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WAR IN THE <strong>SHALLOWS</strong> U.S. NAVY COASTAL AND RIVERINE WARFARE IN VIETNAM, 1965–1968 At the height of the U.S. Navy’s involvement in the Vietnam War, the Navy’s coastal and riverine forces included more than 30,000 Sailors and over 350 patrol vessels ranging in size from riverboats to destroyers. These forces developed the most extensive maritime blockade in modern naval history and fought pitched battles against Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta and elsewhere. War in the Shallows explores the operations of the Navy’s three inshore task forces from 1965 to 1968. It also delves into other themes such as basing, technology, tactics, and command and control. Finally, using oral history interviews, it reconstructs deckplate life in South Vietnam, focusing in particular on combat waged by ordinary Sailors. Vietnam was the bloodiest war in recent naval history and War in the Shallows strives above all else to provide insight into the men who fought it and honor their service and sacrifice.
WAR IN THE <strong>SHALLOWS</strong> • U.S. NAVY COASTAL AND RIVERINE WARFARE IN VIETNAM 1965–1968 John Darrell Sherwood Naval History and Heritage Command Department of the Navy Washington, DC 2015
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•CHAPTER 2 Coastal Warfare, 1965-
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Coastal Warfare, 1965-1966 U.S. Nav
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Lieutenant Fred McDavitt, the offic
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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 pier, I yelled out to an
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Tet, 1968 The ruse worked. Whenever
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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 led the Seawolves’ main
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Tet, 1968 At 1100, Viet Cong forces
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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 73. Marolda and Fitzgerald
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Endnotes Weapons and Ammunition,”
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Endnotes (WHEC68), Monthly Summary
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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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