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	The Americal Division History (Published 1971) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is the history of the Americal Division, "Born in Battle" in the jungles of the Pacific during World War II and committed today to the rice paddies and mountains of southern I Corps in Vietnam.
		The division occupied the area until the end of October when the unit was relieved by the 1st Cavalry Division, and the Americal began preparing for the long-awaited trip home.
		In the center of the division, Operation Geneva Park was embarked upon by the 'Brave and the Bold' of the 198th Infantry Brigade and the 6th ARVN Regiment.
	www.americal.org /ambook.shtml (18209 words)

	Americal Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the command of Patch, the Americal Division was the first US Army unit to be sent to Guadalcanal, where it relieved the exhausted US 1st Marine Division, and carried the brunt of the fighting on the island from that time on.
		Later in World War II the Americal Division (alongside the 37th Infantry Division, a Marine defense battalion, and supporting units) took up positions on the newly invaded island of Bougainville, and warned by intelligence of the storm to come, utterly defeated a massive and sustained Japanese counter-attack, which began on 7 March 1944.
		The Division was reactivated in 1967 in Vietnam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Americal_Division (794 words)

	VI. DIVISION AND BRIGADE MEDICAL SUPPORT
		Although one brigade of the 4th Infantry Division was initially positioned in the coastal area of Phu Yen Province in III CTZ, the entire division was deployed to the Central Highlands by the end of 1966 to counter the steady buildup of North Vietnamese, units in that region.
		During 1967, the division, and its predecessors in the Central Highlands, the 101st Airborne and the 25th Infantry Divisions, remained on the defensive.
		When the Americal Division was reorganized under the ROAD (Reorganization Objective Army Divisions) concept in February 1969, three companies were added to the battalion and it was authorized a strength of 38 officers and 333 enlisted men.
	25thaviation.org /history/id840.htm (4753 words)

	Combat Chronicle- Americal (Infantry) Division
		Elements of the Division defended Henderson Field against heavy enemy attacks, 23-25 October, took part in the offensive across the Matanikau River in November, and attacked and took Mount Austen in January 1943.
		During the period 25 December 1943 to 12 January 1944 the Americal Division landed on Bougainville, relieving the 3d Marine Division and was given the task of holding and extending the right half of a previously established perimeter.
		The Division went on the offensive in March 1944, driving the Japanese east of Mavavia River, 7-9 April, and seizing numerous strategic hill lasses during the rest of the month.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/lineage/cc/americal.htm (442 words)

	FSB Hill 4-11, Back Then, ARVN Our Vital Partner
		Their physical appearance differ the Americal soldier towering over his ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) ally.
		In one approach, U.S. advisors and ARVN and Americal unit commanders hold informal discussions, determining which units will participate in the operation and what their functions will be.
		Americal APCs maintained local security as the ARVN tank company deployed along the flanks with the infantry units.
	www.hill4-11.org /backthen/backthen-arvn.html (1252 words)

	25th Infantry Division Association: The Units (Continued)
		The 25th Division Artillery was initially composed of the 8th, 64th and 89th Field Artillery Battalions formed from the 8th Field Artillery Regiment, and the 90th Field Artillery Battalion formed from the 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, Hawaiian Division.
		Serving in the Americal Division's 132nd Regimental Combat Team as the direct support battalion for the 132nd Infantry, the 245th arrived on Guadalcanal on 8 December 1942 and attacked Mount Austin and engaged in heavy combat with Japanese defenders.
		In 1975 the 2nd Battalion was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division as a howitzer battalion and reactivated at Fort Polk.
	www.25thida.com /units2.html (8818 words)

	Guadalcanal Campaign - Part II: December Offensive
		On 30 November 1942, the 25th Division, under the command of Maj Gen J. Lawton Collins, was sent to the South Pacific to relieve the 1st Marine Division.
		Staff officers of the Americal Division, having arrived in November, were working closely with the Marine Division staff and familiarizing themselves with the unique problems encountered on Guadalcanal.
		The only ground forces on Guadalcanal in November were the Americal Division, the 147th Infantry, the reinforced 2d and 8th Marines of the 2d Marine Division, and the Marine defense battalions, which were needed to hold the ground already taken by American forces.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=ah/article/ah20050923c (1332 words)

	Americal Division
		Americal Division - The Americal Division of the United States Army was formed in May 1942 on the island of New Caledonia.
		It is bordered by Magway Division and Mandalay Division to the north; Kayin State, Mon State and the Gulf of Martaban to the east; Yangon Division to the south and Ayeyarwady...
		Originally called the "1st London Division" it was designated the 56th Division in 1915 and referred to as the "1/1st London Division" after the raising of the second-line 58th (2/1st London) Division.
	at75.abricad.info /americaldivision.html (1332 words)

	23 MP history from newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Constituted April 3, 1943 as the Military Police Platoon, Americal Division, it was activated on May 1, 1943 in New Caledonia, South Pacific.
		In April 1967, with the advent of Task Force Oregon in Vietnam, half of the 148th platoon of the 18th MP Brigade and half of the 544th platoon of the 196th Infantry Brigade came together as the MP Platoon in support of the task force.
		Major Warren Lucas was the Deputy Provost Marshall of the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam when he was called to Saigon in the spring of 1967 to plan for the MP assets of a new task force being formed, called "Oregon".
	www.dutch23mp.bravepages.com /graphics/advamp_artical.htm (4822 words)

	CHAPTER 28: The U.S. Army in Vietnam
		Despite the fluidity of the tactical situation, airmobile command and control procedures enabled the division to move and to keep track of its units over a large area, and to accommodate the frequent and rapid changes in command arrangements as units were moved from one headquarters to another.
		Although elements of the division were occasionally transferred to the highlands as the threat there waxed and waned, the general movement of forces was toward the north.
		The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, the reserve of I Field Force, was summoned to Pleiku and subsequently moved to Dak To, a CIDG camp in northern Kontum Province, to assist a besieged South Vietnamese force at the nearby government post at Toumorong.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/AMH/AMH-28.htm (20913 words)

	U.S. Army Divisions of World War II: Americal Infantry Division, Casualties, Generals, Battles & Campaigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Activation date is the date the division was activated or inducted into federal service (national guard units).
		Other Wars are the wars in which the division was mobilized.
		The dates after the campaign name are the dates of the campaign not of the division.
	www.historyshots.com /usarmy/Division.cfm?did=23 (207 words)

	The Consortium
		The Americal Division was already deep into some of the cruelest fighting of the Vietnam War.
		In the letter to Gen. Creighton Abrams, the commander of all U.S. forces in Vietnam, Glen accused the Americal division of routine brutality against civilians.
		But "this by no means reflects the general attitude throughout the Division." Indeed, Powell's memo faulted Glen for not complaining earlier and for failing to be more specific in his letter.
	www.consortiumnews.com /2000/121700b.html (1975 words)

	14th Aviation Battalion - Versatility - I & II Corps - Nha Trang, Chu Lai
		At their initial briefing the 71st, with several other companies from their battalion and the 101st Airborne Division we were told they were going to support the largest operation in the history of the war, Operation Dewey Canyon II and Lam Son 719.
		In January 1968, the unit was transferred to Americal Division and formed the basis of Companies A and B, 123rd Bn.
		It became part of the 16th Group and the Americal Division in January 1968.
	www.1stavnbde.com /14th/14th_Combat_Aviation_Battalion.htm (691 words)

	Back Scrapbook
		Officers of the Americal Division in Chu Lai.
		Holding a round with a troop from 3rd Bn, 82 Arty, Americal Division, LZ West.
		Mary Tsinnajinnie with the Americal at LZ Lizzie.
	www.donutdolly.com /id24.htm (714 words)

	Americal Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Northern Americal AO from Da Nang to Quang Ngai.
		The two Americal Division Area of Operations (AO) maps include the entire Division's AO and then some, from Da Nang in the north to the southern end of I Corps at FSB Thunder, then continues south to Qui Nhon and Tuy Hoa.
		The red markings in the Americal AO were put on the maps by Jim in 1971 when he used them.
	www.174ahc.org /maps.htm (301 words)

	D Company, 1/502d Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) - First Strike! - (Vietnam) Unit History ...
		The battalion was Opcon to the 1st Cav Division in preparation for efforts to eradicate the NVA/VC that had infiltrated into the area north of Hue in support of the enemy forces holding that Imperial Capitol.
		On 15 May 69, the 1st/502d was Opcon to the Americal Division and its 1st/46th Inf for Operation Lamar Plain, in the Chu Lai/Tam Ky area south of Da Nang.
		In 1968 portions of the the Division where placed under the operational control of the 1st Cavalry Division in I Corps and participated in the Battle for Hue during TET 68.
	pone.com /dc/uh1.htm (4087 words)

	Americal Division Sniper Page
		Please note that former snipers and instructors are starting to show up at the Americal Division Association Reunions, the Portland reunion is coming up in 2006.
		This page is devoted to the former snipers of the Americal Division in Viet Nam, individuals who graduated from the Americal sniper school, those transferred in from other Army Divisions, and the instructors.
		This is the first step in locating former snipers of the Americal Division, former instructors at the school, and others -so far there are only a few of us who have contacted each other via Americal Division Association.
	mysite.verizon.net /drbourci1/AMCALSNI_db.html (566 words)

	Vietnam Photography
		An unidentified soldier from Bravo Co., 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, runs toward enemy positions during a firefight in the Hiep Duc Valley, 35 miles south of Danang.
		Soldiers from Bravo Co., 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, scramble for cover during a firefight in the Hiep Duc Valley, 35 miles south of Danang.
		Soldiers from Bravo Co., 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, point to the area they are about to assault in the Hiep Duc Valley, 35 miles south of Danang.
	www.vietnamphotography.com /units.php?UID=146 (849 words)

	Items on display at the National Guard Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This division was formed by units of the Mass., Illinois and North Dakota National Guards.
		The Americal was the first US Army division to enter offensive combat in World War II.
		National Guard units, the 182d was assigned to the Americal Division which fought in the Pacific Theater.
	www.mass.gov /guard/Museum/Gallery4.htm (75 words)

	1968: The Definitive Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the first, on 12 February, Americal Task Force Barker conducted a combined operation with the 2d ARVN Division and engaged in a five-hour firefight.
		On 9 February, in the Que Son Valley, elements of the division engaged a battalion of the 29th NVA Regiment.
		The war in the 1st Marine Division Da Nang area of operations, especially after the repulse of the 2d NVA Division's offensive in the second week of February, also reverted to a small-unit war.
	ehistory.osu.edu /vietnam/books/1968/0228.cfm (674 words)

	TIME.com: The Americal Goes Home -- Nov. 8, 1971 -- Page 1
		Every war produces its hard-luck units, and the Americal, for all the bravery of most of its men, was the G.T. Joe Btfsplk of Viet Nam.
		Soon after the division's headquarters returns to the U.S. this month, the colors will be officially retired and the books closed on the ill-fated outfit.
		Several months later the task force received a new commander, Major General Samuel W. Roster (later demoted because of My Lai), and was incarnated as the Americal Division,* composed of the 196th, 198th and 11th Light Infantry Brigades and others.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,877370,00.html (743 words)

	AMERICAL DIVISION U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		U.S. Born in the steamy jungles and mountains of New Caledonia during World War II, the Americal Division is the Army's only named division on active duty.
		It is also the largest infantry division operating in the Republic of Vietnam with three light infantry brigades and a squadron of armored cavalry.
		The current Americal Division got its start in Vietnam as Task Force Oregon in April 1967, marking the first time that Army troops were employed in I Corps.
	www.skytroopers.org /americal.htm (192 words)

	Donald Blaisdell in WWII...Americal Division
		On March 12, 1944, Private Don Blaisdell was stationed with the Americal division on Bougainville, Solomon Islands on Hill 260.
		The division was engaged in a fire-fight with the Japanese, when an officer noticed a wounded man about 40-50 yards down a hill.
		The man was shot in both his legs and was entangled in barbed wire.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~nortonheritage/donblaisdellwwii.html (224 words)

	Home of The Gunfighters, Company A, 1st BN, 6th Inf. 198th LIB, Vietnam Era Veterans Site
		The award was presented to Jim at the 7th Infantry Division HQ at Camp Hovey, Korea in April of 1970, two years after the nighttime attack on Company A in the Que Son Valley on 29 April 1968.
		The Americal Division published this award in 1970.
		We never found that award in the Americal Division records because it was published in July of 1968 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where Jim was recovering in the Medical Holding Detachment.
	www.a-1-6.org /index.htm (668 words)

	198th Military Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In many instances even more so then the main Company which was stationed at Americal Headquarters located at Chu Lai.
		Also I have added lots of links pertaining to the Americal Division.
		The site will be corrected and added to as time goes on until there are none of us left to tell the story of this unit.
	www.dutch23mp.bravepages.com /index.htm (190 words)

	Peers Report: The Findings
		(14) An investigation by the Commander of the 11th Brigade, conducted at the direction of the Commanding General of the Americal Division, was little more than a pretense and was subsequently misrepresented as a thorough investigation to the CG, t Americal Division in order to conceal froM him the true enormity of the atrocities.
		(25) Within the Americal Division headquarters, actions taken to suppress information concerning what was purportedly believed to be the inadvertent killing of 20 to 28 noncombatants effectively served conceal the true nature and scope of the events which had taken place in Son My Village on 16-19 March 68.
		(27) Despite an exhaustive search of the files of the 11th Brigade, Americal Division, GVN/ARVN advisory team files, and records holding centers, with few exceptions, none of the documents relating to the so-called investigation of the events of 16-19 March were located.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/findings.html (1760 words)

	The Consortium
		After his first one-year tour and a series of successful training assignments in the United States, Maj. Powell returned for his second Vietnam tour on July 27, 1968.
		This time, he was no longer a junior officer slogging through the jungle, but an up-and-coming staff officer assigned to the Americal division.
		Glen's letter was forwarded to the Americal headquarters at Chu Lai where it landed on Maj. Powell's desk.
	www.consortiumnews.com /archive/colin3.html (1439 words)

	CAP 1-3-5, 23Apr68
		What follows is an excerpt (from page 20) from the Americal ORL for April, 1968.
		On 23 APR 68, CAP 135 vic BS 7197 was attacked by the 95th LF Sapper Co supported by elements of the P-31 LF Co and 48th LF Bn.
		Reaction by the CAP unit and reinforcements from the Americal Division resulted in 11 VC KIA, 2 C/S and 6 Ind wpns captured.
	capmarine.com /cap/americalorl.htm (147 words)

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