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•CHAPTER 2 Coastal Warfare, 1965-
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 U.S. Nav
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 began ma
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 Between
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 of the S
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 U.S. Nav
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 his end-
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 USN K-31
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 The atta
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 causing
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 The loss
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 U.S. Nav
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 pseudony
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Lieutenant Fred McDavitt, the offic
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War in the Shallows was going on an
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War in the Shallows The attack bega
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War in the Shallows U.S. Navy LCMs
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War in the Shallows U.S. Navy Belle
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War in the Shallows U.S. Navy Harne
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War in the Shallows Courtesy John D
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War in the Shallows Davis was not t
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War in the Shallows deck, where the
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War in the Shallows danger. Since 1
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War in the Shallows Vam Co Dong Riv
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War in the Shallows other Viet Cong
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War in the Shallows U.S. Navy Left
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War in the Shallows war as a corres
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War in the Shallows study concluded
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War in the Shallows USN XNQ-205-5-6
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War in the Shallows types of light
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War in the Shallows South Vietnam.
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War in the Shallows reality of what
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War in the Shallows pressure to rea
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War in the Shallows Assault Support
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War in the Shallows By 1 June 1967,
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War in the Shallows noted Commodore
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War in the Shallows Two minesweeper
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War in the Shallows the transmissio
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War in the Shallows No Market Time
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War in the Shallows using a magneti
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War in the Shallows of various type
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•CHAPTER 6 Tet, 1968 In the weeks
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Tet, 1968 direct commission in the
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Tet, 1968 Rankin was not the only o
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Tet, 1968 U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate
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Tet, 1968 hoped that while at home,
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Tet, 1968 of two battalions (3d Bat
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Tet, 1968 pier, I yelled out to an
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Tet, 1968 The ruse worked. Whenever
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Tet, 1968 of resistance north of th
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Tet, 1968 utilized this area as an
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Aerial view of the Ben Tre Bridge,
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Tet, 1968 In addition to taking man
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Tet, 1968 Courtesy Rodney Dean Morg
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Tet, 1968 a frontal assault by anyt
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Tet, 1968 initial assault. We kille
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Tet, 1968 led the Seawolves’ main
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Tet, 1968 At 1100, Viet Cong forces
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Tet, 1968 During the next several d
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Tet, 1968 cities accessible by majo
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Tet, 1968 next day PBRs engaged the
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Tet, 1968 supplies from Dong Ha to
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Tet, 1968 wounded 13, and damaged s
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Acronyms and Abbreviations CBU CCB
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Acronyms and Abbreviations MP MRB M
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Acronyms and Abbreviations VFMA VNA
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Bibliography Oral History Collectio
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Bibliography McDavitt, Fred M. 22 O
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Bibliography Published Books Billin
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Bibliography Naval History Division
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Bibliography “New Gunboat to Join
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•ENDNOTES Preface 1. Military Ass
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Endnotes Hooper et al., Setting the
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Endnotes 73. Marolda and Fitzgerald
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Endnotes Weapons and Ammunition,”
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Endnotes 157. Bucklew Report, Appen
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Endnotes 48. Ibid., No. 7, 30 Jun 1
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Endnotes 88. CAPT Carey E. Landis,
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Endnotes 129. Some early reports su
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Endnotes 152. Chaplain G. W. Dando,
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Endnotes 20. NAG Staff Study, VNN P
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Endnotes 54. Email, Roderick Davis
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Endnotes 23 Sep 1967, C-V-2 of Appe
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Endnotes 192. As cited in COMNAVFOR
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Endnotes Mar 1967, Box 520, NFV Rec
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Endnotes 245. Naval History Divisio
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Endnotes Janes Infantry Weapons 197
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Endnotes Time Study Group Report, S
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Endnotes tion, 15 Aug 1966, 88-89.
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Endnotes (WHEC68), Monthly Summary
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Endnotes 27. According to historian
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Endnotes 72. CIA, Intelligence Memo
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Endnotes for Heroism to LCDR Allen
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• INDEX Abercrombie, Gordon E., 4
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Index Brostrom, David C., 238, 240
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Index Dennis, William R. III, 157 D
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Index High Explosive Antitank (HEAT
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Index 221-23, 248-58, 270-73, 271 a
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Index Orth, Greg, 214 Ortoli, Paul,
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Index Semmes, Benedict Joseph, 85 S
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Index PBR 7-16, 296-97 PBR 7-17, 29
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Index Tacoma Boat Building Company,
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Index Vitale, Steve, 176-77, 199 VN
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