28th Infantry Vietnam

Books and Articles

• New Book by David Maraniss
  Rome 1960 by David Maraniss is the Blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
  The Release date is July 1, 2008

• Caring Warrior
  Jane Menetrey, a journalist and published writer, has written a book about her husband General Louis C. Menetrey
  "Caring Warrior , General Louis C. Menetrey"
  From the fields of Vietnam to Commander of all forces in Korea, Menetrey was the ultimate leader. Mrs. Menetrey compiled remembrances from friends and soldiers and added materials from his files, his own words from his Oral History and narrations of her own. Order from Xlibris.com

• "Blood Trails" by Chris Ronnau
  Fantastic book about Chris Ronnau's tour with Charlie Company 2/28th 1967

• "A Gathering of Warriors" by Sgt Mike Troyer
  Troyer's version of newly formed Delta Company 2/28th (7/67-7/68)

• Documentary - "Two Days in October"
  PBS American Experience

• Movie 2008 - "They Marched Into Sunlight"

• Casualties from October 17, 1967

• VFW Magazine - February 2006
  "Battle at Ong Thanh" - pages 34-36

• "They March Into Sunlight: War and Peace in Vietnam and America October 1967"
  written by David Maraniss.
  - Read the 1st Chapter!
  - Read the Kirkus Reviews about this best seller!
  David Maraniss is the Associate editor at The Washington Post where he has worked for the last 23 years. David won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for national reporting for his revealing articles on the life and political record of candidate Bill Clinton. David has written five books, including two major biographies, "When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi", which was a national best seller for 20 weeks, and "First In His Class", considered the definitive biography of Bill Clinton.

  
  

• "The Turncoat
  Black Lion Gerard Grosso's book is getting RAVE Reviews!

• "The Beast Was Out There" - Black Lion BG Jim Shelton's book about his experience in Vietnam 1967.
  All monies derived from the sale of the book will first go to cover costs, and any other monies will be shared equally by the 28th Infantry Association and the 1st Division Museum to further memmorialize the sacrifices of our great men who have passed.

• 1/LT Albert Clark Welch
  Company Commander of Delta, 2/28th on October 17, 1967 - Narrative description for award of Medal of Honor Recommendation.
  Clark Welch was awarded the DSC on April 27 2003 for his actions on October 17 1967 and a new MOH recommendation with three additional eyewittnesses is pending.

• "Ringed in Steel" by Michael D. Mahler
  Infantry Operations, pages 39-57

  
  

• "Ambush of the Black Lions"
  Newsweek, October 30, 1967

  
  

• Oral History Transcript
  Produced from a tape-recorded interview with Lieutenant Colonel James D. George, company cammander of Alpha, 2/28th on October 17, 1967, conducted by Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Taylor in 1985.

• "A Sudden Meeting"
  Time, October 27, 1967, page 36.

  
  

• Harold B. Durham, Jr.
  Forward observer with Delta, 2/28th on October 17, 1967, Medal of Honor (Posthumously).

  
  

• Major Donald Walter Holleder
  All American at West Point, KIA on October 17, 1967.