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Rew, Leland Chadwick, Jr., LTC USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Amelia Island, Florida
Last Address Amelia Island Nassau County Florida
Date of Passing Jan 18, 2003
Location of Interment Alta Vista Cemetery - Gainesville, Georgia
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Following retirement from the U.S. Army in 1974, Leland Rew worked for BASF Corporation (BASF Wyandotte), a chemical company, at its Parsippany, New Jersey facility. Leland was a Human Resource Manager until he retired from BASF in 1990.
Date of Birth November 21, 1930
Alabama
Parents:
Father - Leland Rew
Mother - Sarah Rew
Gainesville High School, Gainesville, Georgia
Played football
Meet his future wife, Sara Bostick, in High School.
United States Military Academy at West Point - Class 1953:
Member of Dialectic Society for three years
Served on Special Programs Committees for four years
Played Lacrosse for two years receiving his monogram
Married 1953:
Spouce - Sara Charlotte Bostick
Daughter - Debbie 1955
Son - David 1957
Daughter - Pamela 1961
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.
In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.
