American Battle Monuments Commission http://www.abmc.gov

Vietnam Veterans Memorial http://www.nps.gov/vive/
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial serves as a testament to the sacrifice of American military personnel during one of this nation's least popular wars. The purpose of this memorial is to separate the issue of the sacrifices of the veterans from the U.S. policy in the war, thereby creating a venue for reconciliation.

Medline Plus: Veteran's Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/veteranshealth.html
National Library of Medicine Portal on topics of health interest to all Veterans, including up to date news on clinical trials, research and directory searches.

The Gateway to veterans health and wellness: www.myhealthyvet.va.gov For those that qualify, you can order medications on-line.

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United States Army Home Page http://www.army.mil/

Cold War Certificate Program https://coldwar.army.mil/
Cold War Recognition Certificates are available to all members of the armed forces and qualified federal government civilian personnel who faithfully and honorably served the United States anytime during the Cold War era, which is defined as Sept. 2, 1945 to Dec. 26, 1991.

Army Knowledge Portal https://www.us.army.mil/

Army Awards and Decorations https://www.hrc.army.mil

Army Regulations and Publications http://www.usapa.army.mil

Army Force Management School http://www.afms1.belvoir.army.mil
Acronyms, brevity codes, and abbreviations (Dictionary of Terms and Definitions)

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Frequently Asked Questions http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/

Military Personnel Records Home Page http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html
The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th century. NPRC (MPR) also stores medical treatment records of retirees from all services, as well as records for dependent and other persons treated at naval medical facilities.

National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/
The Combat Area Casualties Current File (CACCF) contains records with final data on U.S. military personnel who died as a result of hostilities (killed in action, died from wounds, died while missing, or died while captured) or other causes (died from illness or injury, non-hostile; died from other non-hostile causes; died while missing, non-hostile) in Cambodia, Communist China, Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, or Thailand during the conflict in Southeast Asia.

Operational Information (Center for Army Lessons Learned) http://call.army.mil

eVetRecs eVetRecs
Requst copies of your military records online.

Or this link for your dd214 :http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html

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Lam Son 719 http://www.societyofthefifthdivision.com/LS719.htm
Lam Son 719 operation, After Action Reports and Order of Battle

Society of the Fifth Division http://www.societyofthefifthdivision.com
Unit Histories From Northern Most published by the 1st Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mech) Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam Fall, 1970

http://www.societyofthefifthdivision.com/PTSD.htm

http://www.societyofthefifthdivision.com/Agent_Orange_Links.htm

7th Engineer Battalion, 5th Infantry Division "RED DEVILS" http://seventh-eng.fifthinfantrydivision.com

Red Devil Brigade E Company 1/11th Infantry 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mech) http://www.geocities.com/sanfordr_49509/

1st Bn 61st Infantry Unit history from WWI to Present, with lots of material on Vietnam years. Highly recommended for an afternoons visit.

http://five-four-fa.fifthinfantrydivision.com/  . This website has been rebuilt by a member of its original web designer team and it serves as a memorial to SGT Tommy Dorris, a FO SGT for 5th BN 4th FA, who was the original site owner.

Black Knights 3rd/5th Armored Cavalry Combat Unit Vietnam

A Company 1/11th Infantry

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.org/Military Units

VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars http://www.vfw.org/
The Veterans of Foreign Wars has been a voice for our nation's veterans for more than a century and is the nation's oldest major veteran's organization.

American Legion http://www.legion.org/
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide.

The Virtual Wall http://www.thevirtualwall.org/
A digital interactive legacy project memorializing the men and women who gave their lives in Viet Nam.

Viet Nam Veterans of America http://www.vva.org/
Founded in 1978, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. is the only national Vietnam veterans organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families. VVA is organized as a not-for-profit corporation and is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.

Viet Nam Veterans Home Page http://www.vietvet.org/
Mission: To provide an interactive, on-line forum for Vietnam Veterans and their families and friends to exchange information, stories, poems, songs, art, pictures, and experiences in any publishable form.

Veterans of the Vietnam War http://www.vvnw.org/
The VVnW was formed in Pennsylvania in May, 1980 by a small group of veterans to provide information and services not easily obtained elsewhere. The goal was to serve Veterans of not only the Vietnam Era, but anyone who served in the Armed Forces of the U.S. at any time; in the Armed Forces of Allied countries during the Vietnam era; civilians who served in Vietnam in support of the U.S. forces; and concerned citizens in support of all veterans.

Disabled American Veterans http://www.dav.org/
Formed in 1920 and chartered by Congress in 1932, the million-member DAV is the official voice of America's service-connected disabled veterans -- a strong, insistent voice that represents all of America's 2.1 million disabled veterans, their families and survivors. Its nationwide network of services -- free of charge to all veterans and members of their families -- is totally supported by membership dues and contributions from the American public. Not a government agency, the DAV's national organization receives no government funds.

No-Quarter.org http://www.no-quarter.org/
Viet Nam casualty search page.

Scheduling A Date For The Moving Wall
http://www.themovingwall.org/docs/skedlin2.htm http://www.themovingwall.org/docs/skedling.htm
How to apply for the Moving Wall to come to your town.

12th Cavalry Regiment Association www.12thcav.us

2nd Battalion 94th Artillery http://www.2ndbattalion94thartillery.com/
The 2nd Bn 94th Artillery, manned the 8" and 175MM along the DMZ

11th ACVVC Blackhorse http://www.11thcavnam.com/index.htm

Organization of Artillery in Viet Nam http://www.bravecannons.org/the_gun/unit_org.html
The 1st Bn 92nd Artillery, good resource for information about artillery in Viet Nam

Federation of American Scientists http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/
Federation of American Scientists US Military Aircraft database, very comprehensive, lists for all the air support used in Vietnam.

15th Field Artillery Regiment - "Fighting Fifteenth" http://www.landscaper.net/theguns.htm
Great photos of artillery, dusters, quad 50s, tanks, PCs, and other Viet Nam era hardware and weapons

Patrol Boats River of R/S 533 http://members.tripod.com/~Yogies/
Everette "Yogie" Hebert's Navy Patrol Boat River (PBR) site

USAF OV-10 Bronco Association http://www.ov-10bronco.net/
FAC aircraft web site

"Donut Dollies" http://www.illyria.com/vnwredcross.html
Red Cross Viet Nam era history web site

Unofficial web site of the 18th Surgical Hospital at Quang Tri http://thunderduck2.homestead.com/viet_nam_2.html
Good photographs.

Dustoff Organization http://www.dustoff.org/
Medivac web site.

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