Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong
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Coastal Warfare Against The Vietcong
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Author : James Steffes
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-01-17
Coastal Warfare Against The Vietcong written by James Steffes and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-17 with History categories.
This book documents and tells the history of the establishment and growth of the Coastal Surveillance Force, Task Force 71. This grew to Task Forces 115, 116 and 117. My research for this history came from veterans serving in this period and the documentation of the Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Summaries. These documents did not exist before January 1966, so the early period was dependent on veterans and the author's personal knowledge. This book is dedicated to those pioneers of the Small Boat Navy's very successful war against a stubborn enemy. It is important to point out that this is a book of fiction and all of the names of the characters are fictional. This was used to make the significant incidents more alive while retaining the accurate details of the action. Much of the COMNAVFORV summaries were also paraphrased for effect while retaining the factual accounts stated in the records. The photographs and map images are placed at the end of the chapters in the book to help former military and non-military folks identify with the many units and terms used in the texts. The images and photographs are either my personal items or from the COMNAVFORCESVIETNAM Monthly Summaries.
Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong
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Author : James Steffes
language : en
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Release Date : 2019-06-12
Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong written by James Steffes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-12 with categories.
This is a fiction book based on facts in which I used the "Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Summaries" known as COMNAVFORV as the historical reference for this book. It tells the story of the beginnings of the Coastal Surveillance Force, later called "Operation Market Time" tasked with stopping the flow of men and weapons smuggled into South Vietnam by sea. Using fictitious characters to help tell the action story of major incidents involving Navy and Coast Guardsmen as well as small ships patrolling the coastline and the entrances to rivers. Battling a tough enemy and the giant waves pounding the coastline during the rainy season known as Monsoons. Through all this, the sailors along with the South Vietnam Navy assisting Allied Ground Operations with blocking forces and Naval Gunfire Support. Follow along with these men and learn the little known adventures of the U.S Navy's Brown Water Navy.
Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong
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Author : James Steffes
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2024-02-14
Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong written by James Steffes and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-14 with History categories.
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Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong Volume Two 1967
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Author : James Steffes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-10-20
Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong Volume Two 1967 written by James Steffes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-20 with categories.
I was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, joining the U.S. Navy at the age of seventeen. It became my career of 26 years. This book continues the story of "Operation Market Time" rewritten and published as "Coastal Warfare Against the Viet Cong, Volume One, 1964-1966." Volume Two ended up as one-year 1967 due to the rapid expansion of the war and Operation Market Time. The next book in the series is "Coastal Warfare Against the Viet Cong, Volume Three, 1968. This completes the story of Operation Market Time because by the end of 1968, the Coastline was well secured, and it forced Ho Chi Minh to create and use the Ho Chi Minh trail and resulted in Game Warden forces moving upriver closer to the trails exit into South Vietnam. Market Time forces took over the combat zones vacated by Game Warden. This was a whole new type of warfare for PCF's, Riverine Warfare, not seen since the Civil War.This Author was assigned initially to Da Nang in June 1968 so some of this story was experienced by this author firsthand. The rest of the information comes from the COMNAVFORV monthly summaries which are declassified and now in Public Domain. This was a significant part of the war not covered very much in the United States media but very important to the success of the Vietnam War effort.
Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong Volume Two 1967
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Author : James Steffes
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-10-20
Coastal Warfare Against The Viet Cong Volume Two 1967 written by James Steffes and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-20 with History categories.
I was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, joining the U.S. Navy at the age of seventeen. It became my career of 26 years. This book continues the story of "Operation Market Time" rewritten and published as "Coastal Warfare Against the Viet Cong, Volume One, 1964-1966." Volume Two ended up as one-year 1967 due to the rapid expansion of the war and Operation Market Time. The next book in the series is "Coastal Warfare Against the Viet Cong, Volume Three, 1968. This completes the story of Operation Market Time because by the end of 1968, the Coastline was well secured, and it forced Ho Chi Minh to create and use the Ho Chi Minh trail and resulted in Game Warden forces moving upriver closer to the trails exit into South Vietnam. Market Time forces took over the combat zones vacated by Game Warden. This was a whole new type of warfare for PCF's, Riverine Warfare, not seen since the Civil War. This Author was assigned initially to Da Nang in June 1968 so some of this story was experienced by this author firsthand. The rest of the information comes from the COMNAVFORV monthly summaries which are declassified and now in Public Domain. This was a significant part of the war not covered very much in the United States media but very important to the success of the Vietnam War effort.
War In The Shallows
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Author : John Darrell Sherwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
War In The Shallows written by John Darrell Sherwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
War in the Shallows, published in 2015 by the Naval History and Heritage Command, is the authoritative account of the U.S. Navy's hard-fought battle along Vietnam's rivers and coastline from 1965-1968. At the height of the U.S. Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War, the Navy's coastal and riverine forces included more than 30,000 Sailors and over 350 patrol vessels ranging in size from riverboats to destroyers. These forces developed the most extensive maritime blockade in modern naval history and fought pitched battles against Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta and elsewhere. War in the Shallows explores the operations of the Navy's three inshore task forces from 1965 to 1968. It also delves into other themes such as basing, technology, tactics, and command and control. Finally, using oral history interviews, it reconstructs deckplate life in South Vietnam, focusing in particular on combat waged by ordinary Sailors. Vietnam was the bloodiest war in recent naval history and War in the Shallows strives above all else to provide insight into the men who fought it and honor their service and sacrifice. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Author John Darrell Sherwood has served as a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) since 1997. -- Provided by publisher.
Swift Boats At War In Vietnam
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Author : Guy Gugliotta
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-06-14
Swift Boats At War In Vietnam written by Guy Gugliotta and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-14 with History categories.
You-are-there stories of ambushes and patrols on the Mekong in the Vietnam War Developed specifically for the Vietnam War (and made famous by the 2004 presidential campaign), Swift Boats were versatile craft “big enough to outrun anything they couldn’t outfight” but too small to handle even a moderate ocean chop, too loud to sneak up on anyone, and too flimsy to withstand the mildest of rocket attacks. This made more difficult an already tough mission: navigating coastal waters for ships and sampans smuggling contraband to the Viet Cong, disrupting enemy supply lines on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, and inserting SEALs behind enemy lines. The stories in this book cover the Swift Boats’ early years, which saw search-and-inspect operations in Vietnam’s coastal waters, and their later years, when the Swift Boats’ mission shifted to the Mekong Delta’s labyrinth of 3,000 miles of rivers, streams, and canals. This is an intimate, exciting oral history of Swift Boats at war in Vietnam.
The Vietnam Brown Water Navy
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Author : Gordon L. Rottman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-04
The Vietnam Brown Water Navy written by Gordon L. Rottman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
Combat At Close Quarters
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Author : Edward J. Marolda
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2015
Combat At Close Quarters written by Edward J. Marolda and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
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
The Vietnam Brown Water Navy
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Author : Gordon L. Rottman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Vietnam Brown Water Navy written by Gordon L. Rottman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.