Project Name
Dorland, John
Categories
1st Battalion,Cobra Troops
Vietnam 1st Battalion
John Dorland
C Company 1965 – 1966
Joined 1/327th in January 1964, with ABU Company, as a Platoon Leader, jumping in Operation Delawar, in Iran, followed by Desert Strike. Became Bn Asst S-3 (Air) before and going to Vietnam, on the USNS Eltinge, in 1965. Wanted to be in the “war with troops, in a line company, not just a staff officer”, so requested and joined Company C, again, as a Platoon Leader, followed by being Company XO.
Second tour in Vietnam was as Company CO of a Mechanized Infantry Company, in the 1st Infantry, followed by an assignment at West Point.
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