INDEX
AA form
ADF. See Automatic Direction
Finder
Aerial photos, at CCOC
AFVN. See American Forces Vietnam
Radio
AHCobra helicopter
Air America
hijacking of
in Vietnam
Alcohol, consumption of . See also
Entertainment; Marine Corps
Alice pack
Ambush, of trucks
Americal division. Seed Infantry
“Americal” Division
American Communist Party
American Forces Vietnam Radio (AFVN) .
See also Radio
Anderson, Norman J.
Animal Tracks (album)
ARcarbine
Armed services, U.S.
buying off from
draft dodgers from
draft for
politics and
regulations/justice for
service choice under
Army Special Forces
Article fifteen. See also Nonjudicial
punishment
Articles of War, British, as Rocks and
Shoals
Artillery
call in
as cover
of Eleventh Marine Regiment
from LZ Ross
of Seventh Marine Regiment
ARVN units
A Shau Valley
Assault and battery, charges of
Assault, sexual, by Marine
Associated Press
Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
B-rocket launcher
Bachelor Officers’ Quarters (BOQ)
Bandits. See North Vietnam Army
Basic School, at Quantico
Battle of Belleau Wood
Beef and rocks. See -rations
Belleau Wood Battle
Big Bend
Bigotry . See also Racism
Binoculars
Bird Airways
Black market, in Dogpatch
Black Panthers
Blacks, racism against
Black Stone Rangers
charges for
cooperation by
demands by
escape by
at Freedom Hill
hierarchy of
kangaroo court by
leadership by
negotiation by
prisoner release by
release of
riot by
surrender by
threats by
trial by
Black syphilis
Blood of Dead Marines
Blue Angels
Body odor, diet for
Bomb, general-purpose
Booby traps
along roads
by NVA
BOQ. See Bachelor Officers’
Quarters
Bordellos. See also
Prostitution
in Dogpatch
Boredom, from nonaction
Brig
Da Nang Air Base
defense, negotiation and
drugs for dispensary of
on Freedom Hill
for Marine Amphibious Force (MAF)
British Articles of War. See Articles
of War, British
Bronze Star with Combat
Brown, Bernice Layne
Brown, Edmund G.
Buddha, as drug
Bunker, operations
Burdon, Eric
Burma white. See also Drugs
Burned out syndrome
C-
C-Starlifter
Call of the Wild (London)
Call sign. See also Radio for radio
shark bait as
Cambodia, special teams in Camp Butler
Camp Carroll
Camp Courtney. See also Okinawa
Camp Pendleton
Canada, draft dodgers in
Cannons, fire power of
Carter, Michael
CCOC, aerial photos at
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Civil Operations and Revolutionary
Development under
ICEX under
Ceremony, decoration. See also
Heroism
CH-Sea Knight helicopter
Chaplains, Marine
Chapman, Leonard F., Jr.
Charge sheet . See also Disciplinary
action
Charlie. See Viet Cong
Charlie Med
as hospital
med evac to
Charlie Ridge
Cheney, Richard
Chicago Tribune
China Beach
military facilities near
party at
R and R at
Chosin Reservoir
Chu Lai
Americal division at
dope supply for
holding facility at
homicide at
Marine Wing Support Group Seventeen at
murder at
PMO at
racism at
Chu Lai Cage, as holding facility
Chu Lai Hippie . See also Drugs
CIA. See Central Intelligence
Agency
CID. See Criminal Investigation
Division
Civil Operations and Revolutionary
Development . See also Central Intelligence Agency
Civil rights
Civil War
Clap. See also Venereal disease
Cock/dog fights, in Dogpatch
Collateral damage
Columbia Law Review
Communication. See also Radio
call sign for
field telephone for
Mayday call for
by PRC-radio
radio operator for
VHF walkie-talkies for
Communism
Dogpatch and
fraternization and
oppression by
sympathizers with
Confederacy, flag of
Conrad, Joseph
Con Thien
artillery cover from
base camp at
Contraband. See Drugs
Cook County Jail
Cooks ’n’ baker patrol. See also
Security check
at LZ Ross
Courts-martial
in Da Nang
during WW
Cowardice
Cowboys, Vietnamese. See also
Dogpatch
contract on
in Dogpatch
dope dealers and
loyalty/honesty from
C-rations
Criminal Investigation Division (CID)
in Dogpatch
double agent within
investigation by
narcotic agents from
questioning by
Criminal Investigation school
Cronkite, Walter
Cushman, Robert E., Jr.
Daily Worker. See also American Communist Party
Da Nang Air Base
attack planes at
brig at
chaplains at
check-in at
court martial in
Da Nang Press Center for
Dogpatch in
entertainment outside
First MAW Law in
Katusha rockets on
odor of
Officers’ Club at
Red Beach at
Da Nang Air Base Officers’ Club
award celebration at
entertainment at
hail-and-farewell party at
wetting-down party at
Da Nang Press Center
Dante Alighieri
Dapping
Death penalty
hanging for
for murder
Death wish
Decoy, for rearguard withdrawal
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Defense, team for
for brig negotiation
humiliation of
interrogation by
negativity towards
oversight of
qualification of
representation by
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
NVA massing along
reconnaissance along
sandbags at
Dental records, for forensics
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Defense School System
Desertion
into Dogpatch
impersonation and
by Marines
search for
sentencing for
DIA. See Defense Intelligence
Agency
Diamond-L Ranch
Dicky Doo and the Don’ts. See Don’ts,
list of
Diet, for body odor
Discharge
as administrative
as dishonorable
Disciplinary action
charge sheet for
fitness report and
Discrimination
Disked
Dispatch, mention in
Distillery
as illegal
at Marine base
for raisin jack
Divine Comedy (Dante)
Divorce. See also Soldiers and
Sailors Relief Act
DMZ. See Demilitarized Zone
DOD. See Department of Defense
Dodge City
Doggies. See Enlisted men
Dogpatch
avoidance of
black market in
bordellos in
CID in
cock/dog fights in
conditions in
corruption in
desertion into
drug peddling in
gambling in
greed in
guns in
homicide in
intimidation in
loyalty/honesty in
prostitution in
racism in
Vietnamese cowboys in
wages in
Dogs
drug search by
fights between
at Freedom Hill
MP use of
VC and use of
Dong Ha
provisions from
Don’ts, list of. See also
Intimidation
Dicky Doo and
injustice and
violation of
The Doors
Draft, armed services
buying off
registration with
service choice under
Draft dodgers, in Canada
Drugs. See also Criminal
Investigation Division; Dogpatch
arrest for possession of
for brig dispensary
Buddha as
Burma white as
Chu Lai Hippie for
in Dogpatch
drug lord intimidation for
heroin as
immunity against charges on
marijuana as
Marine peddling of
Marine supply of
morphine as
peddler as snitch
photos of sale of
surrender of
to U.S.
U.S. contractor for
VC supply for
Vietnamese cowboys and
Duty quota
for attitude
for insubordination
Duty roster
Echo Company, Second Battalion, Ninth Marines
assignments for
endurance of
humiliation within
manpower loss for
mission for
morale of
Education
G.I. Bill for
of Marine
Eight on the Lam
Eleventh Marine Regiment
artillery of
Emergency extraction, rally point for
Endurance, by Marines
Enlisted men
attitude by
buddy system for
Entertainment
consumption of alcohol as
at Da Nang Air Base Officers’ Club
outside Da Nang Air Base
EOD. See Explosive ordnance
technician
Equipment, military, loss of
Eric Burdon and the Animals
Escape
from Freedom Hill
from riot
Estes Park
Evidence
canine search for
destruction of
marijuana as
Exhaustion, by Marines
Exhilaration, from battle
Explosive ordnance technician (EOD)
Expungement
F-Phantom jets
“Faded Love,”
Fakes
ID cards as
uniforms as
FBI. See Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Fear
of retribution
of size
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Field telephone, for communication
Fights
between cocks/dogs
between dogs
as fatal
between snake/mongoose
Fire Base Ryder
Fire extinguishers, as weapon
Fire Support Base Ross (LZ Ross)
artillery fire mission from
Cooks ’n’ bakers patrol at
helicopter refueling at
incoming shelling of
in Que Son Valley
reconnaissance from
tracers at
Firing squad
First Air Cavalry, helicopters for
First Cavalry Division
First Force Reconnaissance Company
First Force Service Regiment
First Marine Aircraft Wing, in Da Nang
First Marine Division, Fifth Regimental
Combat Team
First Marine Division Legal
First MAW Law, in Da Nang
First Tank Battalion
Fitness report. See also Disciplinary
action
Flak jacket
Flares, for illumination
Fleet Marine Force Pacific
attorney for
legal conference for
Flight fatigue
Flying Tigers Airline
Force Reconnaissance
Forensics. See also Homicide
Forrestal, James ., as defense
secretary
Fraternization
with foreign agent
within Marine Corps
Frederick the Great
Freedom Bird. See Flying Tigers
Airline
Freedom Hill. See also Da Nang Air
Base Marine Amphibious Force
assault on
base-parolee status at
Black Stone Rangers at
blockhouse at
brig on
conditions at
dispensary drugs at
escape from
fire at
hierarchy within
inmate negotiation at
lockdown at
Mmachine gun at
media at
MP at
psychodrugs at
racism at
reaction force for
release from
riot at
riot photos at
scouts/snipers for
shit-canned at
sick bay at
trustee status at
violence at
working dogs at
Friendly fire
Frog. See Helicopter(s)
Gaca, acronym of
Gambling
in Dogpatch
in pool hall
GCT score. See
General-clerical-technical score
General-clerical-technical score
Geneva Conventions
G.I. Bill
Goldwater, Barry M.
Golf Company
Greed
in Dogpatch
for dope money
Green Berets
Grief
Group Seventeen
Guns, in Dogpatch
Gunsmoke
Hail-and-farewell party . See also Da Nang Officers’ Club; Entertainment
Hai Van Pass
enlisted soldiers’ at
Ham and motherfuckers. See
-rations
Hanging
Hanoi, Luke the Gook from
Happy Valley
Helicopter(s)
AHCobra as
CH-Sea Knight as
damage to
fire fight from
of First Air Cavalry
flight pattern for
ground fire on
gunner’s belts in
landing sites for
LZ for
med evac by
refueling of
transport by
UHHuey utility
UHHuey as
VCA entrapment for
Hemingway, Ernest
Heroin. See also Drugs Heroism
Bronze Star with Combat for
commendation for
under fire
Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon for
Medal of Honor for
Navy Commendation Medal with Combat
for
Navy Cross for
Silver Star for
Hickam Air Force Base
Highway Nine, Twelfth Marine Regiment
along
Hijacking
Hill. See also Seventh Marine
Regiment
Seventh Marines on
stolen property at
VC activity around
Hill
Hispanics, racism against
Hitler, Adolf
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Homicide
as attempted
at Chu Lai
complicity to
in Dogpatch
forensics and
as justifiable
for look-alike
manslaughter v.
by Marine
premeditation for
prostitution and
for sale
Homosexuality
Hooch
burning of
grenade in
as Marine housing
for minimum security prisoners
for officers
Hoorah. See Riot
Housing, Marine. See Hooch
Howitzers, at LZ Ross
Hue City, NVA in
Humiliation
of military defense
for officers
Humphrey, Hubert
ICEX. See Intelligence Coordination and Exploitation
Immunity, against drug charges
Impersonation
by deserter by flight attendant
stolen property for
Imprisonment
at Freedom Hill
minimum security for
Independence Day
Indochina. See Vietnam
Insubordination
duty quota for
by Marines
Integrity, in Marine Corp
Intelligence Coordination and Exploitation
(ICEX). See also Central Intelligence Agency
Phoenix program for
snipers for
Intimidation
in Dogpatch
by drug lord
list of Dicky Doo and Don’ts
by Marine officer
Iraq, war in
Iwo Jima
JAG
Jagger, Mick
Jail time, Marine enlistment v.
James, Tommy
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Jokes, practical
Judge, trial
oversight of
qualifications of
sentencing by
Jungle Rules
interpretation of
in “Law of the Yukon,”
Marine use of
origin of
Jury
closing statement to
influencing of
Justice, military
immunity for
interpretation of
investigation records for
by Jungle Rules
jury for
by officer
railroading by
in South Vietnam
subjectivity of
testimony for
transcripts of
trial judge for
during WW
Kangaroo court
Katusha rockets
K-Bar knife
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Robert
Kentucky region. See also Ninth
Marine Regiment
Khe Sanh
Kidnapping, of Marine
Killing, in wartime. See also
Homicide
King, Martin Luther, Jr. . See also
rights
Kiwanis
Kubrick, Stanley
Ku Klux Klan. See also Racism
Lancaster region. See also Third Marines
Landing zone (LZ). See also specific
names under LZ
Landing Zone Oscar (LZO)
Laos
NVA moving from
special teams in
Law, military, British Articles of War
for
“Law of the Yukon” (Service) . See
also Jungle Rules
L-B-F-Ms. See Little brown fucking
machines
Limits of Power (McCarthy)
Lions
Little brown fucking machines
London, Jack
Los Angeles Rams
Loyalty/honesty
from cowboys
in Dogpatch
Luke the Gook
Lyle Langtree Ranch
LZ. See Landing zone
LZ Baldy
LZ Oscar
LZ Ross. See Fire Support Base
Ross
LZ Ryder
Mmachine gun
Mrifles
Mrifles
Mspotting scope
Mbattle tanks, camouflage for
Mmachine gun
MAF. See Marine Amphibious
Force
Magazine, for machine gun
MAG-Eleven. See Marine Aircraft Group
Eleven
Mah-jongg
“A Maiden’s Prayer,”
Maker’s Mark
Manslaughter
homicide v.
by Marine
Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM)
Map grid coordinates, sighting by
Marble Mountain
Marine support from
medevac from
Marijuana
confiscation of
as evidence
Marine Aircraft Group Eleven
(MAG-ELEVEN)
Marine Corp Reserve
Marine Corps
alcohol consumption by
attitude within
burned out syndrome in
chaplains for
commitment of
cowardice in
death in
death wish in
desertion from
disciplinary action in
discipline within
divorce in
education and
endurance by
as family
forensics for
fraternization within
grief within
homicide in
housing for
insubordination in
integrity in
intelligence information for
intimidation within
jail time v.
kidnapping in
life in
marital faithfulness in
marriage in
masturbation within
MCA for
men in
mission for
morale in
negativity in officers of
nicknames in
officers in
outprocessing from
practical jokes within
pride in
principles/traits for
promotion within
racism in
release from
sexuality among
skill development in
spirituality in
stress in
women in
Marine Corps Association (MCA)
Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon
Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation
gala
Marine Corps Platoon Leader Course
Marine Corps Reconnaissance
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island,
discipline at
Marine Wing Support Group
Marine Wing Support Group Seventeen, at Chu
Lai
Marriage
for gays
in wartime
MARS. See Military Affiliate Radio
System
Masturbation
Mayday call
MCA. See Marine Corps
Association
McCarthy, Eugene
Medal of Honor
medevac. See Medical evacuation
Media, lockout of
Medical evacuation (medevac), of
wounded
Military Affiliate Radio System
Military Occupational Specialty
Manual (MOS Manual)
Military police (MP)
dogs used by
at Freedom Hill riot
kidnapping report to
Third Military Police Battalion
U.S. Army Military Police school for
Minefields, by NVA
Mines, along roads
Misconduct. See also Charge sheet;
Disciplinary action
charge of
ModelRemington shotgun
Mojo
Moonshine. See Distillery
Morphine, M for
Morrison, Jim
Mortars
VCA fire from
MOS Manual. See Military
Occupational Specialty Manual
MP. See Military police
Muhammad Ali
Murder. See Homicide
“My Baby Does the Hanky-Panky” (James)
Napalm
Nape. See Napalm
Narcotics. See Drugs
National Football League (NFL)
Native Americans, homosexuality and
Naval Disciplinary Barracks
Naval Investigative Service (NIS)
Naval Justice School
Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V
Navy Cross
Navy Sea-Air-Land Teams (SEALs)
NCO. See Noncommissioned Officer
Negativity
among Marine officers
by prosecution team
towards defense team
Negotiation, with brig inmates
New York Daily News
New York Times
NFL. See National Football
League
Nicknames. See also Radio
call signs as
by Marines
as racist
Ninth Marine Regiment
casualties of
combat command/operations for
at Con Thien
Echo Company, Second Battalion
Kentucky region overseen by
NIS. See Naval Investigative
Service
Nixon, Richard M.
Noncommissioned Officer (NCO)
Nonjudicial punishment
Article fifteen for
refusal of
Normandy, landing at
Normandy Restaurant
North Vietnam Army (NVA)
body odor/scent for
booby traps by
helicopter attack by
Marine interception with
moving from
reconnaissance of
Norton Air Force Base
Nostromo (Conrad)
NVA. See North Vietnam Army
Observation plane
O Club. See Da Nang Air Base
Officers’ Club
O’Connor, Terence Boyd
OCS. See Officer Candidate
School
Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, First
Marine Aircraft Wing (First MAW Law)
Officer Candidate School (OCS)
Officer Qualification Record (OQR)
Officers’ Club. See Da Nang Air Base
Officers’ Club
Okinawa
Camp Courtney in
DOD school on
homicide trial on
legal conference on
orientation/staging on
Operation Dewey Canyon
Operation Kentucky
Operation Kingfisher. See also
Operation Kentucky
Operations bunker
Operations, covert, by special teams
Oriental Hotel
Orientation, Marine
Outprocessing
P-can opener
Paul
Peacemaking, spirituality in
Peas
Penthouse
Personnel roster
Phoenix. See Intelligence
Coordination and Exploitation
Phosphorus projectile
sound of
as Willy Peter
Photography
as aerial
for award ceremony
of drug sale
at Freedom Hill
of outgoing officers
Piasters, South Vietnamese
Pinkville
PIO. See Public Information
Office
Pitts, Brian Thomas
Pity party
Platoon Leader Course (PLC)
PLC. See Platoon Leader Course
Plea bargain
PMO. See Provost marshal’s
office
Politics, U.S.
armed services and
Vietnam War and
PRC-radios. See also Radio
Precedent, legal, for trial
President, U.S., military command by
Pride, in Marine Corps
Prisoners of war
Promotion
within Marine Corps
subjectivity of
Property, stolen
at Hill
for impersonation
Prosecution team
negativity by
railroading by
Prostitution. See also Dogpatch
in Da Nang bars
Dogpatch ranches for
homicide and
sale of teenagers for
transvestite for
Provost marshal’s office (PMO)
Psalm
Psychodrugs. See also Drugs; Freedom
Hill
Public Information Office (PIO)
impersonation as
Sea Tiger for
Stars and Stripes for
Punji pits, by NVA
Quality assurance (Q-A)
Quantico
Basic School at
OCS at
Que Son Hills
Que Son Valley
Racism
against blacks
at Chu Lai
dapping and
in Dogpatch
at Freedom Hill
against Hispanics
Ku Klux Klan and
in Marine Corps
nicknames and
Radio
AFVN on
call signs for
for emergencies
operator for
PRC-as
Railroading. See also Justice,
military
Raisin jack
Rally point (RP)
for emergency extraction
helicopter landing at
Rally Point Tango (RPT) . See also
Rally point
Ranches. See Dogpatch; Drugs;
Prostitution
R and R. See Rest and
Relaxation
Reaction force
for Freedom Hill
Marines from
scouts/snipers for
Reagan, Ronald
Rearguard withdrawal, as decoy
Reconnaissance
call signs for
mandatory reporting points for
of NVA
rally points for
teams for
VHF walkie-talkies for
Recruitment, correctional custody platoons
for
Red Beach
RELAD
Religion. See also Chaplains, Marine;
Spiritual resource
Republic of South Vietnam. See South
Vietnam, Republic of
Rest and Relaxation (R and R)
at China Beach
on Okinawa
as religious retreat
Retribution
by Marine
for snitching
Reunion, MAF Law
Reynolds, John .
Richards, Keith
Riot
escape from
at Freedom Hill
Riviera
Rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
Rock Pile
Rocks and Shoals. See Articles of
War, British
Rolling Stones
Royal, Darrell. See also University
of Texas Longhorns
RP. See Rally point
RPG. See Rocket-propelled
grenade
RPT. See Rally Point Tango
“Ruby Tuesday,”
S-, of regiment
Sandbags, for protection
The Sands of Iwo Jima
Sappers, to cut wire
Scout Sniper units
for Freedom Hill
for ICEX
Mspotting scope for
SEALs. See Navy Sea-Air-Land
Teams
Sea Tiger
Second Army Corps
Security check
cooks ’n’ bakers patrol as
flak jacket for
Sentencing, by judge
Service Record Book
combat record in
duty information in
incarceration in
pageentry in
Service, Robert
Seventh Marine Regiment
artillery of
chaplain from
commander of
Fox Company in
at Hill
Sexual assault
Sexuality. See also Venereal
disease
Shark bait, VCA engagement as
The Shining
Shit-canned. See also Freedom
Hill
Sick bay
Signals. See also Call sign
by hand/arm
Silver Star
SJA
Snake eyes. See Bomb,
general-purpose
Snitching
Sodium phosphate
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act
South Vietnamese Army (SVA)
South Vietnam, Republic of
countryside of
military justice in
Special Weapons Tactics units
Spiritual resource
for emergency
for Marines
in peacemaking
religious retreat as
Sports. See also Jungle Rules Jungle
Rules in
SRB
Staff Judge Advocate Corps
Staff Judge Advocate Manual
Standing operating procedures, for
platoon
Stanley Hotel
Stars and Stripes
Sting operation, by
Stress, in Marine Corps
Suicide charge, by Viet Cong
Surveillance, as covert
SVA. See South Vietnamese Army
Syphilis, Black
Task Force Oregon
TBS
Telluride Film Festival
Tenth Infantry Division
Tet Offensive
III Marine Amphibious Force (MAF)
brig for
ceremony for
CID for
Cushman for
dope peddling for
manpower shortfalls for
Third Marine Amphibious Force
Third Military Police Battalion
Third Reconnaissance Battalion
Beer
Time magazine
Title. See U.S. Code
Tobacco, chewing
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Tracers, at LZ Ross
The Troggs
Twelfth Marine Regiment, along Highway
Nine
d Infantry “Americal” Division
chaplain for
at Chu Lai
: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
UHHuey utility helicopter
fire fight for
transport by
UHHuey helicopter
Uniform Code of Military Justice
(UCMJ)
United States
armed services within
Constitution of
Department of Defense for
drug shipment to
military justice in
presidential military command in
Selective Service Board in
Vietnam War and politics in
WW for
University of Texas Longhorns
U.S. Armed Forces Induction Center
U.S. Army Military Police school
U.S. Code, Uniform Code of Military
Justice/Manual for Courts-Martial under
U.S. Congress, UCMJ/MCM by
U.S. Constitution, justice code and
U.S. Department of Defense, creation
of
U.S. Embassy
U.S. military law
British Articles of War for
during World War
U.S. Selective Service Board, registration
with
VC. See Viet Cong
Venereal disease (VD)
black syphilis as
clap as
transmission of
VHF walkie-talkies
Viet Cong (VC)
at Cam Ne hamlet
dogs used on
drug supply by
engagement by
guerilla warfare by
gun supply by
rebellion by
suicide charge by
Vietnam
CIA in
Indochina as
Vietnam War
American involvement in
justification of
political reasons for
resigning for
sentiment against
Violence, suddenness of
Virgil
Walking Dead
Warner-Robins Air Force Base
Wayne, John
Westmoreland, William
Wetbacks
Wetting-down party
WIA. See Wounded in action
“Wild Thing” (Troggs)
Willy Peter. See Phosphorus
projectile
World War (WW ), U.S. military justice
during
Wounded in action (WIA)
Writers’ Guild
Yamaguchi Ritter, and his Angeles City Cowboys
Young, Andrew
Zone of responsibility, for firing