Ripcord Association
Ripcord Association
Ripcord Association
For Survivors, Family, and Friends of The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord 101st Airborne, Vietnam March 12 – July 23, 1970. To keep everyone informed on the history of The Battle of Firebase Ripcord, upcoming reunions and quarterly newsletters. The Biographies of the men that fought in the battle, the books written and the documentaries made.
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Donations pay for the printing and mailing of the newsletter and help with the cost of organizing the Reunions.
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Firebase Ripcord after the evacuation in July 1970
Firebase Ripcord
April 15 – July 23, 1970
Ripcord Association Membership
more information coming soon
The End of the Rope:
New Ripcord book by Jim Smither
The Ripcord Campaign and American Disengagement in Vietnam, is scheduled for release by Casemate Publishers on May 1, 2026. The publishers are currently taking preorders. Members of the Ripcord Association may order it at a 50% discount using a promo code available from the Ripcord Association. The book is based primarily on interviews with Ripcord veterans conducted over the past fifteen years, and builds on and in places corrects accounts of the campaign presented in earlier books. Here is a link to the preorder page from the publisher’s website:
The First Ripcord Reunion
1985
Ripcord Reunion
October, 2025
This website is intended to provide information about The Battle of Ripcord in Vietnam, March 12 – July 23, 1970. The soldiers who were involved in this battle, and about The Ripcord Association which was started in 1985. All information, comments and suggestions are appreciated. Please send them to: website@ripcordassociation.com