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Since my military retirement I've been working in the motion picture and television industry.
Mostly I write/produce/direct documentaries for cable television networks such as The History Channel, A&E, and Discovery.
Many are military documentaries for MODERN MARVELS with titles such as Camouflage, Booby Traps and Bullets.
In the past I made dozens of military training/informational films for the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. Perhaps the most significant was COMBAT LEADERSHIP featuring Lee Marvin. He was very proud of the film. He saw it as a Marine serving Marines. COMBAT LEADERSHIP is on the Bonus Disc of Warner Brothers' re-release on THE DIRTY DOZEN.
I am also a military technical consultant which sometimes takes me on the set for technical accuracy, which I did for two seasons of TOUR OF DUTY, but mostly I help writers find the "military" voice in their scripts.
In the past three years I have had five articles printed in Vietnam magazine. Â I find great satisfaction in telling the stories of men and women who fought in a war that does not get the recognition it so richly deserves.
A few years after retiring from the army, I met my wife Kathryn. She has been a filmmaker for over 30 years with an extensive resume. The last 20 have mostly been documentaries for cable television. She was born and raised in Los Angeles.
Other Comments:
My military career spanned 26 years, beginning in 1956 when I joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Following two years active duty, I spent another two years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.
In 1962, I joined the Army National Guard. In 1966 I went on active duty in U.S. Army. After 18 years on active duty, I retired in 1984. I have posted a number of photographs and accompanying narrative depicting Vietnam.
Several of my brothers with whom I served in Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in 1970 have also posted numerous photographs on their profiles. They are TOM HIRST, DANNY LONG, CRAIG TROUP, and RODNEY YOUNG.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)
From Month/Year
July / 1970
To Month/Year
June / 1971
Description This campaign was from 1 Jul 1970 to 30 June 1971. Fighting continued in Cambodia during early February before and after South Vietnam began its U.S.-aided drive in Laos, Lam Son 719, the most significant operation during this campaign.
Lam Son 719 was conducted out of I Corps by Vietnamese troops with US fire and air support. Their object was to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to destroy enemy bases at Techepone, Laos. The operation consisted of four phases. In Phases I, called Operation DEWEY CANYON II, the 1st Brigade, US 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) occupied the Khe Sanh area and cleared Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. In the meantime, the US 101st Airborne Division conducted diversionary operations in the A Shau Valley. The US 45th Engineer Group had the mission of repairing Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. This lasted from 30 January to 7 February 1971. During Phase II US forces continued to provide fire support, helilift, and tactical and strategic air support for ARVN units. This phase was 8 February to March 1971. Phase III ran from March to 16 March 1971; Phase IV was the withdrawal phase.
Faced with mounting losses, Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam, the commander of the invasion forces, decided to cut short the operation and ordered a withdrawal.
Lam Son 719, though it was less than a signal success, forestalled a Communist offensive in the spring of 1971. Enemy units and replacements enroute south were diverted to the scene of the action.
