STRINGER, W. L. (Colonel); PETTIJOHN, J.C. (Major); COLVIN (Colonel) et.al.

Call No.: K239.0512-349

IRIS No.: 00904326

IRIS Tape No.: 00904327

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: 38 pp/0:55

Class: U

Date/Location: 1966/South Vietnam

Interviewers: Colonel Archie S. Mayes

Source: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1966) Roundtable discussion on operations in II Corps, South Vietnam, by forward air controllers (FAC) and air liaison officers; need for good communications equipment in field; guerrilla patrols to establish contact with Viet Cong (VC); lessons learned; misuse of weapons and ordnance; Skyspot's psychological effect; sources of enemy killed by air count; capabilities of OV-10, value of armed FAC to the US Army; 0-1E good aircraft for job to be done; flareship effect on VC attack.