10-22-2003, 04:49 PM
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James did some research on the Tiger Force and when it was formed. My sources are: About Face by Colonel David Hackworth chapter 13 andpages 484-486
Hackworth speaks of a time in 1965 after the brigade left Qui Nhon and before the battle of Ia Drang Valley when Tiger Force was formed.
Lieutenant Jim Gardner (shot down and later awarded theMedal Of Honor)was handpicked by Hackworth to leadTiger Force. He is described as a hardworking, TN born Irishman,natural leader, gentle demeanor, from Dyersburg TN.Hackworth describes him as a no bullshit kind ofguy that actually turned himself in at Westpoint for violating the honors code. He went to OCS and was commissioned a few months before his peers at West Point.
Dennis Foley followed Jim Gardner from Hackworths introduction to Foley's book Special Men:
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He eventually commanded the Tigers after its skipper, Medal of Honor winner Jim Gardner, was shot down.
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www.hackworth.com/cbttrng.html
Foley, Dennis. Special Men ? A LRP?s Recollections. New York: Ballantine Publishing, 1994
In five years, he went from private to captain, from New Jersey to Vietnam. But he always served with the best the U.S. Army had to offer?. Throughout his several tours of Vietnam, Dennis Foley served with America?s finest Warriors ? men like David Hackworth ? and Jim Gardner?. It began in 1965, when Foley landed in the best infantry job in Vietnam and didn?t know it. He was with the cream of the Airborne crop, serving under then Major Hackworth as a platoon leader of the Tiger Force, a provisional and experimental unit designed to meet the brutal realities of jungle warfare. (cover)
Attached is a map that might be of interest to you all found on:
http://101_lha.tripod.com/101st_lha/id6.html
Scroll down to about the center of the first page and find a link to the map.
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