U.S. MARINES IN VIETNAM:
THE LANDING AND THE BUILDUP, 1965.

Jack Shulimson & Major Charles M. Johnson, USMC.

History and Museums Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., 1978. Reprinted by the Battery Press, 1996. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8.5 x 11. Profusely illustrated with maps and photographs. 261 pages.

Table of Contents as follows: Foreward, Preface, Maps, Introduction.

PART I: ESTABLISHING THE ENCLAVES: Chapter 1: The Call for Marines; Alert and Realert; Air Retaliation and the Arrival of the HAWKS; Land the Marines; The Landing. Chapter 2: The 9th MEB in Vietnam; The First Weeks; Estimate of the Situation; More Marines Arrive; An Expanded Mission; Chu Lai. Chapter 3: Formation and Development of III MAF; The Birth of III MAF; The Le MY Experiment; Building the Chu Lai Airfield; III MAF in Transition; The Seeds of Pacification; June Operations in the Three Enclaves. Chapter 4: Reinforcement and Expansion; The Need for Further Reinforcements; The Establishment of the Qui Nhon Enclave; The Attack on the Airfield; Expansion to the South; Further Reinforcements.

PART II: THE BIG BATTLES: Chapter 5: Operation STARLITE: The First Big Battle; Intelligence and Planning; The Battle; The Aftermath. Chapter 6: The Enemy Refuses to Give Battle: September-November Operations; Operation PIRANHA; Much Ado About CS, Operation STOMP; octobewr-November Operations. Chapter 7: The 1st VC Again: Operation HARVEST MOON; The Abandonment of Hiep Duc; Activation of Task Force DELTA and Planning the Operation; The VC Strike and the Marines are Committed; The Search of the Phouc Ha Vfalley; The Fight at Ky Phu; The Wrap-Up.

PART III: THE CONTINUING WAR. Chapter 8: Defending and Expoanding the Base Areas; The Evolution of a Stragegy; Further Deployments and Realinements; Refinement of Command Relations; Expanding the TAORS; Attacks on the Airfields and Hill 22; Base Defense; Extended Patrolling. Chapter 9: Pacification: The Combined Action Program; Protection of the Harvest: GOLDEN FLEECE; Cordon and Search: The Seeds of COUNTY FAIR and Population Control; Civic Action; The Ngu Hanh son Campaign and the Frustrations of Pacification.

PART IV: SUPPORTING THE TROOPS. Chapter 10: Marine Aviation in Vietnam; Deployments; Control of Marine Aviation; Fixed-Wing Operations; Helicopter Operations; Air Defense Responsibilities. Chapter 11: Fire-Support and Reconnaissance; Artillery Support; Naval Gunfire; Other Ground Combat Support; Marine Reconnaissance; 1st Force Reconnaissance Company: The Early Days; 3d Reconnaissance Company: Opening Moves; Force and Division Reconnaissance Merged. Chapter 12: Logistics and Construction; The Logistic Situation; III MAF Naval Responsibilities; RED BALL and CRITIPOAC; The Force Logistic Support Group; Engineering and Construction.

PART V: OTHER MARINE ACTIVITIES. Chapter 13: The SLF of the Seventh Fleet; Disbandment of the SLF; A New Mission; The Reestablishment of the SLF; Command and Control Changes; The First DAGGER THRUST Raids; Further Changes in th SLF; The Saigon Conference; The Second Series of DAGGER THRUST Raids; The SLF at the End of the Year. Chapter 14: Advisors and Other Marine Activities; Marine Advisors to the Vietnamese Marine Corps; Marine Advisors to the Rung Sat Special Zone; U.S. Marines of the I Corps Advisory Group; Marines Serving with MACV Headquarters in Saigon; Company L, Marine Support Battalion; Embassy Marines. Chapter 15: Conclusion.

NOTES. APPENDICES: A. Marine Task Organizations and Command List, Jan-Dec 1965. B. Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations. Chronology of Significant Events. D. Medal of Honor Citations, 1965. E. List of Reviewers. F. Table of Organization: III MAF and Naval Component Command as of 31 Dec 1965. Index.


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