U.S. Marines In Vietnam High Mobility And Standdown 1969 by Charles R. Smith
High Mobility And Standdown 1969
This volume examines the U.S. Marine Corps’ operations in Vietnam during 1969, documenting how Marines employed increased helicopter mobility, combined-arms tactics, and rapid reaction forces to locate and engage enemy units while also coping with a shifting political and strategic environment; it covers the operational tempo of offensive search-and-destroy missions, logistical and command challenges of sustaining mobile operations, the effects of casualties and strain on morale, and the beginnings of drawdown and transition as units entered periods of standdown and redeployment, drawing lessons about tactics, organization, and the limits of mobility in counterinsurgency and conventional engagements.
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