Texas Tech University

COLE NOTES ON SPECATS [USMC - ALL]

Document Item Number: 1201065067
Pages
0014
Media Type
Document
Credit
Courtesy the Marine Corps History Division
Physical Location
Box __, Folder 065,
Copyright Statement
Declassified by the USMC History Division
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: 1968 - 1969
General Note
USMC - ALL (United States Marine Corps - ALL) ;

Handwritten notes on Special Category topics ;
12 May 1969 - Better position in troubled Quang Ngai Province ;
May 1969 - What XXIV units did to soften Hamburger Hill before and during attack (#1) (Arty & Air) ;
11 November 1968 - Proposal to send 3D MARDIV into DMZ ;
15 November 1968 - Cordon and Searches in lowlands ;
29 November 1969 - NE monsoon will hamper Abram's suggested campaign against BA 112 and will weaken pacification effort ;
14 April 1969 - Abram's [approved] reconnaissance Phase I operations of Pierce Valley, Kham Duc - BA 614 areas ;
28 October 1969 - Why Abrams moved 1st Cavalry Division south ;
3 November 1968 - Guidance on VC/NVA attacks against population centers ;
22 November 1969 - Abram's guidance on patrols in southern half DMZ ;
2 December 1968 - CG XXIV Corps wants to resume ground operations in DMZ ;
29 December 1968 - Possible impending NVA offnesive in DMZ and northern I CTZ area ;

[VNCA NOTE: Item record and original USMC Index previously listed date as 1968.]

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201065067

Citation
COLE NOTES ON SPECATS [USMC - ALL], 1201065067. 1968 - 1969, Box __, Folder 065, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201065067, Accessed 13 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line
1201065067, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 30 Nov 2004 [Updated: 14 Jul 2022]