Vietnam Studies: Mounted Combat in Vietnam
This monograph is an account of the operations of armored units of the United States Army in the Republic of Vietnam. The term armored units is generic and includes tank and mechanized infantry battalions and companies, armored cavalry squadrons and troops, and air cavalry squadrons and troops - all forces whose primary modus operandi was to fight mounted. Tell me more....
Back to TopVietnam Studies: Airmobility 1961-1971
Classic monograph that traces the development and evolution of airmobility in the U.S. Army. The integration of aircraft into the organic structure of the ground forces was a radical change. Although Vietnam was the first large combat test of airmobility, air assault operations in Southeast Asia would not have been possible without certain key decisions a decade earlier. Tell me more...
Back to TopVietnam Studies: Riverine Operations, 1966-1969
This monograph describes U.S. Army Riverine planning and operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the years 1966 through 1969. The Mobile Riverine Force wrote a distinct chapter in U.S. military history. The joint river operations conducted by the U.S. Army and Navy in South Vietnam contributed to the success of the military campaign in the Mekong Delta and added substantially to U.S. knowledge of riverine operations. Tell me more...
Back to TopVietnam Studies: US Army Special Forces 1961-1971
As long ago as 1957, U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were in the Republic of Vietnam, going about their business of training, advising, and assisting members of the Vietnamese Army. From a very meagre beginning but sustained by a strong motivation and confidence in his mission, the Special Forces soldier has marched through the Vietnam struggle in superb fashion. Tell me more...
Back to TopVietnam Studies: The War in the Northern Provinces 1966-1968
The North Vietnamese Army units deployed just north of the demilitarized zone in 1966 posed a serious and continuing threat to the security of Quang Tri and Thua Thien, the two northernmost provinces of South Vietnam. This is an account of the North Vietnamese attempts to seize control of these two provinces. Tell me more...
Back to TopVietnam Studies: Field Artillery 1954-1973
The field artillery contributed significantly to the Army's mission in Vietnam. It helped ground forces repel the enemy and followed the ground forces in pursuit. It aided in the protection of hamlets, government installations, and lines of communication. Vietnam required the Artillery to revise it's methods without losing sight of it's mission. Working in a 360-mil environment the Artillery was forced to introduce new techniques of fire delivery. This monograph traces those changes and their effectiveness. Tell me more...
Back to TopVietnam Studies: Tactical and Materiel Innovations
For the U.S. Army, the war in Vietnam presented a new type of battle fought with new weapons and new tactics against a very different enemy. In many respects, the area war without front lines together with the guerrilla tactics were not unknown but the sophisticated hardware presaged the future automated battlefield management systems. Tell me more....
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These monographs are NOT simple copies of those that are available free from the CMH website. These are fully reworked PDFs of those monographs. I have reconstructed the chapters and fully bookmarked the document. Each PDF is a complete text of the original monograph but in a better presented, printable and more easily read format.
