Joseph L. Galloway - Co-author: We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
"If you can't find it in these pages, it can't be found."

Eric Hammel - Historian and author: Khe Sanh: Siege in the Clouds--An Oral History and Fire in the Streets: The Battle for Hue--Tet 1968
"If you need a fact about the Vietnam War, look here first!"

David Hackworth - Author: Vietnam Primer, About Face and Steel My Soldiers' Hearts
"It's an incredible resource and will sit prominently among my research materials on the Vietnam War."

Keith W. Nolan - Author: Ripcord, Sappers in the Wire, Operation Buffalo and The Battle for Saigon
"...belongs on the bookshelf of anyone wishing to study the U.S. ground war in Vietnam."

Joseph L. Galloway, Co-author of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
... has done everyone who served in Vietnam a great service with his monumental research.

Eric Hammel, author Khe Sahn, Fire in the Streets
If you need a fact about the Vietnam War, look here first.

David Hackworth, author Vietnam Primer, About Face & Steel My Soldiers' Hearts
It's an incredible resource and will sit prominently among my research materials on the Vietnam War

Book Description
Where We Were represents more than seven years of exhaustive research by author, artist, and Vietnam veteran Michael Kelley. With more than 10,000 entries, it covers the entire Indochina Theater including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and both North and South Vietnam. Wherever possible, it includes the following for each firebase and military installation: Standard and a.k.a. names, origin of names, grid coordinates, relative location, dates built and dismantled, major units occupying, dates of major attacks, unique features, alternate grids, and province and military region. Plus: Detailed maps and grid zone overlays; airfields and heliports; seaports and other docking facilities; significant terrain features; signal sites, ops, quarries, and engineer camps; U.S. Navy and Army ships and warships; U.S. military order of battle; Internet resource listings; guide to researching the Vietnam War; extensive glossary of terms and minutiae; and more...

About the Author
Michael Kelley served as a rifleman and machine gunner with D Company, 1st/502d Infantry, 101st Airborne Division from Nov69 until badly wounded Sept70. Drafted immediately upon graduation from Sacramento State College (BA, Art), he has since established himself as one of the better-known artists whose focus has been the Vietnam experience. His military awards include the Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal, and ARCOM.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

About the Author

Michael Kelley served as a rifleman and machine gunner with D Company, 1st/502d Infantry, 101st Airborne Division from Nov69 until badly wounded Sep70. Drafted immediately upon graduation from Sacramento State College (BA, Art), he has since established himself as one of the better-known artists whose focus has been the Vietnam experience. His works hang in numerous museums and private collections in the U.S. and around the world. Over the past decade, drawing has taken a back seat to writing, and his articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun Times, and Vietnam Magazine, among others. His military awards include the combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal, and ARCOM

SYNOPSIS

Where We Were represents more than seven years of exhaustive research by author, artist, and Vietnam veteran Michael Kelley. With more than 10,000 entries, it covers the entire Indochina Theater including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and both North and South Vietnam.

Wherever possible, it includes the following for each firebase and military installation: Standard and a.k.a. names, origin of names, grid coordinates, relative location, dates built and dismantled, major units occupying, dates of major attacks, unique features, alternate grids, and province and military region.

Plus: Detailed maps and grid zone overlays; airfields and heliports; seaports and other docking facilities; significant terrain features; signal sites, ops, quarries, and engineer camps; U.S. Navy and Army ships and warships; U.S. military order of battle; Internet resource listings; guide to researching the Vietnam War; extensive glossary of terms and minutiae; and more...

FROM THE CRITICS

Eric Hammel - historian, Khe Sanh: Siege in the Clouds--An Oral History and Fire in the Streets: The Battle for Hue--Tet 1968

If you need a fact about the Vietnam War, look here first!

David Hackworth - Vietnam Primer, About Face and Steel My Soldiers' Hearts

It's an incredible resource and will sit prominently among my research materials on the Vietnam War.

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