Historian’s nearly two decade quest to piece together America’s last major offensive in Vietnam

It was in 2007 that James Smither received a call from Jeffrey Wilcox, a West Point grad who served in the 101st Airborne Division.

Smither, who recently retired as a professor of history at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was also the creator and director of the university’s Veterans History Project.

“I got a call from a fellow named Jeff Wilcox,” Smither told…