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Represents one of the earliest efforts to chronicle Marine Corps
operations in Iraq between 2004-2005. Commissioned and written
while U.S. forces were still engaged in combat operations in Iraq.
Contains maps to help orientate and familiarize readers to Iraq,
al-Anbar Province, and the two battles for Fallujah. Contains
photographs of commanders, combat operations, equipment, and
civil-military operations.
Includes FULL COLOR maps and illustrations. Presents a significant
look at the cold weather and mountain training facility of the U.S.
Marine Corps in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California.
Includes many full color illustrations and maps.
Illusrated with full color maps and photographs. U.S. Marines in
the Global War on Terrorism series. Covers the combat service
support operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom between November
2002 and October 2003. Tells a story of reorganization,
preparation, and execution by the 1st and 2d Force Service Support
Groups.
In the 77 days from 20 January to 18 March of 1968, two divisions
of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surrounded a regiment of U.S.
Marines on a mountain plateau in the northwest corner of South
Vietnam known as Khe sanh. The episode was no accident; it was in
fact a carefully orchestrated meeting in which both sides got what
they wanted. The north Vietnamese succeeded in surrounding the
Marines in a situation in many ways similar to Dien Bien Phu, and
may have been seeking similar tactical, operational, and strategic
results. General William C. Westmoreland, the commander of the
joint U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (COMUSMACV),
meanwhile, sought to lure the NVA into the unpopulated terrain
around the 26th Marines in order to wage a battle of annihilation
with air power. In this respect Khe Sanh has been lauded as a great
victory of air power, a military instrument of dubious suitability
to much of the Vietnam conflict. The facts support the assessment
that air power was the decisive element at Khe Sanh, delivering
more than 96 percent of the ordnance used against the NVA. This
work focuses mainly on fixed-wing close air support, or the support
provided by jet and propeller-driven conventional aircraft, to the
general exclusion of rotary-wing aircraft, also known as
helicopters. There are several reasons for this, none of which are
meant to belittle the contributions or heroism of the Marine, Army,
and Air Force helicopter pilots who fought in the hills around Khe
Sanh. First, until the arrival of the AH-1G Cobra in April 1969,
there was no helicopter designed for dedicated close air support of
Marines in Vietnam. The primary gunship during the battle of Khe
Sanh was the UH-1E outfitted with machine guns and rocket launchers
for the escort of unarmed helicopters. These helicopters were
sometimes used for the direct support of ground troops with
suppressive fires and were frequently used as forward air
controllers, spotting and marking targets for fixed-wing aircraft
with heavier ordnance. These roles are appropriately discussed
alongside the contributions of the fixed-wing aircraft, but as a
general rule, analysis remains focused on the heavier attack
aircraft.
Includes many full color illustrations and maps.
The author first served with Vietnamese Marines in 1972 when they
came on board the U.S. Navy ships that Battalion Landing Team 1/9
was embarked on. They were preparing for an amphibious landing to
counter the North Vietnamese Army's Spring Offensive in Military
Region 1 (I Corps) in South Vietnam. They brought with them their
U.S. Marine advisors who were known by the senior members of the
battalion. They had already witnessed or heard of the exploits of
then-Captain John Ripley and Lieutenant Colonel Gerry Turley in
blunting the initial attacks of the Easter Offensive. As the
Vietnamese were formed into helicopter or boat teams and fed a meal
before going ashore, they bantered with the American Marines and
Sailors, telling them to come along to "kill communists." After a
turbulent start to the offensive, the Vietnamese Marines exhibited
the fighting spirit that elite units create for themselves. This
was reflected in the various names of their battalions that were
the focus of their unit identification. The infantry battalions had
a series of nicknames and slogans that were reflected on their unit
insignia: 1st Battalion's "Wild Bird," 2d Battalion's "Crazy
Buffalo," 3d Battalion's "SeaWolf," 4th Battalion's "Killer Shark,"
5th Battalion's "Black Dragon," 6th Battalion's "Sacred Bird," 7th
Battalion's "Black Tiger," 8th Battalion's "Sea Eagle," and 9th
Battalion's "Mighty Tiger." For the artillery units, this was the
1st Battalion's "Lightning Fire," 2d Battalion's "Sacred Arrow,"
and 3d Battalion's "Sacred Bow." Support and service battalions
followed this example as well. The 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade
and its embarked troops provided helicopters, amphibious tractors,
and landing craft support for a series of attacks leading to the
recapture of Quang Tri City through the fall of 1972. In addition,
command and control facilities and liaison were provided to the
Republic of Vietnam's I Corps and Military Advisory Command
Vietnam's 1st Regional Advisory Command in the sustained
counteroffensive. This reinforced the impression made by the
Vietnamese Marines themselves. This began the interest in the story
that follows. The period after World War II saw a number of
associated Marine Corps formed in the republics of China, Korea,
Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. They had been
founded, with the help of foreign military aid, to fight the
various conflicts to contain communist expansion in the region.
Also present at various times were other Marines from the
Netherlands, France, and Great Britain. The beginnings of the Cold
War witnessed this proliferation of amphibious forces in Asia, in
part because of the reputation the U.S. Marines had earned in the
cross Pacific drive against Japan and in other postwar
confrontations. This is about one of them, the Vietnamese Marine
Corps or Thuy Quan Luc Chien (TQLC). This occasional paper provides
documents on the topics of the Vietnamese Marines and the U.S.
Marine Advisory Unit from this period.
Includes FULL COLOR maps and illustrations. Presents a significant
look at the cold weather and mountain training facility of the U.S.
Marine Corps in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California.
Illusrated with full color maps and photographs. U.S. Marines in
the Global War on Terrorism series. Covers the combat service
support operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom between November
2002 and October 2003. Tells a story of reorganization,
preparation, and execution by the 1st and 2d Force Service Support
Groups.
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