Vietnam War (lists)
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[edit] Major military operations of the Vietnam War with launching dates
- Operation Chopper - January 12, 1962
- Operation Starlite - August 17, 1965
- Operation Crimp - January 7, 1966
- Operation Birmingham - April 1966
- Operation Hastings - Late May 1966
- Operation Prairie - August 1966
- Operation Deckhouse Five - January 6, 1967
- Operation Cedar Falls - January 8, 1967
- Operation Junction City - February 21, 1967
- Operation Scotland - See Battle of Khe Sanh
- Operation Pegasus - August 8, 1968
- Operation Texas Star - April - September, 1970
- Operation Ivory Coast - November 21, 1970
- Operation Jefferson Glenn - 1970-1971
- Operation Lam Son 719 - February 8, 1971
- Ho Chi Minh Campaign January 24 - April 30, 1975
- Operation Frequent Wind - April, 1975
[edit] Major battles of the Vietnam War
- Battle of Ap Bac - January 2, 1963
- Battle of Binh Gia - December 28, 1964 - January 1, 1965
- Battle of Dong Xoai - June 10, 1965
- Battle of Ia Drang - November 14 - November 16, 1965
- Battle of Long Tan - August 18, 1966
- The Battle of Hills 881 and 861 - April 24-May 9, 1967
- Battle of Dak To- November 3-November 22, 1967
- Siege of Khe Sanh - January 21 - April 8, 1968
- Tet Offensive - January 30 - February 24, 1968
- First Battle of Saigon - January 31, - February 3, 1968
- Tet 1969 - February 1969
- Battle of Hamburger Hill - May 10 - May 20, 1969
- Firebase Ripcord - March 12 - July 23, 1970
- Cambodian Incursion - April 29 - July 22, 1970
- Easter Offensive - March 30 - October 22, 1972
- Battle of Phuoc Long - December 13, 1974 - January 6, 1975
- Battle of Xuan Loc - April 9 - April 20, 1975
- The Battle of Hue
[edit] Major Air Campaigns of the Vietnam War
- Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971)
- Operation Pierce Arrow (1964)
- Operation Barrell Roll (1964-1972)
- Operation Flaming Dart (1965)
- Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968)
- Operation Steel Tiger (1965-1968)
- Operation Tiger Hound (1965-1968)
- Operation Niagara (1968)
- Operation Commando Hunt (1968-1972)
- Operation Arc Light (1965-1973)
- Operation Menu (1969-1970)
- Operation Patio (1969)
- Operation Freedom Deal (1969-1972)
- Operation Linebacker (1972)
- Operation Linebacker II (1972)
- Operation Bolo (1967)
[edit] Major figures of the Vietnam War
[edit] Common military medals of the Vietnam War
[edit] South Vietnam
- National Order of Vietnam
- Vietnam Military Merit Medal
- Vietnam Distinguished Service Order
- Vietnam Meritorious Service Medal
- Vietnam Special Service Medal
- Vietnam Gallantry Cross
- Vietnam Air Gallantry Cross
- Vietnam Navy Gallantry Cross
- Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal
- Vietnam Civil Actions Medal
- Vietnam Staff Service Medal
- Vietnam Technical Service Medal
- Vietnam Wound Medal
- Vietnam Campaign Medal
- Presidential Unit Citation (Vietnam)
- Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
- Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation
[edit] North Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh Order
- Defeat American Aggression Badge
- Vietnam Liberation Order
[edit] United States
- Medal of Honor rare
- Distinguished Service Cross rare
- Navy Cross not common
- Air Force Cross not common
- Silver Star not common
- Purple Heart frequent
- Bronze Star frequent
- Air Medal frequent
- Presidential Unit Citation rare
- Vietnam Service Medal very common (given for thirty consecutive or sixty non-consecutive day's
in combat operations or in support of combat operation or Wounded in Action, Killed in Action
- National Defense Service Medal very common
- Commendation Medal common
[edit] Anti-war publications in the US forces
- "Fatigue Press" at Fort Hood, Texas
- "Last Harass" at Fort Gordon, Georgia
- "Pawn's Pawn" at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- "Ultimate Weapon" at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- "Attitude Check" at Camp Pendleton, California
- "Green Machine" at Fort Greely, Alaska
- "Napalm" at Fort Campbell, Tennessee
- "Arctic Arsenal" at Fort Greely, Alaska
- "Black Voice" at Fort McClellan, Alabama
- "Fragging Action" at Fort Dix
- "Fort Polk Puke" at Fort Polk, Louisiana
- "Custard's Last Stand" at Fort Riley, Kansas
- "Whack!" from the Women's Army Corps School
- "Where Are We?" at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- "Voice of the Lumpen" (affiliated with the Black Panther Party) in Frankfurt
- "Can You Bear McNair?" at McNair Barracks, Berlin
- "Seasick" at Subic Bay
- "The Man Can't Win If You Grin" in Okinawa
- "Korea Free Press"
- "Semper Fi" in Japan
- "Stars and Bars" in England
- "Separated From Life" in England
- "Duck Power" in San Diego
- "Harass the Brass" at Canute Air Force Base, Illinois
- "All Hands Abandon Ship", Newport, Rhode Island
- "Now Hear This", Long Beach
- "Potemkin" on the USS Forestall
- "Star Spangled Bummer" at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio
- "Fat Albert's Death Ship" in Charlestown
- "Pig Boat Blues", USS Agerholm
- "Special Weapons", Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
- "I Will Fear No Evil", Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
- "Blows Against the Empire", Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
source: "The American War" - see references below
[edit] External links
- The Religious Beginnings of an Unholy War - Avro Manhattan
- Timeline of NVA invasion of South Vietnam
- VietnamWar.com - biographies, pictures, historical data
- A Vietnam Veterans Site, Excellent Historical Information and photos
- About the Khe Sanh Hill Fights
- Asian-Nation: The Viet Nam/American War
- Congressional Use of Funding Cutoffs Involving US Military Forces and Overseas Deployments
- Department of the Navy — Navy Historical Center: By Sea, Air, and Land
- GI Resistance in the Vietnam War, 1961-1973 Covers the fraggings, "search and avoid" missions, etc.
- The 1960's Week-By-Week - follows The Vietnam War through the Kennedy, Johnson and into the Nixon administrations
- Olive-Drab Rebels - Subversion of the US Armed Forces in the Vietnam War
- Over There by Peter Egan and Joel Fields
- PBS American Experience: Vietnam Online
- Pentagon Papers
- Teaching about Vietnam and the Vietnam War
- The Annals of Vietnam (emphasis on the early years of the conflict)
- Viet Nam Today for Vets
- Vietnam War picture essay
- Vietnam War picture gallery
- Vietnam War Terminology and Slang
- Vietnam Views (marking the 30th anniversary of its end, a social journal that captures stories from those affected by the war)
- Vietnam War uniforms and equipment
- The personal account of a GI about army personnel's resistance to the war by Dave Blalock
- Virtual Vietnam Archive (more than 2 million pages of online historical materials)
- The Effects of Vietnamization on the Republic of Vietnam's Armed Forces, 1969-1972
- The Virtual Wall online Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Vietnam War Films
- Flags of the Viêt Nam War
- Spraying of Agent orange by US Army in Vietnam and its consequences
- CBC Digital Archives –Canada’s Secret War: Vietnam
- The American War: the U.S. in Vietnam - a Pinky Show online documentary video
[edit] Further reading
[edit] History texts
- Phillip Davidson. 1988. Vietnam at War: The History 1946-1975
- Daniel Ellsberg. 2002. Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers. New York: Viking Press.
- Frances Fitzgerald. 1972. Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and Americans in Vietnam. Boston: Little Brown and Company.
- Felix Greene. 1966. VIETNAM! VIETNAM! IN PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT. Palo Alto, California: Fulton Publishing Company, LCCN: 66-28359.
- David Halberstam. 1969. The Best and the Brightest. New York. Ballantine Books.
- Patrick J. Hearden. 1991. The Tragedy of Vietnam New York: Harper Collins.
- George C. Herring. 1979. "America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975". Boston: McGraw-Hill.
- Stanley Karnow. 1983. Vietnam, A History. New York: Viking Press, ISBN 0-14-026547-3
- Michael Maclear. [1981]. Vietnam, The Ten Thousand Day War. London: Mandarin, ISBN 0-7493-0016-7
- Robert J. McMahon. 2003. Major Problems in the History of the s relating Vietnam War. New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., ISBN 0-618-19312-X
- Robert McNamara. 1995. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam. (written with Brian VanDeMark) New York: Vintage Books.
- Robert Mann. 2001. A Grand Delusion: America's Descent into Vietnam. New York: Basic Books.
- Jonathan Neale. 2001. The American War: Vietnam 1960-1975. London: Bookmarks Publications Limited, ISBN 1-898876-67-3
- James S. Olson (editor). 1988. Dictionary of the Vietnam War. New York: Greenwood Press, Inc.
- Gareth Porter, Perils Of Dominance: Imbalance Of Power And The Road To War In Vietnam, University of California Press (June, 2005), hardcover, 403 pages, ISBN 0-520-23948-2
- Robert Schulzinger. 1997. A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Neil Sheehan. 1988. A Bright Shining Lie. New York: Vintage.
- Lewis Sorley. 1999. A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam New York: Harcourt.
- Shelby Stanton. 1987. Vietnam: Order of Battle
- Shelby Stanton. 1988. The Rise and Fall of an American Army
- Gabriel Kolko. 1994. Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experience London: Phoenix Press.
- Bob Fink. 1981 Vietnam, A View from the Walls. Detroit: Greenwich Publishing. ISBN 0-912424-08-7.
[edit] Non-fiction
- David H. Hackworth. 1989 About Face
- A.J. Langguth. 2000. Our Vietnam: the War 1954-1975.
- Mann, Robert. 2002. Grand Delusion, A: America's Descent Into Vietnam.
- Windrow, Martin. 2005. The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam.
- Bernard Fall. 1967. Hell in a Very Small Place: the Siege of Dien Bien Phu.
- Prados, John. 2000. The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War.
- Prados, John. 1999. Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh.
- Shultz, Robert H. Jr. 2000. The Secret War Against Hanoi: The Untold Story of Spies, Saboteurs, and Covert Warriors in North Vietnam.
- Plaster, John L. 1998. SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam.
- Murphy, Edward F. 1995. Dak To: America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands.
- Nolan, Keith W. 1996. The Battle for Saigon: Tet 1968.
- Nolan, Keith W. 1996. Sappers in the Wire: The Life and Death of Firebase Mary Ann.
- Nolan, Keith W. 1992. Operation Buffalo: USMC Fight for the DMZ.
- Nolan, Keith W. 2003. Ripcord : Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970.
- Robert S. McNamara. 1996. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam.
- Larry Berman. 2002. No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam.
- Bergerud, Eric M. 1994. Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning: The World of a Combat Division in Vietnam.
- Bernard Edelman. 2002. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.
- Darrel D. Whitcomb. 1999. The Rescue of Bat 21.
- Oberdorfer, Don. 1971. Tet: the Story of a Battle and its Historic Aftermath.
- LTG Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. 1992. We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young.
- Duiker, William J. 2002. Ho Chi Minh: A Life.
- John Laurence. 2002. The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story.
- Emerson, Gloria. 1976. Winners and Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses and Ruins from a Long War.
- Philip Caputo. 1977. A Rumor of War.
- Al Santoli. 1981. Everything We Had: an Oral History of the Vietnam War by 33 American Soldiers Who Fought It.
- Robert C. Mason. 1983. Chickenhawk.
- Michael Herr. 1977. Dispatches.
- Joseph T. Ward. 1991. Dear Mom: a Sniper's Vietnam.
- Hemphill, Robert. 1998. Platoon: Bravo Company.
- Noam Chomsky. 1967. The Responsibility of Intellectuals.
- Moore, Robin. 1965 The Green Berets (ISBN 0-312-98492-8)
[edit] Fiction
- Robert Olen Butler. 1992. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
- Nelson Demille. "Up country".
- Garth Ennis. 2003. The Punisher: Born
- Daniel Ford. 1967. Incident at Muc Wa (filmed 1976 as Go Tell the Spartans).
- Graham Greene. 1955. The Quiet American (filmed 1958, 2002).
- Larry Heinemann. 1986. Paco's Story.
- Gustav Hasford. 1979. The Short-Timers (filmed 1987 as Full Metal Jacket).
- Duong Thu Huong. 2005. No Man's Land.
- Phillip Jennings. 2005. Nam-a-Rama.
- Stephen King. 1999. Hearts in Atlantis. (filmed 2001 as "Hearts in Atlantis")
- Walter Dean Myers. 1995. Fallen Angels
- Bao Ninh. 1995. The Sorrow of War.
- Tim O'Brien. 1978. Going After Cacciato.
- Tim O'Brien. 1990. The Things They Carried.
- James H. Webb. 1978. Fields of Fire.
[edit] Film
- A Bright Shining Lie
- The Anderson Platoon (doc)
- A Yank in Viet-Nam
- Air America
- Apocalypse Now
- Bat*21
- Born on the Fourth of July
- The Boys in Company "C"
- Casualties of War
- Dead Presidents
- The Deer Hunter
- Dien Bien Phu (French}
- Flight of the Intruder
- The Fog of War (doc)
- 84 Charlie Mopic
- Forrest Gump
- Full Metal Jacket
- Go Tell the Spartans
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- The Green Berets
- Hamburger Hill
- Hanoi Hilton
- Heaven and Earth
- Jacob's Ladder
- The Killing Fields
- The 317th platoon (French)
- The Odd Angry Shot
- Path to War
- Platoon
- Platoon Leader
- Purple Hearts
- The Quiet American
- The Siege of Firebase Gloria
- Tigerland
- To the Shores of Hell
- The Ugly American
- We Were Soldiers
- White Badge