Texas Tech University

Octofoil

Serial Item Number: 3122Serial615803
Pages
44
Media Type
Serial
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Volume
1
Issue
1
Octofoil (9th Infantry Division) - Serial
Publication
Octofoil
Publisher/Org.
9th Infantry Division
Country
Republic of Vietnam
Frequency
Quarterly
Type
Serial
General Note
9th Infantry Division in Vietnam
Dates
Publication: January-March 1968
General Note
Contents:

AMERICA’S SECOND MRF, 2

BOMBING THE ENEMY WITH IDEAS, 11

THE BATTLE OF BAU BANG, 14

BECAUSE SOAP IS HARD TO GET, 20

ONCE AGAIN IN COMBAT, 30

Commander’s Comments, 10

Octofoil Notes, 27

Research and Development, 41

THE COVER, A patrol of Company C, 3rd battalion, 47th Infantry was plodding through a monsoon-swollen rice paddy in the Cam Son District during Operation CORONADO IX when combat photographer SP4 Don Cordi composed this shot.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3122Serial615803

Citation
Octofoil, 3122Serial615803. No Date, Lawrence D. McDougal Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3122Serial615803, Accessed 18 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
3122Serial615803, Lawrence D. McDougal Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 09 Jan 2026 [Updated: 03 Feb 2026]