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Guy S. Meloy, III Collection (2349) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 23490000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.2
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 January 2011
Scope and Contents
Book of maps of every campaign, battle, and operation that Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) Ho Trong Hau of the ARVN participated in up to spring 1966. Also included in the donation is Major General Guy Meloy's description Operation Bright Light Cobra Tail, which was conducted in Cambodia on 30 December 1966 to rescue four American POWs. The mission was a tactical success, but unfortunately the POWs had already been moved to anotherl ocation deeper in Cambodia and were not rescued.
1
Electronic Media
2349EM0542:CD-R: Meloy's scrapbook of Field Operations with The Vietnamese Airborne Divison Task Force I CDIND & 1st BN 27th Inf -WolfHounds-
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1
Moving Images
2349VI3110: DVD-R: The Battle of Attleboro RVN
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1
Audio
2349AU2533: CD-R: The Battle of Attleboro RVN
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D058.6 ]]
  • Box 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks, D054.2 Individual Oversize Collection Box 14 [D054.2]]
  • Major General Guy S. Meloy, III's manuscript titled "The Battle of Attleboro, 3-5 November 1966, Vietnam"
  • The Battle of Attleboro, Part II, Appendices
  • Oversize material
  • Field Operations with The Vietnamese Airborne Division Task Force I CDIND, Major G.S. Meloy & 1st BN 27th Inf -Wolfhounds-
  • Table of Contents
  • Map of Operation Birmingham, April-May 1966
  • Map of suppression of a "mutiny" by ARVN 1st Inf Div in May 1966
  • Map of Operations of ARVN Airborne Tak Force I (3rd &7th Abn Bns) north of Qui/Phu Cat
  • Map of Operations of ARVN Airborne Tak Force I (3rd &7th Abn Bns) south of Bob Song
  • Map of August 1966 Search & Destroy Operation in VC village of Trung Lap
  • Map of 1st Bn, 27th Inf Pacification Operation in Trang Bang District, Hau Nghia Province
  • Map of 1st Bn 27th Inf Operations on 8 May 1966 to search for a 2nd Bn, 27th Inf patrol
  • Additional map of 1st Bn, 27th Inf Pacification Operation in Trang Bang District, Hau Nghia Province
  • Map of Operation Bright Lite Cobra Tail
  • Maps for The Battle of Attleboro
  • Nattative description of Bright Lite Cobra Tail

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=23490000000

Citation
Guy S. Meloy, III Collection (2349) Finding Aid, Guy S. Meloy, III Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=23490000000, Accessed 11 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
23490000000, Guy S. Meloy, III Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 06 Jan 2011 [Updated: 03 Oct 2019]