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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club - Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War (Paperback)
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club - Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War (Paperback)
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This book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign during
the Vietnam War between 1965 to 1975, where the US Seventh Fleet,
stationed off the Vietnamese coast, was given the tongue-in-cheek
nickname 'The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club'. On August 2, 1964, USS
Maddox became embroiled in the infamous 'Gulf of Tonkin incident'
that lead directly to America's increased involvement in the
Vietnam War. Supporting the Maddox that day were four F-8E
Crusaders from the USS Ticonderoga, signalling the start of the US
Navy's commitment to the air war over Vietnam. The Tonkin Gulf
Yacht Club was the nickname for the US Navy's Seventh Fleet, Task
Force 77, stationed off the coast of Vietnam which, at various
points throughout the war, comprised as many as six carriers with
70-100 aircraft on board. The Seventh Fleet played an essential
role in supporting operations over Vietnam, providing vital air
support to combat troops on the ground and taking part in major
operations such as Rolling Thunder and Linebacker I and II. Serving
with the US Seventh Fleet during this period and involved in the
dramatic history of The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club was author Tom
Cleaver, who was a 20-year-old member of Commander Patrol Forces
Seventh Fleet which had operational control over Maddox and Turner
Joy. His use of dramatic first-hand experiences from interviews
with both American and Vietnamese pilots plus official Vietnamese
accounts of the war provides a balanced and personal picture of the
conflict from both sides. Detailing the very earliest incident in
the Gulf of Tonkin through to the final evacuation of US nationals
in 1975, he brings the story of US air intervention into Vietnam
vividly to life.
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