Brown water, black berets coastal and riverine warfare in Vietnam
Thomas J. Cutler.
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1988.
- xiv, 426 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 401-410.
Prologue -- Genesis : the early advisors -- Operation MArket Time : the Coastal Surveillance Task Force (Task Force 115) -- Operation Game Warden : the River Patrol Force (Task Force 116) -- The Mobile Riverine Force (Task Force 117) -- Task Force Clearwater : river security groups, I Corps tactical zone -- Sea Lords : the new strategy (Task Force 194) -- Exodus : Vietnamization -- Epilogue.
Author once taught at naval academy and served combat duty in Vietnam. Provides a detailed account of the development and operation of the Navy's brown water fleet right up the the Vietnamization programs in effect during the U.S. troop withdrawal from Southeast Asia.