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A riveting combination of war memoir and unique examination of the role of intelligence during the Easter Offensive 1972 written by an intelligence analyst who was there in 1972. For the first two weeks of the Easter Offensive of 1972, the 571st Military Intelligence Detachment provided the only pertinent collateral intelligence available to American forces. Twice daily, the Detachment provided intelligence to the USS Buchanan (DDG-14), US Navy SEALS, and Special Forces units including tactical and strategic forecasts of enemy movements, information that was otherwise unavailable to U.S. units and advisors in-country. In the weeks before the offensive, vital agent reports and verbal warnings by the 571st MI Detachment had been ignored by all the major commands; they were only heeded, and then only very reluctantly, once the Offensive began. This refusal to listen to the intelligence explains why no Army or USMC organizations were on-call to recover prisoners discovered or U.S. personnel downed behind enemy lines, as in the BAT-21 incident, as the last two Combat Recon Platoons in Vietnam had been disbanded six weeks before the offensive began. The lessons and experiences of Operation Lam Son 719 in the previous year were ignored, especially with regard to the NVAs tactical use of tanks and artillery. In his memoir, Bob Baker, the only trained military intelligence analyst with the 571st MI Detachment in 1972, reveals these and other heroics and blunders during a key moment in the Vietnam War.

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Published in the United States of America and Great Britain in 2021 by
CASEMATE PUBLISHERS
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The Old Music Hall, 106108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JE, UK
Copyright 2021 W. R. (Bob) Baker
Hardback Edition: ISBN 978-1-61200-991-9
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Contents
Dedication
It is probable that Bruce Crosby and Gary Westcott at Firebase (FB) Sarge were the first US soldiers killed at the commencement of the Easter Offensive on March 30, 1972. To them both, and all the other servicemen who lost their lives during that oft-neglected chapter of the Vietnam War, this book is dedicated.
It is written also for the 571st Military Intelligence Detachment, 525 Military Intelligence Group. During the tumultuous days of the North Vietnamese invasion, six infantry divisions (with one forming in southern I Corps), three composite artillery divisions, a naval sapper regiment, four independent infantry regiments, and two armored regiments come pouring out of Laos and the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) into I Corps. Intelligence and support troops of the 571st never once lost sight of nor departed from the mission to provide accurate and timely intelligence to halt the enemy advance.
And to my wife Libbie, who supported me throughout the years it took to write this book and listened to my complaints and small victories, I can only offer my undying love and thanks for your love and for all the years weve had together and all the years to come. And to my children and grandchildren, who have given me joy and their support.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following:
Command historians Lori Stewart at the US Army Intelligence School, Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, and Robert Vanderpool of the Seventh Air Force, Korea, for their kind assistance. Thanks also go to the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA), in particular through Robin Smiths efforts, for finding and allowing me to cite from their May 1974 analysis of the Easter Offensive of 1972, and to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who found four reports from the period, two of which were heavily redacted, despite being over 45 years old.
Dr. William C. Spracher (COL, USA, ret.) has been generous with his time and his promptings have been appreciated. This book has its beginnings as another article for the American Intelligence Journal , which Bill (as its editor) would have been happy to receive before it was decided that a book would be able to contain much more of this topic.
Bob Dillon, an IBM employee who worked in Thailand during the war, spent time and effort in explaining Igloo White and the role of Nakhon Phanom (NKP) in this program and reviewed this part of the book.
G. Duane Whitman, for his internet site and his recalling of the 407th Radio Research Detachments operations along the DMZ and his reminder that the first two Americans killed during the Easter Offensive of 1972 were intel types.
Dr. James Willbanks (LTC, USA, ret.), author of many books, including The Battle of An Loc, who was wounded at An Loc and was also the chief historian at the US Army Command and General Staff College (USACGSC). He was always free to answer my questions, and his responses were most appreciated. Likewise, Thomas McKenna (LTC, USA, ret.), author of Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam , shared his experiences in II Corps. He wrote me, I encourage you to write a book on this subject. The people, like you, who have first-hand knowledge of what happened, need to write about it so it will be preserved for, and hopefully heeded by, future generations.
The US Armys Center for Military Historys Marie Forte found the write-up for the 525 Military Intelligence Groups Meritorious Unit Citationher efforts are appreciated.
Robert Wells (the S-1 for Team 155) for his insights into the workings of Team 155 and his personal recollections.
Michael Bigelow, US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) command historian, for searching for intelligence records that might be available.
My sincere thanks for being able to find a document rapidly goes to Rebekka Bernotat and Genoa Stanford the US Army Armor Center at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Their perseverance is both laudable and appreciated.
Rich Botkin, author of Ride the Thunder , who became a friend who always answered my enquiries and is a great humanitarian that few know about.
Gil Hansen, former executive officer (XO) of the USS Buchanan (DDG-14), for his narratives on supporting Captain John Ripley and Major James E. Smock at the Dong Ha Bridge, as well as his ships actions in the region. Likewise, Dean Myers for his assistance in allowing me access to the Buchanan s website and other insights.
Richard Baker and Marlea Leljedal at the Army War College guided me through their processes and responded to each and every query that I had the very next day.
Colonel Gerald Turley, USMC, and Robert Destatte, who were both gracious enough to answer questions. Also to Robert for sharing his graphics with me, as well.
Lewis Sorley for his clarifications and assistance, especially The Abrams Tapes .
Kevin Morrow attempted to find old material from Vietnam in the inner recesses of government archives.
Norman Fulkerson, author of An American Knight , was always available to answer questions about his book on Captain Ripley.
The Remnant and Michael Matt for publishing my Christmas 1971 reflection.
Lyman Reid of the National Archives at College Park, MD, for assistance in obtaining documentation in researching this book.
Art B. Cook (formerly 1LT, USA) who piloted the Huey used by our detachment to Quang Tri, rescuing stranded soldiers in the process, for answering a few questions by email.
The Vietnam Center and Archives for their extensive collections.
The US Geological Survey for their efficient and courteous handling of my various map requests.
To Ellen Cousins, a preeminent researcher who was able to find many items I had given up trying to find myself.
To my old European Defense Analysis Center (EUDAC) friends: Terry Rain, Larry Demers, Mike Scharfbillig, Vince Cattera, Barney Davis, Guido Michetti II, and Mike Quirk. We kept mutual friendships for almost 40 years, friendships that first started in Germany in a joint-service assignment. Thanks to the internet, we have kept in touch and mourned those of us who have passed away. Their encouragement, help, and assistance in the preparation of this book is most appreciated.
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