The book's focus is the training and deployment of the 3rd Brigade of the 4th ID in 1966-67. The book is 552 pages long and the battle story begins on page 311. There are over on hundred pages of photographs and dozens of maps showing the history of the 3rd Bde, 4th ID in Vietnam.
Availability
as of October 2022:
If you want a book, make a check out for $40 ($30 for the book and $10 for shipping and mailing) and mail it directly to me.
William Comeau
372 Brooklawn Avenue
New Bedford, MA
02745-5129
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Title:Five Years to DEROS (Updated)
Author: Red Warrior - Harry Dilkes
Date Published: 2000, 2018
Era of Content
July 1966 through November 1970
Content
Harry has researched and compiled
a history of the 1/12th’s five -year tour of duty in Vietnam. There is a little something for each of all five years. A must read for every Red Warrior as it details what happened before, during,and after your tour of duty.
Availability
This book can be purchased at DPG Ltd., P.O. Box 10655, New Brunswick, NJ 08906. Check or money order $20.00. This includes shipping. Make sure you request the latest publication, copyright 2018.
Title:Vietnam Remembered
Author: Red Warrior - CPT Richard Wandke (retired as LTC) served as Charlie Company Commander in 1969 and was wounded several times during the May 27th battle where Battalion Commander Robert Carter was killed. Wandke received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in this battle.
Date Published: 1985
Era of Content
Mid 60s to 1973. Author served 3 tours in Vietnam, one as Company Commander of C Company
Content
A 2013 review by Tim Swain states: This is a 66 page book that could easily be expanded to 566 pages if converted to non-fiction.The author compresses the fascinating sketches of three separate combat tours in Vietnam into this short and easy to read book. Told through the eyes of Dick West, the reader is treated to the experience of a combat trained career Infantry officer heading off to war. The mixed feelings and foreboding of doing what he was trained to do, with leaving his wife and young children behind. Individual combat actions described cover the gamut from rescuing twenty wounded local farmers being held prisoners (and the unsuccessful rescue attempt of an American POW) by the enemy to commanding an Infantry company defending fire bases Vera and Red Warrior in the mountains of the Central Highlands of South Vietnam.
Availability
From the author: $15 includes shipping and autographed copy. Send payment to: Richard Wandke, 1448 Palm Drive, Laughlin, NV 89029-1558
Title: Dear Dad
Author: Kathy WIlliams
Date Published: 2014
Era of Content
WWII
Content
Col. Judson Miller was the Red Warriors Brigade Commander when the regiment first deployed from Fort Lewis in 1966. His daughter, Kathy Williams, has written this book, "Dear Dad." Dear Dad chronicles the journey of General Judson F. Miller’s experiences in WW II as a 2nd Lieutenant commanding a tank platoon of 20 men and five tanks. Surviving Hurtgen Forest as well as the Battle of the Bulge we are drawn into his personal accounting of the war through his letters home. More than 60 letters, never before published, take us into the realities of the coming of age that molded him as a man and his 34 year Army career which would include wars in Korea and Vietnam
Availability
$24.09 includes shipping - directly from the author. Kathy Williams 173 Laurel Mountain Road Blue Ridge, GA 30513
Also available at Barnes and Noble at a higher price.
Title:Twelve Days in May - Battles of the 4th Infantry Division on the Cambodian Borer
Author: Jerald W. “Jerry” Berry
Date Published: 2010
Era of Content
Vietnam War -[The Northern Thrust of the 1970 Cambodian Incursion by the 4th Infantry Division]
Content
In May 1970 hundreds of men from the 4th Division, including Bravo Company, 1/12th Red Warriors, entered Cambodia. The book is the factual and untold story of the Northern Thrust into Cambodia by 4th Infantry Division forces (Operation Binh Tay I). Relives the firsthand accounts of those soldiers who participated and witnessed history through their own eyes. Adding a more vivid picture of the era are forty-year-old photographs that belong to the infantrymen who lived the "twelve days in May" 1970 inside Cambodia. Over 150 individuals were interviewed for this book.
Title: Twelfth U.S. Infantry, 1798-1919, Its Story - By Its Men
Author: Colonel Alfred Aloe
Date Published: March 1919
Era of Content:
Late 18th century through the early 20th century
Content:
The history of the regiment from its formation, through the U.S. Civil War to the end of the First World War
Availability:
This book can still be found on the Internet through web sites such as Amazon Books or eBay as a used publication, hard cover only. Prices can range from $20.00 to $65.00, based on the condition of the book. Shipping is extra.
Title:West to Cambodia
Author: S.L.A. Marshall
Date Published: 1968
Era of Content:
1966 only
Content:
A collection of eight Vietnam battle reports, three of which are about 1/12.
Availability:
This book can still be found on the
Internet through web sites such as Amazon Books as either a new or used publication, hard or soft cover. Prices can range from $10.99 to $27.95, based on the condition of the book. Shipping is extra.
Title:Time Heals No Wounds
Author: Red Warrior - Jack Leninger
Date Published: 1993
Era of Content:
September 1968 through August 1969
Content:
Jack has written about his tour of duty in Vietnam as a Red Warrior rifleman with B Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry in the Central Highlands.
Availability:
This book can still be found on the
Internet through web sites such as Amazon Books as a used publication, soft cover only. Prices can range from $4.00 to $7.00, based on the condition of the book. Shipping is extra. Jack has a few new copies at home. His email is j.leninger@comcast.net. Cost is $7.00 plus shipping
Title:The Bamboo Bridge
Author: Red Warrior - Dennis Hodo
Date Published: 1998
Era of Content:
1968 through 1969
Content:
Dennis has written about his tour of duty in Vietnam as a Red Warrior medic with D Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry in the Central Highlands.
Availability:
This book can still be found on the internet through web sites such as Amazon Books as a used publication, soft cover only. Price is listed as $8.26. Shipping is extra.
Frank has written about his tour of duty in Vietnam as a Red Warrior platoon leader in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry during the first half of his tour, and as a 2nd Brigade staff officer during the last half in the Central Highlands
Availability:
This book is available on the internet through web sites such as Barnes and Noble and Amazon Books as a new or used publication, soft and hard cover, and as an eBook. Prices can range from $12.77 to $29.95. Shipping is extra. Or you can order directly from the author . Signed copies are available with a 20% discount off list prisce, plus shipping. Frank Evans will also pesonalize them if desired. Conact Evans at Journeyman47@yahoocom
Title:Young Men in Harms Way
Author: Arnold Krause (2/12th Inf - Our Red Warrior sister baattalion)
Date Published: 2019
Era of Content:
1968-69
Content:
Young Men in Harm's Way follows the true story of Arnold W. Krause, a soldier in Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 25th Division, and his tour in Vietnam from March 1968 to March 1969. While Young Men chronicles the unit's encounters with the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, it also paints a picture of a soldier's life away from combat and his interactions with the people of the country. Further, it digs into what the unit did, how they did it, and what was required for them to function as an effective combat unit.
Through a personal look into one soldier's time in Vietnam, Young Men in Harm's Way remains an informative and poignant, yet often funny, glimpse into unit life
The Shake 'n Bake Sergeant: True Story of Infantry Sergeants in Vietnam. Jerry S. Horton. Trafford Publishing. 322 pages; black and white photographs; $24.95. Many Red Warrior Squad Leaders were "Shake'N Bake" Sergeants, especially in the late 68 through 1970 period.