Robin Bartlett, Vietnam War Officer and Author of 'Vietnam Combat'

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🗓️ 8 July 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Robin Bartlett chose ROTC as the Vietnam War escalated and graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate. He volunteered for Infantry, Airborne, and Ranger training and was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division as a Combat Platoon Leader. He got everything he asked for, and much much more.

During the height of the war, from 1968 to 1969, he led 28 soldiers on helicopter combat assaults and search and destroy missions with the famed 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Robin recalls his experiences there, from mastering artillery with reconnaissance by fire to processing the fallen for repatriation, all of which he tells in his book Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History.

Robin is the President of the NY/NJ Chapter of the 1st Cavalry Division Association and lives with his wife in Norwood, New Jersey. They have three sons, none of whom have pursued military careers.

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1:12.0	And my next guest is Robin Bartlett, and he wrote the book, Vietnam Combat.
1:18.0	Firefights and writing history. And I want to welcome him to the show.
1:22.0	Thank you, Rad. It's wonderful to be here. Thank you so much for having me today.
1:27.0	Well, thank you for reaching out and wanted to be on the show and wanted to tell your story and talk about your book that you've got coming up.
1:34.0	I know you have a lot going on and you've taken the time out to give us some of your insight into Vietnam.
1:40.0	And really, just what's been going on in the 60, 70s, 80s into today?
1:45.0	So with that, I want to introduce you again. What was the rank that you got out as second lieutenant?
1:50.0	Well, I went over to Vietnam as a second lieutenant.
1:53.0	That's right.
1:54.0	And then after one year, just one year, I was promoted to first lieutenant.
1:59.0	And that was the day that I joined my battalion in Vietnam.
2:04.0	There were four officers, roughly the same data rank.
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