#US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - Blackhorse

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Book 38 of 2024 (★★★★)

Title: M113 in action Authors: Stephen Tunbridge & Robert C. Stern

Series: 2017 of Armor in action ISBN: 9780897470506 Rating: ★★★★ Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Armor.US Armor, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Armor, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN.Armor, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Australia.Armor, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Armor, Books.Military.Series.Squadron Signal

Description: The M113 remains one of the most significant landmarks in the history of Armored Fighting Vehicles. Despite truly impressive production figures, surprisingly little has been published on the M113.

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Books of 2023

Book 74 of 2023

Title: Elite Bastards Authors: Edward L Dvorak ISBN: 9781526789655

Tags: B-52 Stratofortress, FAC, M24 Duster, O-1 Bird Dog, US USA 101st Airborne Division - Screaming Eagles, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - Blackhorse, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - 4th Bn, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - 4th Bn - D Co, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - 4th Bn - D Co - 1st Plt, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - 4th Bn - D Co - 1st Plt - 1st Sqd, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - Sky Soldiers, US USA 17th Cavalry Regiment, US USA 17th Cavalry Regiment - 3/17, US USA 17th Cavalry Regiment - 3/17 - D Troop, US USA 17th Cavalry Regiment - E Troop, US USA 199th Light Infantry Brigade - Redcatchers, US USA 25th ID - Tropic Lightning, US USA 51st Infantry Regiment, US USA 51st Infantry Regiment - F Co (LRP), US USA 51st Infantry Regiment - F Co (LRP) - Team 1/2, US USA 51st Infantry Regiment - F Co (LRP) - Team 1/3, US USA 51st Infantry Regiment - F Co (LRP) - Team 1/5, US USA 51st Infantry Regiment - F Co (LRP) - Team 1/6, US USA 51st Infantry Regiment - F Co (LRP) - Team 1/7, US USA 74th Reconnaissance Airplane Co (RAC), US USA 74th Reconnaissance Airplane Co (RAC) - Aloft, US USA ANG Army National Guard, US USA ANG IN 151st Infantry Regiment, US USA ANG IN 151st Infantry Regiment - D Co (LRP), US USA Combat Trackers - K9, US USA Fort Benning GA, US USA Fort Leonard Wood MO, US USA LRRP Team (Vietnam War), US USA United States Army, US USA USSF 5th SFG, US USA USSF Green Berets, US USA USSF Sgt Maj Mcguire, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USN SEALS, US USN United States Navy, USA AeroScouts, VNM 1968 Tet Offensive (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Dak To (1967) (Vietnam War), VNM Bien Hoa, VNM Bien Hoa Air Base (Vietnam War), VNM Bien Hoa Army Base (Vietnam War), VNM Cam Ranh Bay, VNM Camp Lindsey-Lattin (Vietnam War), VNM Central Highlands, VNM Cu Chi, VNM Dak To, VNM Dong Nai River, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Hill 875, VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM III Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Iron Triangle (Vietnam War), VNM LBJ Long Binh Jail - USARVIS US Army Vietnam Installation Stockade (Vietnam War), VNM LBJ Long Binh Jail (Vietnam War), VNM Long Binh Post - Ammunition Depot (Vietnam War), VNM Long Binh Post (Vietnam War), VNM Nha Trang - 5th SFG Recondo School (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Arc Light (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN Chieu Hoi Program/Force 66 - Luc Luong 66 (Vietnam War), VNM Song Be, VNM Tuy Hoa, VNM US MACVSOG (1964-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM US MACVSOG Hatchet Force Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACVSOG Road Runner Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 24th Evacuation Hospital - Long Binh (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 6th Convalescent Hospital - Cam Ranh Bay, VNM US USA Cam Ranh Bay - Replacement Depot, VNM US USA II Field Force (1966-1971) (Vietnam War), VNM US USSF 5th SFOB Special Forces Operation Base - Nha Trang, VNM US USSF Mobile Strike Force - MIKE Force (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM Vung Tau, VNM War Zone C (Vietnam War), VNM War Zone D (Vietnam War)

Rating: ★★★ Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Specops.LRRPs

Description: This is the quintessential first-person combat memoir of a special forces soldier at war. Edward Dvorak joined the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam in the summer of 1967. He then joined Company F, 51st Infantry, Long Range Patrol, Airborne. For Dvorak and his buddies of Company F, LRP, their real training started with the MACV (Military Assistant Command Vietnam) Recondo School at the 5th Special Forces Compound in Nha Trang, South Vietnam. That training culminated with an actual Combat LRP mission. If you lived through the patrol, you graduated. Dvorak would remain with Company F for 19 months going on dozens of combat patrols deep behind enemy lines.

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Book 52 of 2023

Title: Taking Fire!: Memoir of an Aerial Scout in Vietnam Authors: David L. Porter ISBN: 9781476639086 Tags: A-1 Skyraider, AH-1 Cobra, B-52 Stratofortress, Cherokee 180, F-4 Phantom II, FAC, KHM Cambodia, KHM Cambodian Incursion (1970) (Vietnam War), KHM Snoul, KHM Snoul Rubber Plantation, KOR Korea, KOR ROK Republic of Korea Army, M-48 Patton, OH-58 Kiowa, OH-6 Cayuse/Loach/LOH, OV-10 Bronco, PHL Manila, PHL Philippines, PHL US USN Subic Bay Naval Base, UH-1 Huey, US HI Hawaii, US HI Honolulu, US President Richard M. Nixon, US SD SDSU South Dakota State University, US SD SDSU South Dakota State University - ROTC, US SD South Dakota, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - 1st Sqd, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - 2nd Sqd, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - 3rd Sqd, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - ACT Aerial Attack Plt - Red, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - ACT Aerial Lift Plt - Blues, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - ACT Aerial Reconnaissance Plt - White, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - ACT Air Cavalry Troop - Thunderhorse, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - ACT ARP Aerial Rifle Platoon - Blues, US USA 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment - Blackhorse, US USA 1st Cavalry Division, US USA 20th Aerial Rocket Artillery Bn - 2/20 - Blue Max, US USA 90th Replacement Bn, US USA Fort DeRussey HI, US USA Fort Knox KY, US USA Fort Knox KY - Armor Officer Basic Course, US USA Fort Rucker AL, US USA Fort Wolters TX (1963-1973), US USA United States Army, US USAF United States Air Force, US USN United States Navy, US USO United Service Organizations, VNM An Loc, VNM Angels Wing, VNM Bien Hoa, VNM Bien Hoa - Blackhorse Base (Vietnam War), VNM Di An, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC COSVN Central Office for South Vietnam, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM FSB Susan (Vietnam War), VNM Highway 13, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM III Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Loc Ninh, VNM Michelin Rubber Plantation, VNM Operation Arc Light (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Snoopy (People Sniffer) (Vietnam War), VNM Quan Loi, VNM Quan Loi - QLMC Military Complex (Vietnam War), VNM Quan Loi - QLMC White House HQ (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN Chieu Hoi Program/Force 66 - Luc Luong 66 (Vietnam War), VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM Saigon, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM Vung Tau Rating: ★★★★ Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Aviation.US Army.Helos.Scouts

Description: As a first lieutenant in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army pilot David Porter was section leader in an Aerial Scout platoon in Vietnam. Their mission was to conduct reconnaissance in OH-6 aircraft (a.k.a. Light Observation Helicopter or "Loach") near the Cambodian border. Finding and engaging the enemy at low altitude in coordination with an AH-1 Cobra gunship circling above, these units developed a remarkable method of fighting the Viet Cong: Hunter-Killer Operations. The tactic had great local success but died with the war. Few today are aware of the hazards these pilots faced during times of intense combat. Porter's vivid memoir recounts the internal workings of a legendary air cavalry troop, in-the-cockpit combat actions, and the men who were key players on this perilous battleground.

Review: I'm a sucker for scout pilot books, and I'm really glad I finally got my hands on this one. This is one of the few books that talks about the transition from OH-6's to 58's and had so many great stories of what it was like to scout for the 11th ACR. Definitely a good read.