Author: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 25thPublisher:
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Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The U.S. 25th Infantry Division, October 1968 - December 1969
Author: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 25thPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
1969, Vietnam
Author: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 25thPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Transition, November 1968-December 1969
Author: Adrian George TraasPublisher:
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Category : Government publications z United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"By 1968, the government of South Vietnam, backed by U.S. advisers, had been fighting Communist Viet Cong insurgents and their patrons in neighboring North Vietnam for fourteen years. It was a desperate struggle that pitted neighbor against neighbor and exacted a mounting toll in the form of casualties, refugees, and socioeconomic dislocation. In 1965, the United States had added its own ground combat troops to the struggle, thwarting the very real prospect of a Communist victory. Since that low point, the allies had been gradually gaining ground in an escalating conflict. In late January 1968, the Communist leadership in North Vietnam had launched a major offensive in a bid to change the situation in its favor. The widespread attacks, which began during the Tet new year holidays and continued on and off through September, failed miserably. The population of South Vietnam refused to rise up in support, and the Communists suffered enormous casualties. As the enemy aggression abated, the commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), General Creighton W. Abrams, believed the allies were poised to make significant gains. But time was not on his side. Although the allies had defeated the enemy militarily, the shock that the Communists had been able to launch such a massive strike after years of American involvement had undermined support for the war back in the United States. With peace talks under way in Paris, Abrams raced against the clock to give South Vietnam the best chance for survival before the inevitable withdrawal of U.S. troops"--Page 7
Vietnam, 1970
Author: Bert HerrmanPublisher:
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Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Turning point 1967-1968
Author: Adrian George TraasPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160935022
Category : Government publications z United States
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Combat at Close Quarters
Author: Edward J. MaroldaPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780945274735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
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
Fourth Arm of Defense
Author: Salvatore R. MercoglianoPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780945274964
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This publication is the eighth in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. The publication focuses on the sealift and logistic operations during the war and includes a number of photographs as well as sidebars detailing specific people and ships involved in the logistic operations. This historical pictorial reference would be of interest to students, historians, members of the military, specifically the Navy, and military leaders, veterans, Vietnam War veterans, and the U.S. merchant marines.
Combat Operations: Stemming the Tide, May 1965 to October 1966 (Paperback)
Author: John M. CarlandPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160873102
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Combat Operations: Stemming the Tide describes a critical chapter in the Vietnam conflict, the first eighteen months of combat by the U.S. Army's ground forces. Relying on official American and enemy primary sources, John M. Carland focuses on initial deployments and early combat and takes care to present a well-balanced picture by discussing not only the successes but also the difficulties endemic to the entire effort. This fine work presents the war in all of its detail: the enemy's strategy and tactics, General William C. Westmoreland's search and destroy operations, the helicopters and airmobile warfare, the immense firepower American forces could call upon to counter Communist control of the battlefield, the out-of-country enemy sanctuaries, and the allied efforts to win the allegiance of the South Vietnamese people to the nation's anti-Communist government. Carland's volume demonstrates that U.S. forces succeeded in achieving their initial goals, but unexpected manpower shortages made Westmoreland realize that the transition from stemming the tide to taking the offensive would take longer. Bruising battles with the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Saigon area and in the Central Highlands had halted their drive to conquest in 1965 and, with major base development activities afoot, a series of high-tempo spoiling operations in 1966 kept them off balance until more U.S. fighting units arrived in the fall. Carland credits the improvements in communications and intelligence, the helicopter's capacity to extend the battlefield, and the availability of enormous firepower as the potent ingredients in Westmoreland's optimism for victory, yet realizes that the ultimate issue of how effective the U.S. Army would be and what it would accomplish during the next phase was very much a question mark.
The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76
Author: Robert A. DoughtyPublisher:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This paper focuses on the formulation of doctrine since World War II. In no comparable period in history have the dimensions of the battlefield been so altered by rapid technological changes. The need for the tactical doctrines of the Army to remain correspondingly abreast of these changes is thus more pressing than ever before. Future conflicts are not likely to develop in the leisurely fashions of the past where tactical doctrines could be refined on the battlefield itself. It is, therefore, imperative that we apprehend future problems with as much accuracy as possible. One means of doing so is to pay particular attention to the business of how the Army's doctrine has developed historically, with a view to improving methods of future development.
Senior Officer Debriefing Report: 25th Infantry Division, Period 3 August 1968 to 15 September 1969
Author: Ellis W. WilliamsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The 25th Infantry Division participates at all levels in the prosecution of the counterinsurgency in Vietnam. The main effort, due to circumstances, has been toward the defeat of the enemy main force units as they attempted to launch offensive operations against Saigon and Tay Ninh City. As a result greater emphasis can be given to elimination of the local forces and the VC Infrastructure. In August and September of 1968, the Division broke the enemy's Third Offensive, aimed at Tay Ninh City. From February through April of 1969, the Division fought a series of intense battles along the Saigon River and along the Cambodian Border as the enemy attempted to move on the capitol city of Saigon. Over four thousand enemy were killed during this period, and the main force units were dealt a blow from which they have not yet recovered. In June of 1969, the enemy again chose Tay Ninh City as his objective, but the combined 25th Infantry Division and ARVN forces in that area frustrated their every move. Concurrent with these major engagements, the Division pursued aggressive psychological operations and civic action programs, and severely damaged the strong VC Infrastructure in Hau Nghia Province through the use of special counter VCI teams.