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Background records
Declassified unit records and official histories from 1967, for researchers. These set the scene around Hill 861; most do not name Russell.
Looking for the case itself? Start with the Navy Cross Evidence and his official Navy records. Files below open in Google Drive and some are large.
Unit records, early 1967
Day by day records kept by the units around Russell in the months of the Hill Fights.
- 1st Battalion, 9th Marines Command Chronology, March 1967Echo Company, 2/9 was operating under 1/9 on March 16, 1967.
- 9th Marines Command Chronology, March 1967Regimental record for the month of Hill 861.
- 9th Marines Command Chronology, February 1967The month before, as Echo Company moved toward Khe Sanh.
- Operation Chinook II operation file, February 16 to March 2, 1967His 1967 casualty report names Operation Chinook II.
Official history
Published by the U.S. Marine Corps.
III Marine Amphibious Force headquarters records, 1967
Records from the command over all Marines in the region. These give the wider picture, not Russell's unit specifically.
- III MAF Command Chronology, March 1967
- III MAF Periodic Intelligence Reports, February 26 to April 22, 1967
- III MAF Weekly Casualty Recaps, March 1967 to December 1968
- III MAF Incoming Messages, March 1967
- III MAF Outgoing Messages, March 1967
- III MAF Order of Battle, January to March 1967
- III MAF report on Combined Action Units, February 8, 1967
- III MAF Personal Response Project reports, 1967
- Da Nang East master plan map