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A LSO BY D AVID M ARANISS
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Maraniss, David.
They marched into sunlight : war and peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 / David Maraniss.
p. cm.
1. Vietnamese Conflict, 19611975United States. 2. Vietnamese Conflict, 19611975Protest movementsUnited States. 3. United StatesPolitics and government19631969.
I. Title.
DS558.M35 2003
959.70431dc21
2003052885
ISBN 13: 978-0-7432-6255-2 (eBook)
ISBN 0-7432-6255-7
T O E LLIOTT AND M ARY M ARANISS, MY P ARENTS
C ONTENTS
C AST OF C HARACTERS
VIETNAM STORY
Albin, Ray: Delta weapons platoon mortars plotter
Allen, Consuelo: Oldest daughter of Terry Allen Jr.
Allen, Jean Ponder: Wife of Terry Allen Jr.
Allen, Terry, Jr.: 2/28 Black Lions battalion commander
Allen, Terry, Sr.: World War II First Infantry Division commander
Arias, Michael: Alpha radiotelephone operator
Barrow, Clarence: Delta first sergeant
Blackwell, James: Black Lions intelligence officer
Bolen, Jackie: Delta squad leader
Breeden, Clifford: Alpha rifleman, first man killed in October 17 battle
Buentiempo, Ernest: Alpha radiotelephone operator
Bunker, Ellsworth: U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam
Burrows, George: Reconnaissance platoon rifleman
Byrd, Dwayne: Delta acting platoon leader
Cash, John A.: Military historian of October 17 battle
Colburn, Tom: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Coleman, William: First Infantry assistant division commander
Coonly, Bill and Bebe: El Paso friends of Terry Allen Jr.
Costello, Joe: Alpha grenadier
Cron, Doug: Delta rifleman from C Packet
DePuy, William: Hays predecessor as First Infantry Division commander
Dowling, Francis: Black Lions sergeant major
Durham, Harold (Pinky): Delta artillery forward observer
Eastman, Phil: Doctor at Ninety-third Evacuation Hospital
Edwards, Peter: Alpha platoon leader
Erwin, Bill: Reconnaissance platoon leader
Farrell, Michael: Alpha radiotelephone operator from C Packet
Gallagher, Michael: Alpha rifleman
Garcia, Melesso: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Gavin, James G.: Retired general and war critic
George, Jim: Alpha Company commander from C Packet
Giannico, Paul: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Giap, Vo Nguyen: Commander in chief of the North Vietnamese Army
Gilliam, Jim: Delta radiotelephone operator
Grady, Tom: Alpha executive officer from C Packet
Grider, Edward: Alpha rifleman
Griego, Santiago: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Grosso, Gerard: Black Lions air operations officer
Hay, John H.: First Infantry Division commander
Hinger, Tom: Alpha medic
Ho Chi Minh: Leader of North Vietnam
Holleder, Don: First Brigade operations officer, former Army football star
Johnson, Willie C.: Alpha platoon leader
Jones, Bernard Francis: Special Forces captain
Jones, James: Alpha forward observer aide
Kasik, Jim: Bravo Company commander
Kirkpatrick, Fred: Delta point man
Lam, Nguyen Van: Commander of C-1 Company, Eighty-third Rear Service Group
Landon, Gregory: Delta radiotelephone operator from C Packet
Laub, David: Delta radiotelephone operator
Locke, Eugene M.: Deputy ambassador to South Vietnam
Lovato, Joe, Jr.: Delta Company medic
Luberda, Andrew: Delta platoon leader
McGath, Bill: Delta rifleman from C Packet
McMeel, Frank: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Miller, Peter: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Mullen, Thomas V.: Alpha platoon leader
Newman, George: First Brigade commander
Phillips, Raymond: Delta radiotelephone operator
Reece, Ronnie: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Reese, Thomas: Charlie Company commander
Schroder, Jack: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Scott, Jimmy: Delta radiotelephone operator
Scott, Paul D.: Delta radiotelephone operator
Sena, Faustin: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Shelton, Jim: Black Lions operations officer
Sikorski, Daniel: Delta machine gunner and squad leader
Sikorski, Diane: Dannys little sister in Milwaukee
Sloan, John: Black Lions operations officer
Smith, Mark: Reconnaissance platoon sergeant
Stroup, David: Delta platoon leader
Tallent, Doug: Delta weapons platoon from C Packet
Taylor, Mike: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Thompson, Gerald: Delta squad leader
Tizzio, Pasquale: Black Lions radiotelephone operator
Triet, Vo Minh: VC First Regiment deputy commander
Troyer, Mike: Delta rifleman from C Packet
Valdez, Jos: Alpha first sergeant
Warner, Terry: Delta weapons sergeant from C Packet
Welch, A. Clark: Delta Company commander
Westmoreland, William C.: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, commander
Weyand, Frederick C.: III Corps commander
Woodard, Carl: Alpha squad leader
WISCONSIN STORY
Archer, Sandra: San Francisco Mime Troupe actor
Bablitch, William: UW law student and demonstration observer
Beutel, A. P. (Dutch): Washington lobbyist for Dow Chemical Company
Boll, James: Dane County district attorney
Brandes, Stuart: History doctoral student and observer
Brandt, E. N.: Dow Chemical Company director of public relations
Brotman, Jane: UW freshman from New Jersey
Bunn, Peter: UW assistant dean of students
Center, Charles: UW business school professor
Cheney, Lynne: UW doctoral student in English literature
Cheney, Richard B.: UW graduate student in political science and future vice president
Cipperly, Jack: UW assistant dean of students
Cohen, Robert: UW graduate student and leftist orator
Coyote, Peter: San Francisco Mime Troupe actor
Davis, Ronald G.: San Francisco Mime Troupe director
Dietrich, Cathy: UW student politician and Soglin girlfriend
Doan, Herbert Dow: Dow Chemical Company president and grandson of founder
Dow, H. H.: Dow Chemical Company founder
Edelson, Morris: UW English graduate student and Quixote editor
Emery, William: Madison chief of police
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