Francis J. "Bing" West, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense, is most recently the coauthor, with Major General Ray L. Smith, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), of The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division (New York: Random House, 2003).

Articles by Francis J. "Bing" West, Jr.

A Marine reconnaissance team leader calls air and artillery upon an unsuspecting enemy force.

Stingray ’70

By Francis J. West, Jr.
November 1969
The success of U.S. strike teams suggests that even massive U.S. troop withdrawals in the 1970s may not be fatal to our military effort in Vietnam.