Endnotes for Chapter
VI
1 General Abrams was the first to recognize officially the enemy tactic
and to define the countertactic to cut off what he termed "the
enemy's logistics nose."
2 Deployment of the Sheridans and installation of diesel engines in the
M1 13's were not the only efforts to improve mobility. In May 1968 three
air cushion vehicles were tested in the delta. Nicknamed the 39th Cavalry
Platoon, the vehicles were so beset by maintenance problems that the test
ended inconclusively
3 The cadre of this regiment studied tank warfare in Communist China and
the Soviet Union in the mid-1950's. The numerical designation of the
regiment was derived from the 202 cadre members who had been trained
abroad.
4 In November 1968 a pilot from the 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry (Air) ,
reported four unidentified tanks in this area but the report was never
confirmed. The 4th Infantry Division had reports from various sources that
enemy tanks were present in the area.
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