David A. YoungPapers 1965-1966

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David A. YoungPapers 1965-1966

Thirty-one pagemanuscript diary of a Vietnam paratrooper.

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Young, David A., 1915-

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David A. Young (1948-?) of Memphis, Tennessee served as a paratrooper with the HQ Company, 2nd Airborne Battalion, 8th Cavalry (airmobile), in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. He experienced combat in numerous battles with the Viet Cong, during which his company took heavy casualties, including friendly-fire casualties when accidentally mortared by another battalion. From the guide to the David A. Young Papers 2004-072., 1965-1966, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University...