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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781596521124
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Mobile Riverine Force - Vol II (Limited) written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 160 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 : Edward J. Marolda
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781682471951
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (719 download)
Download or read book Combat at Close Quarters written by Edward J. Marolda and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heavily-illustrated coffee-table book on U.S. Naval operations in the Vietnam War.
Author : William B. Fulton
Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781563113826
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (138 download)
Download or read book Mobile Riverine Force written by William B. Fulton and published by Turner. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating the doctrine & strategy found in manuals from the Civil War, this innovative "Brown Water" Army/Navy unit took the fight to the enemy in the Vietnam War.
Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782000607
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962–75 written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1965 the military situation in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam had deteriorated to such a degree that the decision was made to commit a joint US Army and Navy Mobile Riverine Force to the area. This force was unique in its composition, mission, and the means by which it operated – riverine craft. Comprising the Army's 2d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, and the Navy's River Assault Flotilla One, it used a variety of watercraft, including heavily modified landing craft, purpose-built patrol boats, and a whole host of auxiliary and support craft. This book explores those craft, and also gives an account of Task Force Clearwater, a much smaller operation in the extreme northern part of South Vietnam.
Author : William B. Fulton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Riverine Operations, 1966-1969 written by William B. Fulton and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Mesko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Riverine written by Jim Mesko and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver den del af Vietnamkrigen, der omfattede US Navy's kamp bl.a. med kanonbåde langs kysterne og ind i floderne for at afskære fremryknings- og forsyningsveje.
Author : Ralph Christopher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 143439168X
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Riverine written by Ralph Christopher and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, the answer to the age-old question ARE WE ALONE? Is answered in THE MESSAGE. For the first time since the birth of civilization, Planet Earth receives a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence. The message is sent from Planet Omni located in a solar system ten light years from Earth. Omni happens to be an identical twin to planet Earth in every respect, including its inhabitants The message sent in the year 2024 is a warning that the nuclear nations on Earth must obey or they will cause Earth and its 7 billion inhabitants to become just another of the ubiquitous black holes in this incredible universe. The new American President in his first term in office is confronted by this most historic event. He is faced with having to deal with this life or death situation with this unknown and unseen force. Supporting him is his mistress, a most audacious, ambitious former beauty Queen and a current TV news anchor person. Although the story is fictional, it draws upon today's headlines and current events to give impetus to the story which is more truth than fiction.
Author : Thomas J. Cutler
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781557501967
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Brown Water, Black Berets written by Thomas J. Cutler and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The men of the U.S. Navy's brown-water force played a vital but often overlooked role in the Vietnam War. Known for their black berets and limitless courage, they maneuvered their aging, makeshift craft along shallow coastal waters and twisting inland waterways to search out the enemy. In this moving tribute to their contributions and sacrifices, Tom Cutler records their dramatic story as only a participant could. His own Vietnam experience enables him to add a striking human dimension to the account. The terror of firefights along the jungle-lined rivers, the rigors of camp life, and the sudden perils of guerrilla warfare are conveyed with authenticity. At the same time, the author's training as a historian allows him to objectively describe the scope of the navy's operations and evaluate their effectiveness. Winner of the Navy League's Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement in 1988 when the book was first published, Cutler is credited with having written the definitive history of the brown-water sailors, an effort that has helped readers better understand the nature of U.S. involvement in the war.
Author : Wendell Affield
Publisher : Muddy Jungle Rivers
ISBN 13 : 9780984702305
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Muddy Jungle Rivers written by Wendell Affield and published by Muddy Jungle Rivers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muddy Jungle Rivers illuminates the boredom, misery, alcohol abuse, crew conflict, ambushes, terror, and death aboard an armor troop carrier river boat in Vietnam and the angst of the cox'n after he is wounded and medevaced home.
Author : Ralph Christopher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146348853X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)
Download or read book River Rats written by Ralph Christopher and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Navys fight for control of the waters of Southeast Asia. By far the greatest contribution of the narrative is the insight it provides into the hows and whys of United States involvement in Vietnam, and the attempt of that involvement to bring freedom to those who were unable to achieve it by their own efforts. We see the United States more as a caretaker and less as a policeman in terms of motivation for its involvement half a world away. Andwe see the tremendous price paid by those who served to ensure that freedom ordinary men who, by fate, were thrown together in a strange land, and who fulfilled a part of their destiny, and their Nations, on the brown water. Weldon Bleiler
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Author : Major General William B. Fulton
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782893644
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Vietnam Studies - RIVERINE OPERATIONS 1966-1969 [Illustrated Edition] written by Major General William B. Fulton and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes 2 charts, 6 diagrams, 16 maps, and 21 illustrations] “This monograph describes U.S. Army Riverine planning and operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the years 1966 through 1969. Since the personal experience of the author was with preparations for riverine operations and the initial operations themselves, emphasis has been placed on these activities through early 1968. In summarizing operations conducted in the balance of the three-year period, particular attention has been called to significant trends or changes in riverine operations in Vietnam, a co-operative enterprise of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. “Looking back from the vantage point of early 1972, this study attempts to reconstruct the events and describe the situation as it was from 1966 through 1969, using official records, reports, and personal interviews.” The Author - “Major General William Fulton, was intimately involved in the early development of the riverine warfare concept as commander of the 2d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, which arrived in Vietnam in January 1967 and immediately began combat operations in the Mekong Delta. In March the brigade moved into Dong Tam, the base created by dredging sand from the bottom of an arm of the Mekong River. In early June the brigade teamed with Navy Task Force 117 to form the Mobile Riverine Force. During World War II General Fulton fought in Italy and during the Korean War served on the staff of Army Forces Far East Advance.”
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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781563116087
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book 9th Infantry Division written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of the 9th Infantry Division in World War II and Vietnam, including narratives and biographical sketches primarily of veterans who served during the Vietnam War.
Author : Major David J. Spangler
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782896910
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book What Lessons Can Be Drawn From U.S. Riverine Operations During The Vietnam War written by Major David J. Spangler and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines U.S. riverine force operations in the Vietnam War to determine why the force was established, how and why it evolved, and what significance it held for the war as a whole. This study begins with Operation Game Warden, continues through Mobile Riverine Force operations, and ends with the completion of the SEALORDS campaign. The impetus for this research arose from the current debate in Washington as to whether or not the U.S. military has a real need for riverine forces and if those forces should be "stood up" today. Looking back through history gives an opportunity to view past riverine warfare conducted by the American military and determine the contributions such operations have made to the overall conduct of wars. This study shows that riverine operations have been crucial to success in certain environments in the past and points to their possible use in similar environments today. This study measures the effect of U.S. riverine operations in Vietnam and evaluates the contribution this type of force made to our war effort in that environment. This study promotes the use of Task Force 194, which conducted the SEALORDS campaign, as the model for establishing U.S. riverine forces today. This study points out that the nucleus of a riverine force must be maintained, doctrine modernized, and crew currency maintained in order to have any reasonable expectation for success at the outset of future riverine conflicts.
Author : Kit Lavell
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612515657
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Flying Black Ponies written by Kit Lavell and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic, the comic, the terrifying, the poignant are all part of the story of the Black Pony pilots who distinguished themselves in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. Flying their turboprop Broncos "down and dirty, low and slow," they killed more of the enemy and saved more allied lives with close-air support than all the other naval squadrons combined during the three years they saw action. Author Kit Lavell was part of this squadron of "black sheep" given a chance to make something of themselves flying these dangerous missions. The U.S. Navy's only land-based attack squadron, Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) flew support missions for the counter insurgency forces, SEALs, and allied units in borrowed, propeller-driven OV-10s. For fixed-wing aircraft they were dangerous, unorthodox missions, a fact readers quickly come to appreciate.
Author : John M. Carrico
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979423130
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)
Download or read book WATERBORNE WARRIORS written by John M. Carrico and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterborne Warriors examines the unique watercraft operated by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. This book combines years of painstaking research with many never-before-published photographs provided by veterans, the National Archives, and the United States Army Military History Institute. The book begins with a historical overview of riverine operations providing insight into the unique mobility challenges that faced the U.S. Army in Southeast Asia. Each type of army riverine craft is detailed in its own chapter including landing craft, hovercraft, patrol boats, airboats, and small utility boats. The hovercraft chapter provides an in-depth look at only remaining SK-5 Air-cushion Vehicle on display at Fort Eustis, VA. This book will appeal to any military history enthusiast, scale modeler, or veteran.
Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780968906
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Boys of ’67 written by Andrew Wiest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. Across the nation, farm boys from the Midwest, surfers from California and city-slickers from Cleveland opened their mail to find greetings from Uncle Sam. Most American soldiers of the Vietnam era trickled into the war zone as individual replacements for men who had become casualties or had rotated home. Charlie Company was different as part of the only division raised, drafted and trained for service. From draft to the battlefields of South Vietnam, this is the unvarnished truth from the fear of death to the chaos of battle, told almost entirely through the recollections of the men themselves. This is their story, the story of young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and had received so little in return – lost faces of a distant war.
