Dedication
This study is humbly dedicated to the memory of the following airmobile battalion commanders who were killed in action during the period I commanded the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam:
- Lieutenant Colonel Bob L. Gregory
- Lieutenant Colonel Herlihy T. Long
- Lieutenant Colonel Howard P. Petty
- Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Runkle
These gallant men—and all the honored dead of that war—will be always in the thoughts and prayers of their comrades-in-arms.
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