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This is the fourth volume in a planned 10-volume operational and
chronological series covering the Marine Corps' participation in
the Vietnam War. This volume concentrates on the ground was in I
Corps and III MAF's perspective of the Vietnam War as an entity. It
also covers the Marine Corps participation in the advisory effort,
the operations of the two Special Landing Forces of the U. S.
Navy's Seventh Fleet, and the services of Marines with the staff of
the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. There are additional
chapters on supporting arms and logistics, and a discussion of the
Marine role in Vietnam in relation to the overall American effort.
This is the fourth volume in a planned 10-volume operational and
chronological series covering the U.S. Marine Corps' participation
in the Vietnam War. A separate topical series will complement the
operational histories. This volume details the change in focus of
the III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF), which fought in South
Vietnam's northernmost corps area, I Corps. III MAF, faced with a
continued threat in 1967 of North Vietnamese large unit entry
across the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Vietnams, turned
over the Chu Lai enclave to the U .S. Army's Task Force Oregon and
shifted the bulk of its forces-and its attention-northward.
Throughout the year, the 3d Marine Division fought a conventional,
large-unit war against the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) near the
demilitarized zone. The 1st Marine Division, concentrated in Thua
Thien and Quang Nam provinces, continued both offensive and
pacification operations. Its enemy ranged from small groups of Viet
Cong guerrillas in hamlets and villages up to formations as large
as the 2d NVA Division. The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing provided air
support to both divisions, as well as Army and allied units in I
Corps. The Force Logistic Command, amalgamated from all Marine
logistics organizations in Vietnam, served all, major Marine
commands. This volume, like its predecessors, concentrates on the
ground war in I Corps and II I MAF's perspective of the Vietnam War
as an entity. It also covers the Marine Corps participation in the
advisory effort, the operations of the two Special Landing Forces
of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, and the services of Marines with
the staff of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. There
are additional chapters on supporting arms and logistics, and a
discussion of the Marine role in Vietnam in relation to the overall
American effort. The nature of the war facing III MAF during 1967
forced the authors to concentrate on major operations, particularly
those characterized by heavy combat. The uneven quality of the
official reports submitted by combat units also played a role in
selecting the materials presented in this volume. This is not meant
to slight those whose combat service involved long, hot days on
patrol, wearying hours of perimeter defense, an d innumerable
operations, named and un-named . These Marines also endured fights
just as deadly as the ones against large enemy regular units. III
MAF's combat successes in 1967 came from the efforts of all
Americans in I Corps.
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