Opinions from This Combat Veteran of the Vietnam War

          Nicholas Warr grew up in Southwestern Oregon and attended BYU and the University of Oregon before enlisting, at the age of twenty, in the United States Marine Corps in June, 1966.  Warr was recommended for the Enlisted Commissioning Program by his Drill Instructors in Boot Camp, and subsequently attended OCS at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.  Warr graduated from OCS and was commissioned in March 1967. 

          After attending The Basic School and Vietnamese language training, his first assignment as a second lieutenant sent him to Vietnam from November 1967 until December 1968.  He served with the 1^st Battalion, 5^th Marine Regiment, 1^st Marine Division as a Platoon Commander, Company Executive Officer and Company Commander during some of the toughest fighting in the Vietnam War.

          Warr was awarded the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, the Combat Action Ribbon, and Presidential Unit Citation for participation in Operation “HUE CITY” during the Tet Offensive of 1968.  He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in March 1970.  His memoir about his experiences as a Platoon Commander during the fighting inside the Citadel Fortress of Hue, Phase Line Green, The Battle for Hue, 1968, was published by Naval Institute Press in hardcover in 1997 and subsequently in paperback in 1999 by Random House.  Phase Line Green was on the Marine Reading List for nearly ten years, and is often used as a textbook during Marine Corps training for Urban Warfare.  In conjunction with several other Marines who fought in Vietnam, Mr. Warr has developed several white papers which focus on “lessons learned” in combat, and which are available to all American military commands. 

          Mr. Warr belongs to several Marine Corps-related veterans groups, and has written extensively about his own experiences, about the combat stories of many others who served, and has had several stories and editorials published in magazines and newspapers.

          Mr. Warr lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina, with his wife, Pamela, works as a free-lance writer, and lectures inside and outside of the Marine Corps on Urban Warfare and Military Leadership.  Mr. Warr continues to write about the battles fought by the Marines during the Vietnam War. 

          Nicholas Warr can be contacted via email at:  nicholas@stonehillproductions.com