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General Resources   • Glossaries
   • Timelines   • Statistics     • Road to War
   • First Indochina War
Map Resources    • Publications
   • I Corps  • Hue
   • Bases & Camps
• E-books
• CHECO Reports
Forward Air Controllers
Strategy & Doctrine    • Tactics
   • VC/PAVN Strategy       • Counterinsurgency
        • Special Ops
Lessons Learned     • Leaders
   • Analogies
   • Legacies
 
Rules of Engagement
Air Operations        • In-country/CAS
   • Air Bases  
Ranch Hand    • Agent Orange Arc Light
Interdiction (HCMT)        • Out of Country Ops Operations Over North Vietnam
   • Wild Weasels
   • Operation Bolo
   • Linebacker I & II
   • NVAF
   • Attacks on the Bridges
SAR        • Fixed-Wing Gunships
Army Operations   • Army Aviation
   • Army Bases  
Marine Operations Naval Operations    • Coast Guard Ops
Campaigns & Battles
   • Ia Drang Valley
   • Khe Sanh
   • Tet 1968
   • Battle of Hue
   • A Shau Valley
   • Dewey Canyon
   • Lam Son 719
   • Easter Offensive
   • Fall of South Vietnam
Allied Nations   • ARVN

North Vietnam (DRV)
Logistics & Ports
   • Logistics Over the Shore (LOTS)
   • Highway Convoys
   • Ports
   • Combat Airlift

Photos of Vietnam War
Battle of Hue   • MAC Compound Epilogue   • POW / MIA   • Medals of Honor Legacies   • Perspectives on the War
  • Studying & Teaching the War
Aircraft   • O-1   • O-2   • OV-10 Air Munitions Ground Weapons & Equipment

General Resources
  • Vietnam Center & Archive (Texas Tech)  • Search
       • Resources  • Map Search  • Map Index  • Collections
  • Combat Arms Research Library (lessons learned)
       • More
  • National Archives: Vietnam War Topics

  • DoD Dictionary of Military Terms
      • 2005 Edition (more detailed)

    History of Vietnam
  • Vietnam Before 1959 (graphic)

    The Vietnam War in Forty Quotations

    Vietnam War Portals
  • Vietnam War ****  • 1959-1963
       • Competing Strategies
       • Digital History ****
       • Olive-Drab ****
       • History.com (multimedia portal)
       • Vietnam War Commeration
       • Global Security ****  • Legacy (c 2009)
          • First Indochina War
          • Second Indochina War
       • Companion to US Mil History ****
          • Causes of the War
          • Military & Diplomatic Course of War
          • Domestic Course of the War
          • Post-War Impaact
          • Changing Interpretations of the War

    Weapons & Tactics (was GruntOnline)
       • Tactics  • Organization (scroll down to Orders of Battle)
       • Fire Support Coordination
       • Background to the Vietnam War
       • US Army in Vietnam 1950-1967
       • Weapons & Equipment

  • American Heritage (articles)
  • Battlefield Vietnam (PBS overview & portal)
  • Vietnam War '54-'64 (SMU)  • '65-'68  • '69-'73
       • Election of 1968
  • HistoryNet (Vietnam Magazine)  • Articles
       • Smithsonian Institution
          • Fighting the War
       • About the Vietnam War (portal: U Illinois)
          • Military & Diplomatic Course of the Vietnam War
       • Info Please (c³: causes, conduct, consequences)
       • Military History Online (essays)
       • Jensen's Guide (links, bibliography)
       • Vietnam Country Profile
       • History Learning Site
       • AmerVets
       • Vietnam War History (Olive Drab)
       • Time Magazine Newsfiles: Vietnam War
       • TeacherNet
       • Peter Brush articles (Vanderbilt)  • Alt
       • Vietnam Veterans Home Page
       • U-S-History.com (Early US involvement in Indochina)
       • Vietnam War 101
  • The Vietnam War (ushistory.org)
      • Early Involvement
      • Years of Escalation: 1965-68
      • The Tet Offensive
      • The Antiwar Movement
      • Years of Withdraw
  • The Nature of the War **** (overview)

  • Vietnam War Notebook (history e-book)
  • National Security: Vietnam 1954-75 (lessons learned)
  • Am Mil Strategy in Vietnam, 1965-73

  • Vietnam War Timelines ****
       • Casualties  • By Corps Tactical Zone: 1967-69
  • Vietnam War Timeline: 1945-1975 ****
       • Seeds of Conflict: 1945-1960
       • America Commits: 1961-1964
       • The Jungle War: 1965-1968
       • The Bitter End: 1969-1975
  • Interactive Timeline **** (50th Anniversary Comm)
       • This Week in VietnamF
  • Operational Timeline ('65-'72, very detailed)
       • Another Operational Timeline (1950-1975+)
       • Years in the Vietnam War (1955-75, Wikipedia)
       • Detailed (annual troop strength)  • More (detailed)
       • World History Project  • More  • Containment
       • 50 Events
       • Vietnam War Timeline (PBS, 1954-1975)
          • US Involvement w/ Vietnam (PBS, 1945-1997)
       • Vietnam Timeline: By Campaign (detailed)
       • Chronology  • 1966  • 1967  • 1968  • 1969
          • 1971  • 1972  • 1973  • 1974  • 1975
       • Linked Timeline (1961-69 - annoying ads)
       • Linked Timeline (Forgotten History)
  • Vietnam 1950-1975 (Army Security Agency) ****

  • Statistics on Vietnam War (NARA)  • More
       • Congressional Research Service
       • US & Allied Deaths by Month (66-71)  • More  • Army
       • Vietnam War Casualties by Region, 1967-68
  • Myths, Stats & Legends of Vietnam  • More
       • Stats & Myths (w/sources)  • More  • More  • More
  • Allied Troop Strength (1959-1973)
       • Troop Strength by Year (graphic)  • Numerical
  • Vietnam War Stats & Facts (25th Aviation)
       • More  • More
  • Analysis (Vietnamese view)
       • US Combat Deaths: Vietnam vs. Iraq

  • Vietnam Casualty DB (detailed)  • Background

  • Vietnam War (overview essay)
  • Cold War in Asia: US in Vietnam (overview)

  • Vietnam War Bibliography **** (Moise)  • More
       • Bibliography of USAF Publications on SEA War
  • Documents on the Indochina & Vietnam Conflicts
       • Primary Source Material (PBS Online)
       • Key Documents, 1950-1964)
  • Declassified CIA Documents
  • Cold War Documents (Wilson Center)

  • Vassar College Portal  • Documents

  • Pentagon Papers: Background, Controversy
       • Overview: AF Mag 2007
       • Nixon Audio Tapes on Revelation
       • In context (1971: UPI.com)
       • Release of Complete Papers (NY Times, 7 Jun 11)
  • Pentagon Papers (National Archives, 2011)
       • Table of Contents w/ Linked Excerpts (Moise)
       • Alternate source, original docs (NY Times, 7 Jun 11)
  • Pentagon Papers (all 3 versions w/ history)
  • Secrets revealed by Pentagon Papers
       • Solicitor Gen. Griswold Brief to Supreme Court
  • Significance of Pentagon Papers  • Related
  • Kissenger Transcripts (1969-77)

  • Wars for Vietnam, 1945-1975
       • Documents  • Resources
  • History, Geography & French Colonial Influence
  • Historical Maps: Vietnam (1470-1975)
       • French Indochina (1863-1954)
  • Pre-Colonial Vietnam  • Timeline
  • French Invasion of Vietnam (1861)
  • French Indochina
  • The US & Vietnam, 1787-1941 (pdf)
  • Ho Chi Minh  • More
  • OSS & Ho Chi Minh in WW II
       • E-book  • Review  • More   • More
  • The US and Vietnam: 1941-1975 (e-book)
  • Roosevet's Indochina Policy
  • Why We Were in Vietnam? (FDR on, NY Times)
  • Declaration of Independence (2 Sep 45)
       • More  • More  • Photo
  • Ho Chi Minh to Truman (Telegram, Feb 1946)
  • Second Indochina War (political & military history)
  • Viet Minh
  • History of Vietnam: 1887 to 1957
       • Special Forces and RVN Turmoil (1957-65)
       • Marines Arrive; Khe Sanh Heats Up (65-66)
       • The Hill Fights (1967)

  • Vietnam Magazine  • Overview

  • Vietnam Almanac (AF Mag, pdf)
  • Photo Essay & History (turn off sound)
  • National Archives Locator (NAIL)
       • Archival Databases
       • Handbook for US Forces in Vietnam
  • Pentagon Papers (internal link)
  • McNamara Papers
  • Vietnam in Context of Cold War
  • Thumbnail Overview of War
  • Vietnam Urban Legends
  • War History Links    • More
  • Military.com  • Features  • Archive
  • Linked Bibliography
       • Tet Offensive Bibliography
  • Military History/Vietnam
  • Vietnam Portal (Spartacus)
        • Index: People & Events
  • VietnamWar.net (portal)
  • Vietnam War Overview (eHistory)
       • Articles & Essays
  • Vietnam War Resources (extensive!)
  • Vietnam War Bibliography
  • Air Force Magazine Articles
  • Yahoo Vietnam History
  • PBS: Vietnam Online
  • The History Place: Vietnam
  • War Summary (Columbia Enc)
  • Vietnam War Portal
  • Saigon: History Through the War (PBS)
       • The War Years
  • The Buddhist Crisis (Struggle Movement 1966)

  • Vietnam War: Encyclopedia of Quotations
  • Vietnam War Quotations  • More  • More
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • LBJ Quotations  • Brainy Quote  • More
       • Westmoreland Quotations

  • JCS Reports (1960-1973)
  • CIA Electronic Reading Room
  • Declassified CIA Documents
  • CIA & Vietnam Policymakers (1962-1968)

  • Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV)
       • MACV Bibliography
       • MACV in the Years of Upheaval (1962-1967)
       • MACV in the Years of Withdraw (1968-1973)
       • More  • MACV Teams  • MACV Hq (photo)
  • MACV & 7th AF
  • History of 7th Air Force in SEA

  • First Indochina War (1946-1954)
       • More  • More
       • Lecture: George C. Herring (video)
  • The French Indochina War (1946-1954)
  • Street Without Joy  • e-Book  • Map (1:50K)
  • Analysis: France vs. Viet Minh vs. US
  • Advising the French
  • Turning Point for Viet Minh (1950)
  • The First Domino: Dien Bien Phu, 1954  • pdf (w/images)
       • More  • Large Scale Topo Map  • Video
  • Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam Mag)
  • Dien Bien Phu: Fatal Gamble
  • American Pilots at Dien Bien Phu
       • C-119's at Cat Bi (Haiphong), 1954
  • Geneva Conference (Apr-Jul 54)
       • Geneva Agreements (20 Jul 54)
       • BBC Contemporary Report
  • Operation Passage to Freedom (1954-55)
  • CIA Ops in Vietnam (1950's)
  • Early US Advisory Experience (1945-1965)
  • Early USAF Advising Effort
  • Advising the ARVN

    Role of the US in the Vietnam War ****
       • Timeline
  • Americanization of the War
  • Bombing of North Vietnam (Rolling Thunder)
  • Buildup
  • Attrition Warfare (Search & Destroy)
  • Border Battles & Tet Offensive
  • Vietnamization (1969-1975)

  • The CIA and the Vietnam War
  • The CIA's Vietnam History
       • Intelligence and Vietnam (TS DoS 1969 Study)
       • JFK and the Diem Coup (2 Nov 63)
       • Fighting the War in SEA, (Laos, 1961-1973)
          • The War in Nortern Laos (1954-1973)
  • Phoenix Program
       • CIA & Rural Pacification in South Vietnam
  • Allen Dulles, CIA & VIetnam War

    Campaigns, Operations, Battles (internal)

    Road to War
  • Roots of the Second Indochina War
  • Primary Documents  • More
  • Pentagon Papers (internal link)
  • Replacing France: Origins of US Intervention
  • Path to War resources  • Movie Reviews
       • Reviews & Commentary
  • America in the Cold War (Truman => JFK)
  • SEA Conflict: Part of Cold War
  • Cold War in Asia
       • The '60s & '70s: Decades in Turmoil
       • JFK and the Cold War
       • The Johnson Years: America in Turmoil

    Early U.S. Involvement
  • Early US Involvement (1945-1956)
       • Many Reasons Why: American Involvement in Vietnam
  • Eisenhower on No Elections in 1956
  • JFK Speech on Vietnam (Nov 56)
  • Vietnam War: Johnson's or Eisenhower's?
  • Search for a Plan 1959-61 (pdf)
  • Intelligence & Vietnam (DoS classified study, '61-'68)
  • Planning the War in SEA, 1961-73
  • Our Involvement in Laos (Foreign Affairs, 1970)
  • JFK and the Neutralization of Laos
  • Vietnam: Early Decisions (Intro, pp 1-7)
       • Introduction  • An Episode in the Cold War
  • President Kennedy & Vietnam, 1961-63
  • Kennedy's Foreign Policy Documents
  • Timelines: 1961-64  • 1965-68
  • JFK Vietnam Chronology
       • Force Buildup ('61-'63)  • JFK Advisors
  • JFK's Early Indecision  • More (audio tapes)
  • Kennedy's Plans
  • Maxwell Taylor Mission to Vietnam (Oct 61)
       • Documents (US DoS)
  • Strategic Hamlets   • More
       • Pham Ngoc Thao: Sabateur of Strategic Hamlets
  • John F. Kennedy and Vietnam
  • Battle of Ap Bac (3 Jan 63)  • Video Lecture
       • Kennedy, Diem and the Battle of Ap Bac
  • Cable 243 (24 Aug 63)
  • JFK on Vietnam, 2 Sep 63 (video, 1:32)
  • Was US Losing Under JFK?
  • Would JFK Have Pulled Out? (video, 7:28)
       • Pt 2 (9:59)
  • JFK Expresses Doubts on Vietnam (Sep 63)
  • Did JFK Have An Exit Strategy?(2008)
  • Intra-Administration Dissention  • Video
  • Galbraith: JFK Ordered Withdraw (Oct 63)
  • JFK and the Coup
  • Assassination of Diem (Nov 63)
       • Impossible to Stay Uninvolved After Coup
  • South Vietnamese Coup (1-2 Nov 63)
  • Impact of Diem & JFK Assassinations (book)
  • JFK vs. LBJ Policies  • More
       • NSAM/NSC-273
  • LBJ Escalates the War, 1963-69
       • Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam War  • Alt
  • Kennedy, Johnson and Escalation
  • Joint Warfare in Vietnam, 1963-69
  • CIA: Possible DRV Resonses to US Actions (May 64)

  • Perspectives on the War Years (e-book)  • Pt 2
  • The Vietnam Conflict (The LBJ Presidential Library)

    Turning Point
  • Tonkin Gulf Incident (2-4 Aug 64)  • More  • Details
       • USS Maddox: Tonkin Gulf (w/maps)
          • Report of Action, 2-4 Aug 64
       • Encounter in the Tonkin Gulf (AF Mag)
       • DESOTO Patrols
  • Tonkin Gulf Crisis (Naval History & Heritage Cmd)
       • Summary  • Senate Hearing Report  • Pt. 2
       • Map, 2 Aug 64  • Map, 3-5 Aug 64  • Artwork
       • Declassified Docements  • Bibliography
  • Tonkin Gulf Incident Background (black ops)
       • The CIA & Tonkin Gulf Incident
       • Op Plan 34A (SpOps against NVn)
       • Op 34A & Nasty-class PT Boats
          • Oprn Vulcan (Clandestine Ops, Tonkin Gulf)
          • RVN Involvement in Tonkin Gulf
  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident: 50 Years Later  • More
       • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: 50 Years Later
       • McNamara on Tonkin Gulf (Fog of War clip)
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (AF Mag)
       • Senate Debate on Resolution (6-7 Aug 64)
       • LBJ Tapes on Incident
  • "Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War"
  • What's Wrong With Tonkin Gulf History
       • Intelligence skewed  • More

    Escalation
  • Early Days of War (to 1965 - Nat Geo video)  • Photos
  • LBJ's Path to War ****  • Moyers (PBS video)  • Pt. 2
       • Escalation Who's Who
       • Escalation Timeline (w/ audio)  • More detail
       • Finding LBJ Audio Resources
  • "Peace Without Conquest" Speech (7 Apr 65)  • Alt
  • Marine Landing & Buildup, 1965  • E-book
       • More  • Video  • Retrospective
  • Escalation Documents
  • Escalation Discussions (21 Jul 65, transcript)
  • George Ball's Dissent
  • LBJ "Why We Are In Vietnam" (video: 28 Jul 65)
       • Press conference Text
       • Why Vietnam (DOD video, 1965
  • In Cold Blood: LBJ & Limited War (Herring)
  • Into the Quagmire: LBJ & Escalation (e-book)
  • Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam (JSTOR)
  • Decision to Bomb the SAMs (Jul 65)
  • Choosing War in Vietnam (book review)
  • Base Development in S Vietnam 1965-70  • pdf
  • McNamara to LBJ: Assessment, Nov 1965
  • DoState Documents: Johnson Administration
  • Rumsfeld Claims Challenge to LBJ (Feb 66)
  • LBJ's Disengagement Strategy

  • Small Wars Journal (excellent series of articles)

    Prosecuting the War
  • Johnson's Foreign Policy Documents
  • Timelines: 1965-68  • 1969-75
  • Expanding the War (1965 on)
  • Americanizing the War (1965-68)
  • Years of the Offensive: 1965-68 (e-book, pdf)
  • LBJ Foreign Policy (Apr 65-Mar 68)
  • LBJ and Bombing (video w/ leader comments)
       • Bombing Footage (turn sound off)
  • Bombing: US Equivalent of Guerilla War (JSTOR)
  • Mobilization for Vietnam: Political & Military Catastrophe
  • President Johnson and the Joint Chiefs
  • New Revelations About LBJ
  • Cold Blood: LBJ's Conduct of the War (Herring)
  • LBJ Disengagement Strategy
  • The Fight for LBJ's Mind  • Pt. 2
  • On the Arrogance of Power (Sen. Fulbright, 66)
  • Tet: A Brief History (LBJ, McNamara, Westmoreland)
  • LBJ's Decision Not to Run in 1968
  • Nixon Sabotaged '68 Peace Negotiations  • More
       • More  • More  • More
  • Toward a Bombing Halt, 1968 (strategic analysis. 1970)

  • Nixon's Foreign Policy Documents
  • Nixon and Vietnamization
       • Vietnamization Speech (3 Nov 69)  • Video
  • Vietnamization (multimedia portal)
  • Impact of Vietnamization on ARVN
  • Troop Levels, 1969-1973 (graph)
  • Cambodian Incursion (Apr-Jul 70)    • More (internal)
       • Nixon Speech on Cambodia (30 Apr 70)
  • Nixon's Micro-Management of the War
  • Kissinger Papers (National Security Archive)  • More
       • "Salted Peanuts" Memo on Withdraw (10 Sep 69)
  • Nixon: Secret Plan to End War (video)
  • Kissinger & Nixon in White House

    Pursuit of Peace
  • Talks Resume (8 Oct 72), Collapse (16 Dec 72)
  • Paris Peace Accords (23 Jan 73)
       • Paris Peace Accords (document - 1973)
       • Kissinger and Le Duc Tho initial agreement (image)
  • Notes on the Paris Peace Accord (1973)
  • Nixon Speech on Paris Accord (23 Jan 73)
  • Ceasefire Details: Flight to Gia Lam (Hanoi)
       • More

    The End
  • Impact of Cutting US Aid to Vietnam (1973)
       • More
       • Case-Church Amendment
  • Timeline: 1973-1975
  • Vietnam: Cease Fire To Capitulation (e-book)
  • Fall of South Vietnam (internal link)
  • Weyand (CoS, Army) Assessment, 4 Apr 75
       • Second Opinion on Assessment (NSC, 5 Apr 75)
  • "Remembering the Second Act" (Nixon Years)

    Strategy & Doctrine
  • Foreign Relations of the United States (series)
       • Mainland Southeast Asia, 1964-1968
       • Laos, 1964-1968
       • Foundations of US Foreign Policy, 1969-1972
       • Vietnam, Jan 69-Jul 70
       • Vietnam, Jul 70-Jan 72
       • Vietnam, Jan-Oct 72
       • Vietnam, Oct 72-Jan 73
       • Vietnam, Jan 73-Jul 75
  • Vietnam & The Tragedy of Containment  • More
  • Vietnam and the Cold War
  • Vietnam: The Necessary War (Lind, ebook)
  • Vietnam: Free World Challenge (Geo Ball, 1962)
       • Communist Threat in Asia (map, c 1950)
  • Sino-Soviet-Vietnamese Relations 1960-1968
  • Soviet Strategy and the Vietnam War
  • Soviet Involvement in Vietnam  • AP, Sep 91
  • Soviet & Chinese Aid to N Vietnam (to 1965)
       • Soviet Aid to North Vietnam
       • Chinese Aid to North Vietnam
  • China's Involvement in War Vietnam (1964-69)
  • Sino-Soviet Split
  • Geopolitical Perspective (Stratfor, 2000)
       • Learning From the Vietnam War (Stratfor, 2000)
       • Weighing Geopolitics of Vietnam War (Stratfor, 2015)

  • The JCS and the Vietnam War: 1960-1968
       • Pt 2  • Pt 3
  • JCS Air Plan Against the North (1964)
       • JCS-94 Target List: Impact on Air War (pdf)  • Alt
       • Conditions in N Vietnam, 1967 (John Colvin)  • More
  • Role of Airpower in Vietnam (CSAF, Sep 65)
       • The Folly of "Strategic Persuasion" (AF Mag, Feb 11)
  • Decisions Concerning Air Campaign (CSAF, 67)
  • Wasted Airpower (Broughton)
  • Washington's Management of Rolling Thunder
  • Limitations on Airpower in Vietnam (Atlantic, 5/02)
  • Limits of Airpower or Limits of Strategy? (NDU, 2015)
  • The Airpower Revolution
  • Search for the Communist "Breaking Point"
  • CIA and Vietnam Policymakers
       • Distortions of Intelligence, 62-63
       • Decision to "Go Big" 63-65
       • O/B Controversy & Tet 67-68
       • Lessons Learned
  • American Involvement in Vietnam
  • Harry Summers: On Strategy  • E-book  • Review
       • Analysis: US War Goal Criticized (NY Times, 1982)
  • Harry Summers: Strategic Thinking (interview)
       • The Case of Vietnam    • Lessons of Vietnam
       • Video of Interview
  • Causes of the Vietnam War (essay)
       • Military & Political Causes
  • How We Made Such a Mess

  • North Vietnam Strategy (internal)

    Military Strategy
  • American Military Strategy in Vietnam ('65-'73)
  • Vietnam Postmortum: A Senseless Strategy  • Alt
  • Evolution of Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-1976
  • A New Kind of War (Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak)
  • Search & Destroy
       • Search & Destroy, Clear, Secure
       • Search & Destroy: A Misconception
  • Combined Action Program (CAP)
       • Insurgency, Counterinsurgency & USMC in Vn
       • Combined Action & Marine Experiences, 65-71
       • Was CAP More Effectice Than CORDS in COIN?
       • Combined Action & USMC Experience, 1965-71
       • The Marine Alternative to Search & Destroy
  • Clear & Hold

  • Five Presidents & Vietnam
  • Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap  • More
       • Giap (bio review - Bill Reeder)
  • How We Lost War (Cau Ky - cached)
  • Presidential Decisonmaking on Vietnam
       • Comparison of Vietnam & Afghanistan Processes
  • Consideration of Nuclear Weapons
       • Declassified Report (1967 - pdf)  • Excerpt
       • Nautilus.org article  • Details
       • Targeting the Ho Chi Minh Trail
       • Project JASON
  • Operation Giant Lance: (nuclear intimidation of USSR)
       • Nixon's "Madman" Nuclear Alert (Oct 69)  • More
       • The Nukes of October: Nixon's Secret Plan
       • Nixon's Nuclear Ploy: Details (National Security Archive)
          • Nixon, Kissinger and the Madman Strategy
       • Associated Press Story (Dec 2002)

  • Revisionist Views (internal)

  • The In-Country War (AF Mag)
  • Internal Wars: Problems, Response  (pdf)
  • Pol-Military Lessons of Vietnam (pdf)
  • Unlearned Lessons of Vietnam (pdf)
  • An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 (Max Hastings, review)
  • How Could Vietnam Happen?
  • Vietnam & the Disillusioned Strategist (JSTOR)
  • Aggression From the North (DoS, '65)
  • The Abrams Tapes (1968-72)
  • Pentagon Papers Online
       • Symposium 2001   • Links
       • Senate Report
  • Road to Hill 10 (Atlantic Mag)
  • Congressional Responsibility (bk rvw)
  • Wars of the Third Kind (e-book)
  • Wars of the Third Kind & AF Doctrine
  • US Involvement in Vietnam (potential)
  • Propaganda in Vietnam War (JSTOR)
  • Command & Control in Vietnam 1950-1969

    Tactics
  • Tactics of the Vietnam War (internal link)


  • Map Resources
  • RVN Corps/Provinces Map ****

  • Vietnam Maps **** (UTexas: operational & city maps)
       • Vietnam: Danang north (ONC: 1:1M)
       • Vietnam: Danang south (ONC: 1:1M)
       • Vietnam: Danang north (TPC: 1:500K)
       • Vietnam: Danang-Nha Trang (TPC: 1:500K)  • Coastal
       • Vietnam: Nha Trang south (TPC: 1:500K)  • Coastal
       • Southeast Asia (JOG Index, 1:250K)  • Clickable Index
          • DMZ to Vinh Loc  • Danang to Quang Ngai
  • Vietnam Cities (NARA, 1:12.5K)
       • Hue Area Map (detailed: 1:12,500)  • Key

  • Vietnam Tactical Maps (1:50K) (Vn Center, TTU)
            • Index  • N I Corps Index
           (Use Arabic vice Roman numerals for map sheets)
             • Example: Hue - Use 6541-4 vice 6541-IV (actual sheet number)

          • Southern A Shau Valley (6441-4)

  • Lat/Long <=> UTM Converter  • Alt
     • Convert D-M-S to Decimal
  • Reading 1:50K Map Coordinates  • Alt
  • Ray's Map Room **** (1:50K topos of major actions)
       • Pleiku-Kontum-Dak To
       • Saigon-Cu Chi-Lai Khe
       • QL19 - Qui Nhon-Pleiku
       • Street Without Joy (Northern I Corps)  • Map only

  • SEA Outline Map (b&w)  • Source
  • Southeast Asia: Topography
  • Geography of Vietnam
  • Laos Map (CIA, expandable)
       • NVA Base Areas, Southern Laos (map)
  • West Point Vietnam War Maps
  • Historical Geography of Vietnam
  • Spelling Vietnamese Geographical Names
  • Interactive Maps (PBS)
  • French Indochina (NMUSAF)
       • Vietnam 1954-1975 (NMUSAF)
  • Major US Units in Vietnam (c 1969-70)  • N I Corps
  • SEA Maps (1:250K) (Jim Henthorn)
       • South Vietnam  • North Vietnam
       • NE4816: Northern I Corps  • Individual Sections
       • Laos Maps  • Lima Site Locatons
  • Maps of Vietnam (vietvet.org)

  • Hue map **** (c 1968: detailed, 1:12.5K)  • Key
       • Partial Index w/ images of selected features
       • Map & Index (NARA: single sheet, very large file)
  • Hue and south (Sheet 6541-4, 1:50K)
          • 1:50K sheets surrounding Hue
  • Map: Hue, 1968 **** (b&w)  • Colorized & More
       • Hue: New City only
  • Hue ,1945 (OSS)  • More
  • Map: Hue to Phu Loc (1:250K)

  • RVN Northern two provinces (1:250K, expandable)

  • N I Corps 1:50K Map Downloads ****  • Index
       • Specific Location thumbnails
       • A Shau SF Camp  • Khe Sanh area
       • Quang Tri Province FSBs  • Interactive map

  • I Corps Tactical Zone (outline)  • Source
  • I Corps Maps 1:50K maps w/ index (1/9 Marines)
  • I Corps Maps 1:50K w/ FB Coordinates (1/9 Marines)

  • I Corps Maps (Marine AOs w/ map glossary)
       • USMC Unit Locations (w/ timelines)  • Detailed
  • I Corps Maps (Americal AOs)

  • N I Corps (Quang Tri & Thua Thien provinces: outline)
  • Quang Tri Province (major locations)
  • Leatherneck Square
       • Map  • Map  • w/ Major Battles
       • Firebase Gio Linh (A-2)  • Photo
       • Dong Ha CB  • Photo  • Photo (Oct 68)  • Map
       • Cam Lo Combat Base  • Bridge
       • Con Thien Combat Base  • Aerial Photo
  • Quang Tri Combat Support Base  • More (slow)
  •    • Photo (Jun 68)  • Photo
       • Color Image  • Video
  • Quang Tri - Thua Thien (JOG - 1:250K)  • More
  • Thua Thien Province (detailed w/ FSBs)  • Another
       • Thua Thien Province south of Hue
       • Thua Thien Province southeast of Hue
       • Hue to Hia Van Pass
       • 101st ARBN Div in Thua Thien Province ('68-'69)
  • Vinh Loc Island map
  • Hai Van to Danang (detailed, 1:50K)
  • Chu Lai Area Maps  • Deailed Map (1:10K)
  • Tet Offensive Map
  • Khe Sanh Area Maps

  • Firebases (concept)
  • Fire Support Base Coordinates  • More  • Photos
  • FSBs: N I Corps (1st Air Cav)  • More (101st ABN)
  • FSBs: Quang Tri Prov (506th Inf)  • "3D" map
  • FSBs: Thua Thien Prov (506th Inf)  • More
       • FSB T-Bone  • FSB Bastonge  • More
  • Blank Outline Map - N & S Vietnam

  • Tactical VFR Charts (aviation)
       • Danang to A Shau  • Lam Son 719
       • Danang to Quang Ngai  • Quang Ngai to Qui Nhon

  • Out of Country FAC Maps
  • SEA Maps (Air War, Jimmie Butler)
  • TACANs in SEA (list)
  • TACAN Map Danang: DAG - Ch 77
  • Vietnam Airways Chart (current)

  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in SEA
       • Escape & Evasion Charts
  • Photomapping Activity in SEA
       • Cu Lao Re Island site
  • History of the 1370th Photo Mapping Wing
  • Background on APCS (c 1964, pdf)

  • Interactive Tourist Map (current)

    Personalities
  • Conversations With History: Vietnam (interviews)
  • Whos Who in Vietnam
  • Jane Fonda in Hanoi
  • McNamara's Obituary (Jul 2009)
  • McNamara's Book (excerpts)
  • McNamara Interview (video, Apr 96)  • Transcript
       • Fog of War (video)  • Transcript
       • Fog of War (multimedia)
       • Eleven Lessons  • More
  • Daniel Ellsberg Interview (video, Jul 98)  • Transcript
  • Anthony Zinni Interview (Mar 2001)

    Allied Nations
  • Flags of Vietnam War
  • US Allies (links)
  • Allied Participation in Vietnam (Army CMH)

  • Australian & New Zealand Forces
       • Order of Battle  • OB Timeline  • Background
  • Australian Army in Vietnam  • More  • Timeline
  • Australia's Entrance Into the War
  • A Duty Done (Summary of Royal Australian Rgmt Ops)
  • Australia in Vietnam (portal)  • More
  • Australia's Vietnam
       • Comparison of US and Australian Operations
  • Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
       • More  • More
  • RAAF in Vietnam (overview)
  • RAAF in Vietnam (portal)  • Another
       • 2 Squadron, RAAF, in Vietnam
       • Australia's Bombing Magpies
       • Canberras in Vietnam   • Photos
  • RAAF FACs in Vietnam  • More
  • RAAF Sabres at Ubon  • Sabre Mk 31
  • RAN in Vietnam  • More  • More
       • HMAS Holbart Friendly Fire Incident
  • Britain's Vietnam War (1945)

  • New Zealand Forces (war stories)

  • ROK in Vietnam  • More  • More

  • Vietnamese Perspectives: Fighting the Lost War
       • Untold Story  • Analysis  • Rewriting History
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       • Detailed Orders of Battle (all services)
       • ARVN Organization & Equipment
  • Heroic Allies  • Impact of ARVN Leadership
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  • ARNV Unit in Combat (video)
  • 1st ARVN Div  • Alt  • More  • Patch
       • Ngô Quang Trng (commander, 1966-1970)
       • HQ (aerial view c 1967)
  • Hac Bao (Black Panther) Company  • More
  • 81st Abrn Ranger Group (ARVN)
  • 3rd ARVN Div (Quang Tri, '72)
  • Vietnam's Forgotten Army (Google book)
  • Vietnamese Marine Corps  • More  • More

  • VNAF (history)  • Details  • History
       • Portal  • More  • Insignia
       • VNAF Order of Battle
       • VNAF Equipment  • More  • Photos  • Photos
       • Buildup & Vietnamization  • More
       • VNAF - April 1975
  • Escape to U Taphao (VNAF)
  • RVN Navy  • Organization  • OB  • Bases (map)
       • RVN Navy Special Ops
  • Evacuation of RVN Fleet
  • RVN Medals
  • Indochina Monorgaphs (Works by RVn leaders: list)

  • Spelling Vietnamese Names

    Lessons Learned
  • What Students Need to Know About Vietnam  • Alt
  • MACV Lessons Learned Bulletins (index)
       • Report Links (Combined Arms Research Library)
  • Vietnam Insights  • Alt Link
  • America & Vietnam: Unending War (Herring, JSTOR)
       • The Cold War and Vietnam (Herring)
  • Lessons Learned (Air University bibliography)
  • Lessons of Vietnam (Newsweek 7Nov09)
          • Rebutal: Learning the Wrong Lessons
       • National Observer (Australia, Autumn 1999)
       • Gen. T. R. Milton (Air Force Magazine, Mar 83)
       • Melvin Laird (Foreign Affairs, Nov 05)  • Alt
       • Clarence Mariney (USMC CSC '89)
       • Rusk, Bundy, Clifford
       • Council on Foreign Relations reading list
       • Digital History
  • Dereliction of Duty (Google book)
       • Interview with author H. R. McMaster (PBS)
       • Interview with H. R. McMaster (AF Mag)
  • New York Times Topics: Vietnam (archive)
       • History & Hindsight: Lessons of Vietnam (1985)
       • The New Vietnam Scholarship (1983)
  • Harry Summers: The Case of Vietnam
       • Lessons of Vietnam  • Interview Video
  • Bundy's Blunders: 6 Lessons from Vietnam
  • What should we learn from Vietnam War?
  • Col. David Hackworth: Vietnam War Lessons
  • Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap: Vietnam War Lessons
       • Urban Legend: Giap Quote on How US Lost
  • Vietnam: What Lessons? (AU Review, 1979)
       • What Lessons Should We Have Learned?
  • Unlearned Lessons of Vietnam (pdf)
  • John Kerry's Fulbright Moment
  • McNamara's Mistakes  • by Noam Chomsky
  • McNamara: JFK's Mistake (Michael Beschloss)
  • McNamara's Lessons Lost  • Comments
  • McNamara: Too Late to Say "Sorry"
  • McNamara's 11 Lessons from Vietnam
       • Fog of War (video)  • Background & Discussion
       • War & Never Having to Say You're Sorry (Dec 03)
  • McNamara, Rumsfeld & Fog of War (Jul 09)
  • In Retrospect (McNamara, 1995, excerpt)
  • Thoughts on In Retrospect (CIA)
  • Misreading the Enemy (McNamara, 1999)
  • A Look Back At McNamara (Gelb, Jul 09)
  • Vietnam War From Chinese Perspective
       • More
  • First Postmortem (Kissinger to Ford, May 75)
  • Kissinger on Vietnam (May 75)
  • Kissinger: Lessons of Vietnam (2008)
  • A Case Study in Military Involvement
  • CIA Doubts About Vietnam
  • Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked
  • Distortions of Intelligence
  • Intelligence & Vietnam (DoS TS Study)
  • OB Controversy & Tet (CIA, 1967-68)
  • Johnson Decision to "Go Big" (CIA, 1963-65)
  • Rolling Thunder: Lessons For Today
  • Slow Squeeze: Airpower in Vietnam
  • Vietnam: Were the Hawks Right?
  • The Doves Were Right
  • What We Should Have Done (DuPuy, pdf)
  • Sanctuaries: Key to the Outcome in Vietnam
  • "How did so many smart guys make such a mess?"
  • Smartest Guy in the Room ... (Bundy, c1964)
  • Case For Vietnam (Rostow, '96)
  • Legacy of the Vietnam War (Jack P. Smith)
  • What Went Wrong in Vietnam (Max Boot)
  • The Road Not Taken: Edward Landsdale &
        the American Tragedy in VIetnam
     • Preview
        • Landsdal biography
  • The Use of Military Force (article)
  • How Do Long Wars Become So Long?
  • Vietnam Postmortem: A Senseless Strategy
  • Vietnam in Perspective (strategy, ROE)
  • From Vietnam to Desert Storm (AF Mag)
  • Vietnam, the Cold War & Kosovo
       • DS: The Right Lessons from Vietnam
  • Easter Offensive Lessons For Gulf War
  • Vietnam and the Failure of Containment
  • Ten Lessons From Vietnam War
  • Lessons from Vietnam - Tet Plus 30
  • "Clear & Hold" Was Working (WSJ, Oct 09)
  • Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War
  • Lessons of Vietnam & Soviet Foreign Policy
  • Doctrines, Strategies, Outcomes of Vietnam War
  • Westmoreland Was Right
  • Cold Blood: LBJ's Conduct of the War (Herring)
  • Superpowers Defeated: Afghanistan & Vietnam
  • The Legacies of Vietnam (CFR, Feb 09)
  • The Future of Warfare (SecDef Gates, Feb 11)
       • "Never Fight a Land War in Asia" (Stratfor, Mar 11)
  • Vietnam Syndrome (articles, NY Times)  • More
       • The Incurable Vietnam Syndrome
  • Vietnam & Demons of US Foreign Policy (c 2000)
  • "Rekindled Interest in Vietnam" (Karnow, 1985)
  • Abandoning Vietnam (Willbanks)
  • Moshe Dayan on Vietnam War c 1966

    The Great Debate on Vietnam
  • Revisiting & Revising Vietnam  • And again
  • Rethinking Lessons of Vietnam (Meacham, Nov 09)
  • The Wrong War (Jeffrey Record, Google book)
       • Review  • First chapter
  • The Necessary War (Wm. Lind, Google book)
       • Review  • First chapter
  • Changing Interpretations of the Vietnam War
       • Source  • Alt
  • Could We Have Won? (Jeff Record, 1996)
  • The War We Could Have Won (NY Times)  • More
  • Why We Lost in Vietnam
  • Why Vietnam Was Unwinable
  • Who Lost Vietnam?
  • Vietnam Revisited
  • Geopolitics of the Vietnam War (Stratfor, 2015)
       • Learning From the Vietnam War (Stratfor, 2000)
  • Vietnam: Integral Part of Cold War Victory  • More
  • Distortions Still Distort Understanding of War
  • How Did So Many Smart People Make Such a Mess?

  • Vietnam: Realities, Myths & Misconceptions ****
  • Examining Myths of Vietnam War (conference, 2004)
       • Myths & Realities in the Vietnam Debate
       • Kerry Not Only One Who Miscalculated
       • How to Lose a War: The Press & Vietnam
       • Why Press Can't Be Trusted to Cover a War
       • The Battle for Truth: CNN & Oprn Tailwind (Jul 98)
       • "We won the war before we lost it" (Kelly, Jan 05)
       • Three False Axions on the Vietnam War  • Original
       • Deliberate Distortions Obscure Understanding
       • "Vietnam: The Debate Goes On" (Gates, Nov 02)
  • The Invisible Vietnam Veteran (Jim Webb, Aug 76)
       • The Media's War on Vietnam Vets (Jim Webb, Jul 98)
       • Heroes of the Vietnam Generation (Jim Webb, 2000)
  • Realities of the War (Bill Bell, No Man Left Behind)
  • Vietnam War: Just or Unjust?  • doc
  • The Never Ending War (NY TImes book reviews)
  • Impact of Vietnam War on US Presidents

  • Vietnam '67 (individual retrospectives)

    Analogies
  • Perils of Historical Analogies (Jeff Record, 1998)

    American Revolution, 1775-1783
  • Analogies: Am Revolution & Vietnam War
  • England's Vietnam: The American Revolution

    Desert Storm, 1990-1991
  • From Vietnam to Desert Storm (AF Mag)

    Iraq, 2003
  • Iraq: Not Vietnam but Suez '56 (NY Times, Nov 03)
  • Use & Abuse of Vietnam Analogies (Apr 04)
  • Iraq & Vietnam: A Bad Analogy (WSJ, 8 Sep 05)
  • Is Iraq Another Vietnam? (Wash Post, 2006)
  • The Munich Analogy (as applied to Vietnam, 2002)
  • Analogies at War: Vietnam decisions of 1965
  • Analogies Between Iraq War & Vietnam (2004)
  • Dangers of Historical Analogy (Dec 05- prescient!)
  • Analogies at War: Vietnam and Iraq (Aug 05)
  • Is Iraq Another Vietnam? (book review, 2006)
       • Foreign Affairs (Nov/Dec 06)
       • Monthly Review (Jun 04)
  • Bush 43 on Speech to VFW (22 Aug 07, transcript)
       • Comment
  • Another Vietnam? (Max Boot, WSJ, 24 Aug 07)
  • Iraq Reminds of Vietnam (Dec 06)
  • Iraq & Vietnam: Sad, Somber Rhymes (Dec 07)

    Afghanistan, 2001-
  • Quagmire: Afghanistan v Vietnam (Oct 01)
  • Afgahnistan: Obama's Vietnam?
  • Afghanistan is Today's Vietnam (Aug 09)
  • Obama Speech on Afghanistan (1 Dec 09)
  • Obama Speech on Afghanistan (22 Jun 11)
  • Battling the Vietnam Analogy (2 Dec 09)
  • How Afghanistan Is & Isn't Vietnam (2 Dec 09)
  • Afghanistan Another VIetnam? Let's Hope So!
  • Differences between wars (Fallows, 2 Dec 09)
  • Echoes of Vietnam? (2 Dec 09)
  • Vietnam Lessons ... Scarcely Apply (WSJ, Oct 09)
  • Kazai and Diem Analogy (2 Dec 09)
  • Getting Vietnam Analogy Right (Oct 09)
  • Analogies for War: Afghanistan & Vietnam (Oct 09)
  • What Would Nixon Do (in Afghanistan)?

    ISIS War, 2014 -
  • Sunni/ISIS Offensive 2014 & Tet 1968

  • Vietnam Syndrome (NY Times articles)
       • Wikipedia

    Historiography & Revisionism
  • Revising History: Vietnam
  • Three Revisionists on the Vietnam War
  • Historiography of the War (Buzzanco, Apr 05)
  • The New Vietnam Scholarship (NY Times, 1983)
  • Vietnam (continued) (Jeffrey Record, 98)
  • AF Official Histories on \ietnam War (historiography)
  • Pitfalls of Historiography (1945-65 overview)
       • Triumph Forsaken: Vietnam War, 1954-65 (review)  • More
  • A Different Kind of War (NY Times series, 2000)

    Controversary
  • CBS, Westmoreland & The Uncounted Enemy
       • Westmoreland vs. CBS
  • Operation Tailwind

  • What Students Need to Know About Vietnam
  • Teaching the Vietnam War
       • Why were we in Vietnam?

    Counterinsurgency (COIN)
  • Small Wars Journal (COIN links)
       • Search for "Vietnam"
  • COIN in Vietnam: Lessons Learned, Ignored, Revived
  • Compound Warfare in Vietnam
       • Definition: Compound Warfare
  • Civic Action (e-book)
  • Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, and the Marines
  • Civic Action: USMC Experience in Vn
  • CAP: Alternative to Search & Destroy
  • Why Strategic Hamlets Failed
  • Abuse of Technology in Insurgency
  • Counterinsurgency Lessons From Vietnam
  • The Guerilla Problem in Retrospect
  • CORDS/Phoenix: COIN Lsns From Vietnam ****
  • Pacification in Vietnam (Global Security)
  • Organizing for Pacification Support (CMH, 82)
       • Setting Up CORDS  • Making CORDS Work
  • Civil Ops & Rural Develmnt Supt (CORDS)
  • CORDS: Winning Hearts & Minds  • More
  • Phoenix Program
  • John Paul Vann  • More
       • John Paul Vann: Vietnam's Lawrence of Arabia
       • A Bright Shining Lie (book)  • Movie Trailer
       • Book Review (NY Times)  • NY Review of Books
       • More

    Special Operations
  • US Army SF in Vietnam (e-book)  • Alt
  • Special Forces History
  • Special Forces Search Engine
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  • Project Delta
  • Special Forces in Vietnam
       • Gia Vuc: Model A-Camp
  • Special Forces Camps in Vietnam
  • VNAF Night Ops Over NVn
  • Bright Light (POW Rescue Msns, 1970)
  • Operation Tailwind (Sep 1970)
  • Son Tay Raid (Nov 70)
       • Operation Ivory Coast  • Operation Kingpin
       • Destination Hanoi  • Pt 2  • Map
       • Mission History  • More
       • More (NMUSAF)  • More  • More
       • Study in Presidental Policy
       • Politics of the Son Tay Decision
       • Son Tay Diversion
       • A-1 Pilot Narrative     • Alt
       • Helicopters Used & Other Details
       • VFW Magazine, Nov 10
       • Air Force Mag, Nov 95
       • Son Tay Raiders Assn  • Links
       • Son Tay Call Signs
       • Son Tay: 35 Year Retrospective
  • Son Tay Raid & more SpecOps history  • More
  • POW Raider in Two Wars
  • POW Rescue from USS Grayback (LPSS-574)
  • Delta After Action (Thua Thien, Mar 68)

    Cross-Border Operations
  • MACV Studies & Observations Grp (MACV-SOG)
       • More  • More  • More  • More  • LRRP (video)
  • Oprn Eldest Son (bogus ammo)  • More  • More
  • Tales from SOG  • More
       • Photo Recon & Analysis Over the HCMT
       • Secret Missions Into Laos & Cambodia
       • Surveillance Missions to the HCMT
       • Nights in the Jungle on SOG Missions
       • Covert Prisoner Snatch Missions
       • Wiretap Mission on the Sihanouk Trail
       • Finding & Destroying a Weapons Cache in Cambodia
       • Recon Missions on the HCMT
       • Extraction By Helicopter
       • Night Insertion Inside Cambodia
  • Naval Intelligence in Cambodia (overview)  • More
  • USAF Support for SOG (internal)  • More
  • Marine Helio Support for SOG
  • Kingbee (VNAF H-34)  • More
  • ARVN & US Special Ops
       • Site Map  • Missions
  • Operation Tailwind
  • Dewey Canyon (SOG)   • More
  • Observations: A-Team Under Attack
       • Life w/ an A-team (Nat Geo '65)
  • Long Range Recon Patrols (LRRP, evolution)
       • More    • More
  • Long Range Recon Patrols (FM 31-18, 1968)
  • LRRP Narrative
  • Tapping NVn Telephone Lines By Helicopter
  • Nung Mercenaries  • More
  • Project DELTA
  • FAC Support of Project Delta

    Air Force SOF
  • History of USAF SOF  • More
  • USAF Special Air Warfare Center
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  • Project Buon Enao (Farmgate)
       • NSAM 104 (TS) - 10/13/61
  • History of Big Safari (special project acquisition)
  • C-130 Combat Talon I Blackbirds  • More
  • Opn. Carolina Moon (C-130 Bridge Busting)  • More
       • Combat Talon Loss (29 Dec 67)
  • Project Duck Hook/Heavy Hook (C-123B)
  • Project Heavy Chain (p. 251)  • More
  • USAF 20th Helicopter Sq. Pony Express  • History
       • Operation Pony Express  • More  • More
  • 20th Special Ops Sq. Green Hornets  • More
       • SOG Team Extraction By Helicopter
  • USAF 21st Special Ops Sq.  • History  • More
  • 21st SOS: "Over the Fence"
  • 20th SOS - 21st SOS Merger
  • CH-3 Helicopter: Dusty 703
  • CH-3E "Black Mariah"  • More CH-3E
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  • USAF Helicopter Ops (internal link)
  • NKP During the Secret War (SOF portal)
  • Big Safari (high interest program acquisition)


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       • FAC Forward Operating Locations (FOL)
  • FAC Procedures in Vietnam  • More
       • Target Marking  • VR
  • O-2 in Vietnam (early tactics, pp 89-92)  • cont'd
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  • Covey War Stories
  • Shoot Down of Covey 264
  • The Essence of Being a FAC (SOG rescue)
  • 23rd TASS Stories
  • The Lost War That Never Was
  • Viper 7 (Pocock - Book Review)
  • Sidewinder FAC in Easter Offensive
  • Mac the FAC at Bong Son (AF Mag)  • pdf
  • Danang FAC (Chuck Galbach)
  • VC Sampans
  • Results of a Radio Fix
  • A Prayer Answered (Joe Sowa)
  • FAC Stories (Jim Meade)
  • Messing With FACs
  • OV-10 FAC Narrative
  • First Day at Song Be
  • Sundog FACs at An Loc
  • O-1 Bird Dog Stories
  • Marines Love Bird Dogs
  • Other War Stories

    Rules of Engagement
  • Law of Land Warfare (FM 27-10)  • Alt
  • ROE Background
       • Evolution of ROE: Out of Country (ChanceFAC)
       • ROE Laos (Msg, Sep 64)
       • Evolution of ROE 1960-65 (CHECO)  • Alt
       • Rules of Engagement Oct 72-Aug 73 (CHECO)
       • MACV Directive 62 (24 Nov 62)
       • ROE, 16 Aug 64 (JCS)
  • CHECO Reports (Moise) (scroll for ROE)
       • ROE: Goldwater Inserts (Congressional Record)
       • CHECO ROE Reports (Google, site: dtic.mil)

  • Rules of Engagement (in-country)
       • CAS Guide for Ground Commanders (in-country)
       • Fire Support Coordination (MACV source document)
  • Min Safe Distances & Munition Effects

  • Friendly Fire - Background, Incidents
       • CHECO Report: Short Rounds (15 Jul 74)
  • Friendly Fire Incidents  • Ground  • Air
       • Source (MACV Lessons Learned #70, 17 Oct 68)
  • Free Fire Zones
  • Battle of Bong Trang
       • Larry Welch
  • USCGC Point Welcome Incident
       • More (Rules of Engagement)  • Alt
  • Friendly Fire Project - Vietnam
  • Friendly Fire in Modern War (Combat Studies Institute)
  • Friendly Fire - Vietnam

  • ROE - North Vietnam (Broughton & Lavelle)
  • Effects of ROE on Rolling Thunder  • Alt  • More
  • Rules of Defeat: Impact of ROE on Air Ops Over NVn
       • Alt
  • Reflections of a Thud Driver (ROE)
  • Counter-SAM Tactics & ROE
  • NVAF Defensive Tactics v. Our ROE

  • Ranch Hand ROE (internal)
  • Riverine ROE
  • ROE Discussion (book review)
  • Army ROE Story
  • "Regulars Rules" (1-6 Infantry guidebook, '71)
  • Handling Enemy POWs (MACV Guidance)
  • Bob Kerrey incident

    Project CHECO Reports
  • Project CHECO Reports (Overview & Synopses, 1-81)
       • 82-208   • 209-254
       • Defense Technical Info. Ctr **** (search engine)
  • CHECO Reports (Moise)  • Google search
  • List of Project CHECO Reports (170)
  • An Historical Evaluation of Project CHECO
  • Fall of Lima Site 85
  • Summary of SAR Ops in SEA
  • Impact of Geography on Air War
  • Tiger Hound (HCMT interdiction, Laos)

    Threats
  • AAA & SAMs
  • SA-7 Strela/Grail
       • SA-7 Missiles: AnLoc, June 72
  • Midair: C-7 & CH-47, Camp Evans, Oct 68
  • Artillery: C-7, Duc Pho, Aug 67

    North Vietnam
  • Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV)
  • North Vietnam's Master Plan
  • Strategic Decision Process in North Vietnam
  • Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam
       • Excerpts  • Review  • pdf  • Review  • Review

    NVA/VC
  • NVA/VC Background
  • NVA & VC History
  • PAVN & VC Order of Battle: 1965-1975
       • PAVN Armored Forces
  • Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap  • More
       • Giap (bio review - Bill Reeder)
  • VC Organization
  • North Vietnamese Air Force (internal link)
  • NVA/VC Offensive Tactics
  • How the VC Soldier Saw the War

    North Vietnam Strategy
  • Strategies: France vs. Viet Minh vs. US
  • NVA View of the War (1965)
  • NVA Plan for 1965 (map)
  • People's War in Vietnam
  • VC & PAVN Strategy
       • Protracted War and Dau Tranh Strategy
  • The Viet-Cong strategy of terror (Pike, 1970)  • Alt
  • PAVN & VC Tactics
  • NVA Military Regions - I Corps  • Map
  • Fabian Strategy: Wearing Down the Enemy

    From the Enemy Perspective
  • History of the NVA & NLF
  • NVA/VC Background  • Base area maps
  • Ho Chi Minh's Foreign Legion
  • Vietnam War From DRV Perspective (review)
  • War, Peace & Viet Cong (Douglas Pike, review)
  • Conversations With the NVA (Vietnam, Oct 05)
  • Socialist Rep of Vn Virtual Library
  • Photos From the Other Side   ****
       • Ho Chi Minh Trail
  • War From the Other Side (photos)
  • Vietnam War: Vietnamese Perspective (video)
  • Hanoi/VC Perspective of the War
  • History of Viet Quoc Movement
  • People's War (Bolt, U Richmond)
  • Nationalist in the Viet Nam War
  • A VC Journalist's Story
  • Hanoi Hannah  • More  • More
  • Tran Van Tra (Westmoreland's counterpart)
  • Col. Bui Tin, NVA (book excerpt)
  • How NVn Won War (Bui Tin interview, WSJ)  • Alt
       • Background on Bui Tin
  • Bui Tin on Ho Chi Minh (Time Asia, 1999)  • Cached
  • Fall of Saigon (revision)
  • NVA Exploitation Of Tactical Radio
  • Vietnam Military Museum (Hanoi)
  • Photos From the Other Side
  • PAVN Base Areas, Southern Laos (map)
  • PAVN Logistics

    Leaders
  • Three American Presidents in Vietnam
  • Key Names in the Vietnam War (thumbnails)
  • John F.Kennedy
  • Robert McNamara (SecDef 1961-68)
       • NY Times Topic
       • McNamara: JFK's Mistake (Michael Beschloss)
       • Continuing Controversary (internal link)
  • Dean Rusk (SecState 1961-69)
  • George Ball (Under SecState 1961-68)
  • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Amb to RVn, 63-64, 65-67)
  • Gen. Maxwell Taylor (CJCS 62-64; Amb to RVn, 64-65)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson  • More
       • LBJ Presidential Library
          • Papers  • Daily Dairies
  • Clark Clifford (LBJ advisor, SecDef 68-69)
       • Interview transcript, 1981
  • McGeorge Bundy (Nat Security Advisor, 61-66)
       • Biography (review)  • Obit & Biography, 1996
  • Gen. Earle Wheeler (Chairman JCS, 64-70)
  • Ellsworth Bunker (Ambassador to RVn, 67-73)
       • Bio
  • Richard M Nixon
          • Nixon's Historical Legacy
       • Henry Hissinger (Nat Sec Adv => SecState)
          • Why We Were in Vietnam (memoir review)

  • MACV Commanders
       • Gen. William Westmoreland (64-68)  • More
       • Gen. Creighton Abrams (68-72)
       • Gen. Frederick Weylanf (72-73)

  • Leaders of South Vietnam
  • Ngo Dinh Diem (President RVn, 1955-63)
  • Duong Van Minh (President RVn, 1963-64)
  • Nguyen Khanh (Head of State, 1964-65)
  • Nguyen Van Thieu
         (Chief of State, 1965-67; President 1967-75)
  • Nguyen Cao Ky
         (Prime Minister, 1965-67; Vice President 1967-71)


    Leaders of North Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh (President, DRV, 1945-1969)
       • Ho Chi Minh & OSS in WW II
  • Ton Duc Thang (President, DRV, 1969-1976)
  • Pham Van Dong (Prime Minister, DRV, 1955-1976)
  • Vo Nguyen Giap (Defense Minister, commander PAVN)
  • Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap: Vietnam War Lessons
  • Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap (biography)
  • Giap Memoir ( review - Bill Reeder)
  • Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap (biography, Google Book)
  • "Giap Remembers" (NY Times, 1990)

    Home Front
  • Opposition to the Vietnam War (extensive)
       • Protest Chronology (1962-73)
  • Domestic Political Dissent
  • MSgt D. W. Duncan, Veteran & Critic
  • Sleeping With the Enemy: The Antiwar Left
  • National Committee to End the War
  • The Anti-war Movement (Bolt, U Richmond)
  • The War Conspiracy (surpressed book, 1970 - video)
  • Anti-war Posters & Cartoons (Australian)
  • Vietnam Protest Video (3:54)
  • Scenes of Protest (video)
  • 1968 Democratic Party Convention (Chicago)
  • Woodstock (Aug 1969)  • Photos  • Aerial view  • Music

  • Shootings at Kent State Univ. (4 May 70)
       • Kent State, May 4, 1970    • Video
       • The Girl in the Kent State Photo
  • Hanoi Jane at AAA Gun
  • LBJ: Why Vietnam? (video, 1965)
  • MLK: Why I Oppose the War ... (video)  • More

    Reporting & Writing on the War
  • Press In Vn As Agent of Defeat (JSTOR)
  • Influence of News Media on Political Decisions
  • News Media and the War: Myths & Realities
  • "The Impact of Media" (video excerpt)
  • Role of Photo Journalism in Vietnam War
  • The Press and the Tet Offensive
  • Press & Military: Tet 1968
  • How to Lose a War: The Press & Vietnam
  • Tet, Cronkite & Opinion Journalism  • Pt. 2
  • Cronkite "Stalemate" OpEd (27Feb68, text)  • Video
  • Cronkite on Significance of Vietnam (video)
  • Gary Trudeau: Cartoonist of Vietnam Generation
       • B. D. from Doonesbury
  • Vietnam Political Cartoons
  • Dispatches (book: war correspondent Michael Herr, 2017)
       • Background  • Acclaim  • E-book (preview)
       • Review (1996)  • Review (2017)

  • Public Opinion on War (vs. Iraq War)  • More

    Famous Photos
  • Iconic Photos From Vietnam War (scroll down)
  • Vietnam War Images That Defined Era (NY Times)
       • More
  • Saigon Execution Photo (Tet '68)
  • The Burned Girl  • Background
       • Video (very graphic)
       • Who Was Responsible?
  • Kent State Shootings (4 May 1970)
  • Evacuation From "Embassy" (story behind photo)
  • Classic Vietnam War Stills (video, 4:52)  • More

    Publications
  • Air Univeristy Press (e-books on SEA)
  • Vietnam Magazine  • Overview  • Index  • Archive
  • Vietnam War Bibliography of USAF Pubs (Moise)
  • USAF Special Studies on War in SEA
  • Vietnam Conflict Pubs & Documents (Nav PPGS)
  • Air Force Mag Vietnam Collection
       • Bibliography of Air Force Publications (Moise)
  • Vietnam Generation Journal (archive)
       • By Title  • By Author
  • Defense Technical Information Center

    E-Books
  • The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War
  • America in Vietnam **** (Guilmartin)
  • A Companion to the Vietnam War (excerpt)
  • Vietnam Almanac (Willbanks, excerpt)
  • The Vietnam War: A Concise International History
  • America's Longest War (George Herring)
  • Illustrated History of the Vietnam War (e-book)
  • History of Vietnam (e-book)
       • Second Indochina War
  • ehistory: Vietnam Books  • Books & Article

  • USAF History Publications (select "The Vietnam War")
  • The Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975
       • An Uncommon War (summary)  • Alt
  • A War Too Long: USAF in SEA, 1961-1975
  • The Air Force in Vietnam: Official Histories
  • Air University Press (e-books)  • By Title
       • Airpower in Three Wars (Momyer)
       • Mosquitoes to Wolves (FAC history)  • Alt
       • Airpower and the Ground War in Vn
       • USAF in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 (e-book)  • Alt
       • USAF in SEA 1961-1973, An Illustrated Account (1984)
       • Air War in SEA: Selected Campaigns (1992)
       • Setup: What the AF Did in Vietnam & Why
       • Rolling Thunder: Anatomy of a Failure  • Book Info
       • War from above the Clouds (B-52 Ops)  • Alt

  • USMC History Division Books on Vietnam  • Alt
  • U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1954-1975  • Overview  • Series
       • Advisory and Combat Assistance Era, 1964-1975  • Alt
       • 1965: Landing & Buildup  • Alt
       • An Expanding War 1966  • e-Book
       • 1967: Fighting the North Vietnamese  • e-Book
       • 1968: The Defining Year  • Alt  • e-Book
       • 1969: High Mobility and Standdown  • e-Book
       • 1970-71: Vietnamization and Redeployment  • e-Book
             • Marines stand down in I Corps: 9 March 1970
       • 1972-73: The War That Would Not End  • e-Book
       • 1973-75: The Bitter End  • Alt  • e-Book
  • Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam, 1968
  • US Marine Corps Publication Search

  • By Sea, Air & Land (US Navy in SEA)
  • All Hands Magazine (archive, 1920's on)
       • 1965  • 1966  • 1967  • 1968  • 1969  • 1970  • 1971
  • A-1 Skyraider Combat Journal

  • U.S. Army Center of Military History
  • U.S. Army in Vietnam (Ch 28, American Military History)
  • The U.S. Army in Vietnam: 1950-1967  • 1968-1975
  • The U.S. Army in the Vietnam War (book series)
  • Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965-1973
  • US Army in Vietnam (technical series)
  • Rise and Fall of An American Army, 1965-1973

  • US Army Vietnam Studies (series)
       • Airmobility, 1961-1971  • pdf
       • U.S. Army Special Forces 1961-1971  • pdf
       • Tactical and Material Innovations  • pdf
       • Logistic Support  • Alt (large format)
       • War in the Northern Provinces, 1966-68
  • Seven Firefights in Vietnam
  • The US Army & Irregular Warfare
       • Ch. 5 - The Philippines & Vietnam
       • Ch. 6 - Careerists in Uniform
       • Ch. 7 - The Debate Goes On
       • Ch. 8 - Peoples War in Vietnam

  • Cannon Fodder: Growing Up for Vietnam
  • Vietnam War: After Action Reports & Lsns Learned
  • Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam
  • US Army in the Vietnam War, 1965-1973
  • Secrets of the Vietnam War (mostly trivia)

    Video Series
  • 10.000 Day War (13 episodes)  • Alt
       • Series Background  • 11 Episode version
  • Battlefield Vietnam (12 episodes)
  • The Vietnam War (CBS, 12 episodes)


    Return to Top     

  • Air Operations
  • The Air Force in the Vietnam War **** (almanac)
  • Vietnam War Collection **** (AF Mag articles)
  • Air Operations Glossary  • More

  • Wings Over Vietnam (8 video series)

  • USAF Historical Publications (internal)
  • USAF in Southeast Asia (NMUSAF) ****
       • SEA War: Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia
       • South Vietnam: The Advisory Years (1961-65)
          • Down in the Weeds: Operation Ranch Hand
       • South Vietnam: Buildup & Engagement
       • Laos   • Plain of Jars   • Panhandle & HCMT
       • North Vietnam: Rolling Thunder
          • Sanctuaries and Bombing Halts
          • Countering MiGs: Air-to-Air Combat Over North Vietnam
       • South Vietnam: Tet Offensive & Vietnamization
       • Hitting Sanctuaries: Cambodia
       • South Vietnam: Easter Offensive
       • North Vietnam: Linebacker & Linebacker II
       • Coming Home: The US Exits Southeast Asia
       • USAF Vietnam War Campaigns (1961-1975, list)

  • USAF Ops in Vietnam (DTIC documents)
  • Summary of USAF Aircraft Losses in SEA
       • Statistical Summary (page 17)
  • Air Force History Index (AFHRO loss records)

  • 7th Air Force  • Reporting Units (c 1970)
       • Mission Vietnam (overview of 7th AF ops)

  • The Air Campaign in SEA  • More  • More  • More
  • Patches: USAF Major Units in SEA
  • Air War Vietnam (video, Battlefield Vietnam series)
  • Early Air Ops in Vietnam (pictorial, AF Mag, May 63)
  • Aircraft Losses in SEA  • Air Ops Sortie Statistics
       • USAF Loss Stastics & Trends  • Analysis  • Pt. 2
  • An Uncommon War: USAF in SEA
  • A War Too Long; USAF in SEA 1961-75  • Alt
       • More  • pdf (large file: slow)
  • Guns of August 1964 (airpower in SEA)  • pdf
  • Bogus Charges Against Airpower in SEA  • pdf
  • Role of Airpower in Vietnam War
       • Speech: Gen. John P. McConnell (Sep 65)
  • Roles & Missions in Vietnam Air War (pp 208-212)
  • Limitations on Airpower in Vn (Atlantic, May 02)
  • Airpower in Vietnam: Strategic Bombing Analysis
  • Strategic Bombing Debate: WW II & Vietnam
  • Air Commando Chronicles (e-book)
  • Air Commando, 1950-1975  • pdf
  • Coercive Air Power in Vietnam War (JSTOR)
  • Air War Overview  • Alt  • More
  • In-Country Air Ops (internal link)
  • AWC Vietnam Links
  • Fighter Tactics in SEA (Momyer)  • Alt
  • Air Operations Glossary
  • Airpower Doctrine Bibliography
  • Air War Chronology (NMUSAF)
  • Decisions Concerning Air War
  • Disunity of Command (AF Mag)
  • Wasted Airpower (Broughton)
  • Tac Air Hearings '65 (pdf)
  • USAF in Vietnam 65-69 (e-book)
  • Air Power Over Vietnam (Dan's History)
  • US Aces in Southeast Asia
  • Air War (portal)    • AF SOF
  • Vietnam Fighter Narratives
  • Airpower in Vietnam (essay)
  • USAF Tail Codes in SEA

  • Air Operations Call Signs in SEA  • More
       • USAF Fighter Ops  • Fast FACs  • Photo Recce
       • Bombers  • Gunships  • SAR  • Other Helio  • Airlift
       • USAF FACs  • More  • Air Commando & Special Ops
       • Navy VF / VA  • Marine Air  • Marine HM only
       • US Army Aviation

  • Air Operations Map  • More detailed
  • Fighter Pilot Personal Equipment
  • Pilot Survival Equipment
  • 8th Tac Fighter Wing
       • History  • Stories  • More
  • 12th Tactical Fighter Wing
       • Combat Air Patrol
  • Vietnam Air Ops Chart
  • Air Delivery Modes
  • F4 Typical Mission Profiles
  • Tech Case Studies: F-105, Gunships, PGM
       • More: Gunships, Ranch Hand, Arc Light
  • KC-135 Operations in SEA
  • Young Tiger (Tanker Ops, AF Mag, Jun 98)
  • Strategic Recon: RB-47 & RC-135 in VIetnam
  • Bombing Video (w/ US leader comments)
       • Bombing Footage (turn sound off)

    In-Country Air Ops/CAS
  • Air Operations - Vietnam
      • Vietnam War Aviation Links
  • USAF in South Vietnam  • Bases
  • The In-Country War (AF Mag)  • pdf (w/ images)
  • Air War Bibliography
  • Plausible Denial: First SEA Air Ops
  • Farm Gate, c 1961 (AF Mag)  • pdf (w/ images)
  • Mule Train (AF Mag: airlift for ARVN
  • Buon Enao: Jungle Jim Deployment
  • Air Commando Links  • More
  • Air Commando Chronicles
  • "Airpower in Action" (video, 1966)

  • Tactics & Techniques of CAS Ops, 1961-73
      • Air Force Close Air Support of the Army, 1946-1973
  • Close Air Support in SEA
       • Close Air Support Details (Grunt Online)
          • Tactical Air Control System (TACS)
  • Airpower and the Ground War (e-book)
  • The Air War Over S Vietnam 1968-75 (e-book)
       • Close Air Support & Battle of Khe Sanh (USMC)  • Pt. 2
  • CAS Bibliography (USAMHI)
  • Close Air Support in Vietnam **** (procedures!)
       • Close Air Support Tactics (pp 65-75)
  • Fire Support Coordination  • Source Document
  • Control of Airstrikes 1967-68 (CHECO)
  • 7th AF Tactical Air Control Center Ops (CHECO)

  • 7th AF Tactical In Country Air Ops (7AFP 55-1)

  • Tactical Air Support (GruntOnline series)
       • Close Air Support (CAS)
       • Tactical Air Control System (TACS)
       • TASC AORs (map)
       • CAS for Ground Commanders
       • Preplanned CAS Requests (checklists)
       • Direct Air Support (Interdiction Ops)
       • Air Munitions (detailed!)
  • FAC Procedures  • More  • Target Marking  • VR
  • CAS Video (USAF)
  • Airstrike Video (c 1966)  • More (c 1968)
  • A-1 Combat Journal
       • A-1 Pilot's Narrative (USAF)
  • A-1E Skyraider
  • T-28 Operations (PACAF Bulletin)
  • A-37 Combat History
  • B-57s in Vietnam
  • Marine A-6 Stories
  • F-100 in Vietnam (good CAS photos)
  • F-100 Pilot CAS Stories  • More
  • OV-10 Bronco (FAS)
  • Air Combat Vietnam - Early Days
  • AF Enlisted Combat Support


  • Ranch Hand
  • Operation Ranch Hand (Wikidepia)
  • Operation Ranch Hand (Air Ops site)
  • USAF & Herbicides in SEA (Buckingham, excerpt)
       • Full Book (pdf, 25 MB)
  • Herbicidal Warfare in SEA (Cecil, pdf)  • Pt 2  • Pt 3
  • Herbicide Ops in SEA 61-67 (CHECO, 1967-pdf)
       • Herbicidal Warfare in Vietnam
  • Herbicidal Warfare in Vietnam 1961-71 (timeline)
  • Ranch Hand Bibliography (AU ASBC)
  • Operation Ranch Hand History (AFHSO)
       • Ranch Hand: Down in the Weeds (NMUSA)  • Alt
       • Air Commando: 1950-1975 (USAF, excerpt)  • Alt
       • Ranch Hand (AF Mag)  • with images  • Photo Essay
       • UC-123 in Ranch Hand   • More
       • Ranch Hand & C-123 (Jeff Duford, NMUSAF lecture, 47;00)
       • C-123 Patches   • More   • More
  • C/UC-123 Aircraft Survivors
  • Ranch Hand ROE (Guilmartin, pdf: pp 350-53)
       • Ranch Hand Early History
       • Ranch Hand Mission History (to 1970)  • Source
       • Ranch Hand Spray Mission Planning Details
       • Ranch Hand Spray Mission (video, 0:18)  • More
  • Review of Herbicide Program in S Vn (Aug 1968)
       • Ranch Hand Herbicide Ops in SEA (CHECO, 1971)
  • Fast Movers & Herbicidal Spray in SEA (JSTOR)
  • Ranch Hand & AO Historiography
  • Herbicide Spray Coverage in Vietnam (map)
  • Spray Activity By Month (video map, '63-'70)
       • Ranch Hand History (ROE)
       • Mission: Ranch Hand (ROE; AU Review)
       • Herbicide ROE in Thailand  • More (history)
  • Ranch Hand and the Law of War

  • Operation Flyswatter (insect spraying)
       • Cached  • pdf  • Discussion w/photos (scroll down)
       • More (AMC Museum)
  • UC-123B Silver "Bug Bird" (TSN, 1968 - photo)
       • Photo  • Photo

  • Operations Sherwood Forest/Hot Tip (forest fires)
  • Operation Pink Rose (1966)
       • Oprn Inferno/Banish Beach
  • Oprn Pink Rose (final report, pdf)
  • Technology in Vietnam: Firestorm Project

  • Use of Helicopters in Defoliation  • More

  • Vietnam: Chemical War

    Agent Orange
  • Herbicides Used During Vietnam War
       • Herbicides and their Chemical Constituents
          • Herbicide Use in Vietnam (stats)  • Details
          • Chemical Details  • Declassified Documents
  • Agent Orange Portal (Agent Orange Record ****)
       • History  • More  • More  • More
       • RVn Map w/Spray Concentrations (1965-1971)  • More
       • Spray Activity By Month & Location (video map)
         • Jeanne Stellman, map source   • Paper
       • Statistics on Agent Orange Use  • By Location
  • Herbicidal Warfare: the Ranch Hand Project in Vietnam
  • Agent Orange: History & Issues (Wikipedia)
  • Agent Orange (Dept. of Vet Affairs)
       • About Agent Orange  • Exposure in Vietnam
       • What Do You Know About Agent Orange? (video)
  • Summary of Veteran Concerns (c 1990)
  • Agent Orange FAQ
  • Agent Orange Talking Paper (c 2013)

  • DoD Efforts to Study, Mitigate AO
  • US-PRVN Conf: Effects of AO  • pdf
  • Operation Pacer HO: AO Disposal
       • Johnston Island  • More  • Photos
  • Agent Orange Case Study
  • Review of Herbicide Program in Vietnam (Navy, c1968)
  • Agent Orange Links & Studies (Hatfield Gp)
       • Studying Effects of AO in Vietnam
       • Environmental Impact of AO
       • AO Mitigation in ALuoi (A Shau) Valley
       • Dioxin Reservoirs in Vietnam: A Legacy  • More
  • Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vn (2012)    • Early version (1994)  • Interim Findings (2003)
  • Effects of AO on US Veterans (Wikipedia)
  • Assessing Exposure of Troops (Guilmartin)  • pdf
       • Paper: Ginevan, Ross & Watkins, 2007
  • AF Health Study (Ranch Hand Study, 2005)
       • Disposition of AF Health Study
       • AF AO Study Commentary
  • AO Residue on C-123 Aircraft (VA)  • Vet Blog
       • Detailed Assessment  • Video
       • Flight Records Show Contamination
  • Extent & Patterns of AO Use (pdf)
  • Notes on Herbicide Use in Vietnam  • More
  • Adm Zumwalt on Agent Orange
  • Residual Dioxin in Vietnam
  • Agent White
  • Alvin Young Controversary
       • Article (The Virginian-Pilot, 30 Oct 16)  • Discussion
       • Alvin Young AO Articles  • Collection Overview
  • Jt US-Vietnam Agent Orange Study
  • US Begins Cleanup at Danang (Aug 2012)
  • International Studies
  • Evaluating Works on AO (Buckingham, 1982)
  • Spraying Locations, 1963-70 (video)
  • Battle's Poison Cloud (video review)
  • Spectre Orange (Guardian, 2003)
  • AO: Collateral Damage in Vn (book rvw)
  • AO: Linger Effects (Vanity Fair)
  • Agent Orange in Thailand
  • Children of Vietnam Vets Health Study (Australian)
       • COVVHS Homepage
  • War Legacies Project  • Environmental Impact


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  • Arc Light
  • Operation Arc Light  • More  • More (AF mag)
       • History  • Pt 2  • Pt 3  • Linebacker I & II  • Photos
  • SAC Ops in Support of SEAsia (CHECO report)
  • War from above the Clouds (B-52 ops in SEA)
  • The B-52 in Vietnam
  • Arc Light Resources (AU portal)
  • Arc Light (Air Power Over Vn)
  • Arc Light Mission Statistics
  • Arc Light History (306 BW)   • Photos
  • Arc Light & Deforestation (306 BW)
  • Arc Light - B-52 Technical Info
       • Loasing Bombs (early photo)
  • Khe Sanh & Linebacker II
  • 50 Years of the B-52
  • The B-52 Story
  • B-52s in Arc Light & Linebacker II (video)
       • More B-52 Bombing video  • More (0:25)
       • Arc Light Ops at U Tapau
       • Arc Light Mission (8 mm home video)
  • Arc Light Impacting (photo)
  • Arc Lights at Khe Sanh
  • B-52 Psywar Leaflet
  • B-52 Photos (War Stories)
  • Linebacker II (internal link)
  • B-52 & Arc Light Patches
  • Arc Light Memorial  • More

    Combat Skyspot
  • Combat Skyspot   • History  • Portal  • Overview
       • NMUSAF  • More  • Map
       • Waterboy GCI / Sky Spot site (Dong Ha Base, N I Corps)
       • CHECO Report (pdf)  • Excerpt
  • AN/MSQ-77 System
       • TSQ-81 System at Lima Site 85
  • Radar Bomb Scoring (RBS) & Skyspot
       • RBS System: Origins of Skyspot (AF Mag)
  • TPQ-10 System (USMC)
  • Invert GCI Site at NKP
       • Invert GCI Operations
  • 619th Tactical Contol Squadron
  • Lima Site 20A (Long Tieng)
  • Lima Site 85 (internal)
  • Combat Skyspot Memorial

  • FAC-controlled CAS under the clouds

    Air Force Support Ops
  • 1st Mob Com Gp - Vietnam Projects
  • Red Horse (Civil Engineers)
  • AF Ground Support Operations
  • AF Explosive Ordnance Disposal
       • Photos
  • An Evening With My Thud (F-105 CC)
  • IBM in Vietnam
  • AF Hootches - Takhli

  • History of Clark AB


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  • Interdiction
  • Role of Interdiction
  • Infiltration Routes  • HCM & Sihanouk Trails
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail  • Significance  • More (AF Mag)
       • HCM Trail: Geography & LS 719
       • HCMT Maps  • More  • More
       • HCM & Sihanouk Trails
  • HCM Trail History  • More
       • NVA History  • More  • Today
  • HCMT photos  • Video (NVn views)
          • HCMT Photos c 2013  • HCMT photos: then & now
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail Overview (animated tutorial)
  • Building the Ho Chi Minh Trail (JSTOR)
       • Group 559 (built, operated HCMT)
  • NVA Base Areas, Southern Laos (map)
  • Passes, Fords, Choke Points on HCM Trail (maps ****)
  • Four Key Passes, North VIetnam to Northern Laos
  • Choke Points on HCMT ("The Chokes")  • Alt
       • Choke Points in Lam Son 719
  • Tchepone (map)  • Another  • Route 9 (Laos)
  • Ban Laboy Ford & HCMT
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail Bibliography
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail Report (JSTOR, 1972)
  • NVA Logistics in Support of Ops in RVN  • Pt 2
  • Use of Bicycles on the Trail  • More
  • Targeting the Trail (nucs)  • Background
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail Campaign
       • Photo Recon Techniques Over the Trail
  • Early Covert Action on HCM Trail
  • Road Watch Teams  • Operation Hardnose (63-68)
  • Keeping an Eye on the Ho Chi Minh Trail
  • Reports From the Trail (Pathet Lao)
  • Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1960-68 (e-book)
       • War Against Trucks: Southern Laos,1968-72
  • Bombing the HCMT (pilot narrative: Merrill McPeak)
  • Air-Grnd Ops Against the Trail, 1966-72
  • Tiger Hound  • More
  • A-26: Early Truck Killer
  • Prop vs. Jet Aircraft Controversy
  • Trucks in the Open (photo/story)
  • Operation Shed Light (low-light sensor R&D)
  • C-123 Flare Mission (narrative)
  • Blind Bat Interdiction Mission ****
       • Blind Bat in the FAC Role
       • Blind Bat and LGB Deployment
  • Blind Bat Flare Mission (AF Mag)  • More
  • Gunships (internal link)
  • AC-130's Over the Trail
       • Video  • More
       • More AC-130 video  • More
  • Truck Count (AC-130 Ops)
  • Map Accuracy & Truck Count Verification
  • A-6s and Rockeyes
  • NKP Portal
  • NKP - Invert 5  • More
  • FACs in the Out of Country War
  • O-1s Over the Trail in Laos (photo essay)
  • O-2 in Interdiction (tactics & technology)
  • Psychological Warfare Against the HCMT
  • McNamara Line  • Background
       • Jason Project & McNamara Line  • Alt  • More  • Alt
  • Igloo White  • Details  • More  • More (slow)  • AF Mag
       • Early passwords  • Project Dye Marker
     • Jason Project (IDA)  • More
       • Igloo White: the Automated Battlefield ****
       • Igloo White CHECO Report (31 Jul 68)
          • Jul 68 - Dec 69  • Jan 70 - Sep 71
       • "Bugging the Battlefield" (DoD video, 1969)
          • Alt  • Abbreviated
       • ADSID (Air-Delivered Seismic Intrusion Detector)  • More
          • ADSID III Image  • Description  • Schematic
          • High Speed ADSID dispenser
          • T-1151 Dog Doo Transmitter  • More
       • 553 Recon Wg (Batcat)  • History  • Overview
          • EC-121 Aircraft  • More  • EC-121R
       • EC-121R Photo  • Another  • More
       • QU-22 Pave Eagle  • More  • More  • More  • Photo
       • OP-2 Sensor Support (VO-67)  • More  • More
          • More  • More  • Photo  • More  • More
       • Sensors at Khe Sanh
  • Quiet Aircraft (internal link)
  • 7th ACCS (Hillsboro; now 42ACCS)
  • Operation Tailwind
  • Jimmie Butler's Photos (NKP)

  • HCMT Trail Today (photos)
       • Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)  • More  • Graphic

    Out of Country Ops

  • Thailand, Laos & Cambodia Brotherhood (links!)

  • Fighting the War in Southeast Asia (61-73)
  • US Covert Actions & COIN (DoS, '64-'68)
       • DoS Documents: Laos  • Vietnam 1966  • SEA
  • Operation Barrel Roll, 1964-73  • More (pdf)
       • Oprn Barrel Roll in Support of National Policy
       • Air Force Magazine
  • Barrel Roll and the Lost War
  • Operation Steel Tiger (Laos, Apr 65-Nov 68)
  • Oprn Commando Hunt (Laos, Nov 68-Mar 72)
       • Commando Hunt VII (1971-1972)
  • MACV-SOG (internal link)

  • Laotian Civil War (Wikipedia)
       • 1961: Superpowers' Involvement Deepens
       • 1964: The Air War Opens
       • 1965: The Widening War
  • Secret War in Laos  • More  • More  • More
       • Video  • Video
  • Laos: 1948=>1989  • Pt. 2  • Pt. 3
  • Laos Crisis (1962)
  • Laotian History Timeline
  • Geneva Accord on the Neutrality of Laos (Jul 62)
       • More (Oxford Companion to US Military History)
       • More (Dictionary of Modern Politics of Southeast Asia)
  • History of Laos (country-studies.com)
       • The Secret War
  • The Plain of Jars (AF Mag)  • pdf (w/ graphics)
       • Plain of Jars: History & Significance
  • Beginning of USAF Ops in Laos (1964, CHECO)
  • CIA Air Ops in Laos (1955-1974)  • Alt  • More
       • Air America in Laos (Humanitarian Work)  • Pt. 2
          • Military Aid  • Pt. 2 (1968-1973)
  • Fighting the War in SEA 1961-1973 (CIA in Laos)
  • Air America and the War in Laos, 1959-1974
  • Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood
  • Task Force Delta (US Marines in Thailand, '72-'73)

  • USAF in Thailand  • More  • Photos
  • Udorn RTAFB History
  • NKP (Nakhon Phanom RTAFB)
  • NKP Photos
  • A-1 Combat Journal
  • 23rd TASS  • More  • Early History
       • 23rd TASS Steel Tiger
  • Covey FACs  • History  • Photos
  • Raven FACs  • History  • More
       • Ravens/Steve Canyon Project
       • Ravens of Long Tieng
  • Rustic FACs  • Laos Air Operations (1954-1970>
  • O-1 Brid Dog in Laos War  • More
  • O-2 Operations Over HCMT
  • Secret War in Laos (portal)  • More  • More
       • Timeline  • Photos  • Lao Veterans site
  • War in Laos (background)  • Resources
  • Air War in Laos (maps: Jimmie Butler)
  • War That Never Was
  • The Expendable Pilot (first SEA shootdown: Laos, '64)
       • Pilot's Story
  • US Military Aid to Laos, 1956-75 (e-book)
  • Bombing of Laos (alternate view)
  • Laotian Air Force
  • Lima Site 36 ("The Alamo")  • Runway photo
  • Lima Site 85
  • Construction of Lima Site 85  • More
  • Fall of Lima Site 85 (Mar 68)  • CIA  • CHECO
       • More (Talking Proud, very detailed)  • More
       • Air Force mag (pdf w/ graphics)  • Text only  • NMUSAF
       • One Day Too Long: Site 85 & Bombing of North ...
          • Review

  • Tchepone & OPLAN El Paso (Feb 71)

  • CIA's Airlines (CAT => Air America)
       • Civil Air Transport (CAT)  • Aircraft  • Photos
       • Civil Air Transport Association
       • Air America  • More
       • The Aircraft of Air America  • Photos  • More
       • Air America Association
  • CIA Air Operations in Laos (1955-74)
  • An Air Combat First (Huey over AN-2)  • Image
       • Details (scroll way down!)

  • Operation Menu (bombing Cambodia, '69-'70)
  • Cambodian Campaign (Apr-Jul 1970)
       • More  • Maps
       • COSVN  • The Search for COSVN  • Part II
  • Cambodia AF Operations (1954-1970)  • Part II  • III
       • Hitting Sanctuaties: Cambodia (NMUSAF)  • Alt
       • A-37 Mission over Cambodia
  • Cambodian Incursion Air Support (CHECO report)
       • Alt (w/ LRP after action report)
  • Operation Freedom Deal (bombing, '70-'73)
       • More (AF Mag, Jan 18)
  • Credible Chase/Pave Coin
       • AU-23 Peacemaker  • AU-24 Stallion


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  • Air War Over the North
  • Air Battle Over NVn  • Ops Overview
       • Weapons  • Map & Timeline  • Map
  • To Hanoi & Back (NVn Ops, 66-73 - e-book)  • Review
  • Alpha Strike (video on politics, conduct of air war)
  • Air Battle Photos (text in Korean)
  • Decision to Bomb the SAMs (Jul 65)
  • Decisions In Air War Against North
  • Naval Air Operations Over NVn (65-68)  • 68-73
       • First US Aerial Victory (9 Apr 65)
  • Navy A-6 Intruder Ops Over the North
  • Mining North Vietamese Rivers (A-6's, Feb 67)
  • Navy F-4 Pilot's Experience Over NVn
  • Navy F-4 Tactics Against MiGs
  • Navy RF-8 Crusader Photo Recon Ops
  • N Vietnam Air Ops Photos (USS Midway)
  • Operation Flaming Dart (7-24 Feb 65)
  • Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968)  • More
       • National Museum of the US Air Force (portal)
       • How Rolling Thunder Began (pdf)
       • Rolling Thunder: Doomed to Fail  • pdf
       • Route Packages
          • Route Pack 6 (AF Mag, 99)  • pdf (w/ images)
          • More  • More  • More  • Map
       • Overview & Timeline
       • F-100 v MiG-17 (4 Apr 65)
       • Air Strategy (bibliography)
       • eHistory (book excerpt)
  • Rolling Thunder & The Law of War (detailed)
  • Rolling Thunder 1965: Anatomy of Failure  • Alt
  • Gradual Failure: Air War Over NVn 1965-66
  • Rolling Thunder: Sledgehammers to Kill Gnats
  • Air Combat Over NVn (NMUSAF)
       • Air Combat in the F-105D (NMUSAF)
       • F-105: AF Workhorse  • More  • More
       • Loss of Oyster One (Bob Lodge, 10 May 72)
  • The Thud Up North  • More
  • Reflections of a Thud Driver (ROE)
  • F-105 Narratives  • WW Narrative
  • F-105s & Rolling Thunder  • Video
  • The Rise of VPAF Air Defenses  • More (internal)
  • For the Record: Were We Sitting Ducks? (JSTOR)

  • Wild Weasels (Anti-SAM mission)  • More  • More
  • Seeds of SEAD: Wild Weasel in Vietnam
  • Wild Weasels in Vietnam (AF Mag)  • pdf (w/ images)
  • Wild Weasel Ops  • History
       • Impact of AGM-45 Shrike missile
  • Weasels at Thai Nguyen (Mar 67)
  • Wild Weasles vs. SAMs Over Dong Hoi
  • Wild Weasel Combat Acquisition  • pdf
  • SAM Hunter-Killer Mission  • Alt (HTML)
  • Iron Hand (SAM suppression)  • NMUSAF  • Alt
  • Counter-SAM Tactics & ROE
  • Dodging SAMs Over the North (video)
  • F-105F WW (Keith Ferris painting)
  • College Eye (RC-121 ops)
  • Blinding the Enemy: E-Warfare Over NVn (NMUSAF)
  • Teaball: Sigint in the Air War (AF Mag)  • w/images

  • Attacks on the Bridges in North Vietnam
  • Long Biên (Paul Doumer) Bridge (Hanoi)
       • History  • Photo (1925)  • Photo
  • Attack on Doumer Bridge (11 Aug 67)
       • More (NMUSAF)  • 12 Aug 67 Mission  • Video
  • Thanh Hóa ("Dragon's Jaw") Bridge  • More
       • Emergence of Smart Bombs (AF Mag)
       • Interactive Map (click on arrow)
       • Photo (before)  • Under Attack  • After
       • Attack on the "The Dragon Jaws"
       • Breaking the Dragon's Jaw (AF mag)
       • Oprn Carolina Moon (C-130s against bridge)
          • More  • More  • More
       • Thanh Hoa Bridge attack (video-9 Nov 66)
  • Precision Guided Munitions (PGM) in SEA
  • The Emergence of Smart Bombs  • More
  • 469th TFS Over North (F-105 combat narratives)  • Alt
       • RESCAP (Rescue CAP)  • Armed Recce
       • F-105 Photo Recon Missions
  • F-4 Mission Over Hanoi ('72)
  • Reconstruction of an Air Battle (10 May 72)
  • Effects of Restrictive ROE on Rolling Thunder
  • Broughton & Lavelle: Testing the ROE
  • The Lavelle Controversy (AF mag)  • More
       • Lavelle: Demotion & Restoration
       • Lavelle & Watergate Tapes (AF Mag)  • pdf (w/ images)
  • Wasted Airpower - Broughton
       • Broughton Site (paintings)
  • Col Bill Norris
  • Rediscovering Air Superiority (guns)
  • Operation Bolo (AF Mag)  • pdf (w/ images)
       • Operation Bolo (Zampini)  • Documentary (10:17)
       • Buildup to Bolo
       • Robin Olds: Mastermind of Bolo  • More  • More
       • Maintainer's View of Bolo  • Photos
  • 555th TFS & Bolo  • 555th, 1968-73
  • Premature Bomb Detonation (fuses)
       • POW Interview
  • MiG Killers of the 432d TFW
  • Fast FACs Over NVn (internal)
  • Pardo's Push (AF Mag)  • PDF  • Painting
      • AF News Service  • Historynet.com  • The Eagle (BCS)
      • Earl Aman - the "Pushee"
  • Cardinal Rules of Combat Flying
  • SEA Air Combat Databases
  • SEA Air Aces (both sides)
  • US Air-to-Air Victories  • Pt 2
       • USAF only  • USN only
  • Shootdown of Trigger 04 (29 Jul 72)  • Alt
  • US Aces in Southeast Asia
  • Randy Cuningham, USN Ace
  • Steve Richie, USAF Ace
  • Steve Richie's First Kill
  • MiG Kill Narrative
  • "Swede" Larson Mission Narrative
  • "Swede" Larson Story
  • Shootdown of Trigger 4
  • The Thai Bases
  • NKP
  • EB-66 Pathfinder Missions
       • Initial EB-66 Deployment
  • F-111 Combat Operations

  • Lightning Bug: Ryan Firebee UAV
     • More  • More   • Photos
       • Firebee UAV in SEA  • More
  • UAV Ops Over North (Buffalo Hunter)  • More  • More
       • Drone Pickup Mission

  • Black Shield (A-12 Missions Over N Vietnam)
       • More  • More    • SR-71 aircraft history & details
       • List of Missions: Dec 67 ⇒ May 68
       • First Operational Mission (31 May 1967)
       • Summary of Missions: 1 Jan ⇒ 31 Mar 1968 (CIA)

          Operations Linebacker I & II
  • Operation Linebacker I (9 May - 23 Oct 72)
       • AF Historical Studies Office summary
       • Air Force Magazine (Jun 12)
      • Operation Freedom Train (USN participation)

  • Operation Pocket Money (aerial mining)

  • Operation Linebacker II (Dec 72)  • Map
       • AF Historical Studies Office summary  • Alt
       • Century of Flight (overview & analysis)
       • SAC History of Linebacker II
       • The Christmas Bombing
  • Linebacker II: Planning Details
  • Linebacker II Day-By-Day
  • Linebacker II (AF Mag, Nov 97)  • Dec 12
  • Analysis of Linebacker II
  • Linebacker II (306th BW)
  • Linebacker II Aircraft Maintenance  • B-52 Parking
  • Linebacker B-52 Mission
  • Linebacker B-52 Loss Narrative (AF Mag)
       • More (AF Mag)
  • Linebacker & The Law of War (detailed)
  • Limits of Airpower: Bombing the North (excerpt)
       • NY Times Review

  • High Cost of Air War Over North (AF Mag)  • Text

    Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF)
  • VPAF History  • Order of Battle  • Op History
  • V67-21309 PAF Fighter Tactics
  • VPAF Defensive Tactics v. Our ROE
  • VPAF Aces  • More (scroll down)  • VPAF Ace (video)
      • More, including SAM "aces"
  • VPAF Aircraft Losses
  • The Legend of "Col. Toom"  • More Detail
  • MiG-17  • Details  • More  • History
       • Profiles  • 3-view  • Photos
       • VPAF MiG-17 Operations
  • MiG-21  • More  • Photo
       • Fight Evaluation (video)
  • Ground-based Air Defenses  • More  • Slide Show
  • SA-2 (S-75) System  • History  • NMUSAF  • More
       • Infographic  • More  • SA-2 Photos  • Site Photos
  • Soviet Video on SAM Operations
  • Soviet Lessons From the Air War
  • Soviet Involvement in Vietnam  • AP, Sep 91
  • Mi-6 Hook and Dispersal of NVAF Fighters
  • N Vietnam AF Museum Aircraft
  • F-4, MiG-21 Pilots Meet Again (scroll down)


  • SAR Ops
  • Search & Rescue Ops in SEA 1961-75
  • First CSAR Missions in SEA
  • Combat Rescue Operations in SEA  • Pt. 2
  • USAF Search & Rescue **** (11/67-6/69; CHECO)  • Alt
  • 3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
       • 37th ARRSq  • Closing the 37th ARRSq (1972)
       • 38th ARRSq  • 40th ARRSq
  • History: USAF Air Rescue Service
  • Southeast Asia SAR Chronology
       • SAR Database  • JRCC "Save" Forms  • Background
  • SAR Stories  • More (JG Assn.)  • PJ images
  • First SAR Helicopter in SEA (HH-43: NKP, 65)  • More
       • First SAR Unit in SEA (HH-43, CH-3: 1965)
       • First CH-3 in SEA (Jul 65)
  • Navy Combat Search & Rescue
       • Navy CSAR Aircraft  • HC-7 Seadevils
  • Coast Guard Aviation in Vietnam
  • USAF SAR & SO Aircraft Lossses in SEA
       • USAF Rescue Personnel Losses in SEA
  • Rescue Combat Air Patrol (RESCAP)
  • CSAR: A Lesson We Fail to Learn
  • SAR Lessons Learned (MACV LL #72)  • Pt. 2
  • SAR Lessons Learned (CHECO, 1967)  • Cover
  • CSAR in SEA: Lessons Unlearned (excerpt)  • Full
  • CSAR Task Force (photo)  • HC-130 refueling HH-53
  • A-1 Sandy Pilot Narrative  • Another  • Source
  • A-1 SAR Loads
  • Rescue Stories
  • Dogwood 02 SAR (First CH-3 pickup, Jul 65)
       • Dogwood 02 (Frank Tullo, 27 July 65)  • More
  • "Classic SAR" (Mu Gia Pass, Jul 67)  • Alt
  • Rescue of Marlin Lead (NVn, 5 Nov 67)
       • Pilot's Mission Narrative (Capt. Bill Sparks)  • Audio
  • SAR for 1LT Lance Sijan (11 Nov 67)
  • Boxer 22 SAR (5-7 Dec 67)  • Details
  • Bengel 505 SAR (9 Apr 72)
  • Icebag 01B SAR (Nov 72, audio tape)
  • Rescue of Bat 21 (Whitcomb, A&SPJ, Sep 04)
       • Book Review
  • Bat 21 Case Study (detailed)
  • Bat 21 (AF Museum)  • More
  • Brave Jolly Green (Bat 21 rescue)  • Alt
  • Blueghost 39 & Bat 21 (Whitcomb)  • Pt. 2
  • Rescue Narrative, Sophomore 50
  • Rescue of Bill Sparks (5 Nov 67)
  • Rescue of Vampire 26 (20 Aug 72)
       • Vampire 26 SAR Video clip  • More
       • More SAR Video (turn off audio)  • More
  • Rescue of Lt James Devoss (16 Jun 69,
         F-105 Pilot, accurate tactics video)
  • CSAR Tactics Narrative (video)
       • Rescue of Candlestick 01  • Rescue of Sandy 05
  • Rescue in A Shau Valley (Misty)
  • Loss of Strobe 01 (23 July 1968)  • More
  • Rutan's Rescue
  • Gunfighter 82 SAR
  • RF-4 Rescue in NVn   • Alt
  • Rescue of Roger Locher (23 day E&E)
  • Helicopter AR    • More
       • HH-3E AR - on probe (photo)
       • H-53 AR Boom Mishap (video)
  • Air Rescue Association
  • Jolly Green Association  • SAR Stories
       • Drone Rescue Story
  • Pedro: Rotors of Wood, Men of Steel
  • HH-43 Pedro Site
  • CSAR Print - Philip West
  • Flak Trap (SOG extraction, Laos '67)
  • Rescue of Hammer 51 (24 Jan 69, A Shau Valley)
  • Search for Jolly Green 23
       • JG 23 Map 1:250K
       • Lt Jack C. Rittichier, USCG (biography)
       • LT. Jack Rittichier oral history (Apr-May 1968)  • More
       • Recovery of Jolly Green 23 (Coast Guard Magazine)
       • Stacy Jones' Site (Bio)
       • Check 6 site  • Others Links
  • Seabird 02 SAR & Shootdown of Jolly Green 71
  • Survival Radios  • Photos
  • Aircrew Survival Equipment
      • AN/PRC-90 radio
  • Survival Radio   • Strobe
  • Jungle Penetrator Photo   • Drawing
  • Jungle Penetrator on UH-1 (FM 90-5)
  • Fulton Recovery System
       • Development  • CIA Perspective
  • Blood Chit

    Parajumpers (PJ's)
  • History of PJs & SAR in Vietnam
       • More  • More
  • Vietnam SAR Stories
  • Joel Talley, AFC (AF Mag)
  • Duane Hackney, Most Decorated PJ
  • William H. Pitsenbarger, MOH (internal link)

    Gunships
  • Fixed-Wing Gunships (history)  • Photos
       • A Gunship History  • More  • More
  • Role of USAF Gunships in SE Asia (CHECO)
  • Fixed Wing Gunships in SEA ( (NMUSF)
  • Fixed Wing Gunships in SEA ( (CHECO)
  • Development & Employment of Gunships
  • Gunship Operations in SEA (HistoryNet)
  • Power of Gunships (AF Mag)
  • AC-47 Spooky  • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Birth of Spooky  • Profile  • Photos  • Photos
       • AC-47 (AF Mag, Airpower Classics)  • Video
  • AC-47 Operations (PACAF Bulletin)
  • AC-130 Spectre (Gunship II)  • Birth of Spectre  • More
       • AC-130 Sensors & Tactics  • Profiles
  • AC-130 Development & Ops (narrative)
       • AC-130 crewmwmber DFC mission narrative (video)
       • AC-130U  • Pt. 2 - SEA Ops
  • AC-119 (Gunship III)  • More  • Profiles
       • AC-119G Shadow  • More
       • AC-119K Stinger  • More
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  • AS-2E Navy Gunships (VAH-21)

    Psychological Operations
  • Psychological Warfare Portal
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       • Reward Leaflets  • Banknote Leaflets
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  • Targeting NVA Soldiers in RVN
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  • Hanoi Hanna
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  • Project Phoenix   • More   • More
       • RAND Report
       • Counter View
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  • Anti-VC Atrosity PsyOps

    NVA & Viet Cong
  • North Vietnam
  • Viet Cong (NLF)
  • NVA & VC Orders of Battle
  • VC & PAVN Strategy, Org & Structure
  • Viet Cong (video, 1965-67)  • Pt 2
  • Three Stages of Mao's Revolutionary Warfare ****
       • More (scroll down)
  • Mao's "People's War"  • On Protracted War

  • North Vietnamese Leaders (internal link)


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  • Operations & Battles
  • Named Campaigns of Vietnam War  • More  • More
       • Ground  • Air  • Naval
       • Army: Campaigns & History

  • Battles & Operations of Vietnam War (Wikipedia)
       • By Year  • Campaigns  • Operations
  • Allied Operations 1967  • 1968  • 1969  • 1970
  • Ground Operations in Vietnam (table)
  • Lost Battles of Vietnam War [high casualties]

  • Battle of Ap Bac (ARVN defeat, 2 Jan 63)  • More
       • Maps: The Plan    • 1400 Hrs.    • 1830 Hrs.
       • Ap Bac: America's First Awakening on Vietnam
       • Ap Bac: They Did Everything But Learn From It
          • Conclusions  • Review
       • "A Miserable ... Failure" (Toczek)
       • Analysis (Army CGSC)  • Narrative (VHPA)
       • DRV Stamp Commemorating Battle (w/ comments)

  • Operation Hump (5-8 Nov 65)  • More  • Map
       • Book: Operation Hump: 1/503d Airborne ... (preview)
       • Battle of Gang Toi (Australian operation, 8 Nov 65)

    Battle of Ia Drang Valley
  • Battle of Ia Drang Valley (14-18 Nov 65)  • More
       • Map  • Map
       • Animated Maps (War Times Journal)
       • Fight at Ia Drang (CMH)
       • 1st Air Cav at Ia Drang
       • Wikipedia  • HistoryNet  • About.com
       • Nat Geograhic video  • CBS report
       • LZ X-ray (game)
       • Tactical & Strategic Lessons of Ia Drang Valley
       • The Battle That Convinced Ho He Could Win
       • Documents on Battle
          • McNamara's Report to LBJ (30 Nov 65)

  • Iron Triangle  • Location in III Corps  • Detail
  • Operation Crimp (US, Australian, 8-14 Jan 66)

  • Operation Hastings (I Corps. Jul-Aug 66)  • Map
       • More (w/ map)  • More
  • Operation Attleboro (Nov 66)  • More
       • Map: Battles in III Corps
  • Cedar Falls-Junction City (Jan-May 67)
  • Operation Cedar Falls (Jan 67)  • Map
       • More (ehistory)  • More  • More
  • Operation Junction City (Feb-May 67)
       • Analysis  • More
  • Battle of the Slopes (Hill 13132, 17-21 Jun 67)
       • More (detailed!)  • Map
  • Battle of Dak To (Nov 67)  • More
       • Opertion MacArthur
       • An Airstrike Gone Terribly Wrong ( 19 Nov 67)
       • Hill 875 (17-21 Nov 67)  • Analysis
       • Map (1:50K)  • Initial Attack  • Relief Effort
       • Map: 19 Nov 67
       • Dak To: America's Sky Soldiers (173d Arbn)
  • Battle for Dong Ha (Apr 68)
  • Operations Vinh Loc & Phu Vang I (Sep 68)
  • Operation Jeb Stuart III (May-Nov 68)
       • Battle of Binh An (27-30 Jun 68)

  • Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam, 1968 (p 113)

           Khe Sanh
  • Battle of Khe Sanh (Jan-Apr 68)
  • Khe Sanh Timeline (1962-68)  • More (w/narrative)
  • Khe Sanh CB Maps & Aerial Photos (internal)
       • Battle Maps  • Map: Khe Sanh Valley
  • The Battle for Khe Sanh (USMC history)    • Alt
  • Battle for Khe Sanh (PBS)
  • Life magazine photos (23 Feb 68)
  • Khe Sanh: Strategic Crossroads
  • Early history at Khe Sanh (1964-67, detailed)
  • Battle of Lang Vei (6-7 Feb 68)  • More  • Narrative
       • Tanks in the Wire  • FAC's view  • More  • Diagram
  • Siege of Khe Sanh (US Marines in Vietnam)
       • Final Ops & Evacuation (Apr-Jul 68)
  • Breaking the Siege at Khe Sanh
  • Battle of Khe Sanh video (DoD, 28:34)  • Alternate
       • More (Battlefied Vietnam series)  • Khe Sanh & Tet (video)
  • Khe Sanh Photo Portal  • More
       • Aerial View (Fall 1966)  • Oposite view
       • More (David Powell collection)
  • Khe Sanh Hill Fights (Apr-Dec 67)
       • More (w/ map)    • More  • Map
  • Khe Sanh Hill Fights of '67  • More
  • Warriors of Hill 881S (Khe Sanh)
       • Prelude to the Siege of Khe Sanh
       • "Super Gaggle" of Ch-46s sustained Khe Sanh  • More
       • War Against the Rats
       • Hill 881S Photo Album
       • HMM-364 Photo Album
       • Sniper Story
  • Siege of Khe Sanh
  • Super Gaggle  • Comments
  • Essence of Super Gaggle
  • Operation Niagara (air battle for Khe Sanh)
       • More  • More  • CHECO Report  • Video  • Alt
       • Close Air Support & Battle of Khe Sanh (USMC)  • Pt. 2
       • Airpower and the Fight for Khe Sanh (USAF)
       • Airpower at Khe Sanh (Air Force mag)
       • Impact of B-52s at Khe Sanh
       • Single Manager for Air Issue  • More
  • Airlift to Khe Sanh (AF Mag)  • pdf  • More (McGowan)
  • Khe Sanh Outposts (photos)
  • Dusters at Khe Sanh (narrative)
  • Oprn Pegasus (relief of Khe Sanh, 1-4 Apr 68)  • Map
  • Impact of Air Mobility in Relief of Khe Sanh
  • Withdraw From Khe Sanh
  • Khe Sanh Ops (1971)
  • Rememberances of Khe Sanh
  • Khe Sanh Photos (1960's)
  • Khe Sanh Revisited c. 1993  • 1998
  • Khe Sanh Veterans Home Page

           Tet Offensive
  • Tet Offensive (Wikipedia)  • More (Oxford Comp)
  • Tet Offensive (Guilmartin)
  • Staying the Course (Combat Ops: Oct 67-Sept 68)
  • Map (pre-Tet border attacks)  • Map (country-wide attacks)
  • The Tet Offensive: A Concise History (Willbanks)
       • The Battle for Hue (p. 43)
  • Tet photos, Life: 9 Feb 68  • 16 Feb 68  • 8 Mar 68
  • Tet: Truths, Myths & Mysteries (Willbanks)
  • Tet in Saigon & Hue **** (documentary video, 4 parts)
  • Tet Offensive to Final Withdraw (US Army in Vietnam)
  • This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive
  • Tet Offensive (Saunders)
  • Tet Offensive Portal (cached)
  • Tet & Battle of Khe Sanh Bibliography
  • Tet photos (Life: 9 Feb 68)  • 16 Feb 68
  • Tet: Turning Point in Vietnam War (Oberdorfer)
  • Tet: Turning Point in Vietnam (essays)  • Alt
       • Significance of Tet (Summers)
       • Impact of Tet on USAF
  • Tet Offensive (causes, conduct, consequences)
       • Tactical Anaylsis: Saigon & Hue
  • Tet Offensive (Vietnam Center & Archive)
  • Tet Offensive (Vietnam Experience)
       • Tet - The Turning Point (essay)
  • Video Summary of Tet (CBS News, 31 Jan 1993)
       • More (Vietnamese)
  • Why NVn Launched Tet Offensive
  • NVn Decision Process for Tet 68 Offensive
  • Gen. Giap and the Tet Offensive  • More
  • Sun Tzu on the Tet Offensive
  • Why Did No One See the Tet Offensive Coming?
  • Communist Strategy and the Man Who Predicted Tet
  • Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure In War
       • Communist Debate Over Strategy
       • Plans, Preparations, Objectives of Tet Offensive
  • Tet Offensive Inside MACV Hq
  • Tran Van Tra: Comments on Tet '68
  • Tet Photo Essay  • More
  • Tet '68 (commentary)
  • Reporting on Tet (Harry Summers)
  • Press & Military: Tet 1968
  • Cronkite "Stalemate" Broadcast"
  • Hue and Tet 1968 (internal link)
  • Attack on Quang Tri City  • More
  • 1st Cav soldiers in N I Corps, Tet 68
  • Tet Offensive Battles of Quang Tri City & Hue (Villard)
  • American Reaction to Tet Offensive (BBC)
  • The Tet Offensive Was Just the Beginning
  • Now It's a New And Much Meaner War (10 Mar 69)
  • Tet 68 + 25 (video: CBS News, Jan 1993)
     • Early Report (video: NBC News, 31 Jan 1968)
  • Tet 1968 (Vietnam Mag, Feb 1968, 50th Anniversary)
  • South Vietnamese Perspective on Tet 68 (Mau Than)

    A Shau Valley
  • Background  • More  • Battles  • Photos
  • N I Corps 1:50K maps (active: click red star for map)
       • Photo: A Shau Valley Looking N from A Luoi
          • Map: A Shau Valley, A Luoi to Tiger Mt.
       • Northern A Shau Valley ( 6411-4)  • NE (1:50K)
       • A Shau Valley Area Map, SW  • SE

  • NVA Supply Lines From A Shau Valley

  • The Fall of A Shau SF Camp (Mar 66)  • More
       • CHECO Report  • More  • More  • Timeline
       • A Shau SF Camp (photo)  • Another  • Another
       • A Shau SF Camp (ground level, Aug 1964: Jim Oliver)
       • Map (camp area, 1:50K)
       • Narrative of the Battle  • More
       • Major Bernie Fisher, USAF, MOH (AF Mag)
          • Uncomman Gallantry (AF Mag)
          • Time (18 Mar 66)  • Details & Photos
          • More Detail (transcript of radio transmissions)
          • Diagram of Mission
       • Sgt. First Class Bennie G. Adkins, MOH
       • Peterson, Collins & Spooky 70 (AC-47)  • More
       • Rescue in Death Valley (HHM-163)
       • SF & CDIG Narrative (pp 92-95)  • More
       • Ballad of Hobo 51

  • A Shau Photos (101st)  • More
       • A Loui airfield (looking west, early)
          • More: looking N (c 1968)  • A Loui Airfield Map
       • A Shau Valley looking S to N (early)  • More (c 1968)

  • Tiger Mt. (Co A Nong)  • More
       • Map: A Shau Valley, A Luoi to Tiger Mt.
       • Tiger Mt. from above A Loui airfield looking NW

  • A Shau Fire Support Bases (map, 1969 ops)
       • Detailed maps & photos   • Coordinates
       • FSB Bastogne  • FSB Jack  • FSB Kathryn
       • FSB Rakkasan  • FSB Sally  • FSB Vehgel
       • FSB Maps: • Quang Tri  • Thua Thien

  • Operation Delaware (Apr-May 68)  • More  • Map
       • "A Valley Soaked in Rain and Blood" (Vietnam Mag)
       • A Loui Airfield (location)  • LZ Stallion (map)
          • Aerial Photo  • Airfield & north A Shau
       • Operation Delaware (CHECO report)
       • Operation Delaware Narrative
       • B, 2/8th Cav  • Map
       • More Narratives  • More  • Map (hand drawn)
       • Airlift in Oprn Delaware (Sam McGowan)  • More

  • A Shau Valley Ops Dec 68- May 69  • Part 2
       • Map: Jan-May 69  • Map: May-Jul 69
  • Mystique of the Valley (Overview)

  • Oprn Massachusetts Striker (1 Mar - 8 May 69)
       • More

  • 1st Air Cav in A Shau  • More
       • Massachusetts Striker (Mar-Apr 69)
       • Apache Snow (May-Jun 69)
       • Ky. Jumper, Montgomery Rendezvous

  • Hamburger Hill (Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia - May 69)
       • More  • More  • Documentary
  • Terrain Model of Hamburger Hill  • Full Article
  • Battle of Hill 937 AO Map
  • Map: Central A Shau Valley ( Ap Bia, Hill 937, circled)
       • Map 6441-4 (bottom, map square YD3298 for Ap Bia)
  • Hamburger Hill - Study in Command (analysis)
  • Hamburger Hill After-Action  • pdf
  • Role of 101st CG (MGen Zais)  • Download (slow)
  • Hamburger Hill photos  • More
       • Annotated photo of final battle
  • Going Back to Hamburger Hill

  • Battle of FSB Ripcord (July 1970)  • More  • Pt. 2
       • Map  • Photos  • Photo  • Photo  • Video
       • Article (Vietnam Magazine)
  • Price of Exit: A True Story of the Vietnam War,
          • by Tim Marshall, 2011 (excerpt)


  • A Shau Valley Maps
  • 101st Airborne FSB Photos
  • Berchtesgarden & Eagles Nest
  • FSB Rakkasan
  • Land Clearing Rt 547 to A Shau (Fall 69)

  • Operation Dewey Canyon (Jan-Mar 69)  • Map
       • Vietnam magazine  • Alt
       • Operational History  • Video
       • Dewey Canyon Medals of Honor
       • Sapper Attacks in A Shau
  • 2/9th Marines in Dewey Canyon
  • Return to Dewey Canyon (Leatherneck)
  • Dewey Canyon Narratives
  • Dewey Canyon (SOG)  • More

           Cambodian Incursion
  • Cambodian Incursion (Apr-Jul70)  • Map

           Lam Son 719 / Dewey Canyon II
  • Lam Son 719 (Feb-Mar 71)  • More  • Map
       • Map  • Map  • Aviator's Map  • More  • LZ Sophia
  • Going to Tchepone: OPLAN El Paso (pdf)
  • Planning El Paso/LS 719 (Geography & HCM Trail)  • Alt
  • Dewey Canyon II  • Dewey Canyon II => Lam Son 719
       • Photos (506th Inf)  • Photos (174th AHC)  • More
  • Logistics in Lam Son 719
  • Lam Son 719 (ARVN view--detailed)
  • Lam Son 719 (Airmobility 1961-71)
  • Lam Son 719 & Vietnamization
  • A Raid Too Far: Lam Son 719 & Vietnamization
  • Invasion of Laos 1971
  • Lam Son 719 Aviation (Army Aviation Museum)
       • Aviation unit, day-by-day history
  • Initial Assault on LZ Lolo (174 AHC, 3 Mar 71)
       • Post-assault photo
  • Lam Son 719 (wargame)

  • Operation Vinh Loc - 1968

           Easter Offensive
  • Easter Offensive 1972
       • More  • More (FAS)  • ARVN view
  • The 1972 Invasion of I Corps (CHECO Report)  • Pt 2
  • ARVN Repulse of Easter Invasion
  • Battle of Kontum (April 72)
       • NVA Buildup  • pdf (MACV Command History)
       • Stars & Stripes articles on battle
  • Battle of An Loc (April-June 72)  • More
       • Battle of An Loc (w/ FAC audio) (Carruthers)
       • Defense of An Loc (painting & story)  • More
  • An Loc & Easter Offensive (A-1 pilot's view)
  • Battle for An Loc (ARVN view)  • More
  • Airlift at An Loc (C-130 crew, 2 AF Crosses)  • More
  • Development of Anti-tank Helicopters
  • Sundog FACs at An Loc  • Sidewinder FAC
  • Battle of Loc Ninh (4-7 Apr 72)  • More
  • Evacuation of Quang Tri
  • North Vietnam's Blitzkrieg: Assessment
  • USAF Response to NVA Easter Offensive (CHECO)

  • Battle of Xuan Loc (Apr 75, ARVN view)
  • Death of Gen. Le Van Hung (Apr 75)

           Fall of Vietnam
  • Vietnam - The End, 1973-75
  • Broken Promises: The Bitter End (Summers)  • Alt
       • Video (tutorial)
  • Ceasefire to Capitulation
  • The Ho Chi Minh Campaign (Dec 74-Apr 75)
  • PAVN Final Offensive: Strategic Endgame
  • Nixon, Ford and the Abandonment of South Vietnam
       • Ch. 14: Final Invasion (1975)
  • Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam 1973-75
       • Review (WSJ)  • Review (Parameters)  • pdf  • Review
  • Vietnamese Perspective
  • Vietnam's Forgotten Army: Heroism & Betrayal in ARVN
       • Alt    • Review  • Review
  • Operation Baby Lift  • Photos
       • Tan Son Nhut C-5 Accident (4 Apr 75)  • More
  • Last Flight of Air America (HistoryNet)
  • Last Flight From Danang (video)  • Alt
       • Highway 1 Retreat (video)
  • Fall of Saigon  • Portal  • More
  • Final Fiasco: The Fall of Saigon
  • Fall of Saigon (AF Mag)  • pdf
  • Evacuation of Saigon (CBC video)
  • Story Behind Photo: Evacuation From "Embassy"
  • Evacuation of VNN Fleet
  • Escape to U Taphao (VNAF)
  • Operation Frequent Wind (April 75)  • More  • More
       • TF 76 in Frequent Wind  • Photos
       • USAF Operations (AFHSO)
       • VNAF Escape to U Taphao
       • USS Kirk & Rescue of RVn Navy
  • Vietnamese Boat People
       • Vietnamese Perspective  • More
  • Refugee Returns in Command of US Destroyer
  • Refugees Return to USS Midway 35 Years Later

  • Mayaguez Incident (May 75)  • More
       • SS Mayaguez Perspective
  • Mayaguez Incident (AF Mag)
       • Four Air Force Crosses
       • More  • Alt (cached)
       • Video  • MIA Search
  • Mayaguez Rescue


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  • Army Operations
  • Vietnam War Ground Campaigns
  • Army Online Bookshelf (CMH)
       • US Army in Vietnam  • Alt (cached)
       • War in Nrthn Provinces 66-68
       • Growth of Airmobility Ops
       • Airmobile Operations 1961-71
       • Airmobile Operations 1962-65
       • US Army Special Forces, 1961-71
       • Tactical & Material Innovations
  • Army Unit Patches  • More  • Poster
  • I Field Force Vietnam (FFV)  • More
  • II Field Force Vietnam
  • US Army Order of Battle, 1965-1973

    Tactics
  • Tactics of the Vietnam War (both sides) ****
  • Vietnam Infantry Tactics (e-book)
  • Evolution of Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-1976
  • Search & Destroy (Army Vietnam Series)
  • Fire Support Coordination
  • Firebases (concept)
  • NVA/VC Offensive Tactics  • Video
       • NVA Hill Trap Maneuver  • More
  • Guerrilla Tactics in Vietnam  • More
  • Tunnel Warfare in Vietnam
       • Allied Operations Against Tunnels
  • People's War
  • Tactics in the Vietnam War
       • Fire Support Coordination
       • Defending Installations
  • US Artillery Support
       • Artillery Fire Doctrine
       • Artillery Terms & Tactics
  • Fire Support Coordination
       • Field Artillery Support
       • Armed Helicopter Support
       • Tactical Air Support (TACS)
          • CAS for Ground Commanders
       • Naval Gunfire Support
       • Combined Fire Support Coordination Centers
  • Evolution of Army Tac Doctrine in Vn
  • Army Bases in Vietnam (internal)
  • A Shau Valley Operations
  • Airmobility 1961-1971
  • Conceptual Underpinnings of Air Assault (LWP-60)
  • Airmobile Evolution & Deployment of 1st Air Cav
       • Air Assault & Emergence of 1st Air Cav (LWP-42)
       • Impact of Air Mobile Concept on Combat in Vn
       • Air Cavalry (DoD 1965 video)  • Pt 2  • Pt 3
       • Airmobile Division (Army1966 video)
  • 1st Cavalry Div (Airmobile)  • Detailed  • Org Chart
       • History: a Drang to Khe Sanh
          • Tactics & Operations (Bravo 2/8th Cav - 67-68)
  • 9th Infantry Division  • More  • E-book
       • Mobile Reverine Force (MRF)  • Mekong Delta Map
  • 101st Airborne (Airmobile)  • Video
          • p 2  • p 3  • p 4  • p 5  • p 6  • p 7
       • Campaigns & Operations
       • 101st AO Map (Thua Thien Province, 1968-69)
       • Oprn Nevada Eagle (Vinh Loc, 5/68-2/69)  • More  • Map
       • D 1/502nd
  • 506th Inf Reg (Currahee) (photos)
       • 3/506th (Stand Alone Battalion)
  • 101st LRPs   • Photos '68-'69
  • A/2/17th Cav - 101st (photos)
  • The Lancers (B/158th)
  • A Shau Valley FSBs   • Maps   • Coordinates
       • FSB Bastogne
       • FSB Vehgel
       • FSB Sally
       • FSB Birmingham (I Corps)  • Then & Now  • Map
  • 173d Airborne Brigade in Vietnam
       • Operational History  • Junction City (internal)
  • 2/173d Airborne (Sep) (newsletters)
       • Dak To / Hill 875 (internal)
  • 35th Infantry Regiment  • Maps
  • American Soldier in Vietnam (artwork)
  • Army Unit Locations, 1969
  • Vietnam Photo Album - Army
  • Uniforms of Vietnam Era
  • Equipment & Weapon Photos
  • US Armor in Vietnam
       • 11th Armored Cav & Armor in SEA
  • Armored Vehicles in Vietnam  • M48A3 Patton Tank
  • Tactical & Material Innovation
  • Counterparts (MACV Advisors)  • MACV Teams
  • TMA Troop at Hue
  • Army Trasport Assn-Vietnam
  • 507th Transp Gp
  • ADA Units in Vietnam
  • Critical Medical Care
  • Battle at Khe Gio Bridge  • More
  • Roman Plows  • History  • More  • More
       • Land Clearing - Northern I Corps
       • Clearing Rt 547 to A Shau (Fall 69)
  • Infantry Lessons Learned (1/50th)
  • Operations in the Rung Sat

  • "Regulars Rules" (soldier handbook, 1-6 Inf, 1971)
  • Artillery Terms & Tactics
  • FM 6-30 Tactics & Techniques for Observed Fire

    Convoy Operations
  • Convoy SOP
  • Highways & Passes in Vietnam
  • Shootout at Hai Van Pass (1968)
  • Convoy Ops - 8th Trans Com
  • Hai Van Pass Convoy (3rd Bridge Co., USMC)
  • The Bitter End: Hai Van Pass, 1975
  • Ambush on Rt 13 - May 66
  • Gun Trucks at Ambush Alley (Rt 19)
  • Ambush on Route 19 - 1/69 Armor
       • "The Long Tough Road" (Rt 19 - Qui Nhon-Pleiku)
       • Maps - QL19 - Qui Nhon-Pleiku
  • M-520 GOER  • More  • More  • Video  • More
  • Logistics & Ports (internal)
  • U.S. Army Engineers 1965-1970
  • U.S. Army Engineers in Vietnam

    Army Aviation
  • The Army Aviation Story
  • Helicopters at War (Centennial of Flight)
  • Role of the Helicopter in Vietnam War  • pdf
  • The Origins of Battlefield Airlift
  • How Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare (Boyne)
  • Impact of the Helicopter on Land Warfare Doctrine
  • Airmobility 1961-1971  • pdf  • Graphic
       • Moving artillery by helicopter (video)
  • The Helicopter Road to Vietnam
  • Army Aircraft in Vietnam
       • Photos  • Helicopter Weapons
  • Evolution of Armed Helicopters in Vietnam
  • U.S. Helicopter Types in Vietnam
  • Historic Army Helicopters in Vietnam
  • UH-1 Iroquois (Huey)  • More  • More  • More
       • More  • More  • Technical Details  • Photos
       • History (Air & Space mag)
       • Vietnam Hueys (profiles)
       • Huey Smoke Screen Mod
  • UH-1 Huey Video (video)  • Armed Hueys (early in war)
  • UH-1 Huey & Air Mobility
  • CH-21 Shawnee  • More  • More  • Graphic
  • CH-34 Choctaw  • More  • More  • Photos
  • CH-47 Chinook  • More  • More  • Background
       • CH-46 v. CH-47
  • CH-54 Tarje  • Developement History  • More
       • Details  • Details & photos
  • Dustoff: Medevac in Vietnam (TTU Vietnam Ctr)
       • More  • More  • Documentary  • Dustoff Mission (Tedx)
  • Moving artillery by helicopter (video: CH-47 & CH-54)
  • Helicopter Gunships (history)
       • AH-1 Cobra  • Details  • 20mm cannon
          • Rocket Launcher  • 2.75 in. rockets
       • CH-34 Choctaw Gunship
       • ACH-47 Chinook Gunships
  • Development of Anti-tank Helicopters
  • VHPA Online Museum (photos: units, equipment)
  • Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics (e-book)
  • Air Mobile Operations (video)
  • Battle for the Ia Drang Valley (video)
       • Ia Drang Valley (National Geographic)
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       • 174th AHS Photos
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       • Mission Narrative
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    Bases & Camps
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       • Abandoned US Air Bases in SEA
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  • Base Development in S Vietnam 1965-70  • pdf

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       • Tactical Aerodrome Directory, S Vietnam (1973, 28MB)
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       • Video

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  • La Vang Combat Base  • Aerial View  • FAC parking
       • Aerodrome Chart

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       • Aerial Photo 1966  • 1968  • 1968
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       • Saigon-area Aeronautical Chart
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       • Detailed Map (1:12.5K)  • Airfield Diagram
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    Landmark Aerial Photos
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       • Khe Sanh  • Quang Tri  • Dong Ha  • Phu Bai
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  • Marine Operations
  • USMC History Division Books on Vietnam  • Alt
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  • U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1954-1975  • Series
       • Advisory and Combat Assistance Era, 1964-1975  • Alt
       • 1965: Landing & Buildup  • Alt
       • An Expanding War 1966  • e-Book
       • 1967: Fighting the North Vietnamese  • e-Book
       • 1968: The Defining Year  • Alt  • e-Book
       • 1969: High Mobility and Standdown  • e-Book
       • 1970-71: Vietnamization and Redeployment  • e-Book
             • Marines stand down in I Corps: 9 March 1970
       • 1972-73: The War That Would Not End  • e-Book
       • 1973-75: The Bitter End  • Alt  • e-Book
  • Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam, 1968 (p 113)

  • U. S. Marines in Vietnam
  • First Marine Unit in Vietnam (HMM-362, Apr 62)
       • Operation Shufly  • More
  • Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, and the Marines
  • Patches of Marine Units in Vietnam
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       • Marine Helicopter Unit Call Signs
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       • Marine Landings at Danang (video)
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  • III MAF Ops 1965-71
  • Marine Operations in Vietnam (1/3 Marines)
       • Northern I Corps map  • Southern I Corps (map)
       • Ops (by year)  • 1965
  • Operation Starlight (17-24 Aug 65)  • More
  • DMZ Diary  • The DMZ  • Cau Viet (May 68)
  • Vietnam Photo Album - USMC
  • Big Guns of Camp Carroll  • Video  • Aerial View
  • 1st MarDiv in Vietnam  • More
       • B Co. 9th Engineers, 1st MarDiv (Phu Bai, Feb 68)
  • Que Son Valley - Apr 67
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  • 3rd Marines  • Photos
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  • 7th Marines
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       • 3/9th Marines: first battalion-sized unit to RVN
       • 3/9th After-Action Report (1-31 Mar 65)
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  • Ontos (M50 ltank destroyer)  • More  • More  • More
       • More
       • History (translated from German)  • More  • Graphic
  • Amphibious Operations in Vietnam
  • Marine Clearing Ops (County Fair, 1967, video)
  • Combined Action Program (CAP) (internal)
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  • Combined Civic Action Experience
       • Part II
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  • HMM-163 (Life photoessay)
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  • Task Force Delta: Marines in Thailand
       • RTAFB Nam Phong

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    Naval Operations
  • Chronology of U.S. Navy in Vietnam & SEA
  • Naval Campaigns in Vietnam War
       • Summary of US Naval Operations
  • Navy Department Library  • More
  • Illustrated History of USN in Vn  • E-book  • Alt
       • Chapters (text only - scroll down)
          • Years of Combat, 1965-1968  • w/ Illustrations
  • Navy Covert Maritime Ops, 1954-1964
  • Strike From the Sea: US Navy Off Vietnam (video)
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  • A Day in Vietnam: USN & USMC, 1967 (video)
  • SeaBees in Vietnam
  • Aircraft Carriers in the Vietnam War
  • USS Forrestal Fire (29 Jul 67)
       • Narrative  • Raw Video  • More
       • Documentary  • Pt. 2  • Pt. 3  • Pt. 4  • Pt. 5
  • Naval Gunfire Support (NGFS)  • Pt. 2
       • NGFS Fire Mission Database
  • Air Naval Gunfire Liaison in Vietnam (e-book)
  • Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLCO)
  • Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer (NGLO)
  • History of USS New Jersey  • More  • Documentary
       • USS New Jersey broadside (aerial photo)
       • Dud 16 in. shell, Quang Tri province
  • New Jersey in Vietnam (video)  • Pt. 2
  • Tour of New Jersey (video, c 1980s)
  • Battleship New Jersey Association (memorial)
  • USS New Jersey Veterans
  • USS Newport News Under Fire Off NVn (1967)
  • USN in SEA (Deployments)
  • Twilight of the Troopships
  • Submarines in Special Ops  • Pt. 2
       • USS Grayback (LPSS-574)  • More
  • Seals/UDT
  • US Navy in Vietam 1968: Surprise at Tet
  • Stalking the Enemy's Coast (SEALs in Tonkin Gulf)
  • Battle Off Dong Hoi (USS Higbee -1972)  • More
       • USS Sterett role  • More  • Tech Detail  • More
  • A/OS-2E Navy Gunships (VAH-21)
       • AS-2E (profile)  • OS-2E (profile)
  • Op End Sweep (Haiphong Mines)

  • Gator Navy in Vietnam (LSTs)  • List
  • Brown Water Navy in I Corps
  • Amphibious Landings in Vietnam
  • Amphibious Landngs in South Vietnam  • Text only
  • Operation Dagger Thrust (1965, scroll down)  • More

  • Gunboats of Vietnam (documentary)
  • River Patrol (USN video, 1967 - 28:35)
  • The Small Boat Navy (video, 1968)  • Alt
  • Coastal Surveillance in Vietnam
  • Ships & Aircraft in Vietnam Coastal Surveillance

    Market Time
  • Operation Market Time (TF115)  • TF115  • More
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Market Time Bases & Patrol Areas (map)  • c 1966
  • Swift Boats in Market Time
  • Flying Boat Ops (P-5 Marlin)  • More  • More  • More

    Game Warden
  • Operation Game Warden (TF116)  • TF116  • More
       • Units (map)  • Photos  • Photos
  • HA(L)-3 Seawolves  • More  • More  • More
       • Op Summary (Jan 68)
       • Documentary (trailer)  • Video  • More  • More
  • VAL-4 Black Ponies  • History  • More  • Video
       • VAL-4 OV-10 Bronco Profile  • OV-10 Details (internal)
  • Blind Bat (C-130) in the FAC Role
       • Documentaries

    Mobile Riverine Force
  • Riverine Warfare, 1965-1973
  • Brown Water Navy in Vietnam (history, 4 parts)
  • Mobile Riverine Force (TF117)  • More  • More
       • Details  • More (links)  • History, 1967-68
  • Vietnam Coastal & Riverine Warfare (e-book)
  • Riverine Assault Force  • More
       • "River Patrol" (USN video)
  • Mobile Riverine Force: History, Equipment, Tactics
  • Navy-Army Riverine Ops (Mobile Riverine Force Assn)
      • Riverine Call Signs
  • Army Riverine Ops
  • USS Benewah (TF117 support ship)  • More on APB
       • More (portal on MRF operations)
  • Operation Sealords (Wikipedia)
  • Warboats of Vietnam
       • History of Small Warboat Development
  • PTF: Patrol Torpedo, Fast (Nasty-class)
       • More (Wikipedia)
  • Swift Boats (PCF: Patrol Craft, Fast)
  • Swift Boat Tour of Duty
  • Swift Boat Links
  • PBR: Patrol Boat, River  • Photo  • Photos
       • History  • More  • Details
       • Restoring a PBR
  • Coastal & Riverine Ships & Wpns
  • History of PBR in Vietnam
  • NSA, Binh Thuy  • A/C
  • Fight for Ben Tre (Tet '68)
  • Mined in the Mekong Delta (LST-1167)
  • Naval Activity Danang (photos)

  • Vietnamese Navy: Coastal Raiders
  • Vietnamese Navy River Patrol Force

    Coast Guard Operations
  • US Coast Guard in Vietnam  • More
       • Coast Guard at War (Vn Interdiction: video)
       • Photos
  • USCG in Southeast Asia (ebook)
     • Major Coast Guard Units in SEA (patches)
  • USCG units in Vietnam (squadron histories)
  • USCGC Point Welcome Incident (11Aug66)
       • Photos  • Pt 2  • Pt 3
       • Detailed Narrative ; • More (Rules of Engagement)  • Alt
       • Point Welcome History & Details  • Photos
  • Coast Guard Aviation in Vietnam

    Logistics & Ports
  • Logistics in Vietnam (CMH)  • pdf
       • Chapter II: Logistics Environment
       • Chapter VI: Transportation & Maintenance
       • Supply Chain Management in Vietnam
       • Logistics in Vietnam (1968) (video)
  • US Merchant Marine in Vietnam War
  • USMC Logistics, Northern I Corps
  • Army Logistics Buildup, Northern I Corps, 1968
  • Logistic Considerations in Cutting HCMT (68)  • Alt
       • Convoy Support for Lam Son 719 (1971)

  • Logistics Over the Shore (LOTS) (notional)
       • Graphic  • History
  • Intercostal Ops, Northern I Corps (Trans School)
        (Scroll down for Wunder Beach LOTS Operation)
       • Wunder Beach  • More  • Map
       • GOER Trans Co. (Provisional)
       • 165th Trans Co. in Wunder Beach LOTS Ops
          • More
       • Dong Ha LCU Ramp  • More
  • Hue LCU Ramp  • Aerial view (Jun 65)
  • River & Canal Operations
  • Army Transportation Units in Vietnam
       • 4th Transportation Terminal Command
       • 5th Transportation Terminal Command
       • 507th Trans Group, TMA (Danang, Hue c 1966)
  • Army Boats in Vn (type & number)  • Abbreviations
  • USAV John U. D. Page (BDL-1X)  • Photo
  • Boat Battalion, Qui Nhon
  • Heavy Boat Company
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  • LCU Overview  • LCU-1493
  • LCU & LCT Photo Archive
  • LCU-1500 (Landing Craft Utility)  • Photo  • Model
  • LCU-1617 (some on Perfume River  • More
  • LCM, LARC-60, LCU-1600 (graphic)
  • USAV John U. D.Page (BDL 1-X)
       • Details & Video  • Photo w/ USNS Comet
  • Amphibious Carriers (GOER, LARC, BARC: video)
  • LARC Family of Vehicles
       • LARC V  • More  • Video  • Video  • Photo  • Photo
       • BARC/LARC-LX  • More  • Photos  • Photos
  • Seatrain Vehicle Carrier Ships  • Details  • Photos
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       • DeLong Floating Piers  • History  • Assembly

  • Setting Up the Ports
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  • Naval Support Activity  • List: NSAs and Bases

  • Port of Saigon  • Map  • Bases & Ports (map)
  • Phan Rang LOTS Operation
  • Cam Ranh Bay  • Map  • Port Map (c 1966)
       • Photos of Base & Port    • More
       • Port Facility  • Construction
       • Cargo Piers  • DeLong Piers  • LST Ramp  • More
       • US Naval Base Cam Ranh Bay    • Photo
       • Navy Flying Boat Operations, Cam Ranh Bay
  • Danang Harbor (Map)  • City Map (1:12,500)
       • Build-up in Danang (All Hands, Mar 66)
       • Danang Facilities: Map  • List
       • The Danang Project **** (portal)
       • Danang Bay (photo)  • More
       • Danang Harbor (aerial, toward Monkey Mt., 1966)
          • from Monkey Mt. (1969)
       • Tien Sha Ramp (aerial view, Jan 66)
       • US Naval Support Activity DaNang
       • Danang Support Command (Army)  • Cargo Ops
  • Qui Nhon Harbor    • Port, 1967  • Explanation
       • Activity Reports During 1968 (scroll down to map)
       • Map (1:250K)  • Map (1:10K)  • Index
  • Nha Trang Harbor  • Map

  • Highway Convoy Operations (internal link)

    Personal Photos & Narratives
  • Peterster's Page
  • Americans in Vietnam (vignettes)
  • T-L-C Brotherhood
  • Jimmie Butler's Photos   • Part 2
  • The Delta   • Maps
       • Can Tho  • Soc Trang
  • Aircrew Helmet Art
  • Bill Dibold Vietnam Photos
  • Steve Stibbens, War Correspondent
  • Dear America: Letters From Vietnam  • Discussion
       • Letter Excerpts (NYC Vietnam Veterans Memorial)
       • Movie  • Pt 2  • Pt 3  • Pt 4  • Pt 5  • Pt 6  • Pt 7
  • Joe Galloway, Reporter
  • Bridges of Vietnam: Journal of a Marine Intel Officer

    Photos of Vietnam War
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       • Photos: I Corps  • II Corps  • III Corps  • IV Corps
       • Quang Tri  • Hue  • Da Nang  • Cam Ranh Bay
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  • Photo Essays (The Atlantic: Early Years & Escalation)
       • Pt. 2: Losses & Withdrawal
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       • Marines: I Corps
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  • Vietnam Image Portal
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  • Pictures From the Other Side (VC & PAVN)

  • Battle of Hue
  • Battle of Hue (Wikipedia)  • Map  • Map  • Graphic

  • Hue map **** (c 1968: 1:12.5K)  • Key  • Map only
       • Partial Index w/ mages of selected features
       • Map: Hue, 1968 **** (USAC&GSC)  • Source (slow)
       • Navigating the Hue Triangle (maps & photos)
          • Hue Waterfront, pre-Tet (w/o numbers)

  • Aerial Photo: New City (pre-Tet)  • 1:50K map  • Index
       • Aerial Photo: New City ( pre-Tet, QL1 east: more detail)
       • Hue landmark photos (slow load but good!)
       • Summary of Battle of Hue (graphic)

    US Marines in Vietnam: The Defining Year, 1968
       • Table of Contents
       • The Struggle for Hue (Ch 9: 30 Jan-2 Feb)  • Alt  • Alt
       • The Second Phase (Ch 10: 3-8 Feb)  • Alt  • Alt
       • Stalemate in the Old City  • Alt
       • The Taking of the Citadel and Aftermath  • Alt
          • Storming the Citadel
       • Post-Tet in I Corps  • Alt

  • Battle of Hue Video (History Channel series)
       • More (CBS, 8:08)  • More (14:35)
       • More (2:00)    • More (no narrative)
       • Tet video (Ten Thousand Day War series)
       • We Were There: Hue 1968
  • Tet in Hue (CBS Frontline series)
  • Battle of Hue + 50 (CBS News, 28Jan2018)  • More
  • Battle of Hue (some recreation but good combat footage)
  • Marine Narrative of Battle (TeachVietnam, video: 3:21)
  • Tet in Saigon & Hue (documentary)
  • Battle for Hue: Video (Vietnamese, some VC footage)

  • Battle of Hue: Detailed Slide Presentation ****
       • Map: Hue (major features)
       • Map: Hue, 30-31 Jan 68  • Areas Occupied
       • Map: Friendly Situation, 31 Jan - 2 Feb 68
       • Map: Battle for New City, 31 Jan - 9 Feb 68
       • Map: Battle for Citadel, 16-25 Feb 68

  • Taking Hue City Building By Building

  • Battle of Hue: Then & Now: The Causeway (multimedia)
          • 2: Battle for MACV Compound (video)
          • 3: Battle for the Citadel - Thong Tu Gate
          • 4: Tran Cao Van Street
          • 5: Hue University (Le Loi St) Fight (2 Feb 68)
          • 6: US Marine Attack on the Treasury (3 Feb 68)

  • Battle of Hue Photos ****
       • Life Magazine (16 Feb 68)  • 8 Mar 68
       • More  • More  • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Hue photos, pre-Tet

  • Hue Prepared for a holiday, then the war came
  • Nguyen Huoang Bridge Destruction (7 Feb 68)
       • Ground view  • Aerial View  • Another
       • Aerial View (27Feb68)  • Impact  • Map
  • Da Vien Bridge Down (ground view)  • More
  • Battle for Hue (strategic analysis)
  • NVA Preparations for Battle (example)
  • War in Northern Provinces, '66-'68 (US Army)
       • Battle of Hue (CMH)  • Map: Enemy Attack
  • Battle of Hue: Isolating the Urban Area (FM 3-06)
  • Battle for Hue ****   (Willbanks, CSI)
       • Text only  • Map: Hue,1968
     • Map: Fight for Hue  • Map: New City
  • Retaking Hue (USMC G/2/5 Marines)  • Pt. 2 (w/ map)
  • The Chaotic Battle for Hue
  • Terrible Carnage of Hue (fighting near MACV)
       • The Fight for Jeanne d'Arc School
  • Hue 1968: Winning A Battle While Losing A War ****
  • Tet: What Really Happened at Hue (Willbanks)
  • The Siege of Hue (Smith)  • Review  • Review
  • Palace Gate: Under Siege in Hue City (Brown)
  • Hue1968: Turning Point in Vietnam War  • Index
       • Review  • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Excerpt: Pinned Down in Hue
       • Excerpt: The Man on the Tank (pp. 511-518)  • Photo
  • Wounded Marine on the Tank (details behind the photo)
  • Storming the CIty: Urban Ops, Hue, 1968
  • Mean Streets (battle for the New City; book excerpt)
  • Tet Battles of Quang Tri City & Hue (CMH: Villard)
       • Google Book
       • Map: Hue Enemy Sitiation, 30-31 Jan 68
       • Map: Hue Friendly Sitiation, 31 Jan-2 Feb 68
       • Map: Hue Enemy Sitiation, 11-20 Feb 68
       • Map: Hue Friendly Sitiation, 11-20 Feb 68
       • Map: Hue Friendly Sitiation, 21-25 Feb 68
  • Phase Line Green (e-book)
  • Fire in the Streets: The Battle for Hue (e-book)
       • Assault on Hue  • Maps (click on "page xiv")
  • Battle for Hue (Urban Ops Journal)
       • More  • More  • Analysis
  • Marines in Hue City: Urban Combat Tet 1968
       • Hue photos, pre-Tet
       • Assault on Hue, 30-31 Jan 1968
       • Send in the Marines: 31 Jan 1968
       • Marines at LCU ramp, Feb 68 (Life, 5 May 68)
  • Sgt Alfredo Gonzales, MOH at Hue  • More
  • Marine Action W of Hue, Tet 68
       • Tactical Situation, Thua Thien Province, early 1968
  • Marine Logistic Support, N I Corps
  • Marine Infantry Company (G/2/5) in New City  • Pt. 2
       • 2/5 Marines at Hue
  • Marines (A/1/5) in the fight for the Citadel
  • Marine Tanks in Battle for Hue  • Pt. 2
       • USMC tank outside MACV Compound (3 Feb 68)
  • Marine AO at Hue (Benchmark 15)
  • Marine Bridge Company, HueTet 68
  • 506th Inf (101st) Documents - Tet 68
  • Hue: USMC Lessons Learned (pdf)
  • Urban Ops, Vietnam (portal)
  • The Relief of Hue (Army FM 3-06)
  • Battle of Hue City (navysite.de)

  • Last Stand of AFVN Detachment 5  • Alt
       • More  • Background & Photos  • More  • POWs
  • CORDS Advisor Trapped in Hue
       • Map: Hue, 1968 **** (Combat Studies Institute)
  • 12 Days in Hue: A US Advisor's Experience ; • Pt 2
  • Trapped in Hue, Tet '68 (U.S. diplomat)  • Alt
       • Lost FSO: Steve Haukness
  • Air America at Hue: Tet 68
  • Battle of Hue Photos  • F/2/5 Photos
  • The Significance of Tet Mâu Thân 1968

  • Hue Massacre  • More  • More
       • More  • More  • Image & background  • More
       • Photos & Map (Vietnam Center & Archive)  • Map
       • What Really Happened at Hue (Willbanks)
       • South Vietnamese View (detailed)  • More
  • Silent Tears in Hue    • More (w/ photos)
  • Massacre at Hue: Communist Strategy
       • A Planned Massacre  • Under the Eyes of Reporters
  • Alternative View of Massacre (1974)  • Pt 2  • Alt

  • Mourning Headband for Hue **** (Hue civilian story)
       • Translator's Introduction (pp xi - lxi)
          • Detailed background to events of Tet 1968 in Hue
       • Review  • Review  • Review  • Review
       • Interview w/ author (Nha Ca) & translator (Olga Dror)
       • Land of Sorrows (derivative movie, 1971)  • Commentary

  • Tet in Hue MACV compound (Mueller)  • Alt
  • Sp4 Frank Doezema, Jr., DSC  • More
       • First Night of Tet in MACV Watch Tower
          • Post #2 Photo
       • Attacks on MACV Compound, May 67 ⇒ Tet

  • Hue MACV Compound
       • Aerial view, c Nov 1967 (after Typhoon Freda/Yayang)
       • Aerial view: MACV Coumpound to river, 1965
       • Images c 1967 (slideshow: turn sound down)
       • MACV Compound 2006  • 2015
  • LCU Ramp, HueUniv., Compound (aerial view, 1965)
  • TMA Troop at Hue (c 1966)
  • LCU Crewman at Hue  • Alt
  • Perilous Journey: Hue to Danang by LCU (11 Feb 68)
  • MACV Adv. Team 3 (Hue) (Facebook)
       • Slideshow of Hue Tm 3 photos ****

  • MACV Teams Portal  • MACV Team 3: Thua Thien Hue

  • Hue map **** (c 1968: detailed, 1:12.5K)  • Key
       • Partial Index w/ images of selected features

       • Hue New City (aerial photo, pre-Tet?)

  • Hue Citadel  • Original Plan  • Another c 1885
       • Map  • Detailed Map  • Aerial view looking S (1967)
       • Hue Citadel Aerial Photos
  • Hue Citadel Airfield (Tây Lôc)  • More
       • Airfield Diagram  • Photo (aerial: 1967)
       • Citadel and Tay Loc Airfield (aerial looking NW)
       • O-2A Skymaster at Hue Cit airfield (Jul 67)
       • 220th Av Co. (Catkillers) at HueCitadel (Tet damage)
  • 1st ARVN HQ (aerial)  • More

  • Hue Photos **** (pre-Tet, aerials, slideshow)
       • Hue Photos (1960's, Tet '68)  • More  • More
       • Citadel & bridges (aerial, Summer 68)

    Tet Offensive (internal link)

    A Shau Valley (internal link)

    Hue Street Map (current)  • Another  • Another

    Hue Heritage & Culture
  • Hue Cultural Heritage  • Overview
       • Hue Citadel & New City Cultural Map  • Source
      • Historic Sites  • Religious Sites
  • Hue Imperial City Photos (19th Century)
  • Hue Citadel  • More  • More  • Photo Walking tour
     • Hue Map c 1930 (expandable)   • Another
  • Hue Imperial City  • Graphic  • Map
  • Historic Photos of Vietnam (many of Hue!) ****
  • Historic Photos of Hue****  • Alt
       • Pre-Tet  • Landmarks (slow)
  • Hue- UNESCO World Heritage Site
       • Site Maps
  • Restoring Hue Citadel  • Photos
  • Phu Cam Cathedral (Archdiocese of Hue)  • More
  • Notre Dame Cathedral (Redeemer Church; New City)
       • Photos
  • French Colonial Buildings in Hue

  • Hai Van Pass: Danang to Hue  • Photos  • More
       • Map (1:50K)

    Vietnam Scenes
  • Hue Aerial Panarama (2011, looking west)
  • Hue Street Map (Google Maps)  • Tourist Map
  • Vietnam Tourism
       • Hue  • Citadel  • Thien Mu Pagoda
  • World Heritage Sites in Vietnam
  • Dong Ba Market


    Return to Top     

  • Epilogue on Vietnam
  • The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • "The Wall:" Design & Controversary
       • History of the Memorial  • More  • More
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial DB
       • More (Bios: VirtualWall.org)
  • Vietnam Memorial in Rockie Mountains
       • Video  • Aerial View
  • Still the Noblest Calling
  • Troops Equal to Any (Weyand)
  • Vietnam: Return to Dai Do
  • Should We Reinstated the Draft? (2002)
  • Draft Lottery  • More  • More
  • When the Draft Calls Ended (AF mag)
  • Vietnam Revisted Tour
  • McNamara-Giap Meeting (Nov 95)
  • McNamara Booknote Interview
  • Great Debate Over the Vietnam War (internal)
  • Myths of the Vietnam War (conference proceedings)
       • More  • Myths & Statistics  • More  • More
  • Role of the Media in VIetnam War (internal)
  • The Girl in the Photo
  • Myth of the Girl in the Photo  • More
  • The Fraud of the Girl in the Photo
  • Casualty Figures (Nat. Archives)
  • Women Killed in Vietnam
  • Stats on Vietnam War  • More  • More
  • David Hackworth Homepage
  • Canadian Involvement in Vietnam
  • Canadian Vietnam KIAs
       • The North Wall
  • Harry Summers: On Strategy  • Review
  • Stolen Valor - Burkett & Whitley  • More
  • Escape to U Taphao (1975)
  • Free Vietnam Alliance
  • Major Pitman Memorial (Ga Tech)
  • Veterans in Dong Ha
  • Virtual Vietnam Project (PTSD exposure therapy, GT)
  • From the Other Side (Reflections at the Wall)
  • Fall of the South Plus 25
  • Operation Tailwind Story
       • PAVN Records Review
  • The Hard Truth About Fragging
  • Post-War Impact of Vietnam War
  • Closure: A Soldier's Return to Northern I Corps
  • Refugee Returns in Command of US Destroyer

  • Vietnam, The War That Killed Trust

  • Ken Burns The Vietnam War (Discussion, 2017)

    Role of the Media
  • Learning the Ropes of Combat Coverage
  • Vietnam and the Media
  • The Media and the War: Myths & Realities
  • How to Lose a War: The Press & Vietnam  • Alt
  • Why Press Can't Be Trusted to Cover a War
  • Battle for Truth: CNN & Oprn Tailwind (Jul 98)
  • Media's War on Vietnam Vets (Jim Webb, Jul 98)
  • "The Impact of Media" (video excerpt)
  • War Made Easy (politcal spin on US wars - video)
  • Myths & Media Errors
  • The Credibiity Gap: MACV and the Media
  • Tet Offensive - A Turning Point
  • The Tet Offensive and the Media
  • Dispatches (Michael Herr)

    POW / MIA
  • US POWs During the VIetnam War
  • US Accounted-For From Vietnam War (all services)
       • US POW Returned Alive  • By Name
          • USAF  • USN  • USA  • USMC  • Civ
  • POW Camps  • Map  • "Hanoi Hilton" (Hỏ Lò Prison)
       • Documentary
  • Taps on the Walls: Poems From the Hanoi Hilton
       • Excerpts  • Tap Code  • Origin of the Tap Code
       • Author: John Borling (bio)  • Interview
       • Review (NY Times)  • Review (Washington Post
  • 4th Allied POW Wing
  • Return With Honor (PBS video)  • POW Timeline
  • 1973 Peace Accord & POW Release
  • POW 40th Reunion Coverage (video)
  • The Hunt for MIAs (American Heritage)
  • POW Portal  • More
  • USAF POW Oral Histories
  • John McCain Experience (video)
  • Col. Bud Day, MOH  • More
  • AF POW Interview - Thomas Moe
  • Georgia Tech's POWs (pp 46-58)
  • Seaman Apprentice Douglas Hegdahl
       • More  • More
  • Army Pilot POW in Hanoi (Bill Reeder)
  • Dieter Dengler's Great Escape
  • Son Tay Raider Association
  • Bright Light POW Raids
  • Legal Status of POWs
  • Task Force Omega (MIA Bios)
  • POW Network  • Bios
  • American Ex-POWs  • Stories
  • Australian MIA Site
  • POWs in Laos
  • Capt. Alan Brudno Added to Wall
       • More  • More
  • POW Release Photos
  • Marine Report as KIA Turned As POW
  • Fake Dog Tags

  • Bill Reeder: Army Cobra Pilot & POW

    MIA Recovery Efforts
  • Bringing Home MIAs (PBS)
  • JTF-Full Accounting (Vietnam Mag, Aug 2001)
     • Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
  • The Accounting Process
  • MIA Recovery Efforts
      • Journey Back to A Shau
      • Photos of Journey Back
  • Partyline One (CH-46) Recovery
       • Jack Wolpe Mitch Skyer's cousin)
  • Search for Spectre 17
  • Search for Jolly Green 23  • Background
       • Hellborne 215 & Jolly Green 23
       • Jolly Green 23 Loss Details
       • Recovery of Jolly Green 23
       • A Hero Comes Home (Rittichier)
       • Jack Rittichier Bio
  • Recovery of Breaker Patrol, Hill 665, I Corps
  • Blue Ghost 39 Recovery Narrative
  • Reward Leaflets
  • Earl Hopper: MIA-Excavation
  • Lt. Michael Blassie: Unknown No More
       • More (Airman magazine)
       • Lt. Michael Blassie: Vietnam Unknown

  • MIA Myths & Facts ****  • MIA Mythology
       • Loss of Baron 52 (EC-47, Laos, 5 Feb 73)  • More
          • Controversy  • More  • More  • More
          • Counter  • More

    Medals of Honor
  • Vietnam War MOH Recipients
  • Vietnam MOH Citations   • Alt
  • AF MOH's (AF Mag)
  • Recipient Bios (e-book)   • AF Bios
  • Maj. George E. "Bud" Day, MOH  • Citation
  • Capt. Lance Sijan, MOH  • MOH Citation
       • Loss Incident (9 Nov 67)  • Rescue Effort
       • Guy Gruters on Lance Sijan (video)
       • Biography • Video
       • Into the Mouth of the Cat (book, 1985)  • Review
          • Video overview, 1998    • Comments
       • Unbroken Will (video, USAFA)  • Narrative
       • Courage of Lance Sijan (AF Mag Jul 04)  • w/ photos
       • Lance Sijan's Incredible Journey (AF Mag Dec 98)
       • Airman Mag **** (w/ painting) • More
       • John McCain on Lance Sijan (pdf)
  • Maj. Bernie Fisher, MOH (A-1, 10 Mar 66) • More
       • Into the Valley of Fire (AF Mag)
       • The Battle of A Shau
       • Bernie Fisher's A-1E
           "Jump" Myers' A-1E at A Shau SFC
       • MOH Mission & Coincidence
  • A1c William Pitsenbarger, MOH   • More
       • Pitsenbarger Biography & Background  • More
       • Mission Narrative  • Chronology & Map
       • ARS Crew Narrative  • Army Narrative  • More
       • Bravest of the Brave (Vietnam Mag)  • AF Mag
  • A1c John Levitow, MOH (AF Mag)  • More  • More
       • Mission Narrative  • Photos
       • Obiturary (NY Times, 2000)
  • 1Lt Jim Flemming, USAF, MOH (UH-1)  • More
  • Lt Col Bill Jones, USAF, MOH (A-1 Sandy)  • pdf
       • More  • pdf
  • Lt Col Joe Jackson, USAF, MOH (C-123)  • pdf
     • More  • pdf  • Bio  • Photo & Citation  • Citation
       • Battle of Kham Duc (12 May 68)  • More
       • Evacuation & MOH Action  • More (w/ artwork)
       • Only Known Photo of an MOH action in progress
  • Capt. Hillard Wilbanks - FAC MOH (AF mag)  • pdf
       • AF Mag: Valor  • pdf  • Citation
  • Capt. Steve Bennett, MOH (OV-10)  • Citation
  • Capt. Gerald Young, USAF, MOH
       • Biography  • More  • Citation
  • Cpl. Thomas Bennett, MOH (Conscientious Objector)
       • More  • Citation
  • MSgt Roy Benavidez, USA, MOH  • Video
  • Sgt Gary Rose: MOH for Laos Combat
  • Capt. Jack Jacobs, USA, MOH
       • Book: If Not Now, When?

  • History of MOH
  • History of AF MOH
  • Gen Ray Davis, USMC, MOH

  • AF Cross Recipients (Vietnam War)


  • Legacies

  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial  • More Links

  • Vietnam Women's Memorial  • Tribute Video
       • Documentary


  • Vietnam: Chemical War
  • Agent Orange (internal link)
  • Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War
       • Graphic  • Graphic
  • War Powers Resolution (1973)
       • Document
       • NY Times Portal
  • The Total Force
  • Impact of the War on American Society
       • Classroom Discussion Questions
  • Vietnam: The War That Killed Trust
  • Jane Fonda in Hanoi
  • Jane Fonda Hoax   • More   • More
       • Hating Jane: Jane Fonda & the American Military
  • Thoughts on Robert McNamara's In Retrospect
  • McNamara-Giap Meeting, 1995
  • How We Lost War (Ky book excerpt)
  • How We Got Involved (Vet Essay)
  • The Media and the War
  • Vietnam War Statistisc
  • Troops Equal to Any - Weyand
  • National Center for PTSD
  • War in the Mind: PTSD in Vietnam
  • Coping With PTSD
  • Vietnam Vets for Academic Reform
  • Long Term Impacts of Vietnam War
  • Explosive Remanants of War (ERW)  • More
       • Journal of ERW
  • ERW Mitigation in Quang Tri Province
  • Use of Mines in Vietnam
  • Land Mine Clearance
  • Vietnam Impacts (Hatfield: AO, UXO)
       • Mines and UXO
       • Article  • More
  • The Ethics of Cluster Bombs
  • The Forgotten Bombs of Laos  • More
  • EOD Laos 1995 (cluster munitions)
  • Bomb Disposal Laos (documentary)

  • Defining "Vietnam Veteran"
  • Stolen Valor: Fraudulent Claims of Heroics
  • Stolen Valor - Burkett & Whitley  • Google Book  • More

  • Impact of Vietnam War on US Presidents

    Alternate Perspectives
  • Lessons From the Vietnam War  • More (internal)
  • The Meaning of Vietnam   • Noam Chomsky
       • The Legacy of the Vietnam War
  • Visit to North Vietnam (Aug 1970)
  • Vietnam: A Reflection

    Vietnamese Perspective
  • Our Vietnam War Never Ended
  • Fighting the Lost War  • Untold Stories
  • Revisiting Vietnam  • History & Reconciliation
       • Vietnam's Legacy of Agent Orange  • Vietnam's MIAs
  • South Vietnamese Perspective on Tet 68 (Mau Than)
  • Escape to U Taphao ('75)
  • Life in Vietnam c 2008
       • The American War (search results)
  • How "American War" is Taught in Vn (video)

  • The Great Vietnam War Novel

    The Dark Side of the War
  • My Lai Massacre (16Mar68)
       • More (PBS portal)  • More (Harpers, 1970)  • More
       • WO1 Thompson  • Lt Calley  • Capt. Medina
       • Courts-Martial (1970)  • More  • More
  • Fragging

    Narratives & War Stories
  • Vietnam '67 (vignettes: NY TImes)
  • FAC Narratives
  • AF Valor in Vietnam (AF Magazine)
  • Helicoper Pilot Stories
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  • SOG to A Shau
  • A Shau Portal
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  • F-100 Pilot's View of the War
  • Annals of Vietnam (portal)
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  • Storeis of the Robin Hoods
  • Vn Vets Oral History & Folklore
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  • Oral History & Folklore Project
  • The Cat From Hue  • Reviews
  • Fred Andrew's Site
  • Army Narratives
  • An American Advisor With the ARVn (e-book)
       • Lessons Learned Advising & Training ARVn (e-book)
       • Christmas 1964 in Vietnam's A Shau Valley
  • From Summer of '67 to Vietnam (video)
  • The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
      • The Things They Carried (poem)
  • A Doctor's Story (1966)
  • Personal Stories (many from I Corps)
  • Long Binh Jail Riot (Aug 68)
  • Women in the Vietnam War

    Vietnam War Video
  • Vietnam War Movies (discussion of genre)
  • Vietnam War Video (DB)
  • 84 Charlie MoPic (YouTube)  • IMDB
  • Hamburger Hill  • Real Story
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Platoon
  • We Were Soldiers  • IMDB Comments
  • Bat 21
  • The Fog of War  • Trailer  • Commentary

    Documentaries
  • Vietnam War Documentaries (IMDB, list)  • More
  • Vietnam: A Television History (PBS)
  • OpenVault **** (WGBH: video & photos)
       • Alt (w/ thumbnail previews)

  • Imaginative Representations of the War (LaSalle)

    The Lighter Side
  • Nguyen Charlie cartoons (thru ... 09)
  • Choi Oi! (Tony Zidek)  • Background
  • Doonesbury (beginning Jan 31, 1972)
  • Basic Laws of Combat
  • In Country (cartoon book)  • Facebook page  • More
  • The Marine F-105
  • Messing With FACs
  • This isn't Danang?!?
  • Tabasco C-Rat Cookbook
  • Why F-105s are Called "Thuds"
  • Songs of the Vietnam War
       • Air Force songs
       • Tchepone (Guilmartin)
       • Cricket's Lament (song)
  • Air War Songs - Dick Jonas
  • Cartoons
  • "What the Captain Means ..." (video)

    Vietnam War Audios & Music
  • Music of the Vietnam Era (MP3's, '66-'70)
       • "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (music video)
  • Vietnam Vet Radio (live streaming era music)
  • Country Joe McDonald Vietnam Experience (album)
  • List of Songs About the Vietnam War
  • Vietnam War Music Guide  • Timeline
  • Music of Vietnam War (NPR)  • More
  • Songs by Americans in the Vietnam War
  • Vietnam Audios
  • USAF Folk Songs
  • Fighter Pilot Songs
  • What the Captain Means
  • Tchepone (song)
  • Sights & Sounds of Vietnam (101st)
  • A War in Song (NPR)
  • "We Gotta' Get Outa This Place" (Animals)
       • w/ Combat Video
  • "Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die" (words)
       • Video  • Video Sing-Along (Woodstock, 1969)
  • "Ballad of the Green Barets" (video)
  • "War" (Edwin Starr, video)
  • "Hello, A Shau Tower" (song, Ernie Ford)

    Soldier Life in Vietnam
  • The Things They Carried
       • Review (c 1990)  • Review  • Review (c 2013)
       • Reading Things They Carried in Hanoi (c 2010)
  • American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN)  • More
  • Summer of '67 to Vietnam (video)
  • Cannon Fodder: Growing Up for Vietnam
  • Military Payment Certificates
  • Field Rations ("C-Rats")  • More  • Photo
  • Tabasco's C-Ration Cookbook  • Another
  • The Man in the Doorway (personal essay - video)
  • Vietnam War History Org (Facebook)

    Combat Art & Poetry
  • Vietnam War Combat Art (air, sea)
  • Vietnam Veterans Art Museum

  • Poems From the Que Son Valley
  • Taps on the Wall: Poems From the Hanoi Hilton
       • Review  • Review

    Coming Home
  • Vietnam and Back. And Back
  • Mortality of Vietnam Vets Lower Than Thought


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  • Aircraft
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      • Details  • Profile
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  • UH-1F Green Hornet (USAF)
  • HH-3E Jolly Green Giant  • More
       • Profile  • Graphic  • Photos  • Detail  • Graphic
  • First Atlantic Crossing
  • First Nonstop Atlantic Crossing (May 31-Jun 1, 1967)
  • CH/HH-3 Roster
  • CH-3E Black Mariah  • More  • More (slow)  • Stats  • CH-3B  • First CH-3 in SEA (Jul 65)
  • HU-16 Albatross  • NMUSAF  • Photos
  • H-19 Chickasaw  • H-19 in Vietnam (1957)
  • HH-43 Huskie  • History & Graphic  • More
       • History & Details  • Photo details
       • Local Base Rescue (LBR) Mission
       • Fire Suppression Kit  • Diagram
       • Pedro At War  • First SAR Helicopter to SEA
          • HH-43 deploys to SEA
          • "Rotors of wood, men of steel"
  • HH-53 Super Jolly Green  • More  • More  • More
       • Photo  • Photo  • Illustration
       • Tail Number Histories (MS Word doc)
  • MH-53J Super Jolly Green (profile & details)
  • MC-130P/N Combat King `

    FAC Aircraft (NMUSAF)

  • Holley Field (FAC Training base)  • More  • More

    O-1
  • O-1 Bird Dog  • 3-view  • Profile  • History  • More
       • NMUSAF (O-1G 0-11917  • More  • O-1G Bird Dog 6-2500
       • International Bird Dog Association
  • O-1: Toughest "Dog" in the fight
       • O-1 Walkaround (photos)
       • Action photos of O-1 in SEA  • More
  • VNAF O-1 Photos
  • VNAF O-1 Carrier Landing
       • Naval Air Museum O-1
  • O-1 Specifications
  • O-1 Warbird Registry  • Photos
  • VR & Interdiction Over the Trail

    O-2
  • O-2A Skymaster  • History  • More  • More  • More
       • NMUSAF  • External details (video)
       • More (walkaround stills)  • Details (from model)
       • Varients  • Detailed 3-view  • Basic 3-view
       • Duck Driver patch  • An O-2's Purple Heart
  • Development & Deployment  • p. 7  • p. 8
       • O-2 History & Details  • "Every Man's P-38"
       • Cessna 337/O-2 History  • More  • Photos
       • C337 History (video: details)  • O-2 (video: details)
  • How O-2s Got to Vietnam (w/ photo)  • Alt
  • O-2A Dash-1: instrument panel
       • External Stores  :• 2.75 in pods
       • Specifications  • More Detailed
       • Explosion Supressant Fuel Tank Foam
  • O-2 in Vietnam (Pop Mechs, Jan 68, pp 89-92)  • cont'd

  • O-2A Photos (close-ups)  • More  • Profile  • 4-viewA-1
       • Walk Around Details  • Rear Engine & Gear Doors
       • Cessna M337 Gear Retraction Detail  • More
  • Multiple O-2A SN photos to sort

  • O-2A Serial Numbers (467 total)  • More
       • 67-series  • 68-series (Batch 1)  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 69-series
       • MSDC/AMARC Database of O-2's  • Alt

  • O-2As: Where They Went  • Survivors & Locations
       • O-2 Registry  • Photo Library  • Photos  • Photos
       • O-2's on display (c 2020)
       • O-2A photos  • More  • More

  • O-2A 67-21295 (Cessna 337M-001 - first O-2A)
  • O-2A 67-21300 (337M-006)  • More  • Aussie link?
       • Inflight    • Inflight from above  • From below
       • Final approach, from below
  • O-2A 67-21304 (Cessna 337M-010)
  • O-2A 67-21308 (National Air & Space Museum)  • More Detail

  • O-2A 67-21309 (Cessna 337M-015)  • Description (2002)
       • Inflight photo  • Another  • More
       • History  • More  • More  • At AMRC
       • Photo (Phu Bai, RVN, 1969)
       • Profile  • Profile (large)  • Source
       • Reunion (article, pdf)   • Alt
       • Demise (17 Nov 2010)  • Detail  • Video of Site
          • NTSB Report

  • O-2A 67-21316 (Hue Citadel; destroyed 31Jan 68 -Tet)
  • O-2A 67-21331 (NMUSAF)  • Photo
       • More  • More  • More
  • O-2A 67-21341 (Khe Sanh, 1968: USAF via NARA)
  • O-2A 67-21334  • More
  • O-2A 67-21360 (w/ minigun)
  • O-2A 67-21363
  • O-2A 67-21368 (Hurlburt Fld, FL)  • History
  • O-2A 67-21374
  • O-2A 67-21375 (with details)
  • O-2A 67-21380 (Museum of Aviation)
  • O-2A 67-21383
  • O-2A 67-21395 (Evergreen Air Museum)
  • O-2A 67-21404 (CA ANG)
  • O-2A 67-21407  • More
  • O-2A 67-21410
  • O-2A 67-21411 (Chanute Air Museum, mislabeled)
  • O-2A 67-21413 (Castle Air Museum)  • More
  • O-2A 67-21416 (Willow Run MI)
  • O-2A 67-21423
  • O-2A 67-21424 (black paint)  • O-2A details
  • O-2A 67-21430 (Ft. Worth Air Museum)
       • History  • Photos
  • O-2A 67-21431
  • O-2A 67-21436 (inflight, nr Pleiku RVN)  • More
  • O-2A 67-21462 (ILL ANG)
  • O-2A 67-21469 (Kansas Aviation Museum)
  • O-2A 68-6871 (Grissom Air Museum)
  • O-2A 68-6880 (in maintenance, Nha Trang)
  • O-2A 68-6885  • More  • Non-Authentic markings
       • 68-6885 = C/N 337M-0174 = N802A
  • O-2A 68-6886 (from below)
  • O-2A 68-6901 (Pima Air Museum)  • Another View
       • Walk Around (detailed!)
  • O-2A 68-10831  • More  • More  • More
  • O-2A 68-10832 (Phan Rang AB, June 1970)
  • O-2A 68-10848 (Travis AFB Museum)
       • O-2A 68-10848 front engine, cowl off
        • Fuselage only
  • O-2A 68-10861 (337M-0234, to Chilean Navy as 331)
  • O-2A 68-10862 (MAPS)  • History
       • Photo: Airborne, Gear Retracting
  • O-2A 68-10869 (337M-0234)
        • To Chilean Navy as 331 (internal)
  • O-2A 68-11013
  • O-2A 68-11018 (inflight showing retrofitted skids)
  • O-2A 68-11034 (337M-0310)
  • O-2A 68-11067 (337M-0343)
  • O-2A 68-11104
  • O-2A 68-11108 (left side, airborne)  • Right side
  • O-2A 68-11122 (Darrell McCalla)
  • O-2A 69-7601(N7146Y)  • Image
       • Civilian markings (2008, shows skids)
  • O-2A 68-11159
  • O-2A 69-7631 - 337M-0429
        • To Chilean AF as 263 (internal)
  • O-2A 69-7614 over Panama
  • O-2A 69-7639 (RNZAF Museum)
  • O-2A in Covey black markings (3-view)
  • O-2 Servicing (23 TASS)  • More
  • O-2 Aircraft on Display  • Photos
  • O-2 Image Portal  • More
  • O-2A Art: "Cleared In Hot!" (Anthony Stencel)
       • Background

  • O-2B in Psy Warfare  • Photos
     • O-2B dropping leaflets  • Photo & News Clip
       • O-2B Refueling  • Inflight
       • Ground Profile (shows speaker)
       • O-2B Wheels-up Landing (Nha Trang, 68)
  • O-2B Serial Numbers
  • O-2B 67-21404 (CA ANG c 1980)
  • O-2B 67-21448 Fresno CA?)
  • O-2B 67-21465 (March ARB)
  • O-2B 67-21469 (Kansas Aviation Museum)
  • O-2B 67-21451 (Phan Rang, schoolhouse trainer?)

  • O-2s with Air National Guard (c 1980)  • More

  • O-2A Transferred in Foreign Millitary Sales

    Republic of Vietnam AF (VNAF) ,
  • O-2A Transferred to VNAF (35 total)
  • O-2A 68037 (SN does not match US records; no US reg)

    Chilean AF  • (summary)
  • O-2A SN 261 (ex-USAF USAF 69-7643)  • Details
  • O-2A SN 263 (ex-USAF 69-7631 (337M-0429)
       • Photo    • Details
  • O-2A SN 264 w/rescue kit (337M-0072)
  • O-2A SN 267 w/rescue kit (337M- ?)

    Chilean Navy  • (summary)
  • O-2A SN 331 (ex-USAF 68-10869 (337M-0234)  • More
  • O-2A SN 333: (ex-USAF 68-11126 (337M-0351)
  • O-2A SN 334 w/rescue kit (337M-0407 )  • More
  • O-2A SN 335 (ex-USAF 69-7604 (337M - 0402)
  • O-2A SN 336 (ex-USAF 69-7627 (337M - 0425)  • More
  • O-2A SN 337 w/rescue kit (337M-0348)
  • O-2A SN 338 (ex-USAF 68-10989 ( 337M-0265)

    OV-10
  • OV-10 Bronco  • Details  • More  • History  • History
       • NMUSAF  • More  • More  • 3-view  • 3-view
       • SEA Experience  • More (VAL-4)
       • Video  • Video  • Video
       • OV-10: Right Weapon For Vietnam War
  • OV-10 Story: Innovation vs. "The System"
  • OV-10 Origin: LARA (Light Armed Recon. Aircraft)
       • LARA Development (w/ short/long span options)
       • Developement Details  • Photos  • Carrier Qual Video
  • Marine OV-10
  • Convair Model 48 Charger (OV-10 contender)  • History
       • Convair's Charger (Flight Int'l, 14Jan1965)  • pg 2
       • More  • Photo  • Photos  • Video  • 3-view

    Quiet Aircraft
  • Quite Aircraft Programs
       • More  • Group Image
       • Quiet Aircaft Association
  • The Night Stalkers (development of quiet aircraft)
  • Sailplanes & Slow Propellers
  • YO-3  • More  • YO-3A Restoration
       • YO-3A in Vietnam  • More
  • QT-2PC & X-26B  • More  • Photos
  • Demise of the Cuties and the Yo-Yos
  • "The Quiet One" (Hughes 500P for CIA)


  • Air Weapons
  • Close Air Support Munitions  • Characteristics
  • Aerial Munitions Primer  • Alt
  • Air Weapons (NMUSAF, SEA exhibit)  • All wars
  • Air Munitions Data (GruntOnline, cached)
  • Aerial Munition Listing  • Alt
  • A-1 Combat Loads (photos)
  • F-100 Weapon Loads
  • Aircraft Guns
  • M3 20mm Aircraft Cannon
  • M39 20mm Aircraft Cannon
  • M-61 (GAU-4) Vulcan cannon  • More  • More  • More
  • 2.75" Rocket (FFAR)  • Hydra (FAS)  • More
       • 2.75" Rockets  • Warheads  • Launchers
       • Flechette (definition)
  • Zuni 5" Rocket (FFAR)
  • Mk-24 Parachute Flares  • Photo
  • General Purpose Bombs  • More  • More  • More
  • Introduction to US Bombs ****
       • GP Bombs, Fuses & Fins (pdf, detailed)
  • Mk80-series of Bombs  • Image  • MK 82 family
       • Mk81 (250 lb.)  • Mk82 (500 lb.) / BLU-111
       • Mk83 (1,000 lb.) / BLU-110
       • Mk84 (2,000 lb.) / BLU-117  • Mk117 (750 lb.)
  • Snakeye Bomb  • More  • Graphic  • Employment
       • Mk82 Snakeye (LD & retarded - diagrams)  • More
       • Mk82 Snakeye (w/ Mk15 fins, photo)  • Details
       • Sabotage Incident
  • BLU (Bomb, Live Unit) Deisgnators
  • M121 (Combat Trap, 10,000 lb bomb)
       • Combat Trap (intro of M121)  • Google Book  • More
       • CH-54 & Mk-121 Mission  • 1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • Video
  • BLU-82 (Commando Vault, 15,000 lb bomb)  • Video
       • Global Security  • FAS  • NMUSAF
       • Commando Vault (C-130 emploment of M121 & BLU-82)
          • Google Book  • Google Book
       • Commando Vault (CHECO, Oct 70 - pdf)
       • C-130 & BLU-82 (video)  • Graphic
       • Operaton Carolina Moon (Thanh Hoa bridge)
  • M129 Leaflet Bomb  • Details  • Loading
  • Lazy Dog "bomb"
  • Fuzes  • Activation Mechanisms
       • Introduction to US Bomb Fuzes (detailed, pdf)
       • Bombs, Fuzes, Associated Components (detailed, pdf)
  • Daisy Cutter Fuzes  • Photo
       • First uses  • "Invention" in SEA (scroll: search for "daisy")
       • Use of Daisy Cutters in Flak Suppression
       • Use of Daisy Cutters Against Bridges
  • Premature Bomb Detonation (fuses)
  • Weapon Min Safe Distances  • Frag Patterns
  • Cluster Munitions
       • Designations: CBU  • BLU  • SUU
       • SUU-30/B submunition dispenser
          • w/ bomblets  • More
  • CBU-24/BLU-26  • CBU-52/BLU-61
  • CBU-55 (photo)  • CBU-3s on B-52s (photo)
  • Fuel-Air Explosive  • BLU-72 FAE  • Photo
  • Mk-20 Rockeye CBU
       • Rockeyes and Daisy Cutter Fuses on Marine A-6s
  • Gravel & Dragon Teeth Mines   • More
  • Air-Delivered Mines in Grnd Ops
  • Napalm - BLU-1  • More  • A-1E Drop Photo
       • Mk 77 (post-Vietnam)  • More
  • Emergence of Smart Bombs (AF Mag)
  • Laser Guided Bombs (History)
  • Laser Guided Bombs
  • Laser Guided Bombs (FAS)
  • LGB Development & Deployment
       • First Use of LGBs (discussion)
  • Development of PGMs  • More
  • PGM (Hallion Paper)
  • PGM (Mok Paper)
  • Drone Operations (Buffalo Hunter)  • More
       • Drone Pickup Mission

  • AF EOD (weapon photos)
  • UXO Manual (Army FM-21-16, 1994)

    Combat Airlift
  • SEA Airlift Portal (Sam McGowan)  • Airlift History
  • USAF in SEA: Tactical Airlift (USAF e-book)
  • 834th Air Division  • History, 1966-1971
  • Airlift in the Vietnam War (AMC Museum)  • More
  • Tac Airlift in SEA 1969-71 (CHECO 25)
  • Airlift at Dien Bien Phu & Khe Sanh
  • C-130 Airlift in Vietnam (Alan Baker)
  • Assault Airlift Ops in SEA (CHECO)
       • Katum (68-70)
       • Khe Sanh (Jan-Feb 68)  • More (AF Mag)
       • A Shau Valley (Operation Delaware) (Apr 68)
       • An Loc (Apr 72)
  • Airlift in Special Operations
  • Operation Mule Train (AF Mag, Feb 01)
  • C-123 (Sam McGowan)  • Details  • More
       • Wikipedia  • Global Security  • Photos  • Photos
       • C-123 Combat Ops (video)  • Flare Mission (video)
  • C-130 Portal (Sam McGowan)
       • Tech Details  • More
       • Loadmaster Evolution (AF Mag: McGowan)  • More
       • C-130 in Vietnam (video: airfields used)
  • Combat Cargo: 315th ADiv  • 463rd TCW in SEA
  • C-130s in A Shau Valley (A Loui, Ross Kramer)
  • Airlift at An Loc (C-130 crew, 2 AF Crosses)  • More
  • C-130 Losses in SEA  • C-130 Loss at Khe Sanh
  • C-130 in other roles
  • Blind Bat Mission  • More  • More (AF Mag)
       • Narrative: First Flight Up North
       • Loss of Blind Bat 01  • Alt
  • Commando Vault (BLU-82)
  • Carolina Moon (Thanh Hoa bridge)
          • More  • More
  • The Four Horsemen  • Video
  • Firefight at Katum (C-130)
  • Air America C-130s  • pdf
  • C-7 Caribou Association  • C-7 Caribou aircraft
       • Aircraft & Operations Photos  • More Photos
       • Profile (AF Mag)
       • C-7 Friendly Fire Incident
       • Air Dropping Livestock  • More
  • C7 in Vietnam
  • C-7/CV-2 Portal  • Photos  • Santa Bou

  • C-141 Starlifter in Vietnam

  • USAF Airlift Helicopters
  • 8th Aerial Port Sq. Mobility Ops

    Aircraft Photo Portals
  • Peter Bird's Portal
  • Thai Base Photos
       • Photo Book 1   • Photo Book 2
       • Jets   • Prop Planes
  • Stymerski's Aircraft Photos
  • Aircraft Used in VN
  • Warbird Alley
  • Aircraft Photos
  • Helicopters & Cargo Aircraft
  • Lee Boel, Pleiku Shots


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  • Ground Weapons & Equipment
  • Weapons (US & NVA)  • More  • More
       • US Army Infantry equipment (early)  • Later
  • Vietnam Arsenal (Vietnam Magazine infographics)
       • More  • More  • More  • More
  • US Infantry Weapons in Vietnam  • Graphic
  • Marine Equipment & Clothing ('64-'65)
  • ARVN Weapons ('64-'65)
  • M-3A1 "Grease Gun"
  • M-14 Rifle
  • M-16 Rifle  • More  • More  • AR-15 History
       • In-service Narrative  • Photo  • Cutaway   • Detail
       • Training Video (1966)
  • CAR-15/XM-177 Carbine
       • More  • More  • Lineage
  • M-79 Grenade Launcher   • More
  • M-60 Machine Gun  • More
  • US Load Carrying Equipment, c 1967
  • Body Armor  • M69 Flak Vest  • Video  • M1952 Vest
  • Claymore Mine  • More
  • The Jungle Boot
  • M-48 Patton Tank
  • M113 Armored Personnel Carrier  • More
  • M151 Jeep
  • M107 self-propelled 175mm gun

  • The AK-47 vs. the M16 During the Vietnam War

    NVA/VC Weapons
  • PDRV National Military Museum
  • Weapons of Communist Forces
  • NVA & VC Small Arms  • Graphic
       • AK-47  • More  • Graphic
  • K-50 Submachine Gun
  • RPG-7 (rocket propelled gernade)
  • Threats to Aircraft (Nellis AFB TTF)
       • More  • Threat Aircraft Photos  • More
  • NVA/VC Weapons  • More
  • NVA Anti-Aircraft Weapons
  • 12.7mm DShK MG  • Photos
  • NVA Armor
  • Land Mines & Booby Traps


    Studying the Vietnam War
  • Vietnam Center & Archive (TTU)
       • Conferences on Vietnam (TTU 1996)  • Papers
  • Google Resource Search
  • Examing Myths of Vietnam War (2004)
       • Teaching the Vietnam War
          • Misrepresentation of the South Vietnamese Role
          • Why were we in Vietnam?
  • Resources to Explore the Vietnam War Online
          • Source: School Library Journal
  • Teaching About the Vietnam War
  • Time Magazine Student Guide (excellent!)
  • Joe Guilmartin's Web Site  • Alt
  • The Vietnam Experience (U Richmond)
  • Educational Support Portal
  • Homework Q & A (thumbnails)
  • Vietnam War books (database)
  • Vietnam Study Guide  • on-line  • Books
  • Vietnam Portal (Teacher Net)  • Weapons
  • 11th Cav Teaching Resources
  • Echos From the Wall (resources)
  • U Houston Vn War Course
  • Oakton College - Resource Links
  • Wellesley College Portal
  • Vassar College Portal
  • Portal - Univ of Illinois
  • Course Outline - UKansas
  • Portal - Univ of Kentucky
  • Interactive Chronology of War
  • Vietnam History Resources
       • Lesson Plan    • Map Exercise
       • Teaching Materials
       • The Vietnam Challenge
  • Vietnamwar.com - Resources
  • Historical Resources
       • Curriculum Ideas
  • The Cost of War (HS)
  • Bibliography   • More
      • Air War Bib
  • Learn Lessons from History - And Not
  • Syllabus: Winthrop University
  • Colleges of South  • Bibliography
       • Vietnam Primer
       • Online Course (resources)
       • Syllabus  • Overview
  • Lesson Plan-Opposing Views on Vn
  • Eagle Eye Challenge
  • Vietnam: A Pop Quiz
  • Overview of War (slow load)
  • FAQ: Vietnam War (newsgroup)
       • Resource Portal  • Reading List
       • Newsgroup rules

    Teaching About the War
  • What Students Needs to Know About Vietnam
        • A Vietnam War Pop Quiz
  • Teaching the Vietnam War (McDougall, 2000)
       • Conference Report
  • Teaching About the Vietnam War (c 1996)
  • Course Outline
  • Teachers' Resources (Vietnam Ctr & Archive, Texas Tech)
  • Path to War: Student & Teacher Guides
  • How the "American War" Is Taught in Vietnam

    Bibliographies
  • Vn War Bibliography Portal
  • Congressional Documents
       • The Air War
  • Air Force Publications
  • AF Strategy in Vietnam
  • Operation Rolling Thunder
  • Doctrine Lessons from Vietnam
  • Operations Linebacker I & II
  • Close Air Support
  • Technology & Weapons

    Books & Book Sellers
  • US Army Center for Military History Pubs
  • Dalley Book Service (list)
  • Air University Press
  • Vietnam War Books
  • Vietnam Study Guide (books)
       • Study Guide (on-line)
  • Dereliction of Duty (preview)  • Author interview
  • Books & Movies on Vietnam
  • Books on Vietnam

    Glossaries
  • Glossary of Terms Used In Vietnam (grunt-redux)
  • Vietnam Glossary (detailed, extensive)
       • More    • More
  • Acronyms & Terms (Pentagon Papers)

    Specialized Glossaries
  • Air Operations Glossary  • More
  • 1st Air Cav Illustrated Glossary
  • Glossary of Marine Terms in Vietnam
  • Artillery Glossary
  • Air Commando & Special Ops Terms



  • The Call Sign Project  • Call Sign Pages
       • Projects, Programs & Operations  • 2  • 3  • 4
       • Call Signs & Code Words

  • Air Operations Call Signs in SEA
       • FAC Call Signs (FAC Assn)
       • Marine Helicopter Unit Call Signs
      • Riverine Call Signs
       • Son Tay Call Signs <


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