Steel and Blood: South Vietnamese Armor and the War for Southeast AsiaNaval Institute Press, 1 окт. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 240 When South Vietnam was abandoned by its American allies and consequently defeated by the North Vietnamese in 1975, all its military records were lost to the enemy. This has led to a paucity of factually based analyses of the war by South Vietnamese authors. In a project lasting some ten years, and financed by his own hard-earned resources, Colonel Viet has researched, documented, and analyzed the Vietnam War from the perspective of South Vietnamese armor forces, elements in which he himself played an important role as leader, teacher, and innovator. His travels to interview hundreds of people with first-hand knowledge of these matters took him back and forth across the United States (and to Canada, France and Australia) and enabled him to piece together the story as recalled by virtually every senior South Vietnamese who was involved, along with many of lesser rank but important experience, and many Americans as well. The result is a unique and invaluable work, one recounting from the early days of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam its organization and development, its combat operations, and its interaction with American advisors and then later with deployed American units. Viet tells this story as an historian would, not glossing over the shortcomings and failures of his fellow Vietnamese soldiers (or of the Americans), but also providing definitive accounts of their successes, their innovations, their courage and determination, and the hardships experienced and survived in the course of a long, difficult, and ultimately unsuccessful struggle. In Colonel Viet's words: "In order to give the truth back to history, we did not hide anything, whether it be victory or defeat." Finally, in a very touching portion of the work, Colonel Viet memorializes his fallen comrades of the armored force and commemorates the service of all the American advisors to the armored force he was able to identify. |
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... personnel assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG)will be raised from 327 to685.” 2 InOctober 1960 theArmy of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)had to fight for one entire weekbefore itmanaged to repel three battalions of ...
... personnel assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG)will be raised from 327 to685.” 2 InOctober 1960 theArmy of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)had to fight for one entire weekbefore itmanaged to repel three battalions of ...
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... personnel carriers (APC) to form two mechanized companies. 4 Each company was equipped with fifteen APCs. 5Both armored were the Thu companies received their equipment and trainedat Duc Armor School beforebeing placedunder the ...
... personnel carriers (APC) to form two mechanized companies. 4 Each company was equipped with fifteen APCs. 5Both armored were the Thu companies received their equipment and trainedat Duc Armor School beforebeing placedunder the ...
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... personnel carriers ofthe7th Mechanized Company continued to inch forward toward the objective located at the edge ofthe hamletbefore deploying into line formation, VC troops, hiding inbunkers and foxholes under the clumps of trees ...
... personnel carriers ofthe7th Mechanized Company continued to inch forward toward the objective located at the edge ofthe hamletbefore deploying into line formation, VC troops, hiding inbunkers and foxholes under the clumps of trees ...
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... personnel and a number of bodies. 45 Consequences ofthe Battle In practical terms, the Battleof ApBac wasover at the endofthe first day. The following morning, 3 January 1963, U.S.reporters arrived inthe battle areato collect ...
... personnel and a number of bodies. 45 Consequences ofthe Battle In practical terms, the Battleof ApBac wasover at the endofthe first day. The following morning, 3 January 1963, U.S.reporters arrived inthe battle areato collect ...
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... personnel atthis camp were under thecommand and control ofU.S. Special Forces Team A224. camp The was the first Special Forces borderdefense camp to bebuilt in the 2ndTactical Zone. From lateJune to early August 1965,the NVA32nd ...
... personnel atthis camp were under thecommand and control ofU.S. Special Forces Team A224. camp The was the first Special Forces borderdefense camp to bebuilt in the 2ndTactical Zone. From lateJune to early August 1965,the NVA32nd ...
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CombatHistory Chapter 1 FerociousBattles 196368 | |
The Capture of South Vietnam | |
Historical Background | |
Vietnam National Army | |
Vietnamese Armored Cavalry | |
Armor before 1975 | |
Maps Abbreviations | |
Selected Bibliography | |
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