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Author : Shawn P. Callahan
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160872563
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh written by Shawn P. Callahan and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shawn P. Callahan
Publisher : Marine Corps Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh written by Shawn P. Callahan and published by Marine Corps Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters include the Hill Battles of 1967, The Seige of 1968, Operation Pegasus and the Relief of Khe Sanh, the Deep Air Battle and the B-52, Radar Controlled Tactical Air Support, Close Air Support, and Conclusions. Mixed within the text are black and white photographs, charts, and figures. An appendix with a glossary and acronym of terms and extensive bibliography support this occasional paper work. These "Occasional Papers" are chosen for intrinsic worth, must reflect structured research, present a contribution to historical knowledge not readily available in published sources, and reflect original content on the part of the author, compiler, or editor.
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Author : Lt.-Col Shawn Callahan USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782894438
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support And The Battle For Khe Sanh [Illustrated Edition] written by Lt.-Col Shawn Callahan USMC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 7 maps, 3 tables, and more than 80 photo illustrations. In the 77 days from 20 Jan. to 18 March of 1968, two divisions of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surrounded a regiment of U.S. Marines on a mountain plateau in the northwest corner of South Vietnam known as Khe Sanh. The episode was no accident; it was in fact a carefully orchestrated meeting in which both sides got what they wanted. The North Vietnamese succeeded in surrounding the Marines in a situation in many ways similar to Dien Bien Phu, and may have been seeking similar tactical, operational, and strategic results. General William C. Westmoreland, the commander of the joint U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (COMUSMACV), meanwhile, sought to lure the NVA into the unpopulated terrain around the 26th Marines in order to wage a battle of annihilation with air power. In this respect Khe Sanh has been lauded as a great victory of air power, a military instrument of dubious suitability to much of the Vietnam conflict. The facts support the assessment that air power was the decisive element at Khe Sanh, delivering more than 96 percent of the ordnance used against the NVA. Most histories of the battle, however, do not delve much deeper than this. Comprehensive histories like John Prados and Ray Stubbe’s Valley of Decision, Robert Pisor’s End of the Line, and Eric Hammel’s Siege in the Clouds provide excellent accounts of the battle, supported by detailed analyses of its strategic and operational background but tend to focus on the ground battle and treat the application of air power in general terms. They do not, however, make significant distinction between the contributions of the two primary air combat elements in this air-land battle: the 7th Air Force and the 1st Marine Air Wing. An analysis of their respective contributions to the campaign reveals that they each made very different contributions that reflected very different approaches to the application of air power.
Author : Shawn P. Callahan
Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
ISBN 13 : 9781839310546
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh written by Shawn P. Callahan and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2010-05-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by the United States Marine Corps History Division in 2009.
Author : Lieutenant Shawn Callahan
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781494297893
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh written by Lieutenant Shawn Callahan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 77 days from 20 January to 18 March of 1968, two divisions of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surrounded a regiment of U.S. Marines on a mountain plateau in the northwest corner of South Vietnam known as Khe sanh. The episode was no accident; it was in fact a carefully orchestrated meeting in which both sides got what they wanted. The north Vietnamese succeeded in surrounding the Marines in a situation in many ways similar to Dien Bien Phu, and may have been seeking similar tactical, operational, and strategic results. General William C. Westmoreland, the commander of the joint U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (COMUSMACV), meanwhile, sought to lure the NVA into the unpopulated terrain around the 26th Marines in order to wage a battle of annihilation with air power. In this respect Khe Sanh has been lauded as a great victory of air power, a military instrument of dubious suitability to much of the Vietnam conflict. The facts support the assessment that air power was the decisive element at Khe Sanh, delivering more than 96 percent of the ordnance used against the NVA. This work focuses mainly on fixed-wing close air support, or the support provided by jet and propeller-driven conventional aircraft, to the general exclusion of rotary-wing aircraft, also known as helicopters. There are several reasons for this, none of which are meant to belittle the contributions or heroism of the Marine, Army, and Air Force helicopter pilots who fought in the hills around Khe Sanh. First, until the arrival of the AH-1G Cobra in April 1969, there was no helicopter designed for dedicated close air support of Marines in Vietnam. The primary gunship during the battle of Khe Sanh was the UH-1E outfitted with machine guns and rocket launchers for the escort of unarmed helicopters. These helicopters were sometimes used for the direct support of ground troops with suppressive fires and were frequently used as forward air controllers, spotting and marking targets for fixed-wing aircraft with heavier ordnance. These roles are appropriately discussed alongside the contributions of the fixed-wing aircraft, but as a general rule, analysis remains focused on the heavier attack aircraft.
Author : Moyers S. Shore
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Battle for Khe Sanh written by Moyers S. Shore and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle for Khe Sanh is a book by Moyers S. Shore. During the Vietnam War a battle was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Vietnam, and this work presents equipment and tactics of US forces and how they fought VC forces.
Author : John Prados
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591146964
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (469 download)
Download or read book Valley of Decision written by John Prados and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support written by Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En gennemgang af udviklingen inden for taktisk flystøtte
Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786250144
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Air Power And The Fight For Khe Sanh [Illustrated Edition] written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 60 photos and 7 maps and charts The 1968 fight for Khe Sanh pitted some 6,000 U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese Rangers against an enemy force roughly three times as large. For more than 70 days North Vietnamese troops maintained pressure on Khe Sanh’s defenders, who had dug in around the base’s airstrip. The original purpose for deploying the Marines and South Vietnamese into the northwest corner of South Vietnam was to block Communist troop movements along Highway 9 toward Quang Tri City and the heavily populated coastal areas. When U.S. intelligence detected large enemy forces assembling near Khe Sanh, the senior American commander in Vietnam, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, ordered the Marines to hold the base. During the siege that followed, U.S. strike aircraft rained nearly 100,000 tons of munitions down upon the North Vietnamese while other planes—primarily U.S. Air Force transports—flew in essential supplies of food, ammunition, and other necessities to Khe Sanh’s defenders. The Leathernecks also used their own aircraft to provision Marine outposts which denied the enemy the high ground overlooking the base. Other military elements participating in the battle included U.S. Army artillerymen dug in east of Khe Sanh, who fired deadly concentrations against the besieging forces. Marine howitzers and mortars added to the heavy U.S. fire, while Army engineers joined Navy Seabees in helping prepare airstrips which supported the allied defense effort. Finally, the relief of Khe Sanh—though spearheaded by Army troops—also involved American Marines and soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
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Author : Captain Moyers S. Shore II USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782893563
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book The Battle For Khe Sanh [Illustrated Edition] written by Captain Moyers S. Shore II USMC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes more than 10 maps and 20 Illustrations “The Marines’ heroic defense of the Khe Sanh area against numerically superior North Vietnamese forces stands out among the many battles fought to defend the Republic of Vietnam against Communist aggression. “The enemy’s primary objective of his 1968 TET Offensive was to seize power in South Vietnam by creating a general uprising and causing the defection of major elements of the ARVN. In conjunction with this, the enemy apparently expected to seize by military action large portions of the northern two provinces lying just south of the Demilitarized Zone and there to set up a “liberation government.” The virtually unpopulated Khe Sanh Plateau, which lay astride the enemy’s principal avenue of approach from his large base areas in Laos, was obviously an initial objective of the North Vietnamese Army.... “This report provides a detailed and graphic account of events as they unfolded. It centers about the 26th Marine Regiment, the main defenders of the Khe Sanh area, who tenaciously and magnificently held off the enemy during the two-and-one-half-month siege. Yet the battle of Khe Sanh was an inter-Service and international operation. Consequently, appropriate coverage is given to the contributions of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, and to South Vietnamese regular and irregular military units, all of whom contributed to the defense of the area and to the destruction of the enemy. As Marine artillery from within the fortified positions pounded the enemy, Army artillery located to the east provided heavy, long-range fire support. Fighter aircraft from the Marines, Air Force, and Navy provided continuous close air support, while B-52 bombers of the Strategic Air Command dealt decisive blows around-the-clock to enemy forces within striking distance of our positions and against enemy supply areas....”-General Westmoreland
Author : Jack Shulimson
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book U.S. Marines in Vietnam written by Jack Shulimson and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1997 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, an archival collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
Author : S. P. Callahan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh written by S. P. Callahan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 148 pages
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Download or read book Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward J. Marolda
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780945274735
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Combat at Close Quarters written by Edward J. Marolda and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work describes riverine combat during the Vietnam War, emphasizing the operations of the U.S. Navy’s River Patrol Force, which conducted Operation Game Warden; the U.S. Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force, the formation that General William Westmoreland said “saved the Mekong Delta” during the Tet Offensive of 1968; and the Vietnam Navy. An important section details the SEALORDS combined campaign, a determined effort by U.S. Navy, South Vietnamese Navy, and allied ground forces to cut enemy supply lines from Cambodia and disrupt operations at base areas deep in the delta. The author also covers details on the combat vessels, helicopters, weapons, and equipment employed in the Mekong Delta as well as the Vietnamese combatants (on both sides) and American troops who fought to secure Vietnam’s waterways. Special features focus on the ubiquitous river patrol boats (PBRs) and the Swift boats (PCFs), river warfare training, Vice Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., the Black Ponies aircraft squadron, and Navy SEALs. This publication may be of interest to history scholars, veterans, students in advanced placement history classes, and military enthusiasts given the continuing impact of riverine warfare on U.S. naval and military operations in the 21st century. Special Publicity Tie-In: Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War (Commemoration dates: 28 May 2012 - 11 November 2025). This is the fifth book in the series, "The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War." TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The First Indochina War The Vietnam Navy River Force and American Advisors The U.S. Navy and the Rivers of Vietnam SEALORDS The End of the Line for U.S. and Vietnamese River Forces Sidebars: The PBR Riverine Warfare Training Battle Fleet of the Mekong Delta High Drama in the Delta Vice Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. Black Ponies The Swift Boat Warriors with Green Faces Suggested Reading
Author : Moyers S. Shore
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Battle for Khe Sanh written by Moyers S. Shore and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle for Khe Sanh is a book by Moyers S. Shore. During the Vietnam War a battle was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Vietnam, and this work presents equipment and tactics of US forces and how they fought VC forces.
Author : John Schlight
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The War in South Vietnam written by John Schlight and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 1988 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Documents the Air Force's support of the ground war in South Vietnam from 1965 to early 1968. Includes sections on the air campaign conducted during the Communists' siege of the Marine camp of Khe Sanh. Also contains several appendices, a glossary, and bibliographical notes.
