2nd battalion 506th infantry
Daily Staff Journals
Daily Staff Journals are records covering a 24 hour period beginning at midnight and ending at midnight. Daily Staff Journals describe, by day/hour/minute, actions recorded at the Battalion level. "Action" includes troop deployment and movement, enemy contact, resupply, evacuation etc.. for a specified period.
January/February 1968
Daily Staff Journal for the 31st of the month at this time. At the time the battalion was in Phuoc Vinh. Daily Staff Journal for the 1st through 5th of the month at this time. At the time the battalion was in Bien Hoa Province.
July 1970
Chronology of Events surrounding the siege at Fire Support Base (FSB) Ripcord extracted from the S2\S3 Daily Staff Journals for July, 1970 by Keith W. Nolan.
March 1971
Daily Staff Journals for the entire month of March, 1971. At the outset of the month the battalion participated in Operation Jefferson Glen in the vicinity of Fire Support Base Jack. Toward the end of the month the battalion moved north to Firebase Khe Gio along Highway 9 in support of Lam Son 719.
April 1971
Daily Staff Journals from the 1st to the 9th of April, 1971. At the outset of the month the battalion was at Fire Support Base Khe Gio along Highway 9 in support of Lam Son 719.