Vietnam Operational History Section Subject Files
Dates: 1965-1973
Collection Number: AR/69 (Formerly COLL/660)
Finding aid (PDF, 92 KB)
This collection was previously titled “Vietnam Subject Files, OpReps, 1959-1973.”
Scope and Content Notes
These records are the primary source materials used by the Vietnam Operational History Section of the Naval Historical Center to prepare classified monthly summaries of the U.S. Navy's operations in Southeast Asia. The series, entitled "United States Naval Operations, Vietnam” and the Vietnam Operational History Section were ended in late 1970. However, the records provided by naval operating forces continued to be received and processed to the end of 1973.
Messages make up the bulk of this record group, but correspondence, reports, miscellaneous papers, and newspaper clippings also are included.
Arrangement:
The sources were arranged, as they were received, according to the following subject categories:
1. U.S. Navy Buildup, Augmentation
2. Naval Air Support
3. Naval Air Surveillance
4. Electronic Warfare
5. Naval Gunfire Support
6. Sensors (Incl. Duffle Bag)
7. Weapon Systems (e.g. Snoopy)
8. SEALORDS
9. Coastal Warfare
10. Riverine Warfare
11. Mine Warfare
12. Amphibious Operations
13. Ground Operations
14. Vietnamese (RVN) Armed Forces
15. Logistics
16. Redeployment
17. T-Day and Post T-Day
18. Communications
19. Statistics
20. Public Information/Press
21. Intelligence
22. Unconventional Warfare (Except PW)
23. Psychological Warfare/Civic Action
24. Casualties (Ships and Aircraft)
25. Casualties (personnel)
26. Defense (Area, Harbor, Force)
27. Location of Major U.S. Forces
28. Vietnamization
Access:
Open but very limited access.
Classification:
Kyl-Lott review conducted October 2004. The vast majority of the records have been referred to other agencies for further declassification review. A few of the records have been exempt from declassification.
