Ia Drang Battle Analysis

Tactical Battle Analysis Essay: Battle of Ia Drang

1. Define the Subject. The Battle of Ia Drang took place in South Vietnam northwest of Plei Me. It involved US forces including the 1st Battalion, 7th Calvary Regiment, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Calvarly Regiment, and the 2nd Battlaion, 5th Calvary Regiment and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) units including 1st Battalion, 33rd NVA Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 33rd NVA Regiment, 7th Battalion, 66th NVA Regiment, 8th Battalion, 66th NVA Regiment, and 9th Battalion, 66th NVA Regiment.

2. Determine the Research Sources.

a. Book(s).

(1) Winters, Harold A. 2001. Battling the elements : weather and terrain in the conduct of war. n.p.: Baltimore [u.a.] : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2001, 2001. Bibliotheksverbund Bayern, EBSCOhost (accessed April 14, 2013).

(2) Moore, Harold, and Joseph Galloway. We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1992.

b. Article(s).

(1) Leonard, Steven M."Forward Support in the Ia Drang Valley ." Army Logistician 38, no. 2 (2006).

(2) Patrecia, Slayden Hollis. 1999. We were soldiers once ...the battles of la drang, 1965. Field Artillery no. 4: 4-9, http://search.proquest.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/docview/231141878?accountid=28180.

c. Other.

(1) After Action Report, Ia Drang Valley Operation. The Air University. Last modified December 9, 1965. Accessed April 15, 2013. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/vietnam/ia_drang.pdf.

(2) Containment and the Truman Doctrine. Keys to American Involvement in the Vietnam War. Accessed May 3, 2013. http://www.11thcavnam.com/education/containment&doctrine.htm.

(3) Galloway, Joseph. Ia Drang - The Battle That Convinced Ho Chi Minh He Could Win. Historynet.com. http://www.historynet.com/ia-drang-where-battlefield-losses-convinced-ho-giap-and-mcnamara-the-u-s-could-never-win.htm (accessed April 14, 2013)....