Media Type

Audio

Physical Location

Stacks D27.5E

Number of Media

1

Language(s)

English

Format

Cassette

Time - Hr:Min:Sec

01:03:32

Digitized in HD?

No

General Note

Arthur Moriarty's personal recollections of his U.S. Army service with the 1st Cavalry Division from 1966-1967.

General Note

[VNCA NOTE: Contains graphic descriptions and profanity throughout.]
[VNCA NOTE: There are some spots where the audio fades significantly, (from the sounds the speaker may have shifted away from the recorder) and it’s difficult to understand what is being said, making it difficult to follow the story being told. In those spots, VNCA has edited the audio to increase the volume and cut out the static background so the words will be audible. However, it is a significant difference from what the original sounds like in those timestamps. On side B, despite best efforts, the instances are still mostly faded and have been edited as much as possible without distorting the audio.]

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00:04 introduction - story of draft notice - Boston Army Base - Fort Hood – Vietnam - Christmas 1966 - 1st Air Calvary Division ;
1:00 Christmas Eve landing in Vietnam - fire support base - LZ Bird - LZ Pony - Radio Operator -Christmas Day Truce - Tiger 8 ;
1:54 first call as radio operator - Bravo Battery - LZ Bird - Tiger 4-3 - Time Magazine - Newsweek Magazine - Jimmy's Radio - 2nd and 19th Airborne Artillery ;
4:23 artillery support - 1st Brigade - 105s - 105 Battery ;
5:23 late night radio call - ambush team - Papa 1 - Commanding Officer - Pistol 2-6 – gunship - direct order – extraction - a beautiful moment ;
9:11 a month into tour – maps - situation map – LRRPS - Long-range reconnaissance patrol -ambush teams – LPs - Listening Post - firing sheet - interdiction fires - interdiction area - unit designation - check fire - 105 rounds - firing overlay – FDO - Fire Direction Officer ;
13:50 advisory team - South Vietnamese Ranger - Kickin' Rats - Kickin Rats 6 India – Bridge - Bong Son - Highway 1 - fire mission – gunships - The Blues - 1st and 9th Cavalry - Apocalypse Now ;
17:01 new firebase set-up - relations with a Vietnamese village - relations go south ;
19:00 GRAPHIC: descriptions of soldier’s wounds - NVA vs Viet Cong - VC ;
19:40 PROFANITY – CO - Commanding Officer ;
19:55 GRAPHIC: description of machine-gun fire aftermath on village ;
20:55 patrols – sweeps - abandoned village – ambush - under fire - paralyzed with fear ;
22:29 GRAPHIC: description of wounded Vietnamese soldier ;
23:00 PROFANITY GRAPHIC: description of wounded Vietnamese soldier ;
23:14 GRAPHIC: description of drowning victim ;
23:30 nightmares ;
23:56 carrying a radio in a bush – ambush – radioman - machine-gun – sweep ;
25:35 a new FO – airborne – ROTC - a good buddy - search and destroy mission – slicks – Lieutenant - hot LZ ;
28:18 PROFANITY - the new Lieutenant is gone ;
28:36 LZ Bird attack – Floyd - a captured VC - LZ Pony next - asking for ammo - praying to God - 28 magazines of ammo - LRRPs - threatening Floyd - Floyd's departure ;

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00:03 a mess during Floyd's departure ;
00:56 November 1966, 173rd airborne - Dak To - Cambodian Border - Bong Son - South China Sea - orders to travel light ;
1:55 village of An Khe ;
2:08 "C's", C Rations - Bravo 2 Alpha Unit - B2A - rear unit steals rations ;
3:09 disregarding orders to travel light ;
3:45 special forces camp – Montagnard - Green Beret – camp - Polei Kleng – tigers ;
4:20 Green Beret camp Polei Kleng
4:30 GRAPHIC: description of topless women - a warning about the natives ;
4:55 Dak To - cold nights ;
5:42 Bong Son - R and R - staying in-country for R and R ;
7:05 Return from R and R – RTO - Radio telephone operator - ARVN Unit - ARVN Ranger Battalion ;
7:34 return to base camp - home for Christmas - Cam Ranh Bay ;
9:10 charter plane home - joyful homecoming - Fort Lewis – Seattle - a warning about uniforms and the public ;
10:58 becoming a civilian again ;
11:20 young kid on base camp – MOS - Military occupational specialty – FO – RTO - forward observer - radio telephone operator – Henry – Pleiku - location code - call sign - a casualty of war ;
14:26 LRRPs - Long range reconnaissance patrols – recon -army ranger – artillery – cigar - an agonizing decision - Captain Gillespie - air bursts - FDO ;
16:27 talking to dead men - ambush team – LPs ;
18:35 going back in your dreams - Kicking Rats ;
19:24 fire mission - night ranger unit - Hotel Echo - LZ Uplift - Landing Zone Uplift - Night Ranger - Tiger 8 – grid – FDO - a Charlie impersonating ;
22:02 interdictions - Arthur flying an interdiction - two switch helmet causing miscommunication ;
24:24 Captain Gillispie - former Green Beret - Life Magazine 1964 - "You got worms" – MASH – hospital ;
26:24 Bong Son – river - R and R - LZ English - a rescue by an MP Captain ;
29:44 Arthur addressing the professor - personal stories - outro ;