STEPHENSON, Gil (Lt. Colonel, USA) & HICKS, Robert L (Captain USA)

Call No.: K239.0512-111

IRIS No.: 00903906

IRIS Tape No.: 00903907 C.1/ 00903908 C.2

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: 33pp/0:50

Class: U

Date/Location: 21 January 1969/Fort Benning GA

Interviewers: Major Samuel E. Riddlebarger

Source: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1967-1968) Oral history interview with Lt. Colonel Gil Stephenson a US Army battalion commander and Captain Robert Hicks a staff officer of Capital Military Assistance Advisory Command, Saigon. Topics include the responsiveness of immediate airstrikes, preplanned close air support plentiful and responsive, dud rate of cluster bomb units, Viet Cong attest to effectiveness of B-52 strikes, bomb damage assessment, C-47 good flareship, airlift for troop movements, and the proper use of airpower decreases casualties.