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U.S. Marines in Vietnam - The Defining Year - 1968 (Paperback)
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U.S. Marines in Vietnam - The Defining Year - 1968 (Paperback)
Series: Marine Corps Vietnam
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This is the last volume, although published out of chronological
sequence, in the nine-volume operational history series covering
the Marine Corps' participation in the Vietnam War. A separate
functional series complements the operational histories. This book
is the capstone volume of the entire series in that 1968, as the
title indicates, was the defining year of the war. While originally
designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion
required one book. The year 1968 was the year of the Tet Offensive
including Khe Sanh and Hue City. These were momentous events in the
course of the war and they occurred in the first three month s of
the year. This book, however, documents that 1968 was more than
just the Tet Offensive. The bloodiest month of the war for the U.S.
forces was not January, nor February 1968, but May 1968 when the
Communists launched what was called their "Mini-Tet" offensive.
This was followed by a second "Mini-Tet" offensive during the late
summer which also was repulsed at heavy cost to both sides. By the
end of the year, the U.S. forces in South Vietnam's I Corps, under
the III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF), had regained the
offensive. By December, enemy-initiated attacks had fallen to their
lowest level in two years. Still, there was no talk of victory. The
Communist forces remained a formidable foe and a limit had been
drawn on the level of American participation in the war. Although
largely written from the perspective of III MAF and the ground war
in I Corps, the volume also treats the activities of Marines with
the Seventh Fleet Special Landing Force, activities of Marine
advisors to South Vietnamese forces, and other Marine involvement
in the war. Separate chapters cover Marine aviation and the single
manager controversy, artillery, logistics, manpower, and
pacification. Like most of the volumes in this series, this has
been a cumulative history.
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