FMFPac, did 15Dec69. Tape 4732 (Oral HistColl, MCHC), hcrc-afcer Heywood Debrief.

35. LtGen William K. Jones, comments on draft ms, n.d. (Viet­nam Comment File).

36. Ill MAF OPIan 183-69. dtd lSept69; USMC Fact Sheet on Per­sonnel Policy in Keystone Bluejay, dtdJan70.

37. MACV ComdHist 1970,1, ch. IV, pp. 23-24; FMFPac, MarOpsV, Jan70, pp. 29-30, 34-35, Fcb70, pp. 27-30, Mar70, p. 30 . 38. FMFPac, MarOpsV, pp. 27-28, 30; 1st MAW ComdC, Jan70, Feb70.

39. FMFPac ComdC, Jan-Jun70, pp. 43-44; FMFPac, MarOpsV, p. 29; CAF ComdC. Mar70.

The Change of Command in I Corps

Additional sources for [his section are from III MAF AAR. Opn Cavalier Beach, dtd 18Apr70, hereafter Cavalier Beach AAR,

40. ComUSMACV Directive 10-11, dtd lNov68, III MAF Admin Files.

41. III MAF ComdC. Jan70, p. 7.

42. XXIV Corps Hist 68. pp. 5-11, 14-17, 20-24, 86-87.

43. ComUSMACV memo to CGIIIMAF and orher commanders, Subj: Reduction in Force, dtd 3Aug69, III MAF Admin Files.

44. CGIIIMAF msg to ComUSMACV, dtd l4Aug69; ComUSMACV msg ro CGIIIMAF, dtd 25Aug69 in III MAF Admin Files.

45. CG III MAF msg to ComUSMACV, dtd 300ct69; III MAF Ad­min Files.

46. Cavalier Beach AAR; Draft Terms of Reference for III MAF, dtd 7Feb70, III MAF Admin Files.

47. MACV, Draft of Proposed Changes to Directive 10-11, dtd l6Feb70. Ill MAF Admin Files.

48. Col George C. Eox, debriefing at FMFPac, 6May70, Tape 4807, (Oral HistColl. MCHC), hereafter Fox Debrief.

49. Dulacki intvw. pp. 105-107.

50. Dulacki Comments.

51. Cavalier Beach AAR.

52. CAF ComdC, Mar and Sept 70.

53. Assi C/S, G-3, III MAF memo to CGIIIMAF, dtd l6Feb70;

Cavalier Beach ARR.

54. BGcn LcoJ. Dulacki. debriefing at FMFPac, Jun70, Tape 4853 (Oral HistColl. MCHC) hereafter, Dulacki Debrief and Dulacki Comments.

55. Ibid and Dulacki mrvw, pp. 113-114.

56. Ibid.

57. Ibid.

58. XXIV Corps OpO 2-C-70 (Cavalier Beach), dtd lFeb70. 59- Col Herbert L. Wilkerson, debriefing at FMFPac, 13July70, Tape 4892, (Oral HistColl, MCHC), hereafter Wilkerson Debrief.

60. Ill MAF ComdC, Mar70, p. 8.

61. Biographical Files (RefSec, MCHC}; LtCol William R. Fails, USMC, Marines and Helicopters, 1962-1973 (Washington: Hist&MusDiv, 1978), pp. 109-13, hereafter Fails. Marines and Helicopters.

62. K- B. McCutcheon to The Group Division, Aetna Life Insur­ance Co, dtd 26Febl937, LtGen Keith B. McCutcheon Papers (PC 464. Collections Sec, MCHC), hereafter McCutcheon Papers.

63. Ill MAF ComdC, Apr70. p. 16.

64. Dulacki Debrief; Cavalier Beach AAR. 65- Dulacki Comments.

66. Ibid.

67. Wilkerson Debrief; Dulacki Debrief,

68. Dulacki Debrief.

69. Ibid.

70. Dulacki Comments.

CHAPTER 2 THE WAR CONTINUES

Unless otherwise noted, material in this chapter is derived from:

III MAF ComdCs, Jan-Jun70; IsrMarDiv ComdCs, JanJun70; MACV ComdHisi, 1970; FMFPac, MarOpsV, Jan-Jun70; Simmons, "Marine Operations."

Overview and the Defense of Da Nang

Additional material to the above for this section includes: 1st Mar ComdCs, Jan-Jun70; 5th Mar ComdCs, Jan-Jun70; 7th Mar ComdCs, Jan-Jun70; 26th Mar ComdCs, Jan-Mar70; llth Mar ComdCs, Jan-Jun70.

1. MACV ComdHist 1970, I, ch. V, p. 7-

2. Ibid., Ill, pp. E10-E12; Fox Debrief.

3. MACV ComdHist 1970, III, ElO, El2.

4. FMFPac, MarOpsV, Jan70, pp. 17-18. Feb70, pp. 16-19.

5. FMFPac, MarOpsV, Feb70, pp. 19-20.

6. XXIV Corps 1st Quarterly Written Summary. Combined Cam­paign Plan 1970, dtd 16Apr70. End 2. IstMarDiv Admin Files.

7. General Officer Biographical File, (RefSec, MCHC), hereafter, General Officer Bio File-8, IstMarDiv ComdC, Apr70; Simmons, "Marine Operations," p. 136.

9. General Officer Bio File.

10. IstMarDiv OpO 30IA-YR, dtd l6Dec70, Anx C.

11. Ibid.

12. Simmons, "Marine Operations," p. l4l; FMFPac, MarOpsV, Jul70, p. 22.

13. Simmons, "Marine Operations," p. 136.

14. 1st Mar Div G-2 Overview, 30Jun70 and 1st Mar Div G-2 Over­view, 3lDec70, both in IstMarDiv Documents; III MAF ComdCs. Jan-Jun70.

15. IstMarDiv G-2 Overview, 30Jun70, IstMarDiv Documents; FMFPac, MarOpsV. May70, pp. 12-16,

16. MACV ComdHist, 1970, I, ch. IV, pp. 32-33.

17- RVN JGS Memo dtd 7Feb69, in IstMarDiv Documents; FMFPac, MarOpsV, Jul70, p. 22; LtCol William Blakely.Jr., USA. Deputy Province Senior Advisor, memo to CGIIIMAF, dtd 24Apr70 (McCutcheon Papers); Col Noble L. Beck, debriefing at FMFPac. l6Jul70. Tape 4893 (OralHistCoU, MCHC); Col Floyd H. Waldrop. Debriefing at FMFPac, 19Aug70. Tape 4926 (OralHistCoU. MCHC). hereafter Waldrop Debrief.

18. ICTZ Combined Campaign Plan 1970, dtd 13Dec69, pp. 23-24; Waldrop Debrief.

19. IstMarDiv G-3 Ops Summary, dtd 29Jun70, IstMarDiv Docu­ments; IstMarDiv ComdC, Jan70, p. 3.

20. IstMarDiv FragO 7-70, dtd llFeb70, in IstMarDiv ComdC, Feb70; IstMarDiv ComdC. Mar70, pp. 21-22.