Veterans Personal Pages

A number of 25th Infantry Division veterans have put up their own accounts of their time with the Division. For further information about their units, take a look at our Units page.

• 3rd/4th Cavalry: Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry, Republic of South Vietnam This is a new website dedicated to the members of this unit who served in the Republic of Vietnam. You'll find troop strength for the Squadron and for C Troop, photos, list of all known C Troop members, and awards.

  A Troop 3/4 Cav Vietnam This site, dedicated to the members of Alpha Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division who served in the Republic of Vietnam, contains rosters, photos, a timeline and more.

  A Hundred Miles of Bad Road An account of the 3rd/4th Cav during Tet '68 (book review).

• 1/5th (Mechanized) Infantry: A Year On The Jumpin' Jack Randy Kethcart's year with 2nd Platoon, Co. B. 1/5th (Mech.) "Bobcats", told in photographs.

  1st Bn 5th Inf Reg 25th Inf Div "Class of 1966" Butch Petit has put together a site with a great many photos of Cu Chi district in 1966-67 and many photos of "Bobcats" of that period.

  A 1st/5th Mech "Bobcat's" page Bobcat - 1969 Prologue to MECH, By: Theodore T. Jagosz, Cpt Inf (USA).

• 4/9th Infantry: Willy's Page A very nice website put together by a 4th/9th "Manchu" vet. If you want to see a graphically elegant site, check this out. He also recently moved his Manchu material to its own domain. Willy recently added "Sounds of Vietnam", a set of audio files, to the Manchu site. The Manchus ought to be proud of what Willy has put together for them.

• 2/12th Infantry: 2/12 Infantry In Vietnam Ray Cassidy is the webmaster of an excellent website for those who served with the 2/12th "Warriors" in Vietnam. You will find a growing set of photos, Tropic Lightning News articles, and a "Warriors" locator.

  Dau Tieng Basecamp Bill Comeau, RTO, A/2/12, 66-67 has created a website for the men of Alpha Co., 2/12th, particularly those that went to Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division and later served with the 25th Infantry Division. You will find photos, brigade history, a chat room, and more.

• 1/14th Infantry: 1st/14th Infantry "Golden Dragons" - Vietnam Terry Bender has added a wealth of information to this site, including photos, maps, a Golden Dragon Alumni newsletter, articles about specific operations from Stars and Stripes, and much more. Very nice animated graphics, too.

• 2/14th Infantry: 2/14th Golden Dragons - Vietnam Kirk Ramsey's site now has expanded to include a Golden Dragons Vet Finder, Battalion Annual Reports, After Action Reports, Quarterly Evaluation Reports and a "Lessons Learned" account of the price a platoon paid for establishing a predictable pattern when exiting the wire. Tales of a War Far Away, Kirk's chronicle of his year with the "Golden Dragons", is now incorporated into this site.

  In Hell With Dragons Richard Shaffer's account of his tour in 1967 with the weapons platoon of Charlie Company, 2/14th Infantry "Golden Dragons".

• 21st Infantry: Sherpas In Iraq Charlie Co., 1-21st Infantry "Gimlet", has a site consisting of photos, guestbook, and a memorium to PFC John Amos, the division's first KIA in Iraq.

• 22nd Infantry: Vietnam Triple Deuce Mario Salazar has created a new site for the 2/22nd (Mechanized) Infantry in Vietnam which currently includes personal accounts, a newsletter, and a guestbook, but will grow.

  Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Association This site is for those who served with the 3/22nd in Vietnam, either with the 25th or 4th Infantry Divisions.

• 4/23rd (Mechanized) Infantry: 23rd Infantry Regiment Association This site contains some company rosters, photos, maps, and more.

• 27th Infantry: Wolfhound Alumni (Vietnam) Gary L. Huber, Co. A, 1st Bn., 27th Infantry and life member of our Association, has put a website together with the aim of collecting the names of anyone who served with the 1st or 2nd Battalion Wolfhounds in Vietnam. He has listed the names gathered thus far by Company and Battalion. Gary recently updated the graphics on his site, and it looks great. All you Wolfhounds stop on by, especially if you can add to the list of names.

  Images of the 25th Infantry Division, Vietnam, 1966 This page features numerous photographs of the 25th Infantry Division, taken in Cu Chi, Vietnam, during 1966. When the 25th went to Vietnam, Major Frank S. Farmer, the webmaster's father, was the Executive Officer of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment. Halfway through his tour of duty, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned as Headquarters Commandant, 25th Infantry Division.

  Operation Attleboro Over a year before the Tet Offensive of 1968 a major battle took place in War Zone C near Dau Tieng. At the height of this operation upwards of 50,000 U.S. troops were engaged. The 25th Infantry Division commited the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 27th Infantry "Wolfhounds", 2/14th Infantry "Golden Dragons", 1/5th (Mech.) Infantry "Bobcats", and 2/22nd (Mech.) Infantry "Regulars" to the fight. The story is told in words, pictures and maps from the perspective of Co. B, 1/27th Infantry by one of its members, Marion Ellard. This is the electronic version of Mr. Ellard's self-published book, copies of which may be obtained directly from the author.

• 35th Infantry: The 35th Infantry Regiment Association Among the features of these pages, you will find a "KIA" listing to company level for all wars since WWI, a Time Line for Vietnam, Photographs, and a Roster by company. Included within the Roster are those who served in the field with these troops: medics, artillery forward observers, their RTOs, Clergy, etc. Stop over if you have a little time, help out with the "KIA" or "Time Line" if you can, and add your name to the Roster.

  A Walk With the 35th Infantry Jim Anderson, B 2/35 67-68, has put together a site that contain Daily Journals, After Action Reports, Operational Reports and Lessons Learned, Series L-7104 Combat Maps and Series 1501 Area Maps, and more. Check back regularly to see what he's added. Note: this is now part of the 35th Infantry Regiment site above.

• 75th Infantry Rangers: LRRP To LRRP Sitrep Robert Lawrence has created this site about his year as a LRRP team leader with Co. F., 75th Rangers. Lots of pics from around Tay Ninh and Cu Chi.

• Combat Tracker Teams: Combat Tracker Teams This site is dedicated to Combat Tracker Teams, a number of whom served with the 25th Infantry Division. Three such teams, Teams 1, 2 and 12, have partial lists of team members on the site.

• Scout Dogs: Vietnam Dog Handler Association Has a complete list of dog handler units, including the 38th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (IPSD) that worked with our line companies.

  38th Infantry Platoon Scout Dog joined the 25th Division in 1966 and arrived in Vietnam as part of the Division's 2nd Brigade, serving with the division until 1971.

• 25th Aviation Battalion: 25th Aviation Battalion - Vietnam The Little Bears and Diamond Heads have a new LZ. Check it out.

• 2/9th Artillery: "The Mighty Ninth", Vietnam Dennis Dauphin has constructed a site dedicated to the veterans who served in the 2nd Battalion, 9th Artillery "The Mighty Ninth" during the Vietnam War. It contains personnel rosters, to include Forward Observers (one of whom was Lt Shinseki, a future Chief of Staff of the Army), battery organizational charts, photos and more.

• 'A' Battery, 7/11th Artillery: A Btry 7/11, 25th Infantry Division, Vietnam 1968-69 Personal page of John Clark, who served with this artillery unit in '68-'69. Includes photos, guestbook, message board and reunion dates.

  Vietnamsoldier.com: A look at life with A Battery, 7/11 Artillery Records the tour of Chris Woelk through extensive photos with background commentary.

• 'B' Battery, 3/13th Artillery: Bravo 3rd of the 13th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, Vietnam 1969-70 Personal page of Bob Offerdahl, who served with this artillery unit in '69-'70. Includes photos, personal journal, after-action reports, and more.

• 'C' Battery, 3/13th Artillery: C Btry 3/13, 25th Infantry Division, Vietnam 1968-69 Personal page of Dave Emborsky, who served with this artillery unit in '68-'69. Includes photos, information about specific battles, and a locator.

• 2/77th Artillery: 2/77 Army Artillery Page..Photos..History..e-unions Mikie Pectol's site has photos maps, rosters and more.

• Ground Surveillance Radar: A radarman's home page Personal page of a ground surveillance radar operator for the 25th Infantry Division artillery.

• 187th Assault Helicopter Co.: Trial by Fire Oral history from Captain Thomas A. Pienta, a pilot of the 187th Assault Helicopter Company.

• 25th Infantry Division Shotgun Program: "Shotgun" Platoons were organized from elements of the 25th Infantry Division for the purpose of supplying door gunners to aviation companies operating in Vietnam prior to the Division's arrival in Vietnam.
• 65th Engineer Bn.: 65th Engineer Bn., Company E Bob Guersch served with the 65th Engineer Bn, Co. E (Bridge) from April '65 thru October '66. He has created a gallery of his photos covering Schofield Barracks, USNS Nelson M. Walker, and the beginnings of Cu Chi base camp.

World War II

• Remembering Pearl Harbor National Geographic has put together this nicely presented site that features an interactive timeline, photos, film clips and survivor-submitted memories of the attack. You will find details about specific events, ships and planes (both U.S. and Japanese), and related links.
• World War II Division Chronicles: 25th Infantry Division The U.S. Army's Center of Military History issued this as part of a series of division histories in booklet form to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the war.
• The U.S. Army Campaigns in World War II: Guadalcanal This U.S. Army site details the actions of 25th Infantry Division units and others during this campaign.
• World War II The Eisenhower Presidential Library at the University of Texas has a wealth of information, including brief notes on the future Presidents who served in WWII, a timeline, links arranged by theater of operation, and more.
• World War II U.S. Veterans Website This site, put together by a World War II veteran and his son, has discussion forums, memorabilia, and the beginnings of a locator.
• World War II Sounds and Pictures Radio broadcast samples, famous speeches of the era.
• World War II Webring Use this site to find others on this topic.
• Resource Listing for World War II Government documents and other official records of many participating nations.
• The Final Months of the War with Japan: Signals Intelligence, U.S. Invasion Planning, and the A-Bomb Decision This new publication by the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence and the Harvard University program for Studies of Intelligence and Policy examines the role of intercepted Japanese communications in US military planning during the final stages of the war with Japan in 1945. The author states that this work is not intended as an argument for or against the use of the atomic bomb against Japan. Its purpose is to examine the intelligence that was available at the time and the role this intelligence played in US strategic planning on Japan during the closing months of the war. This site also includes a collection of 118 annotated declassified original documents provided in .pdf format in Appendix C.
• The American Battle Monuments Commission: WW II Dead The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains a listing of those interred at the American military cemeteries overseas and those Missing in Action from World War II. Of the 405,399 Americans that lost their lives during World War II, there were 78,976 Missing in Action. Of the remainder the next of kin of 93,242 elected to have their loved ones buried at our cemeteries. The new listing of the World War II database, now on the web contains the 172,218 names of those buried at our cemeteries, those Missing in Action and those buried or lost at sea. It does not contain the names of the 233,181 Americans returned to the United States for burial.

Korea

These sites on the Korean War will lead you to other useful websites.

• The Korean War Project The definitive Korean War page. After a temporary hiatus, they are back online. Take a look at this sub-page, which gives contact information and queries from former members of individual regiments.
• The 25th Infantry Division in the Korean War This U.S. Army Center of Military History page lists the campaigns, decorations and commanders of the division in Korea, and presents a brief history.
• National Korean War Museum This non-profit organization recently moved from Hawaii to larger facilities in Nebraska. At this time, they have a few photos on their site, but will add more as their displays are shipped from Hawaii.
• Truman Presidential Library Digital Archives: The Korean War This sub-site of The Truman Library has, among other things, personal accounts and official documents, maps and links pertaining to the history of the Korean War.
• Anniversary of the Korean War Veterans directories and personal accounts.
• The Korean War Veterans Association This site is a trove of information related to the Korean War, memorials, etc.
• The Korean War Veterans Memorial Information about the memorial and brief historical notes about the war.
• Korean War Commemorative Brochures Official histories from the Army's Center of Military History.
• Combat Support In Korea Text of a book by that title.
• Korean War Casualties 25th Infantry Division The 2nd Infantry Division Association has a section of their website listing 25th Infantry Division casualties organized by unit.
• State-level Casualty Lists from the Korean Conflict (1951-57) The Center for Electronic Records of the US National Archives and Records Administration provides this set of US casualty lists from the Korean Conflict. At present the database contains 33,642 names. Unfortunately, the list is not searchable at this time.
• The American Battle Monuments Commission: Korea The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains a listing of those interred at the American military cemeteries overseas and those Missing in Action from Korea. The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 Americans service men and women lost their lives during the Korean War. This includes all losses world wide. Since the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC honors all U.S. Military who lost their lives during the War, it has tried to obtain the names of those who died in other areas besides Korea during the period June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1954, one year after the Korean Armistice. At the memorial is a Honor Roll database where all 54,246 should be listed. Unfortunately, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri destroyed many of the records of service personnel and a complete listing is not available. To date, the database includes the names of 37,333 service men and women who died during that period. The Korean Honor Roll database, including photographs, is now on the web.
• U.S. Army Korean War Casualties: Total Combat Losses by Unit and by Type This site has summary tables, based on the book, "Korean Battle Chronology", enumerating casualties by type, division, and battalion.
• Philippine Expeditionary Force To Korea (PEFTOK) Art Villasanta's website has a brief history of the Korean war, which his father covered as a war correspondent. The 10th BCT was attached to the 25th Infantry Division in September 1950. Mr. Villasanta is seeking G.I. s who have any information about the Philippine troops in Korea.
• The Turkish Brigade This page details the contributions of the Turkish Brigade that was attached first to the 25th Infantry Division and later to the 2nd Infantry Division, as excerpted from "The Korean War" -- a short history by the Turkish War Veterans Association.

Vietnam

Websites about the Vietnam War and its veterans are not hard to find. The sites listed here will lead you to many of the best ones.

• The Vietnam Veterans Home Page. Extensive site containing links to veterans organizations, personal writings, reunion schedules and a discussion forum. If the server is down, try their mirror site.
• The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945-1975. Material found at this site is based on course materials for a seminar taught by Professor Robert Brigham, the first American scholar given access to the Vietnamese war archives in Hanoi. There are links to over fifty sites relating to the wars and to Viet Nam today. Selections include archives, image galleries, US veterans' experiences, Vietnamese culture, and travel to Viet Nam.
• Renegade Woods: Small Unit Combat After Action Interview Report. Detailed report of an operation in April 1970 involving Teams 38 and 39, Company F (Ranger), 75th Infantry, Companies A, B, C, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, Companies A, B, 2nd Battalion (Mechanized), 22nd Infantry and a host of artillery, aviation and other support units.
• Selections From the Vietnam Interview Collection (VNI). As with 'Renegade Woods', this site is the product of the US Army Center of Military History. Within this collection are two After Action reports involving units of the 25th Infantry Division: VNI-232 which concerns the 2nd/27th Infantry Wolfhounds, and VNI-249, which involves several 25th Division units, including the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry.
• The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall. This was the first Internet memorial site dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. When the founder and original webmaster of this site was no longer able to continue, access was temporarily suspended. Our brothers of the 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment Association have now stepped forward to assume sponsorship of this site as a service to the rest of us.
• The Virtual Wall. An elegantly presented site that offers the ability to post personal rememberances, participate in threaded discussions with other visitors, read clearly written profiles of those whose names are on the Wall, and create electronic rubbings of their names. This site also includes the Coffelt Database of casualties including their unit information, downloadable as Excel files.

Military Associations

• First Cav Association
• Society of the First Infantry Division
• The 2nd (Indianhead) Infantry Division Association
• The National 4th Infantry Division Association
• 9th Infantry Division Web Pages
• 11th Armored Cavalry "Blackhorse" Association
• 11th Armored Cavalry Veterans of Vietnam & Cambodia
• 24th Infantry Division Association
• 82nd Airborne Division Association
• 101st Airborne Division Association
• Society of the 173d Airborne Brigade
• 196th Light Infantry Brigade Association
• 199th Light Infantry Brigade
• The Americal Division Veterans Association
• Special Forces Association
• 1st Aviation Brigade, Vietnam
  Companies of the 1st Aviation Brigade provided helicopter and air recon support for the 25th in Vietnam.
• 116th Assault Helicopter Company
  Home of the Hornets, Yellow Jackets, Wasps and Stingers. This is a nicely designed site with lots of information.
• 118th Assault Helicopter Company
  The "Thunderbirds" participated in many of the operations in III Corps, including Attleboro, Cedar Falls and Junction City. They also have a separate page about the "Shotgun" Platoons that were organized from elements of the 25th Infantry Division for the purpose of supplying door gunners to aviation companies operating in Vietnam prior to the Division's arrival in Vietnam.
• 187th Assault Helicopter Company
  Very nice graphics, and a map of the Tay Ninh area. Drop them a line, they would like to hear from you if you ever rode with them.
• 188th Assault Helicopter Company
  The Black Widows supported the 25th Infantry Division on a number of operations, including Manhattan, Barking Sands, Yellowstone and several others.
• 240th Assault Helicopter Company
  The "Greyhounds" and "Mad Dogs" of the 240th flew in support of 25th Infantry Division operations in Vietnam.
• The Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network

General Military

• U.S. Army Military History InstituteThis information-rich site at Carlisle Barracks, PA includes selected photos from the 19th century through the Gulf War, a sampler of documents ranging from training course material for armor crewmen to an article on "The Greatest Invention Ever" - the P-38 can opener. You can also use finding aids to search their archive catalog.
• Center of Military History Searchable site providing guidance in searching official records, downloadable Korean War maps, and information from most eras.
• The Institute of Heraldry Those of you who are looking for digitized versions of Distinctive Unit Insignias, Airborne beret flashes, medals and streamers for websites will want to visit this site.
• SearchMil.com This search engine indexes approximately 785,000 pages on military servers. Like some search engines, SearchMil.com caches the versions of pages that its robots find, helping prevent dead links caused by changed addresses or sites that have been pulled due to security concerns. SearchMil.com uses a simple keyword search interface and ranked returns that include brief excerpts from the site and links to the site or the cached version.
• The Military Network Veteran news, forums and extensive links.
• Veterans News and Information Service News about veterans legislation, VA information, message board, and chat facilities.

Maps

Most maps on the internet do not show much detail. However, there are some sites that make detailed maps available. Here are some examples.

• Maps of parts of the 25th Infantry Division's Area of Operations in Vietnam
• Map of the area around Cu Chi This is a large image, and takes awhile to display.
• Map of the area around Tay Ninh and Nui Ba Den This is a large image, and takes awhile to display.
• Another map of the area around Cu Chi This is the top four inches of a pictomap, Sheet 6330 IV, series L7014, 1967. A portion of Cu Chi base camp is in the upper left, and Fire Support Base Emory's location is indicated further east. Source: Kirk Ramsey, A Co., 2nd/14th Infantry.
• The United States Military Academy's Department of History Map Library Maps are arranged in atlases by conflict.
• The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters, 1942

Veteran Locators

The web offers a number of tools for locating veterans. These links are a few recommended ones.

• Military and Veterans Alumni Database
  Ben Myers' Military and Veterans Alumni Database is back online. This is an excellent source for locating division- or battalion-level organizations. In the course of moving his database, Ben has also made it easier to search, though it still takes awhile to load due to all the information it contains.
• World Wide Web Vietnam Veteran Location Service The purpose of this page is to help Vietnam Veterans and friends of Vietnam Veterans locate those who served in Vietnam during the war years. If the server is down, try their mirror site.
• N.C.O.C. Locator The mission of the N.C.O.C. Locator is to find and catalogue the current addresses of all former N.C.O.C. graduates (Shake n' Bakes) and help them find their service buddies.
• Yahoo People Search This site used to be the "Four-11 People Locator". At this site, click on "Advanced". You can search e-mail listings by past military affiliations. Broader searches are more effective than narrow ones. If you search for "25th Infantry", but the person listed themselves as "25th Inf.", you will miss them. People listed contribute their own information.
• InfoSpace Another means of finding fellow veterans is this electronic phone book. If you have an idea what state the veteran is from, try searching the white pages at this site. There are several other internet phone books, but this is the one of the most complete and accurate ones.

• An Army of One Remembers Photographs and brief biographies of military and civilian Pentagon personnel killed in the attack of September 11, 2001. Lest we forget.
• American Memory Searchable site from the Library of Congress. Contains images and documents of historical interest.
• Sons and Daughters In Touch Organization whose mission is to locate, unite and provide support to sons, daughters, and other family members of those who died or remain missing as a result of the Vietnam War, to promote healing via networking and special projects and awareness of the historical and emotional legacy of war.