Author: Peter E. Davies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782003185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.
US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War
Author: Peter E. Davies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782003185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782003185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.
U.S. Marines In Vietnam: The Landing And The Buildup, 1965
Author: Dr. Jack Shulimson
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787200833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
This is the second volume in a series of chronological histories prepared by the Marine Corps History and Museums Division to cover the entire span of Marine Corps involvement in the Vietnam War. This volume details the Marine activities during 1965, the year the war escalated and major American combat units were committed to the conflict. The narrative traces the landing of the nearly 5,000-man 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and its transformation into the ΙII Marine Amphibious Force, which by the end of the year contained over 38,000 Marines. During this period, the Marines established three enclaves in South Vietnam’s northernmost corps area, I Corps, and their mission expanded from defense of the Da Nang Airbase to a balanced strategy involving base defense, offensive operations, and pacification. This volume continues to treat the activities of Marine advisors to the South Vietnamese armed forces but in less detail than its predecessor volume, U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1954-1964; The Advisory and Combat Assistance Era.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787200833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
This is the second volume in a series of chronological histories prepared by the Marine Corps History and Museums Division to cover the entire span of Marine Corps involvement in the Vietnam War. This volume details the Marine activities during 1965, the year the war escalated and major American combat units were committed to the conflict. The narrative traces the landing of the nearly 5,000-man 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and its transformation into the ΙII Marine Amphibious Force, which by the end of the year contained over 38,000 Marines. During this period, the Marines established three enclaves in South Vietnam’s northernmost corps area, I Corps, and their mission expanded from defense of the Da Nang Airbase to a balanced strategy involving base defense, offensive operations, and pacification. This volume continues to treat the activities of Marine advisors to the South Vietnamese armed forces but in less detail than its predecessor volume, U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1954-1964; The Advisory and Combat Assistance Era.
1st Marine Division in Vietnam
Author: Simon Dunstan
Publisher:
ISBN: 1616732636
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 1616732636
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Operations in Korea
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
U.S. Marines in Vietnam
Author: Charles Richard Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, an archival collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, an archival collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Telfer, G.L., Rogers, L., Fleming, V.K., Jr. Fighting the North Vietnamese, 1967
Author: United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
U.S. Marines in Vietnam
Author: Jack Shulimson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In TREATY BOX per Maxine Channon 01/07 that file in shelf in vault.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In TREATY BOX per Maxine Channon 01/07 that file in shelf in vault.
A History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115
Author: John C. Chapin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fighter plane combat
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fighter plane combat
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1980
Author: Clarke Van Vleet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
United States Naval Aviation 1910-1980
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description