These accounts of fighting in Vietnam are based on official U.S. Army records- daily journals, journal files, after action reports, interviews conducted soon after the events by historical officers in Vietnam, and upon interviews and correspondence conducted later by the authors themselves. Contents of the paper included the fight at Ia Drang, 14-16 November 1965; convoy ambush on Highway 1, 21 November 1966; ambush at Phuoc An, 18 June 1967; fight along the Rach Ba Rai, 15 September 1967; three companies at Dak To, 6 November 1967; Battle of Lang Vei, 7 February 1968; and gunship mission, 5 May 1968.