| U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Landing and the Buildup - 1965 Contributor(s): Johnson, Usmc Major Charles M. (Author), Museums Division, U. S. Marine Corps His (Author), Shulimson, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1494287552 ISBN-13: 9781494287559 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vietnam War |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.44 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the second volume in a series of nine chronological histories being 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 Ill 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. |