Author: United States. Army. Transportation CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
U.S. Army Transportation Corps in the Republic of Vietnam
Author: United States. Army. Transportation CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Army Transportation Corps History: Lam Son 719; the Cargo Must Get Through - 1971 Vietnam War Offensive Campaign Conducted in Laos by Vietnamese Troops to Disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Author: U. S. MilitaryPublisher:
ISBN: 9781719892636
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The official historian of the Army Transportation Corps provides a great history of the Vietnam War offensive known as Lam Son 719, or Operation Dewey Canyon II.Accumulating intelligence indicated that the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) was building up their logistical bases across the Laotian border. General Creighton Abrams, Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), anticipated that the NVA were planning a large offensive to coincide with the US national elections scheduled in 1972. To do so, the enemy had to stockpile supplies early in 1971 before the rainy season slowed down traffic on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Abrams wanted to strike first and disrupt the buildup. Since US Congress had passed a law after the US Cambodian incursion preventing US ground troops from crossing the border again, the Army of the Republic of Vietnamese (ARVN) would have to conduct the cross-border operations. Three ARVN divisions would attack into Laos just south of the DMZ to sever the enemy supply line south. The 5th Mechanized and 101st Airborne Divisions would reopen and secure Route 9 to the border. The American artillery would be able to provide the ARVN troops indirect fire support from Khe Sanh and the law did not restrict American combat helicopters from providing support to ground troops across the border, so helicopters and artillery from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) would support the operation. With American aviation and artillery providing direct support to the ARVN, all other American support was to these units.While convoy ambushes were frequent threats during the Vietnam War, only two times did the enemy make a serious attempt to shut down any main supply route in Vietnam. The first attempt occurred along Route 19 in the Central Highlands as a prelude to the 1968 Tet Offensive and the second was closing down Route 9 during Lam Son 719. This latter operation would result in an intense period of convoy ambushes for anyone who drove the roads of I Corps Tactical Zone.From previous experience, truck drivers had quickly learned they could not depend upon the combat arms units to keep the route clear of enemy, since the infantry just could not cover every mile of road. Instead, the truck companies needed a form of immediate security to protect their convoys in the event of an ambush, until the nearest combat arms unit or gunships could respond. So starting in late 1967, the truck companies of 8 Transportation Group in the Northern II Corps Tactical Zone began building gun trucks. By 1970, the gun truck design and doctrine had reached fruition. Experimentation had ended. Convoy ambushes had made the truck drivers of Vietnam front line combat soldiers and Military Assistance Command, Vietnam recognized this in 1969 with the awarding of the Line Haul tab. It was the equivalent of the Combat Infantry Badge for an infantryman.
Delivering Victory
Author: Richard E. KillblanePublisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1787546039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In this book US Army Transportation Corps Historian, Richard E. Killblane, utitlizes the expertise of professionals with lived experience of synchronizing military transportation from end to end to uniquely explore how military transportation logistics have evolved during the last half of the 20th Century and beyond towards greater efficiency.
The Transportation Corps
Author: Chester WardlowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Transportation and Logistics
Author: Jack C. FusonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Transportation Corps: Movements, Training, and Supply
Author: Chester WardlowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Transportation Corps
Author: Chester WardlowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
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.
Transportation Corps of the U.S. Army
Author: Spearhead of Logistics
Author: Benjamin KingPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160931192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Spearhead of Logistics is a narrative branch history of the U.S. Army's Transportation Corps, first published in 1994 for transportation personnel and reprinted in 2001 for the larger Army community. The Quartermaster Department coordinated transportation support for the Army until World War I revealed the need for a dedicated corps of specialists. The newly established Transportation Corps, however, lasted for only a few years. Its significant utility for coordinating military transportation became again transparent during World War II, and it was resurrected in mid-1942 to meet the unparalleled logistical demands of fighting in distant theaters. Finally becoming a permanent branch in 1950, the Transportation Corps continued to demonstrate its capability of rapidly supporting U.S. Army operations in global theaters over the next fifty years. With useful lessons of high-quality support that validate the necessity of adequate transportation in a viable national defense posture, it is an important resource for those now involved in military transportation and movement for ongoing expeditionary operations. This text should be useful to both officers and noncommissioned officers who can take examples from the past and apply the successful principles to future operations, thus ensuring a continuing legacy of Transportation excellence within Army operations. Additionally, military science students and military historians may be interested in this volume.