Nov 67) ACSFOR, both 101st Abn Div file, DAMH-HSO.

26 SS, ACSFOR for Cots, 18 Oct 67, sub: Activation of the 6th Infantry Division, FOR PP TP, Msg, DA ACSFOR for CG, CONARC, and CinC, USARPAC, 837848, 2614262 Oct 67, same subject, Msg, CinC, USARPAC, to ACSFOR, 062056 Nov 67, same subject, and GO 358, Third U.S. Army, 1967, all 6th Inf Div file, DAMN-HSO.

27 W. W. Rostow, The Diffusion of Power (New York: Macmillan Co., 1972), p. 410; Report by the J-1 to the JCofstaff on Special Pay for Duty subject to Hostile fire in Korea, 21 Feb 68, JCS 2478/130, Korea, Special Pay for Hostile Fire file, DAMH-HSO; Sharp and Westmoreland, Report of the War In Vietnam, pp. 157-62, 183-84.

28 Ltr, TAG to CG, Fifth U.S. Army, 13 May 68, sub: Change in Status of Units, AGSD-C (M) (2 May 68) ACSFOR, 5th Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO; Msg, DA to CG, CONARC, and other addresses, 866004, 28 May 68, sub: Final Movement Directive 68-56, 1st Bde, 5th Inf Div, file, DAMH-HSO: Unit History of the 1st Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), 1917-1971, Ms, MHI.

29 Lyndon Baines Johnson, The Vantage Point (New York: Holt, Rinehard, and Winston, 1971), pp. 385-415 passim; Msg, ACSFOR, DA, to JCS, and other addresses, 859314, 11 Apr 68, sub: Mobilization Order, Msg, ACSFOR, DA, to JCS, and other addresses, 860342, 18 Apr 68, sub: Mobilization Station Change, 18 Apr 68, and ORC-OPT, Fact Sheet, sub: 12 Apr 68, Selection of Reserve Components for Mobilization, all Vietnam, Reserve Component file, DAMH-HSO.

32 Draft SS, ACSFOR for CofS, undated, sub: Redesignation of 101st Air Cavalry Division, FOR PP FP, and Msg, ACSFOR, DA, to CinC, USARPAC, 877510, 26 Aug 68, sub: Redesignation of Airmobile Division, 101st Abn Div file, DAMN-HSO.

34 Richard P. Weinert, The Role of USCONARC in the Army Buildup, FY 1968 (Fort Monroe. Va.: U.S. Continental Army Command, 1969), p.71; Ltr, TAG to CG, CONARC, and other addresses, 7 Mar 67, sub: Activation of STARF Units, 7 Mar 67, AGSD-C (M) (14 Mar 67) ACSFOR, Ltr. TAG to CG, CONARC, 20 Oct 67, sub: Activation of STRAF Units, AGSD-C (M) (16 Oct 67) ACSFOR, and Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, 2 Oct 67, sub: Activation of Units, AGSD-C (M) (22 Sep 67) ACSFOR, all AG Reference files, DAMH-HSO. In addition to the infantry battalions assigned to divisions and brigades, one nondivisional infantry unit served in Vietnam in a military police role.

37 Starry, Mounted Combat, pp. 142, 234-37; John H. Hay, Jr., Tactical and Materiel Innovations (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1974), pp. 111-16; Army Concept Team in Vietnam, Final Report: Optimum Mix of Armored Vehicles for Use in Stability Operations, p. H-20, CGSC Library, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Although nine mechanized infantry battalions served in Vietnam, only eight served there at any given time. The assets of the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry, an element of the 9th Infantry Division, were used to organize the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, an element of the 1st Infantry Division, in 1968.

42 Msg, ACSFOR to CinC, USAREUR, DA 737567, 22 Oct 65, sub: Reorganization of USAREUR Division, Division General file, Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, 12 Apr 66, sub: Change in Status of Units, AGSD-C (M) (12 Apr 66) ACSFOR, both (26 Sep 66), Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, 3 Oct 66, sub: Activation of US Army Europe Units, AGSD-C-C (M)(26 Sep 66) ACSFOR, AG Reference files, Msg, ACSFOR to CinC, USAREUR, and CG, CONARC, 1121582 Feb 66, sub: Transfer of the 5th Bn 32d Armor, DA 750634, 5th Bn, 32d Armor, file, all DAMH-HSO; TOE 17G, Armored Division, 1966; TOE 37G, Mechanized Infantry Division, 31 Mar 1966; TOE 7-45G, Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 1966; TOE 17-35G, Tank Battalion, 31 Mar 1966; John S. Yakshe, "REDEYE Ground to Air," Infantry 56 (Jul-Aug 1966): 22-23.

43 "US, UK, and Germany Conclude Trilateral Talks," Department of State Bulletin 56 (22 Nov 67): 788-89; Richard P. Weinert, USCONARC and Redeployment of Forces from Europe (REFORce R) (Fort Monroe, Va.: U.S. Continental Army Command, 1969).

44 Msg, DA to CG, CONARC, 889661, 6 Dec 68, sub: Public Announcement-Reforger 1, and Ltr, TAG to CG, CONARC, and other addresses, 28 May 69, sub: After Action Report, Exercise Reforger I, AGAM-P (23 May 69) FOR OT UT 69E001, both Reforger file, DAMH-HSO.

45 Ltr, TAG to CG, Third U.S. Army, 23 May 66, sub: Inactivation of the 2d Battalion, 29th Infantry, AGSD-C (M) (3 May 66), 197th Inf Bde file, DAMH-HSO; Telephone or Verbal Conversation Record, Mrs Stubbs and Lt Col Derhay, 11 Jun 67, sub: An Armored Brigade for Ft Knox, and Ltr, TAG to CG, U.S. Army Combat Developments Command, 24 Jan 68, sub: Reorganization of Unit, AGSD-C (M) ACSFOR, both 194th Armd Bde file, Ltr, TAG to CG, US Army, Alaska, 10 Jul 67, ADSD-C (M) (3 Jul 67) ACSFOR, 171st Inf Bde file, and GO 70, U.S. Forces Southern Command, 1968, 3d Bn, 5th Inf file, all DAMH-HSO.

46 Msg, OCINFO DA to CG, CONARC, and CinC, USARPAC 870873, 3 Jul 68, sub: Decision by the Secretary of Defense not to Activate the 6th Infantry Division, and Ltr, TAG to CG, CONARC, and CinC, USARPAC, 18 Nov 68, sub: Change in Status of Units, AGSD-C (M) (31 Jul 68) ACSFOR, both 6th Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO; Ltr, TAG to CG, CONARC, 7 Nov 68, sub: Change in Status of Units, AGSD-C (M) (10 Oct 68) ACSFOR, 4th Bde, 82d Abn Div, file, and Ed Gerhardt, Unit History of the 69th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) 1963-1978, 15 Feb 79, Ms, pp. 10-21, 69th Bde, 35th Inf Div, file.

47 Memo for Record, Sec of the General Staff, sub: Meeting with VCSA on Re-examination of Reduction of Forces in Europe and Reconstitution of the 6th Division (2 Brigades), 23 Aug 68, and OPS Form 28, ACSFOR to CofS, 30 Sep 67, sub: Activation of Division Headquarters and a Brigade size Force of the 6th Infantry Division (Show the Flag Concept), FOR PP FP, 6th Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO.

48 Chief of Information, DA, Why Merge (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1965); Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, and other addresses, 14 Jun 67, sub: Reserve Component Reorganization, AGAM-P (M) (13 Jun 67) ORC-OPT-OP, Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, and other addresses, 20 Jul 67, same subject, AGAM-P (M) (20 Jul 67) ORC-OPT-OP, and News Release, 27 Nov 67, Anny Reserve Components Will Commence Reorganization, all Army Reserve file, DAMHHSO; "The President Reports to the 89th General Conference," National Guardsman, 21 (Oct 1967): inside front cover and pp. 36-39; "Division Command Rotation Plan Set Aside," National Guardsman, 22 (Mar 1968): 16; James F. Cantwell, "A Salute to the Lost' Divisions," National Guardsman, 22 (Feb 1968): inside front cover. The Guard wanted the maneuver element mix for mechanized infantry and armored divisions to be the same as the prototype divisions under the 1966 tables of organization, but for infantry divisions it desired eight infantry, two mechanized infantry, and two armor battalions; thus the infantry division would have been larger than Regular Army divisions.

49 Report of the Chief, National Guard Bureau, 1968, pp. 33-34; Keith E. McWilliams, "Divisions or Brigades for the National Guard," Military Review 51 (Jan 1971): 37; also NG-AROTO 1002-1 letters 1967-1968, copies in CMH.

51 Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, 25 Apr 68, sub, SRF 11 Troop List, AGAM-P (M) (16 Nov 67) ORC-OPT-OP, Army Reserve file, DAMN-HSO; "CONARC Report on US Army Reserve 68," Army Reserve Magazine 25 (Mar 1968): 4-5; "SRF Born 27 September 1965; Died September 1969," National Guardsman 23 (Sep 1969): 12-16; Department of the Army Historical Summary, 1970, p. 70.

52 TOE 29-7T-3, Division (Training), 1966; "Things to Come: CONARC Present Plans for the New Year," Army Reserve Magazine 13 (Dec 1967): 8-9; Notes, "Training Division Reorganization, 1967-1968," Division General files, DAMH-HSO.

54 Westmoreland, A Soldier Reports, p. 381; GO 236, Fifth US Army, 23 Jul 1969; Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, and other addresses, undated, sub: Letter of Instruction for Redeployment of US Army Forces from RVN (U), AGAM-P (21 Jul 69) OPS OD FE, Vietnam Redeployment file, Msg.

55 Msg, CINTO, DA, to CG, USARPAC and other addresses, 919410, 8 Aug 69, sub: Inactivation of 9th Infantry Division; Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR and Seventh Army and other addresses, 18 Dec 69, sub: Plan for Release of Units and Individuals ordered to Active Duty under the Reserve Forces Mobilization, May 68, AGAM-P (M) (13 Dec 68) DCSPER-PLD, Vietnam, Reserve Component, file, DAMH-HSO; Msg, DCSOPS, DA, 922222, 2 Sep 69, sub: Demobilization of the 29th Inf Bde, 29th Inf Bde file, DAMH-HSO; Ltr, NGB to AG, Hawaii, 12 Nov 69, sub: Reestablishment and Reorganization of the 29th Infantry Brigade, NG-AROTO 1002-O1-Hawaii 29th Inf Bde, DAMH-HSO; GO 645, USARPAC, 26 Aug 1969; Msg, SECDEF to CinC, Pacific Area Command, 6 Nov 69, sub: Public Affairs Guidance for Activation of Units in Hawaii, 4th Bde, 25th Inf Div, file, DAMH-HSO.

56 Nixon, Public Papers, 1969, p. 718; Msg, CG, U.S. Army, Vietnam (USARV), to CG, 3d Bde, 82d Abn Div, 134411 1408472 Oct 69, sub: Implementing Instructions to USARPAC Advance Movement Directive 13-69, and Ltr, TAG to CG, CONARC, 9 Jan 70, sub: Approval of MTOE, AGAO-D (M) (17 Dec 69) ACSFOR, both 3d Bde, 82d Abn Div, file, DAMH-HSO; Ltr, NGB to AG, Kansas, 2 Dec 59, sub: Reestablishment of 69th Inf Bde and 995th Maint Co in Kansas ARNG, NG-AROTO-O1, Kansas, Kansas NG file, DAMH-HSO.

57 Redeployment had a broader meaning than just transferring units from one command to another. It included the inactivation of units in Vietnam, the transfer of units to other commands for retention in the force, and the return of units to the United States for inactivation.

59 Msg, ACSFOR to CinC, USARPAC, 940715 9 Feb 70, sub: Inactivation/reorganization/ activation, ACSFOR MF CRA, and Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, and other addresses, 14 Nov 70, sub: Letter of Instruction for the Fifth Increment Redeployment of US Army Forces from RVN, AGDA (M) (14 Nov 70) OPS OD TR, both Vietnam Redeployment file, DAMN-HSO.

60 Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, and other addresses, 17 Feb 71, sub: Letter of Instruction for the Sixth Increment Redeployment of US Army Forces from RVN, AGPA-A (M) (12 Feb 71) OPS OD TR, Vietnam Redeployment file, DAMH-HSO; Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, 15 Apr 71, sub: Letter of Instruction for the Reorganization/Inactivation of the lst/4th Armored Division, AGDA-A (M) (8 Apr 71) OP OD TR, GO 147, III Corps and Fort Hood, 1971, and Ltr, 1st Armd Div to U. S. Army Institute of Heraldry, 25 May 71, sub: Request for Information, AETSKA, OPS 28 Form, ACSFOR, sub: Redesignation of the 1 st Armored Division, DAFD-MFP-T, 22 Sep 72; all 1 st Armd Div file, DAMN-HSO; Ltr, Bruce Clark to Westmoreland, 26 Mar 71, and Ltr, Hal Pattison, Chief of Military History to Clark, 31 Mar 71, both 4th Armd Div file, DAMN-HSO.

61 Memo for Record, Vincent M Russo, Asst Sec of the Gen Staff, 22 Jun 71, sub: Stationing of the 173d Airborne Brigade, and Msg, ACSFOR to CG, CONARC, 1722062 Dec 71 sub: Organization of 101st Abn Div (Ambl) in CONUS, both 173d Abn Bde file, DAMH-HSO.

62 Ltt- TAG to CinC, USARPAC, and other addresses, 5 Jun 72, sub: Letter of Instruction for the Twelfth Incremental Redeployment of US Army Forces from RVN, DAAG-PAP-A (M) (24 May 72) DAMO-ODT, and Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, and other addresses, 10 Aug 72, sub: Letter of Instruction for the Thirteenth Incremental Redeployment of US Army Forces from RVN, DAAGPAP-A (M) (2 Aug 72), DAMO-ODT, both Vietnam Redeployment file, DAMN-HSO.

63 Nixon, Public Papers, 1969, pp. 905-06; Ltr, TAG to CinC, USARPAC, and other addresses, 22 Jun 71, sub: Letter of Instruction for Redeployment of US Army Forces from the Republic of Korea, ADGA-A (M) (8 Jun 71) OPS OD TR, Korea, Redeployment of Units 1971-1972 file, DAMH-HSO; GO 162, Sixth US Army, 1971, 7th Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO.

64 US Army Alaska, "Annual Historical Summary, 1 Jul 68-30 Jun 69," p. 14, 1 Jul 69-30 Jun 70, p. 17, DAMH-HSR; Department of the Army Historical Summary, 1972, p. 10; GO 657, US Army Alaska, 1972, 171 st Inf Bde file, DAMN-HSO.