Doctor James H. Willbanks (born 1947) is an American author, military historian and former United States Army officer who served in the Vietnam War.

There he encountered the declining morale of the Army with six members of his platoon in prison for violent crimes and rampant drug abuse.

[1]: 490–1 During the Easter Offensive two battalions from the 18th Division, organised as Task Force 52, which had unsuccessfully attempted to reinforce other ARVN units in the Battle of Loc Ninh, withdrew to An Lộc.

The Battle of An Lộc began the following morning with an assault by People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) tanks.

[1]: 495  Willbanks stayed in An Lộc throughout the siege calling in the air support and resupply that was crucial to the defeat of the PAVN.