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The following is a list of historic documents and media related to Condor and general military history that are in the possession of the Condors Alumni Association historian, Mac Jones. The Association is working towards transferring as much of these documents and media to the website as possible. In the interim, any inquiries can be directed to the Condors Alumni Association historian, Mac Jones, at condor03@live.com.
1. 2/17 Cav Squadron radio logs
2. Intelligence Summary and Spot Reports
3. Commander's Situation Reports
4. L Co, 75th Ranger Recon Reports
NOTE: The documents above begin on 1 Jan 1969 and continue daily thru 31 Oct 1971. The earlier dates are often missing some of the reports, but Sqdn radio logs are available for every day.
5. 2/17 Cav Sqdn Operation Reports/Lessons Learned ORLL, Situation Reports SITREPS, and After Action Reports AAR - beginning with A Trp in Nov 69 thru Sqdn level to Oct 71, incl AAR on Op Jefferson Glen and misc 2/17 history.
6. 101st Abn Div Operations Reports/Lessons Learned ORLL - from 101 Abn Div beginning Jan 69 thru Oct 71 in 9 separate quarterly reports.
7. Annual 2/17 detailed history files for the years 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1972. (Feb 9, 1972 was the official end date for the Squadron in Vietnam.)
8. Lam Son 719 Feb-Apr 71
a. XXIV Corps AAR
b. 101st Abn Div Final Report, Vol I and II
c. USAF Operations in Laos, Jan 70-Jun 71
d. Lam Son 719 monograph by MG Nguyen Duy Hinh
e. BG Berry Lam Son 719 Report
f. BG Hill Senior Officer Debriefing Report
g. 101 Avn Gp AAR
h. Numerous media articles
i. Cockpit radio recording made by Fuzzy Fausnight, Condor 22
9. TM 55-1520-210-10 UH1-D/H Operator's Manual May 69
10. TM 55-1520-210-10 UH-1D Operator's Manual Nov 67
11. TM 55-1520-214-10 OH-6A Operator's Manual Jul 69
12. TM 55-1520-221-10 AH-1G Operator's Manual Jun 71
13. TM 55-150-221-CL AH-1G Pilot's Checklist Jun 70
14. Numerous miscellaneous magazine articles, photographs and personal diaries.
15. Access to Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association data on aircraft history, aircraft incidents and member's directory.
16. Where We Were in Vietnam by Michael P Kelley A description of every Camp, Station, Firebase, OP and documented foxhole in Vietnam.
17. Personally owned books on Vietnam. Top five recommended reading:
a. Into Laos by Keith W Nolan....The story of Lam Son 719...it was worse than you thought!
b. A Better War by Lewis Sorley...The Victory and the Tragedy of Vietnam
c. Stolen Valor by B. G. Burkett...A tale of the wannabees
d. Ripcord by Keith W Nolan...The story of Firebase Ripcord
e. Hamburger Hill by Sameul Zaffiri...The story of Hamburger Hill
18. Quotes from two other books of interest:
a. A History of Army Aviation by James W Williams...p 166 on Operation Lam Son 719..."Officially 197 helicopters were irrecoverably lost in 54 days".
b. The Blood Road (Ho Chi Minh Trail) by John Prados....p 144 "Captain William H Zierdt of the 155th saw "tracer fire you could land on".