Scope and Contents

This collection contains material from member of B Troop 2/17th Cavalry Association. The objective of the B Troop 2nd 17th Cavalry Association is to preserve the memory, history and honor of those who served with B Troop 2nd 17th Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division before, during, and after the Vietnam War. The Association is active in promoting the research, dissemination and preservation of information concerning Association members and assist members in locating others with whom they served. B Troop 2nd / 17th Cavalry Association is exempt from taxation under IRC 501 (c) (19). James Winlow produced a documentary of a June 1999 return to Vietnam by members of B Troop to re-visit the battleground where Spec. 4 Joseph G. LaPointe Jr. earned, posthumously, the Congressional Medal of Honor.