Virtual Vietnam Archive (Texas Tech)
Vietnam War Webrings (internal)

Vietnam magazine articles
Vietnam War Glossaries


 

General Resources

Map Resources

Forward Air Controllers

Strategy & Doctrine    • Tactics

Lessons Learned

Rules of Engagement

Air Operations        • In-country/CAS

Ranch Hand

Arc Light

Interdiction        • Out of Country Ops

Operations Over North Vietnam

SAR

Army Operations

Marine Operations

Navy Operations

Campaigns & Battles (I Corps)

Allied Nations

Logistics

Aircraft

Aerial Weapons & Munitions

Ground Weapons & Equipment

General Resources

·  History of Vietnam
   • Research on War (good)

·  Historical Maps: Vietnam (1470-1975)
   • French Indochina (1863-1954)

·  Pre-Colonial Vietnam   • Timeline

·  French Invasion of Vietnam (1861)

·  The US & Vietnam, 1787-1941 (pdf)

·  OSS & Ho Chi Minh in WW II

·  Vietnamese Declaration of Independence (2 Sep 45)

·  History of Vietnam: 1887 to 1957
   • Special Forces and RVN Turmoil (1957-65)
   • The Marines Arrive & Khe Sanh Heats Up (1965-66)
   • The Hill Fights (1967)

·  Vietnamese Declaration of Independence (1945)

·  Indochina 1945-1954

·  Advising the French

·  Turning Point for Viet Minh (1950)

·  Dien Bien Phu, 1954  • More  • Video

·  Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam Mag)

·  Dien Bien Phu: Fatal Gamble

·  American Pilots at Dien Bien Phu
   • C-119's at Cat Bi (Hiaphong), 1954

·  Operation Passage to Freedom (1954-55)

·  Early US Advisory Experience (1945-1965)

·  Advising the ARVN


 

·  Vietnam War Timeline  • More
   • Timeline: US Involvement (PBS, 1945-1997)
   • Vietnam War Timeline (PBS, 1954- )
   • Vietnam Timeline & Campaigns
   • Chronology  • 1966  • 1967  • 1968  • 1969
      • 1971  • 1972  • 1973  • 1974  • 1975
   • Linked Timeline (1961-69 - annoying ads)

·  Timeline (1950-2000)

·  Early US Involvement (1945-1956)

·  Statistics on Vietnam War
   • National Archives  • More
   • Statistics & Myths  • More
   • Troop Strength by Year (graphic)  • Numerical

·  Vietnam War Stats & Facts (25th Aviation)
   • More  • More

·  Forgotten History (timeline & docs)

·  Deaths per Month: Vietnam vs. Iraq

·  Vietnam War (overview essay)


 

·  Vietnam War (Wikipedia)
   • Battlefield Vietnam (PBS overview & portal)
   • Info Please (c³: causes, conduct, consequences)
   • Jensen's Guide (links, bibliography)
   • Vietnam Country Profile
   • AmerVets
   • Global Security
   • TeacherNet
   • Vietnam Veterans Home Page
   • History of the Vietnam War 101 (forum)
   • Virtual Vietnam Archive   • Info
   • Operations   • Acronyms

·  Vietnam magazine (contents)

·  Vietnam Almanac (AF Mag, pdf)

·  Photo Essay & History (turn off sound)

·  Vietnam Conflict Primary Documents
   • Vietnam War Documents (commercial)
      • Another (MilSecManuals.com)
   • Vietnamese Historical Documents (translated)
   • Primary Source Material (PBS Online)

·  National Archives Locator (NAIL)
   • Archival Databases
   • Handbook for US Forces in Vietnam

·  Pentagon Papers (history; AF mag)

·  Pentagon Papers (documents)
   • Overview  • Related Links
   • Missed Opportunities (pre-1960)
   • Bibliography

·  McNamara Papers

·  Path to War (HBO - click on Timeline)

·  Tonkin Gulf Incident
   • Oprn Vulcan (Clandestine Ops in Tonkin Gulf)  • More
   • Details of Tonkin Gulf Incident  • Map
   • McNamara on Tonkin Gulf (Fog of War clip)

·  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (AF Mag)

·  Early Days of War (to 1965 - National Geograhic video)

·  Tumbnail Overview of War

·  Vietnam Urban Legends

·  War History Links    • More

·  Vietnam Magazine
   • Archives  • Index

·  Military.com  • Features  • Archive

·  Vietnam War Internet Project
   • Major Topics   • Detailed Index

·  Linked Bibliography
   • Tet Offensive Bibliography

·  Military History/Vietnam

·  Vietnam Portal (Spartacus)
    • Vietnam Vet Contacts

·  VietnamWar.net (portal)

·  Vietnam War Overview (eHistory)
   • Articles & Essays

·  Vietnam War Resources (extensive!)

·  Vietnam War Bibliography

·  Air Force Magazine Articles

·  Yahoo Vietnam History

·  PBS: Vietnam Online

·  The History Place: Vietnam

·  War Summary (Columbia Enc)

·  Path to War (HBO)
   •Interactive Timeline

·  Vietnam War Quotations  • More

·  Vietnam War Portal

·  Phoenix Program

·  Vietnam War History (Grunt Online)
   • Background to the War
   • Weapons & Equipment
   • Tactics (both sides)
   • Grunt Online

·  Vietnam: Military.com

·  The Buddhist Crisis (1966)

·  Impact of Vietnamization on ARVN

·  Paris Peace Accord (document - 1973)

·  Fall of South Vietnam (internal link)

·  Notes on the Paris Peace Accord (1973)

·  Abuse of Technology in Insurgency

·  MACV Description (brief)  • Links

·  MACV & 7th AF

·  History of 7th Air Force in SEA

Campaigns, Operations, Battles (internal)

Strategy & Doctrine

·  Kennedy's Plans

·  Taylor Mission to Vietnam (1961)

·  Summers: On Strategy
   • Harry Summers Interview ('96)

·  Causes of the Vn War (essay)
   • Military & Political Causes

·  How we Made Such a Mess

·  American Involvement in Vietnam

·  Five Presidents & Vietnam

·  How US Lost War (Bui Tin - WSJ '95)  • Alt

·  General Vo Nguyen Giap (bio review - Bill Reeder)

·  How We Lost War (Cau Ky - cached)

·  Revisionists on Vietnam

·  Kennedy's Foreign Policy Documents

·  Johnson's Foreign Policy Documents

·  CIA and Vietnam Policymakers
   • Distortions of Intelligence, 62-63
   • Decision to "Go Big" 63-65
   • O/B Controversy & Tet 67-68
   • Lessons Learned

·  Geopolitical Perspective (STRATFOR)

·  Assassination of Diem (Nov 63)
   • Impossible to Stay Uninvolved

·  Strategy Issues, '65-'67 (PPT)

·  Presidential Decisons on Vietnam

·  Phases of US Strategy

·  Internal Wars: Problems, Response  (pdf)

·  Pol-Military Lessons of Vietnam (pdf)

·  Unlearned Lessons of Vietnam (pdf)

·  Search for a Plan 1959-61 (pdf)

·  JFK Vietnam Chronology
   • Force Buildup ('61-'63)  • JFK Advisors

·  JFK's Early Indecision

·  JFK on Vietnam, 2 Sep 63 (video, 1:32)

·  Was US Losing Under JFK?

·  Would JFK Have Pulled Out? (video, 7:28)
   • Pt 2 (9:59)

·  The In-Country War (AF Mag)

·  NVA View of the War (1965)

·  NVA Plan for 1965 (map)

·  Compound Warfare in Vietnam
   • Definition: Compound Warfare

·  Marine Counterinsurgency Ops

·  Civic Action: USMC Experience in Vietnam

·  CAP: Alternative to Search & Destroy
   • CAP: The Constructive Component

·  Why Strategic Hamlets Failed

·  How Could Vietnam Happen?

·  Vietnam and the Cold War

·  Vietnam & the Disillusioned Strategist (JSTOR)

·  Aggression From the North (DoS, '65)

·  The Abrams Tapes (1968-72)

·  Pentagon Papers Online
   • Symposium 2001   • Links
   • Senate Report

·  Causes of the Vietnam War

·  Road to Hill 10 (Atlantic Mag)

·  Congressional Responsibility (bk rvw)

·  LBJ: "Peace Without Conquest" speech(Apr 65)

·  LBJ and Bombing (video w/ leader comments)
   • Bombing Footage (turn sound off)

·  LBJ and the Joint Chiefs (pdf)

·  New Revelations About LBJ

·  LBJ Disengagement Strategy

·  The Fight for LBJ's Mind  • Pt. 2

·  Vietnam & AF Unconv War Doctrine

·  The Airpower Revolution

·  JCS-94 Target List: Impact on Air War  • pdf

·  Kissinger & Nixon in White House

·  Kissinger Papers

·  US Involvement in Vietnam (potential)

·  Propaganda in Vietnam War (JSTOR)

·  Command & Control in Vietnam 1950-1989

Tactics

·  Guerrilla Tactics in Vietnam

·  People's War

·  Tactics of the Vietnam War (both sides)

·  Search & Destroy (Army Vietnam Series)

·  Fire Support Coordination

·  NVA/VC Offensive Tactics

Map Resources
General Maps

·  Historic & Battle Maps (e-History)

·  West Point Vietnam War Maps  • Alt

·  Scrolling Map of Vietnam (down to 1:250K)

·  Interactive Maps (PBS)

·  RVN Provinces Map  • Another
   • Province List & Map (archived)

·  Major US Units in Vietnam (c 1969-70)

·  SEA Maps (1:250K) (Jim Henthorn)
   • NE4816: Quang Tri - Thua Thien
   • Individual Sections
   • Laos Maps

·  The FAC Map Case: SVn (Lattin, 1:250K, cached)
   • Northern Laos    • Southern Laos

·  Download 1:50K Maps (TTU Archive, IE)
   • Vietnam 1:50K Map Index (cached)

·  Map Ordering  • Alt

·  Reading 1:50K Map Coordinates

·  Maps of Vietnam (Rossie: Grunt Space)
   • Hué Citadel map (detailed)
   • Hué New City map (detailed)

·  Ray's Map Room (1:50K topos)
   • Pleiku-Kontum-Dak To
   • Saigon-Cu Chi-Lai Khe
   • QL19 - Qui Nhon-Pleiku
   • Street Without Joy (Northern I Corps)  • Map only

·  I Corps Tactical Zone (outline map)

·  I Corps Maps (Marine AOs)

·  I Corps Maps (Americal AOs)

·  N I Corps Maps 1:50K
   • Hue Citadel  • Khe Sanh

·  Northern I Corps (interactive map)

·  SEA Maps (Air War, Jimmie Butler)

·  Quang Tri - Thua Thien

·  Vinh Loc Island map

·  Quang Tri Province Maps (1:50K)

·  Danang - Hai Van - Loc Co (detailed)

·  Chu Lai Area Maps

·  Tet Offensive Map

·  Khe Sanh Combat Base Maps

·  Firebase Coordinates  • More
   • More  • Photos

·  Firebases, N I Corps (Lancers)

·  Firebases: Quang Tri Prov (Currahee)

·  Firebases: Thua Thien Prov (Currahee)

·  FSB - A Shau Valley (1969 operations)

·  Map Coordinate-Place Name Search

·  Blank Outline Map - N &S Vietnam

·  Out of Country FAC Maps

·  TACANs in SEA (list)

·  TACAN Maps (Ch 77, 103)

·  Interactive Tourist Map

E-Books

·  America in Vietnam (Guilmartin)

·  History of Vietnam (e-book)
   • Second Indochina War

·  AF History Support Office (e-books)

·  Air University Press (e-books)

·  Vietnam War Overview (e-book)

·  ehistory (Portal: books, papers)
   • Books on-line

·  Airpower in Three Wars (Momyer)

·  USMC in Vietnam 1965: Landing & Buildup

·  USMC in Vietnam 1968: The Defining Year

·  US Army Vietnam Studies
   • Airmobility, 1961-1971
   • Tactical and Material Innovations
   • Logistic Support
   • War in the Northern Provinces, 1966-68

·  U.S. Army in Vietnam (CMH)  • Alt

·  US Army & Irregular Warfare
   • Ch. 6 - Careerists in Uniform
   • Ch. 7 - The Debate Goes On
   • Ch. 8 - Peoples War in Vietnam

·  Mosquitoes to Wolves (FAC history)

·  Airpower and the Ground War in Vn

·  Air War in SEA: Campaigns

·  Setup: What the AF Did in Vietnam

·  Rolling Thunder: Anatomy of a Failure

·  War from above the Clouds (B-52 Ops)

·  A-1 Combat Journal

·  History of FACs

·  Cannon Fodder

·  AU Press Books By Title

Personalities

·  Whos Who in Vietnam

·  Jane Fonda in Hanoi

·  McNamara's Obituary (Jul 2009)

·  McNamara's Book (excerpts)

·  Robert McNamara Interview (Apr 96)

·  McNamara: Fog of War (multimedia)
   • Transcript  • Movie Trailer  • Eleven Lessons

·  Bui Tin Interview (Aug 95)

·  Daniel Ellsberg Interview (Jul 98)

·  Anthony Zinni Interview (Mar 2001)

Other Nations

·  Flags of Vietnam War

·  US Allies (links)

·  Allied Participation in Vietnam

·  Australian Army in Vietnam

·  Australian Experience in Vietnam
   • Order of Battle

·  Australia in Vietnam (cached)

·  Austrailia in Vietnam (portal)  • More
   • Australian Weapons

·  Nature of the War (Australian)

·  Comparison of US, Australian Ops

·  Australians in Vietnam (narratives)

·  Australian Advisors

·  RAAF in Vietnam (overview)

·  RAAF in Vietnam (portal)  • Another
   • 2 Squadron, RAAF, in Vietnam
   • Australia's Bombing Magpies
   • Canberras in Vietnam   • Photos

·  RAAF FACs in Vietnam  • More

·  RAAF Sabres at Ubon  • Sabre Mk 31

·  RAN in Vietnam  • More
   • HMAS Holbart Friendly Fire Incident

·  Britain's Vietnam War (1945)

·  South Vietnam: Worthy Ally

·  ARVN Portal  • OB & Unit History

·  ARVN Organization & Equipment

·  ARVN OB

·  ARVN Armored Forces

·  ARNV Unit in Combat (video)

·  1st ARN Division

·  Hac Bao (Black Panther) Company

·  81st Abrn Ranger Group (ARVN)

·  3rd ARVN Div (Quang Tri, '72)

·  Vietnamese Marine Corps  • More  • More

·  VNAF Site
   • VNAF Order of Battle
   • VNAF Insignia

·  RVN Medals

·  RVN Navy
   • RVN Navy Special Ops
   • Organization

·  RVN Navy OB

·  Evacuation of RVN Fleet

·  Escape to U Taphao (VNAF)

·  Indochina Monorgaphs (Works by RVn leaders)

·  Vietnam's Forgotten Army (Google book)

·  ROK in Vietnam


Lessons Learned

·  Lessons of Vietnam (Newsweek 7 Nov 09)

·  Lessons of Vietnam (AF Mag, Mar 83)

·  Lessons of Vietnam (Dereliction of Duty)
   • Interview with H. R. McMaster (AF Mag, Jan 98)

·  McNamara's Mistakes (Z Mag, 1995)

·  McNamara: Too Late to Say "Sorry"

·  McNamara's 11 Lessons from Vietnam
   • Fog of War (Google videos download)

·  Thoughts on In Retrospect (CIA)

·  Kissinger on Vietnam (May 75)

·  Kissinger: What Vietnam Teaches Us (2008)

·  A Case Study in Military Involvement

·  CIA Doubts About Vietnam

·  Distortions of Intellingence

·  Johnson Decision to "Go Big" (CIA, 1963-65)

·  OB Controersy & Tet (CIA, 1967-68)

·  Slow Squeeze: Airpower in Vietnam

·  Vietnam: Were the Hawks Right?

·  Could We Have Won? (Jeff Record)

·  We Could Have Won!

·  What We Should Have Done (DuPuy, pdf)

·  "How did so many smart guys make such a mess?"

·  Case For Vietnam (Rostow, '96)

·  Lessons of Vietnam (H R McMaster interview)

·  Legacy of the Vietnam War (Jack P. Smith)

·  The Use of Military Force (article)

·  Intelligent & Vietnam (DoS TS Study)

·  Vietnam in Perspective (strategy, ROE)

·  Rolling Thunder: Lessons For Today

·  From Vietnam to Desert Storm (AF Mag)
   • DS: The Right Lessons from Vietnam

·  Easter Offensive Lessons For Gulf War

·  Vietnam and the Failure of Containment

·  Vietnam: Lessons Learned (USMC CSC)

·  Analogies: Am Revolution & Vietnam War

·  Ten Lessons From Vietnam War

·  Lessons from Vietnam - Tet Plus 30

·  Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War

·  Lessons of Vietnam & Soviet Foreign Policy (JSTOR)

·  Doctrines, Strategies and Outcomes of the Vietnam War (JSTOR)    • GT JSTOR

·  Lessons From Vietnam (Melvin Laird, Nov 05)  • Alt

·  Westmoreland Was Right

Home Front

·  The Anti-war Movement (Bolt, U Richmond)

·  Press In Vn As Agent of Defeat (JSTOR)
   • GT JSTOR

·  The War Conspiracy (surpressed book, 1970 - video)

·  LBJ: Why Vietnam? (video)

·  MLK: Why I Oppose the War ... (video)  • More

·  Press & Military: Tet 1968

·  Walter Cronkite editorial, 27 Feb 68 (video, 0:54)
   • Cronkite on the Significance of Vietnam (video, 2:11)

·  Scenes of Protest (video)

Forward Air Controllers

·  Forward Air Controllers in SEA (NMUSAF)

·  Forward Air Control in Vietnam

·  History of FACs  • More (ROMAD)

·  FAC History (Fast FAC Evolution)

·  Books About FACs

·  Mosquitoes to Wolves (book)

·  Da Nang Dairy (Google book)

·  History of Airborne FAC in SEA (ACGS paper, 2004)

·  FAC Site

·  FAC Aircraft (internal link)

·  FAC Portal (Larry Hughes)
   • FAC & SEA Links
   • FAC Call Signs

·  FAC Procedures  • More
   • Target Marking  • VR

·  Close Air Support in SEA (nternal link)

·  FAC Portal (George Lattin)
   • USAF General Officer FACs
   • FAC Stories

·  FAC Units in SEA

·  RAAF FACs in Vietnam  • More

·  FACNET Homepage  • Photos

·  FAC Association
   • Comments on FAC Msn
   • Book Project    • Alternate

·  505th Tac Cntrl Gp
   • Air Ops Trng Manual
   • FAC KIAs

·  19th TASS

·  20th TASS  • Wikipedia
   • History   • Photos
   • Danang FAC, 67-68
   • Camp Evans FACs (3d Brd, 101 ABN)

·  21st TASS    • More
   • 21st TASS O-1 Article

·  22nd TASS

·  23rd TASS
   • 23rd TASS (early history)
   • Cricket's Lament (song)

·  Covey FACs  • History  • Pictures

·  Raven FACs
   • History of Ravens
   • Ravens/Steve Canyon Project

·  Rustic FACs

·  Sundog FACs

·  Mike FACs

·  Tiger Hound

·  O-2 Dash One (external stores)

·  Misty Fast FACs  • Links

·  Misty FACs (AF Mag)

·  Wolf FACs (8th TFW)

·  Fast FAC Narrative

·  Bird Dog Association (O-1/L-19)

·  OV-10 Bronco Net

·  Black Ponies (Navy OV-10s - pdf)

·  MRC108 Radio Jeep   • More

·  TACP Radio Equipment

·  TACPs & ROMADs

·  Project Packrat (FAC Support)
   • Movie clips

·  FAC Procedures  • More
   • Target Marking  • VR

·  Close Air Support (internal link)

·  Fire Support Coordination

·  TACAIR Coordination
   • CAS Primer

·  Airstrike Photos

·  AN/PVS-2B Starlight Scope

FAC Narratives

·  FAC Book Sample Stories

·  Covey War Stories

·  Shoot Down of Covey 264

·  The Essence of Being a FAC (SOG rescue)

·  23rd TASS Stories

·  The Lost War That Never Was

·  Viper 7 (Pocock - Book Review)

·  Sidewinder FAC in Easter Offensive

·  Mac the FAC at Bong Son (AF Mag)

·  Danang FAC (Chuck Galbach)

·  VC Sampans

·  Results of a Radio Fix

·  A Prayer Answered (Joe Sowa)

·  FAC Stories (Jim Meade)

·  Messing With FACs

·  Jake 44    • FAC History

·  First Day at Song Be

·  Sundog FACs at An Loc

·  Catkiller FAC (Army)    • More

·  O-1 Bird Dog Stories

·  Marine AO at Hué (Benchmark 15)

·  Marines Love Bird Dogs

·  Other War Stories

Rules of Engagement

·  Law of Land Warfare (FM 27-10)  • Alt

·  ROE Background

·  Evolution of ROE
   • MACV Directive 62 (24 Nov 62)

·  ROE, 16 Aug 64 (JCS)

·  CAS Guide for Grnd Commanders

·  Min Safe Distances & Munition Effects

·  Weapon Safe Distances

·  Free Fire Zones

·  ROE - North Vietnam  • More

·  Effects of Restrictive ROE on Rolling Thunder
   • More  • pdf

·  Reflections of a Thud Driver (ROE)

·  Counter-SAM Tactics & ROE

·  NVAF Defensive Tactics v. Our ROE

·  Ranch Hand ROE (pdf)
   • More  • More (markings)  • More (VNAF AC)

·  Riverine ROE

·  ROE Discussion (book review)

·  Army ROE Story

·  ROE Laos (Msg, Sep 64)

·  Handling Enemy POWs (MACV Guidance)

·  Bob Kerrey incident

Friendly Fire

·  Friendly Fire - Background, Incidents

·  Battle of Bong Trang
   • Larry Welch

·  USCGC Point Welcome Incident
   • More (Rules of Engagement)  • Alt

·  Friendly Fire Project - Vietnam

·  Friendly Fire in Modern War (USA Series)

·  Friendly Fire - Vietnam

Threats

·  AAA & SAMs
   • SA-7 Missiles: AnLoc, June 72

·  Midair: C-7 & CH-47, Camp Evans, Oct 68

·  Artillery: C-7, Duc Pho, Aug 67

NVA/VC

·  NVA/VC Background

·  NVA & VC History

·  NVA Organization
   • PAVN Armored Forces
      • T-54 Tank

·  VC Organization

·  North Vietnamese Air Force (internal link)

·  NVA/VC Offensive Tactics

From the Enemy Perspective

·  Socialist Rep of Vn Virtual Library

·  War From the Other Side (photos)

·  History of Viet Quoc Movement

·  People's War (Bolt, U Richmond)

·  A VC Journalist's Story

·  History of the PAVN

·  NVA/VC Background

·  Ho Chi Minh's Foreign Legion

·  Conversations With the NVA (Vietnam, Oct 05)

·  Tran Van Tra (Westmoreland's counterpart)

·  Col. Bui Tin, NVA (book excerpt)
   • More on Bui Tin

·  Bui Tin on (Time Asia, 1999)
   • Cached

·  Fall of Saigon (revision)

·  NVA Exploitation Of Tactical Radio

·  Vietnam Military Museum (Hanoi)

·  Photos From the Other Side

Air Operations

·  USAF in Southeast Asia (Nat Museum of the USAF)

·  USAF in Southeast Asia 1961-75 (Schlight, e-book)

·  Guns of August 1964 (airpower in SEA)  • pdf

·  Bogus Charges Against Airpower in SEA  • pdf

·  Role of Airpower in Vietnam War

·  Limitations on Airpower in Vn (Atlantic, May 02)

·  Strategic Bombing Debate: WW II & Vietnam
   • Full article (JSTOR - GT only)

·  Air Commando Chronicles (e-book)

·  An Uncommon War: USAF in Vietnam

·  Coercive Air Power in VIetnam War (JSTOR)

·  Air War Overview  • Alt  • More

·  Roles & Missions in Vietnam Air War  • Alt

·  In-Country Air Ops (internal link)

·  AWC Vietnam Links

·  Air Force Magazine Articles
   • Fighter Tactics in SEA (Momyer)

·  Air Operations Glossary

·  Air War Bibliography

·  Airpower Doctrine Bibliography

·  Air War Chronology (AF Museum)

·  Role of Airpower in Vn (CSAF speech)

·  Decisions Concerning Air War

·  Disunity of Command (AF Mag)

·  Wasted Airpower (Broughton)

·  Tac Air Hearings '65 (pdf)

·  USAF in Vietnam 65-69 (e-book)

·  Air Power Over Vietnam (Dan's History)

·  US Aces in Southeast Asia

·  Air War (portal)    • More

·  Vietnam Fighter Narratives

·  Vietnam Photo Album - AF

·  Airpower in Vietnam (essay)

·  USAF Tail Codes in SEA

·  Operational Call Signs

·  Air Operations Map

·  Air Ops Sortie Statistics

·  Fighter Pilot Personal Equipment

·  Pilot Survival Equipment

·  8th Tactical Fighter Wing
   • 8th FW History 1967
   • 8th TFW Stories

·  Udorn Photos

·  12th Tactical Fighter Wing
   • 12TFW History
   • Close Air Support
   • Combat Air Patrol

·  Vietnam Air Ops Chart

·  Air Delivery Modes

·  F4 Typical Mission Profiles

·  Tech Case Studies: F-105, Gunships, PGM
   • More: Gunships, Ranch Hand, Arc Light

·  KC-135 Operations in SEA

·  Young Tiger (Tanker Ops, AF Mag, Jun 98)

·  Strategic Recon in Vietnam

·  Bombing Video (w/ US leader comments)
   • Bombing Footage (turn sound off)

In-Country Air Ops/CAS

·  Air Operations - Vietnam

·  AF History in SEA (AF Museum)

·  The In-Country War (AF Mag)

·  Airpower Over Vietnam

·  Air War Bibliography

·  Plausible Denial: First SEA Air Ops

·  Farm Gate (c 1961 - AF Mag)  • pdf

·  Buon Enao: Jungle Jim Deployment

·  Air Commando Ops-SEA

·  Air Commando Links

·  Close Air Support in SEA (history - cached)
   • Details (Grunt Online)

·  Airpower and the Ground War (e-book)

·  The Air War Over S Vietnam 1968-75 (e-book)

·  CAS Bibliography (USAMHI)

·  Tactical Air Support (TACS)
   • Close air Support (cached)
   • TASC AORs (map)
   • CAS for Ground Commanders
   • CAS Responsibilities (checklists)
   • Air Munitions

·  Direct Air Support (Interdiction Ops)

·  Airstrike Photos

·  CAS in Vietnam (narrative & photos)

·  FAC Procedures  • More
   • Target Marking  • VR

·  Post-1962 CAS Aircraft (NMUSAF)  • Old version

·  A-1 Combat Journal
   • A-1 Pilot's Narrative (USAF)

·  A-1E Skyraider

·  T-28 Operations (PACAF Bulletin)

·  A-37 Combat History

·  B-57s in Vietnam

·  Marine A-6 Stories

·  F-100 Pilot Memories

·  F-100 Pilot CAS Stories

·  OV-10 Bronco (FAS)

·  Air Combat Vietnam - Early Days

·  AF Enlisted Combat Support

Ranch Hand

·  Operation Ranch Hand (Air Ops site)

·  AF & Herbicides in SEA (Buckingham, excerpt)
   • Full Book (downloadable)

·  Ranch Hand: Herbicidal Warfare in SEA (Cecil, pdf)
   • Part 2  • Part 3

·  Ranch Hand Bibliography (AU ASBC)

·  Operation Ranch Hand History (AF Hist)  • Alt
   • Ranch Hand: Down in the Weeds (NMUSA)
   • Air Commando: 1950-1975 (USAF, excerpt)  • Alt
   • Ranch Hand (AF Mag)  • pdf
   • Global Security
   • Ranch Hand History
   • Herbicidal Warfare Prgm in Vietnam (Arison)
   • Mission: Ranch Hand (AU Review, 1970)
   • US History.com

·  Fast Movers & Herbicidal Spray in SEA

·  Ranch Hand ROE (Guilmartin, pdf)  • Abstract  • More
   • Ranch Hand History (ROE)
   • Mission: Ranch Hand (ROE; AU Review, 1970)
   • Herbicide Use in Thailand (herbicide ROE in SEA)  • pdf

·  RH: History & Legal Issues (cached)

·  Spray Activity (animated-Media Player)

·  Air Commando Association

·  Traildust Statistics

·  UC-123 (AF Museum)  • Photos
   • Ranch Hand & C-123 (Jeff Duford, NMUSAF lecture)
   • Pt. 2 (Patches)

·  C/UC-123 Aircraft Survivors

·  Herbicide Patterns in Vn (Traildust, pdf)
   • Cached HTML

·  Assessing Exposure of Grnd Troops (Guilmartin)  • pdf
   • Paper: Ginevan, Ross & Watkins, 2007

·  Ranch Hand Mission (discussion)

·  Operation Flyswatter (insect spray mission)
   • Full article  • Another
   • Discussion (scroll down)

·  C-123 Insect Spray Msn (photo)  • More

·  Use of Helicopters in Defoliation  • More

Agent Orange

·  Fifteen Herbicides Used in Vietnam

·  History of Agent Orange Use in Vietnam

·  Statistics on Agent Orange Use  • More
   • More: By Location

·  Use of Herbicide in Vietnam (stats)  • Details
   • Chemical Details  • Declassified Documents

·  Agent Orange FAQ

·  Agent Orange Talking Paper

·  Johnston Island & Agent Orange Storage

·  VA Agent Orange Portal
   • VA Benefits, AO Exposure (Feb 08)  • pdf

·  Agent Orange Case Study

·  AO Environmental Studies (Hatfield Gp)

·  Efforts to Mitigate AO Impact (cached)

·  Overview of Preliminary Results (cached)

·  Impact Mitigation Strategies (Hatfield, cached)

·  Agent Orange Files: History
   • AO Before & After Photos

·  Characterizing Vet Exposure (e-book)

·  AF Health Study: Ranch Hand Study
   • Study Overview (2MB pdf)

·  Disposition of AF Health Study

·  AF AO Study Commentary

·  Animated Map of Spray Ops ('63-'70)

·  Flight Records Show Contamination

·  Agent Orange Exposure in Vn (pdf)

·  Extent & Patterns of AO Use (pdf)

·  Notes on Herbicide Use in Vietnam

·  Herbicide Use in II Corps

·  Adm Zumwalt on Agent Orange

·  Residual Dioxin in Vietnam

·  Agent White

·  Alvin Young Collection on AO

·  US-PRVN Conf: Effects of AO  • pdf

·  Jt US-Vietnam Agent Orange Study

·  International Studies

·  Evaluating Works on Agent Orange (Buckingham, 1982)

·  Spraying Locations, 1963-70 (video)

·  Documentary: Ranch Hand

·  Battle's Poison Cloud (video review)

·  Spectre Orange (Guardian, 2003)

·  AO: Collateral Damage in Vn (book rvw)

·  AO: Linger Effects (Vanity Fair)

·  Children of Vietnam Vets Health Study (Australian)
   • COVVHS Homepage

Arc Light

·  Operation Arc Light (Air Force magazine)
   • AF History  • Alt

·  War from above the Clouds (e-book)
   • Download (PDF, detailed)

·  Arc Light Resources (AU portal)

·  Arc Light (Air Power Over Vn)

·  Arc Light Mission Statistics

·  Arc Light History (306 BW)   • Photos

·  Arc Light & Deforestation (306 BW)

·  Arc Light - B-52 Technical Info

·  Khe Sanh & Linebacker II

·  50 Years of the B-52

·  The B-52 Story

·  B-52 Bombing video   • More (0:25)
   • Arc Light Mission (8 mm home video)

·  Arc Light Impacting (photo)

·  Arc Lights at Khe Sanh

·  B-52 Psywar Leaflet

·  B-52 Photos (War Stories)

·  Linebacker II (internal link)

·  B-52 & Arc Light Patches

·  Arc Light Memorial  • More

Combat Skyspot

·  Combat Skyspot (USAF Museum)  • Alt
   • Combat Skyspot Portal
   • CombatSkyspot.com

·  AN/MSQ-77 System
   • TSQ-81 System at Lima Site 85

·  RBS & Skyspot (AF mag)  • RBS System

·  TPQ-10 System (USMC)

·  Invert GCI Site at NKP
   • Invert GCI Operations

·  619th Tactical Contol Squadron

·  Lima Site 20A (Long Tieng)

·  Lima Site 85 (detailed)  • Air Force mag article

·  Fall of Lima Site 85 (CIA)

·  Fall of Lima Site 85 (CHECO)

·  Combat Skyspot Memorial  • More

Project CHECO Reports

·  CHECO Reports (Butler portal)

·  CHECO Reports (search)

·  A Shau Valley Ops 1968-69
  • Part 2

·  Air Response to Tet
  • Part 2   • Part 3

·  Air War in Vietnam, 1968-69
   • Part 2   • Part 3   • Part 4

·  Fall of Lima Site 85

·  Summary of SAR Ops in SEA

·  Impact of Geography on Air War
   • Part 2   • Part 3

·  Tiger Hound   • Part 2

Air Force Support Ops

·  1st Mob Com Gp - Vietnam Projects

·  Red Horse (Civil Engineers)

·  AF Ground Support Operations

·  AF Explosive Ordnance Disposal
   • Photos

·  An Evening With My Thud (F-105 CC)

·  IBM in Vietnam

·  AF Official Histories in Vn

·  AF Hootches - Takhli

·  History of Clark AB

Interdiction

·  History of Interdiction

·  Ho Chi Minh Trail Background  • More
   • HCM Trail: Geography & LS 719  • HCMT Map
   • HCM Trail: Air Force magazine
   • HCM Trail: NVA Experience  • More  • More

·  Targeting the Trail (air ops)

·  Early Covert Action on HCM Trail

·  Reports From the Trail (Pathet Lao)

·  HCM Trail Map and Photos

·  Tchepone  • Map  • Route 9 (Laos)

·  Air-Grnd Ops Against the Trail  • pdf

·  Tiger Hound

·  Interdiction Ops Over the Trail

·  VR & Interdiction Over the Trail

·  Choke Points on HCMT  • Map only

·  War Against Trucks (Southern Laos, 1968-72)

·  Trucks in the Open (photo/story)

·  Operation Shed Light (low-light sensor development)

·  C-123 Flare Mission (narrative)

·  Blind Bat Interdiction Mission ****

·  Blind Bat Flare Mission

·  Blind Bat in the FAC Role

·  Blind Bat and LGB Deployment

·  Gunships (internal link)

·  AC-130's Over the Trail

·  Truck Count (AC-130 Ops)

·  A-6s and Rockeyes

·  NKP Portal

·  NKP - Invert 5   • More

·  McNamara Line: Bkgrnd & History

·  History of McNamara Line
   • Jason Project & McNamara Line

·  Igloo White  • Details  • ADSID III  • AF Mag Article
   • 553 Recon Wg (Batcat) Portal
      • 553 RW History
      • EC-121R Aircraft
      • EC-121R Aircraft History & QU-22
   • QU-22  • More (NMUSAF)
   • OP-2 Sensor Support (VO-67)  • More
      • More  • More  • Photo  • More  • More
   • Sensors at Khe Sanh

·  Quiet Aircraft (internal link)

·  7th ACCS (Hillsboro)

·  Operation Tailwind

·  Jimmie Butler's Photos (NKP)

Out of Country Ops

·  Laotian Air Force Ops  • Pt 2  • Pt 3

·  Cambodian Air Force Ops  • Pt 2  • Pt 3

·  Operation Barrel Roll, 1968-73 (pdf)

·  Air America  • Photos

·  Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood

·  USAF in Thailand During War  • Photos

·  NKP (Nakhon Phanom RTAFB)

·  NKP Photos  • Laos Air Ops

·  Air America Site

·  Aircraft of Air America

·  CIA's Airlines

·  CIA Air Ops in Laos

·  Beginning of Air Ops in Laos

·  Secret War in Laos (portal)

·  Timeline  • War in the Shadows

·  War in Laos (background)  • Resources

·  The Plain of Jars (AF Mag)

·  War That Never Was

·  US Military Aid to Laos, 1956-1975 (Google Book)

·  Bombing of Laos (alternate view)

·  Laotian Air Force

·  A-1 Combat Journal

·  23rd TASS  • More  • Early History
   • 23rd TASS Steel Tiger

·  Covey FACs
   • Covey FAC Organization (alternate)
   • Covey Pictures

·  Raven FACs  • History  • More
   • Ravens/Steve Canyon Project
   • Ravens of Long Tieng
   • Ravens Site (Discovery Times)

·  Rustic FACs

·  Lima Site 85

·  Contruction of Lima Site 85

·  Fall of Lima Site 85 (CHECO)

·  Fall of Lima Site 85 (CIA)

·  Fall of Lima Site 85 (Secord)

·  Operation Menu (Cambodian bombing, '69-'70)

·  Cambodian Incursion
   • Part II: Search for COSVN

·  Cambodian Incursion

·  Operation Freedom Deal (bombing, '70-'73)

·  Cambodian Incursion (CHECO)
   • Alt (w/ LRP after action report)

·  Credible Chase/Pave Coin
   • AU-23 Peacemaker   • AU-24 Stallion

Special Operations

·  MACV Studies & Observations Grp (SOG)

·  Tales from SOG

·  Special Forces History

·  Special Forces Search Engine

·  US Army SF in Vietnam (e-book)

·  5th Special Forces Group

·  Special Forces in Vietnam
   • Gia Vuc: Model A-Camp

·  Special Forces Camps in Vietnam

·  Bright Light (POW Rescue Msns, 1970)

·  Operation Tailwind (Sep 1970)

·  Son Tay Raid (Nov 1970)   • Alt   • More
   • Study in Presidental Policy
   • Politics of the Son Tay Decision
   • Son Tay Diversion
   • A-1 Pilot Narrative     • Alt
   • More on Planning
   • Helicopters Used & Other Details
   • VFW Mag, Nov 95
   • AF Mag, Nov 95
   • Son Tay Raiders Assn    • Links
   • Son Tay Call Signs
   • Son Tay: 35 Year Retrospective

·  POW Raider in Two Wars

·  Delta After Action (Thua Thien, Mar 68)

·  MACV-SOG  • More  • More  • More

·  Marine Helio Sopport for SOG

·  Kingbee (VNAF H-34)

·  ARVN & US Special Ops
   • Site Map  • Missions

·  Chinese Nungs

·  Mike Force Site (UC)  • Mike FACs

·  Operation Tailwind

·  Dewey Canyon (SOG)   • More

·  Observations: A-Team Under Attack
  • Life w/ an A-team (Nat Geo '65)

·  Long Range Recon Patrols (LRRP)  • More

·  Evolution of LRRPs  • More on LRRPs

·  FAC Support of Project Delta

North Vietnam Air Ops

·  USAF and N Vietnam, 66-73

·  Air Battle Photos (text in Korean)

·  Air Battle Over NVn
   • Ops Overview  • Weapons

·  Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968)
   • Overview  • Overview & Timeline
   • Wikipedia  • Art

·  Rolling Thunder Strategy (bibliography)

·  Rolling Thunder (book excerpt)

·  Rolling Thunder: Anatomy of Failure

·  Rolling Thuinder: Doomed to Fail (AF Mag)

·  Gradual Failure: Air War Over NVn 1965-66

·  Route Packages

·  Route Pack 6 (AF Mag)

·  Air Battle, 10 May 1972

·  Decisions In Air War Against North

·  Navy F-4 Pilot's Experience Over NVn

·  F-105: AF Workhorse

·  Thud Ridge / F-105 Site

·  F-105 Mission Over North (Flash req)

·  The Thud Up North

·  Reflections of a Thud Driver (ROE)

·  F-105 Narratives  • WW Narrative

·  Wild Weasels (NMUSAF)

·  Wild Weasel Ops

·  Wild Weasel History

·  Wild Weasel Combat Acquisition  • pdf

·  SAM Hunter-Killer Mission

·  WW & Beginning of SEAD  • pdf

·  Iron Hand (SAM suppression)

·  Counter-SAM Tactics & ROE

·  Dodging SAMs Over the North (video)

·  F-105F WW (Keith Ferris painting)

·  College Eye (RC-121 ops)

·  N Vietnam Air Ops Photos

·  LGBs vs. the Bridges (development)

·  Doumer Bridge (AF Mag)  • More (AF Mag)

·  Doumer Bridge (USAF Museum)

·  Doumer Bridge History
   • Photo (1925)  • Photo

·  Thanh Hoa Bridge  • More  • More
   • Interactive Map  • Map only
   • Photo (before)  • Under Attack  • After
   • Attack on the "The Dragon Jaws"
   • Oprn Carolina Moon (C-130s against bridge)
      • More  • More

·  Phuong Dinh Bridge (photo)

·  469th TFS Over North

·  RESCAP (Rescue CAP)

·  Armed Reconnaissance

·  F-4 Mission Over Hanoi ('72)

·  Reconstruction of an Air Battle (10 May 72)

·  Rolling Thunder & Law of War

·  Effects of Restrictive ROE on Rolling Thunder
   • More  • pdf

·  Broughton & Lavelle: Testing the ROE
   • The Lavelle Controversy (AF mag)
   • Gen. Lavelle and the Watergate Tapes

·  Wasted Airpower - Broughton
   • Broughton Site (paintings)

·  Col Bill Norris

·  Rediscovering Air Superiority (guns)

·  Operation Bolo (AF Mag)  • Related
   • Operation Bolo (Zampini)
   • Buildup to Bolo
   • Robin Olds: Mastermind of Bolo
   • Robin Olds Bio (Best in IE)
   • Maintainer's View of Bolo  • Photos

·  555th TFS & Bolo  • 555th, 1968-73

·  Premature Bomb Detonation (fuses)

·  MiG Killers of the 432d TFW

·  Misty Fast FACs  • Book Excerpts
   • Lance Sijan Rescue Attempt

·  Misty FAC Narrative

·  Pardo's Push (w/ painting)  • More
  • Original (AF Mag)   • Alt   • More
  • Earl Aman - the "Pushee"

·  Cardinal Rules of Combat Flying

·  SEA Air Combat Databases

·  SEA Air Aces (both sides)

·  US Air-to-Air Victories   • Alt
   • USAF only  • USN only

·  Shootdown of Trigger 04 (29 Jul 72)

·  US Aces in Southeast Asia

·  Randy Cuningham, USN Ace

·  Steve Richie, USAF Ace

·  Steve Richie's First Kill

·  MiG Kill Narrative

·  "Swede" Larson Mission Narrative

·  "Swede" Larson Story

·  Shootdown of Trigger 4

·  The Thai Bases

·  A-6 Intruder Missions Over North

·  NKP

·  EB-66 Pathfinder Missions
   • Initial EB-66 Deployment

·  F-111 Combat Operations

·  UAV Ops Over North   • More   • Photos
   • More (Vectorsite)  • More (55 SRW)

·  War Over Vietnam (game)

      Operations Linebacker I & II

·  Operation Linebacker I (1972)   • Wikipedia
  • Operation Freedom Train (USN participation)

·  Operation Linebacker II
   • Wikipedia  • More  • Map
   • Century of Flight (overview)
   • 12/72: History of Linebacker II
   • SAC History of Linebacker II
   • The Christmas Bombing

·  Linebacker II: Planning Details

·  Linebacker II Day-By-Day
   • Linebacker II Losses (day-by-day, detailed)

·  Linebacker II (AF Mag)

·  Analysis of Linebacker II

·  Linebacker II (306th BW)

·  Linebacker II Aircraft Maintenance

·  Linebacker B-52 Mission

·  Linebacker B-52 Loss
       (Seventh Man, AF Mag, Feb 90)

·  Linebacker B-52 Loss
       (Magic Moment, AF Mag, Feb 90)

·  B-52 Loss (Air & Space Mag)

·  Linebacker & The Law of War

NVAF

·  NVAF Order of Battle (scroll down)

·  NVAF Defensive Tactics v. Our ROE

·  NVAF Aces  • More

·  MiG-17  • Details  • More  • Photos

·  MiG-17 History  • Profiles

·  NVAF MiG-17 Operations

·  MiG-21  • More  • Photo

·  Ground-based Air Defenses

·  SA-2 System  • More  • More
   • SA-2 Photos  • System Details
   • SAM Site Photos

·  Soviet Lessons From Air War

·  Soviet Involvement in the Vietnam War

·  NVAF Aces

·  N Vietnam AF Museum Aircraft

SAR Ops

·  Air Rescue Service (history: NMUSAF)

·  Search & Rescue of USAF in SEA 1961-75
   • Book Review (UA Review)

·  Summary of SAR Ops in SEA (pdf)

·  Rescue Combat Air Patrol (RESCAP)

·  Rescue in Vietnam (NMUSAF)

·  Combat Pararesuce (NMUSAF)

·  SAR Lessons Learned (cached)  • pdf

·  PJs in Vietnam  • SAR History
   • SAR Reports & Documents
   • SAR Chronologies
   • SAR Mission Reports
   • SAR Stories  • More (JG Assn.)

·  A-1 Sandy Pilot Narrative  • Another

·  A-1 SAR Loads

·  Rescue Losses in SEA  • Alt

·  "Classic SAR" (Mu Gia Pass, Jul 67)

·  SAR Narrative: Dogwood 02
   • More on Dogwood 02

·  Icebag 01B SAR (audio tape)

·  Boxer 22 SAR (5-7 Dec 67)

·  Bengel 505 SAR (9 Apr 72)

·  Rescue of Bat 21 (Whitcomb, A&SPJ, Sep 04)
   • Book Review

·  Brave Jolly Green (Bat 21 rescue)  • Alt

·  Bat 21 (AF Museum)

·  Blueghost 39 & Bat 21 (Whitcomb)  • Pt. 2

·  Rescue Narrative, Sophomore 50

·  Rescue of Vampire 26 (20 Aug 72)
   • Vampire 26 SAR Video clip  • More
   • More SAR Video (turn off audio)  • More

·  Rescue in A Shau Valley (Misty)

·  Fiery Loss of Strobe 01

·  Rutan's Rescue

·  Gunfighter 82 SAR

·  RF-4 Rescue in NVn     • Alt

·  Rescue of Roger Locher (23 day E&E)

·  Helicopter AR    • More
   • H-53 AR Boom Mishap (video)

·  Air Rescue Association

·  Jolly Green Association
   • SAR Stories
   • Drone Rescue Story

·  Pedro Crash Net

·  CSAR Print - Philip West

·  Rescue of Hammer 51

·  Search for Jolly 23
   • JG 23 Map 1:250K
   • Rittichier Bio  • Oral History
   • Coast Gurad Magazine Story (pdf, p. 58)
   • Stacy Jones' Site (Bio)
   • Check 6 site  • Others Links

·  Survival Radios  • Photos

·  Aircrew Survival Equipment
  • AN/PRC-90 radio

·  Survival Radio   • Strobe

·  Jungle Penetrator Photo   • Drawing

·  Jungle Penetrator on UH-1 (FM 90-5)

·  Fulton Recovery System
   • Development  • CIA Perspective

·  Blood Chit

Parajumpers (PJ's)

·  Joel Talley, AFC (AF Mag)

·  Duane Hackney, Most Decorated PJ

·  William H. Pitsenbarger, MOH

Gunships

·  Gunship Portal  • Another  • Photos

·  Gunships (Squadron Pubs, e-book)

·  Gunship Operations in SEA (HistoryNet)

·  Power of Gunships (AF Mag)

·  USAF Gunships

·  History of Gunships
   • AC-47    • More AC-47  • Photos
   • AC-119   • More AC-119
   • AC-119G Shadow  • AC-119K Stinger
   • AC-123   • AC/NC-123 Photos
   • AC-130   • More AC-130

·  AC-47 Operations (PACAF Bulletin)

·  AC-119 Gunship Portal  • More

·  AC-119 Combat Tactics  • More

·  AC-130 Development & Ops (Narrative)

·  AC-130's Over the Trail

·  Mini-Gunships    • More

·  AS-2E Navy Gunships (VAH-21)

Air Force SOF

·  History of USAF SOF

·  USAF Special Air Warfare Center

·  USAF SOF (history)

·  Special Ops in SEA

·  Project Buon Enao (Farmgate)
   • NSAM 104 (TS) - 10/13/61

·  SOF Airlift (CIA support)

·  Blackbirds in Southeast Asia

·  Combat Talon Mission

·  C-130 Bridge Busting

·  USAF SOG Support (typical mission)

·  USAF 20th Special Ops Sq.

·  20th SOS Green Hornets  • Narrative

·  UH-1F Green Hornet (USAF)

·  USAF 21st Special Ops Sq.

·  21st SOS Over the Fence

·  20th SOS - 21st SOS Merger

·  CH-3 Helicopter: Dusty 703

·  CH-3E "Black Maria"  • More CH-3E

·  USAF Helicopter Ops (internal link)

·  NKP During the Secret War (SOF portal)

Psychological Operations

·  Psychological Warfare Portal

·  Psy Warfare (USAF Museum)

·  Leaflets
   • Reward Leaflets  • Banknote Leaflets
   • Flag Safe Conduct Passes

·  Targeting NVA Soldiers in RVN

·  Chieu Hoi Program - articles

·  O-2B in Psy Warfare  • More

·  Hanoi Hanna

·  NLF Anti-American Leaflets

·  Project Phoenix   • More   • More
   • Counter View

·  Anti-VC Atrosity PsyOps

NVA & Viet Cong

·  NVA & Viet Cong Orders of Battle

·  Viet Cong (video, 1965-67)  • Pt 2

Operations & Battles

·  Named Campaigns of Vietnam War
   • Air Forces: Campaigns & History (pdf)
   • Army: Campaigns & History

·  Operations in Vietnam War (Wikipedia)

·  Ground Operations in Vietnam (table)
   • List of Operations (IE only)
      • Major Ops - chronological
      • I Corps Ops - 1968

·  Battle of Ia Drang Valley (Nov 1965)
   • Wikipedia  • National Geograhic video
   • Animated Maps (War Times Journal)
   • HistoryNet
   • Narrative (Jack P. Smith)

·  Operation Junction City (air drop)

·  Operation Hastings (1966, w/ map)

·  Operation Hastings (Vietnam Magazine)

·  Dak To (Nov 67)  • Hill 875  • More

·  Battle for Dong Ha (Apr 68)

·  Operations Vinh Loc & Phu Vang I (Sep 68)

·  Operation Jeb Stuart III (May-Nov 68)
   • Battle of Binh An (27-30 Jun 68)

         Khe Sanh

·  Khe Sanh Portal  • Another

·  Khe Sanh Timeline  • More (w/narrative)

·  History of US Ops at Khe Sanh

·  Battle for Khe Sanh (PBS)

·  Khe Sanh: Strategic Crossroads

·  Siege of Khe Sanh (excerpt: US Marines in Vietnam)
   • Final Ops & Evacuation (Apr-Jul 68)

·  Battle of Khe Sanh (video)  • Pt 2  • Pt 3
   • Khe Sanh & Tet(video)

·  Khe Sanh CB Photos  • Maps

·  Early Khe Sanh Photos  • More

·  Khe Sanh Photo Portal

·  Khe Sanh Hill Fights (w/ map)

·  Khe Sanh Hill Fights of '67
   • More  • Map

·  Warriors of Hill 881S (Khe Sanh)
  • Air Support for the Hill Fights
  • Hill 881S Photo Album
  • HMM-364 Photo Album
  • Sniper Story

·  Siege of Khe Sanh

·  Super Gaggle  • Comments

·  Essence of Super Gaggle

·  Operation Niagara

·  Air Battle for Khe Sanh

·  Airpower at Khe Sanh (AF mag)

·  Impact of B-52s at Khe Sanh

·  Single Manager for Air Issue

·  Airlift to Khe Sanh (AF Mag)
  • More (Sam McGowan)

·  Marine Photos- Khe Sanh & Hue

·  Dusters at Khe Sanh (narrative)

·  Withdraw From Khe Sanh  • Alt

·  Lang Vei: Prelude to Khe Sanh

·  Lang Vei: Tanks in the Wire

·  Armored Assault on Lang Vei

·  Battle for Lang Vei: FAC's view

·  Khe Sanh Ops (1971)

·  Khe Sanh Vets Homepage

·  Rememberances of Khe Sanh

         A Shau Valley

·  A Shau Special Forces Camp (1963)

·  The Fall of A Shau (Mar 66)  • More detail (pdf)
   • Wikipedia
   • Chronology of A Shau Battle
   • AC-47 At A Shau (Mar 66)
   • Maj. Bernie Fisher, USAF - MOH Mission
      • More Detail (transcript of radio transmissions)

·  A Shau Photos (101st)  • More
   • A Shau Valley looking N (?) - c 1970

·  Tiger Mt. Photos (cached)

·  A Shau Valley FSBs   • Coordinates
   • Maps: • Quang Tri  • Thua Thien
   • FSB Map (1969 operations)
   • FSB Bastogne
   • FSB Jack
   • FSB Kathryn
   • FSB Rakkasan
   • FSB Sally
   • FSB Vehgel

·  A Shau Valley Ops 68-69 (pdf)  • Part 2

·  A Shau Valley Operations

·  Mystique of the Valley (Overview)

·  1st Air Cav in A Shau

·  Operation Delaware (Apr 68)   • Map

·  Operation Delaware - A Luoi

·  Operation Delaware Narrative
   • More Narratives
   • Map (hand drawn)

·  Airlift Ops in Operation Delaware

·  101st in A Shau  • Links

·  101st A Shau Valley Ops
   • Massachusetts Striker (Mar-Apr 69)
   • Apache Snow (May 69)
   • Ky. Jumper, Montgomery Rendezvous

·  Sights & Sounds of Vn (101st)

·  Mass. Striker/Apache Snow (May 69)

·  Hamburger Hill (Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia - May 69)
   • The Real Story  • Map  • Alt

·  Hamburger Hill - Study in Command

·  Hamburger Hill After-Action (pdf)  • Alt

·  Hamburger Hill Revisited

·  Hamburger Hill Narrative  • Alt  • More

·  Hamburger Hill photos  • More
   • Annotated photo of final battle
   • Airstrike on Hill 937 (Dong Ap Bai)

·  Going Back to Hamburger Hill

·  Rescue From FSB Ripcord

·  A Shau Valley Maps

·  Berchtesgarden & Eagles Nest

         Dewey Canyon

·  Operation Dewey Canyon  • Map
   • Vietnam magazine
   • Operational History
   • Dewey Canyon Medals of Honor
   • Sapper Attacks in A Shau

·  2/9th Marines in Vietnam  • More

·  Return to Dewey Canyon (Leatherneck)

·  Dewey Canyon Narratives

·  Dewey Canyon (SOG)  • More

  Dewey Canyon II / Lam Son 719

·  Lam Son 719 (Feb-Mar 71)  • Map
   • Aviator's Map  • LZ Sophia

·  Planning LS 719 (Geography & HCM Trail)

·  Dewey Canyon II / Lam Son 719
   • Photos (506th Inf)  • Photos (174th AHC)  • More

·  Lam Son 719 (ARVN view --detailed)  • Alt  • More

·  Lam Son 719 & Vietnamization

·  Lam Son 719 Aviation
   • Aviation unit, day-by-day history

·  Lam Son 719 Map  • More  • More

·  Lam Son 719 (wargame)

·  Operation Vinh Loc - 1968

         Tet Offensive

·  Battle of Hué (internal link)

·  Tet Offensive (Guilmartin)  • Map

·  Tet Offensive (US Army in Vietnam)

·  Tet Offensive Portal

·  Tet Offensive Bibliography

·  Tet Offensive (Saunders)

·  Tet-Turning Point in Vietnam (essays)
   • Impact of Tet on USAF

·  Tet - The Turning Point (essay)

·  Tet Offensive 1968 (Google book)

·  Why NVn Launched Tet Offensive

·  Tet Plus 30: Significance (Summers)

·  Tet in Saigon

·  Tet Offensive Inside MACV Hq

·  Gen. Giap and the Tet Offensive

·  Tran Van Tra: Comments on Tet '68

·  Tet Photo Essay  • More

·  Tet '68 (commentary)

·  Reporting on Tet (Harry Summers)

·  Press & Military: Tet 1968

·  Cronkite "Stalemate" Broadcast"

·  Hué and Tet 1968 (internal link)

·  Attacks on Quang Tri City

·  American Reaction to Tet Offensive (BBC)

         Easter Offensive

·  Easter Offensive (ARVN view)

·  Easter Offensive 1972  • More  • More (FAS)

·  Sidewinder FAC in Easter Offensive

·  ARVN Repulse of Easter Invasion

·  Battle of Kontum (April 72)
   • NVA Buildup  • pdf (MACV Command History)
   • Stars & Stripes articles on battle

·  Battle of An Loc (April 72)
   • Battle of An Loc (w/ FAC audio) (Carruthers)
   • More (narrataive)  • More
   • An Loc: Helicopters v. Tanks
   • Missiles at An Loc
   • Defense of An Loc (painting & story)

·  An Loc & Easter Offensive (A-1 pilot's view)

·  Battle for An Loc (ARVN view)

·  Airlift at An Loc

·  Development of Anti-tank Helicopters

·  Sundog FACs at An Loc

·  Battle of Loc Ninh

·  Evacuation of Quang Tri

·  Battle of Xuan Loc (Apr 75, ARVN view)

·  Death of Gen. Le Van Hung (Apr 75)

Fall of Vietnam

·  Vietnam - The End, 1973-75

·  Ceasefire to Capitulation

·  The Ho Chi Minh Campaign (Dec 74-Apr 75),/span>

·  Final Invasion (1975)
   • Full Book Info  • Review

·  The Bitter End (Summers)

·  Final Days - Philip Habib

·  Operation Baby Lift

·  Last Flight of Air America (HistoryNet)

·  Fall of Saigon (AF Mag)  • Portal  • More

·  Evacuation of VNN Fleet

·  Escape to U Taphao (VNAF)

·  USS Midway - Oprn Frequent Wind (April 75)

·  Mayaguez Rescue Operation (May 75)

·  Mayaguez Incident (AF Mag)
   • More  • Alt (cached)

·  Mayaguez Rescue

Army Operations

·  Army Online Bookshelf (CMH)
   • US Army in Vietnam  • Alt (cached)
   • War in Nrthn Provinces 66-68
   • Growth of Airmobility Ops
   • Airmobile Operations 1961-71
   • Airmobile Operations 1962-65
   • US Army Special Forces, 1961-71
   • Tactical & Material Innovations

·  I Field Force Vietnam (FFV)  • More

·  II Field Force Vietnam

·  Tactics in the Vietnam War
   • Fire Support Coordination
   • Defending Installations

·  Fire Support Bases  • More

·  US Artillery Support
   • Artillery Fire Doctrine
   • Artillery Terms & Tactics

·  Fire Support Coordination
   • Field Artillery Support
   • Armed Helicopter Support
   • Tactical Air Support (TACS)
      • CAS for Ground Commanders
   • Naval Gunfire Support
   • Combined Fire Support Coordination Centers

·  Evolution of Army Tac Doctrine in Vn

·  Army Bases in Vietnam

·  A Shau Valley Operations

·  1st Air Cav in Vietnam  • More

·  History of the 1st Air Cav  • 7th Cav

·  Evolution of 1st AirCav (pdf)
   • Air Cavalry (DoD 1965 video)  • Pt 2  • Pt 3

·  9th Infantry Division

·  History of the 101st (scroll down for Vietnam)

·  101st During 1968
   • Oprn Nevada Eagle (Linh Loc, 5/68-2/69)  • More

·  Screaming Eagle Web Ring

·  101st Viet Vets Web Ring

·  101st Mad Minute (Photos)

·  101st Campaigns & Operations
   • D 1/502nd

·  506th Inf Reg (Currahee)
   • 3/506th (Stand Alone Battalion)

·  101st LRPs   • Photos '68-'69

·  A/2/17th Cav - 101st (photos)

·  The Lancers (B/158th)

·  A Shau Valley FSBs   • Maps   • Coordinates
   • FSB Bastogne
   • FSB Vehgel
   • FSB Sally

·  173 Airborne Brigade in Vietnam
   • Operational History  • Junction City

·  35th Infantry Regiment  • Maps

·  American Solider in Vietnam (artwork)

·  Army Unit Locations, 1969

·  Vietnam Photo Album - Army

·  Uniforms of Vietnam Era

·  Equipment & Weapon Photos