Combat Forces

United States

• FSB Gold, The Battle of Suoi Tre - On the very verge of being overrun by numerically superior forces, the FSB is saved by the timely arrival of a Mech Infantry and Armour Task Force.
• No Time for Reflection - Command and Control at LZ X-Ray.
• Raid on Son Tay - Audacious but failed attempt to rescue US POW's from the Son Tay prison camp
• Load 'Em Up - Ever wondered who flew on what in an Air Assault, or how many helicopters you are going to need to put your Company into that LZ? This Explanation of 'official' methods used for determining aircraft requirements and loads just might help you out.
• The Artillery FO Role - Follow an artillery FO into a hot LZ for a description of the activities and requirements of an FO during the initial assault phase of an airmobile operation.
• Aerial Rocket Artillery - an insight into the early development of ARA operations and SOPs
• Displacing Air Assault Artillery - follow the procedure adopted by a battery commander for displacing a 105-mm howitzer battery
• Air Assault Section Chief - a section chief in the 11th Air Assault Division outlines his role
• Command and Control Helicopters - the development and use of helicopters as aerial command posts
• DE Havilland C-7 Caribou - a versatile forward area resupply aircraft, the Caribou was the aerial lifeblood of the Special Forces camps
• C-123 Provider - the workhorse and unsung hero of tactical airlift operations
• Mission on Highway 19 - The 'Jumping Mustangs' of the 1st Air Cavalry Division (Airmobile) open Highway 19.
• M113 Operations in the Delta - US Lessons Learned detailing Operations in the Delta 1962

North Vietnamese Army & Vietcong

• The National Liberation Front (NLF) - an introduction to the political and military organisation of the NLF. Warning! This is heavy reading. However, it does provide a clear picture of how and why the military and its operations was driven by the political objectives of the NLF.
• The Fog of War - The North Vietnamese view of the Ia Drang battle at LZ X-Ray.
• Know Your Enemy: The Viet Cong - reproduction of a US Army pamphlet that clearly details the accepted US view of the VC and which was issued to US service personnel enroute to RVN (available for download)
• NVA/VC Standoff Attacks - As the war progressed, the NVA made increasing use of standoff weapons to attack US installations in 'hit and run' operations utilising rockets, recoilless rifles and mortars.
• Enemy Exploitation of Allied Tactical Communications - Despite having limited tactical communications themselves, the NVA and VC were adept at intercepting allied radio traffic and gleaning tactical intelligence. Vietnam Lessons Learned No. 79, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 8th March, 1970.

RVN Regional and Popular Forces

• Regional and Popular Force Outposts: an MACV Lessons Learned document that looks at some of the factors that contributed to the regular over-running of these camps (available for download)
• Operation Hoai An - US Army Lessons Learned document detailing the successful use of maneuver by a South Vietnamese popular forces unit against a large Viet Cong force (available for download).
• Action at Long Kot - a small outpost manned by South Vietnamese territorial units beats off a determined enemy force (available for download)