Naval History and Heritage Command

By Edward J. Marolda

This version of the book contains a tiny sampling of the over 500 black and white, and color photographs, maps, and charts contained in the original publication.

Table of Contents

Dedication, Foreword

Chapter 1: The Early Years, 1950 - 1959

-Passage to Freedom
-Development of the Vietnamese Navy

Chapter 2: The Era of Growing Conflict, 1959 - 1965

-The Crises in Laos
-U.S. Naval Advisors and the Vietnamese Navy
Counterinsurgency
-U.S. Navy Direct Support
-Expanding Operations into North Vietnam and Laos
-Gulf of Tonkin Incidents
-The Conflict in Transition

Chapter 3: The Years of Combat, 1965 - 1968 (140K)

-The Naval Command in Southeast Asia
-The Carrier Force
-Rolling Thunder 
-Amphibious Landings in South Vietnam 
-Bombardment from the Sea
-Coastal Interdiction 
-The Naval Command in South Vietnam
-River Patrol
-Riverine Assault Force 
-The Naval Advisory Effort 
-Civic Action 
-The Navy's Logistic Support of the War
-Naval Support Activities

Chapter 4: Winding Down the War, 1968 - 1973 (60K)

-The SEALORDS Campaign
-Allied Navies on the Offensive
-Vietnamization of Naval Operations
-Task Force 77 Operations
-Allied Surface Warfare
-Vietnamization Completed
-Countering the Easter Offensive 
-Linebacker 
-Withdrawal from the War

Chapter 5: The Final Curtain, 1973 - 1975

-Naval Evacuation of I and II Corps
-Eagle Pull
-The Fall of South Vietnam

Appendixes

• U.S. Navy Medal of Honor Recipients
• Secretaries of the Navy and Key Naval Officers
• Carrier Deployments to Southeast Asia
• Navy Aircraft Codes, 1964 - 1975
• Enemy Aircraft Shot Down by Naval Aviators in Southeast Asia
• Glossary of terms
• Select Bibliography

Charts (use your browser's"back" key to return to this menu)

• Southeast Asia
• The Coast of North Vietnam
• Indo China
• Rolling Thunder Route Packages
• South Vietnam
• The Mekong Delta
• The SEALORDS Operational Theater