Vietnam War Collection, 1954-2004 - Marine Corps University

Vietnam War Collection, 1954-2004

Archives Branch

Marine Corps History Division

Quantico, VA

2013

Vietnam War Collection

Introduction

The Archives Branch supports the professional military education requirements of Marine Corps residential and distance learning programs. The Archives is the chief repository for reporting units, as well as for the personal papers of current and veteran Marines. The Archives is open without appointment to both military and civilian patrons. Patrons may bring laptops, digital cameras, and scanners for personal use.

The Archives Branch is located at 2044 Broadway Street, Quantico, VA 22134

Phone: (703) 784-4685. Email: [email protected]

Collection Summary

Title: Vietnam War Collection

Collection Number: COLL/3808

Physical Characteristics: 36 standard legal size document boxes; 18 oversized folders; 18.0

linear feet

Span Dates: 1954-2004

Languages: English

Creator: Marine Corps Historical Branch

Administrative Information

Restrictions: Collection is open to all researchers

Preferred citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following

information:

Collection Name, Folder Heading, Collection Number, Name and location of Institution.

Example: Vietnam War Collection, [Folder heading], COLL/3808, Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division, Quantico, VA

Provenance: The Vietnam War Collection was transferred from the Historical Branch,

Washington, DC, to the Archives and Special Collections Branch at Quantico in 1999.


Biographical Sketch

The Marine Corps’ involvement in the Vietnam conflict began with the arrival of advisors to the

South Vietnamese Marine Corps in the late 1950s. This involvement increased in scope with the

deployment of helicopter squadrons and support personnel in 1962, culminating in the arrival of

thousands of combat troops beginning in 1965.

Between 1965 and 1971, the conflict in Vietnam dominated the attention and resources of the

Marine Corps, overshadowing virtually all other foreign and domestic activities. During this

period the bulk of all Marine Corps personnel and equipment were committed to Southeast Asia.

Fighting alongside their South Vietnamese allies, the Marines participated in some of the

bloodiest battles of the war. Their efforts ensured that names such as Khe Sanh, Con Thien,

Hue, and Diep Huc will be forever remembered in annals of American military history.

Despite their sacrifices, the Marines did not achieve a decisive victory. A phased withdrawal

from the country began in 1969, as changing policy objectives and growing political and cultural

constraints brought about the gradual decline of US military efforts in Vietnam. In 1975 the

Marine Corps would be ordered to assist in the evacuation of US personnel and South

Vietnamese refugees as the Republic of Vietnam toppled to the North Vietnamese.

The Vietnam Collection is a small but highly varied collection of records that documents the

Marine Corps’ involvement in the Vietnam conflict. The collection contains documents that

illustrate the efforts of the Marine Corps in the Republic of Vietnam, ranging from civic action

and rural development projects to the application of armor, artillery, and air power in conducting

full-scale jungle warfare.

The Marine Corps became involved in a highly complex and massive project to win the “hearts

and minds” of South Vietnamese citizens in the country’s many rural villages and hamlets. To

accomplish this civic action programs were initiated. These included rural development projects,

medical and dental visits, and “personal response” projects to improve relationships between US

military personnel and Vietnamese citizens. The Marine Corps also launched an innovative

effort to provide security to villagers at the grassroots level. The Combined Action Program

(CAP) was designed to assign specially-trained Marine units to villages and hamlets to operate

with local militia forces to protect the citizenry against Viet Cong influence. The Vietnam

Collection includes numerous reports and studies concerning the “hearts and minds” aspect,

including civic action operations and projects; the alignment of the cultural concepts and

traditions of American and Vietnamese societies; and the structure and organization of the CAPs.

The collection also includes a complete set of the meeting minutes of the I Corps Joint

Coordination Council for the August 1965-March 1968.

In contrast to this subtle (albeit complex) attempt to influence the populace of rural Vietnam, the

Marines were also involved in conventional jungle war along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and

the mountains of the I Corps Tactical Zone. Beginning in 1966, the North Vietnamese Army

(NVA) mounted repeated incursions of large combat units across the DMZ and Laotian border

into the I Corps provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien. Units of the 3d Marine Division and


South Vietnamese forces confronted each of these offensives in a series of hard-fought

campaigns across the mountains and plains of the northern I Corps region.

An operation that typified this “large-unit” war was Operation Prairie II, a vast search and sweep

operation conducted by the 3d Marine Division in Quang Tri province between 1 February 1967

and 18 March 1967. The operation involved numerous air mobile landings, ambushes, firebase

assaults, indirect fire attacks, and other engagements typical of the “large-unit” war. The

collection includes a copy of the 3d Marine Division after action report for Operation Prairie II,

which includes reports submitted by subordinate regiments, battalions, and supporting units.

In addition to the large-unit DMZ war in the two northernmost provinces of the I Corps Tactical

Zone, the Marines were also involved in similar campaigns in the three southern I Corps

provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tin, and Quang Ngai. While less intense than the fighting in

the north, combat in the southern provinces proved to be no less dangerous, as North Vietnamese

and Viet Cong forces periodically attempted to move from their bases in the western mountains

and in Laos to infiltrate and control the populated coastal regions. With US Army forces

deployed into Quang Tin and Quang Ngai during 1967-1968, the 1st Marine Division

concentrated its efforts in the lowlands of Quang Nam. The Vietnam collection includes a copy

of a historical study documenting the battle of Northern Arizona in May 1969, which includes

the 5th

Marines’ defeat of an NVA infiltration force in the An Hoa Basin in Quang Nam. The

study of this operation documents and illustrates the type of warfare that took place in the

southern I Corps provinces.

Beginning in late 1969 the Marine Corps forces were gradually withdrawn from Vietnam. By

the middle of 1971 all Marine Corps personnel had been withdrawn, with the exception of a few

advisors, fire support coordinators, technicians, and other specialists. The Marines also

maintained a presence in the region with amphibious forces-in-readiness and aviation units in the

western Pacific. These forces were called to action when the North Vietnamese launched a

massive ground offensive in South Vietnam beginning on 30 March 1972. For the next twelve

months Marine forces were heavily involved in efforts to assist the beleaguered South

Vietnamese Armed Forces in slowing (and eventually halting) the NVA onslaught—as Marine

advisors assisted the South Vietnamese Marines, Marine aviation units took part in Operation

Linebacker, a massive air campaign to interdict NVA logistics and resupply efforts. These

activities are documented in the historical study, “Operations of US Marine Forces, Southeast

Asia, 1 July 1971 thru 31 March 1973,” a Fleet Marine Force Pacific study.

The Vietnam collection also includes some records not directly related to the Marine Corps in

Vietnam that nevertheless provide further insight into the nature of the Vietnam conflict, as well

as document the roles played by other services in Vietnam. These records include translations of

captured enemy documents an operation order for US Navy riverine forces in the Mekong Delta,

and an after action report on the Tet Offensive in the Hau Nghia Province in the III Corps

Tactical Zone. In conclusion, the Vietnam Collection also serves as a starting point for those

who want to understand the nature of the Marines’ war in Vietnam, providing a sampling of

Marine Corps Vietnam-related records to use and research.


Scope and Content

This artificial collection consists of official publications, analyses, historical summaries, after

action reports, operation orders, maps, overlays, photographs, diagrams, blueprints, doctrinal

publications, correspondence, interviews, and various secondary sources related to Marine Corps

activities in Vietnam between 1954 and 2004.

The collection is arranged chronologically. Addenda have been placed at the end of the

collection where applicable and as required. The size of the collection is approximately 18 linear

feet.

Box List

Box 1 US Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam 1943-1963

Folder 1. Historical Branch, HQMC: United States Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam,

1954-1963 [1964] (1 of 4)


1954-1963 [1964] (2 of 4)


1954-1963 [1964] (3 of 4)


1954-1963 [1964] (4 of 4)

Box 2 Vietnam, 1963-1965

Folder 1. Marine Corps Operations Analysis Group: Study 1: Characteristics of US Marine

Corps Helicopter Operations in the Mekong Delta, 1962

Folder 2. Department of the Navy: Tactical and Logistic Employment of the Marsh Screw

Amphibian, 31 March 1964

Folder 3. HQ FMFPAC: On-Job-Training, Republic of Vietnam, March 1964, Report

Compilation, 25 June 1964

Folder 4. HQ, US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Orientation Material, 10

February 1965

Folder 5. HQ, US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam: Viet Cong Training, 28 April

1965

Folder 6. 5th Special Forces Group: Translation of Captured Documents, 1 June 1965

Folder 7. J-2 USMACV: Enemy Document Translations: June-November 1965

Folder 8. HQ, 3d Marine Division: Lessons Learned, Vietnam, 15 July 1965

Folder 9. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Counterinsurgency Lessons Learned, 17

August 1965

Folder 10. 5th Special Forces Group: Translation of Captured Documents, 15 September

1965

Folder 11. 3d Marine Division: Counterinsurgency Lessons Learned, 15 October 1965


Folder 12. HQ, FMFPAC: Electronic Warfare Special Action Report, Period 29 April-31

August 1965 (21 October 1965)

Folder 13. History of the Naval Advisory Group, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam,

November 1965

Folder 14. J-2 MACV: Enemy Document Translation Summary Bulletins, December 1965

Folder 15. III MAF Civic Action Summary, December 1965

Folder 16. 3d Marine Division: Lessons Learned-Vietnam, 1 June-1 December 1965

Folder 17. HQ III MAF and Naval Component Command: VC Reconnaissance Training, 1

January 1965

Folder 18. Regimental Landing Team-7: After Action Report 1-65 (Operation Starlite), 31

August 1965

Box 3 Vietnam, January-March 1966

Folder 1. 3d Marine Division Bulletin 3370: Countermeasures Against Viet Cong Land

Mine Warfare, 14 January 1966

Folder 2. 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne): Quarterly Command Report for Period

Ending 31 December 1965 (15 January 1966)

Folder 3. 3d Marine Division: Material for Countermine Program (Vietnam), 16 February

1966

Folder 4. Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron 1: Electronic Warfare Report,

Period of 1 November 1965 to 31 January 1966 (17 February 1966)

Folder 5. The View From III MAF: An Analysis of One Application of Military Civic

Action, March 1966

Folder 6. Marine Corps Schools, Quantico: Tactical Employment of Riot Control Agent

CS; Info Concerning, 1 March 1966

Folder 7. Office of the Senior Marine Advisor: Monthly Historical Summary- February

1966 (15 March 1966)

Folder 8. Marine Corps Landing Force Development Center: Countermine Measures-

Vietnam, 29 March 1966 [1 of 2]

Folder 9. Marine Corps Landing Force Development Center: Countermine Measures-

Vietnam, 29 March 1966 [2 of 2]

Box 4 Vietnam, April-December 1966

Folder 1. 1st Marine Division: Operation Order 301-66, April 1966

Folder 2. Headquarters, US Marine Corps: US Marine Corps Operations in the Republic of

Vietnam, 1964 (April 1966)

Folder 3. Marine Corps Schools, Quantico: Tactical Employment of Riot Control Agent

CS, Additional Information Concerning, 1 April 1966

Folder 4. Marine Corps Schools, Quantico: Use of M18A1 Claymore Mine on Vehicles, 7

April 1966

Folder 5. 1 Field Force Vietnam Artillery: Radar-Vietnam, 15 April 1966

Folder 6. HQ FMFPAC: Application of Amphibious Doctrine in Vietnam, 22 April 1966


Folder 7. HQ, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division: After Action Report: Operation Nevada, 3

May 1966

Folder 8. 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division: Combat Operation After Action Report:

Operation Cherokee, 24 May 1966

Folder 9. Chaplain, I Marine Amphibious Corps: The Montagnards (Tribes-People) of I

Corps, South Vietnam, 31 May1966

Folder 10. HQ, 1st Battalion, 3d March, 3d Marine Division: Combat After Action Report, 3

June 1966

Folder 11. 3d Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division: Combat Operations After Action

Report With Endorsements, 28 June 1966

Folder 12. HQ, III MAF: Expansion of Chu Lai TAOR and RZ, 15 August 1966

Folder 13. Commander, MACV: Advisory Report Number 2: Evaluation of the

Armed/Armored CH-47A in Counterinsurgency Operations, September 1966

Folder 14. HQ, III MAF: Combat Operation After Action Report (Operation Cannon), 15

November 1966

Box 5 Vietnam, 1967

Folder 1. III MAF: Service Test of Starlight Scope, 23 January 1967

Folder 2. Department of the Army: US Army Aviation Operations in Vietnam, December

1966 (31 January 1967)

Folder 3. Commander, River Patrol Force: Game Warden Operation Order, February 1967

[1 of 2]

Folder 4. Commander, River Patrol Force: Game Warden Operation Order, February 1967

[1 of 2]

Folder 5. FMFPAC (Fwd): Interim Report on Combined Action Units\III MAF with

Special Attention to Personal Relationships, 8 February 1967

Folder 6. Office of the Senior Marine Advisor, MACV: Combat Operations After Action

Report, 1 March 1967

Folder 7. USMACV: Pamphlet No. 14-67: The Road to Democracy, April 1967

Folder 8. CG, FMFPAC: Radar Set AN/TPN-8, 5 May 1967

Folder 9. CG, FMFPAC: Case Histories of Combat Incidents, 10 May 1967

Folder 10. FMFPAC (Fwd): Attitude Study of Vietnamese Civilian Workers Aboard USMC

Bases, I Corps, June 1967

Folder 11. Marine Corps Operations Analysis Group: Preliminary Analysis of Viet Cong

Mine and Booby Trap Data for I Corps, 15 June 1967

Folder 12. 3d Marine Division: After Action Report: Battle of Khe Sanh, April-May 1967

Folder 13. FMFPAC (Fwd): Assessment of Attitudes Between USMC Personnel and

Civilian Workers Employed on US Bases in Japan, Okinawa and Vietnam, July

1967

Folder 14. Combined Action Group, FMF: Table of Organization, 16 October 1967

Folder 15. HQ III MAF: Project Cesaro: Advanced Sensors Demonstration and Briefing,

Report of, 29 October 1967

Folder 16. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Interface of Tactical Control Systems in

Southeast Asia, 1 November 1967


Folder 17. HQ III MAF: 40mm XM651 CS Munitions: Test and Evaluation of, 4 November

1967

Folder 18. HQ III MAF: Matters of Interest (RDT&E Officer Trip Report), 20 November

1967

Folder 19. HQ 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division: Description of Enemy Field

Fortifications in Sea, 13 December 1967

Folder 20. HQ US Marine Corps: Interface of Tactical Control Systems in Southeast Asia,

15 December 1967

Folder 21. Article: The Design of Cross-Cultural Training: An Alternative to the University

Model, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1967

Folder 22. HQ III MAF: Edited Report of Booby Trap Activities by Counter Mine

Operations Group, by Colonel Clay A. Boyd [1967]

Folder 23. CO, 3d Battalion, 9th Marines: Tactical Notes on Fighting NVA in the DMZ,

1967, by Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Woodring [1967]

Folder 24. Asia Training Center: Debrief of an Aid Sociologist, 1966-1967

Folder 25. COMUSMACV Command Chronology, 1967

Folder 26. Operation Order 28-67, Operation Hickory, May 1967

Folder 27. 3d Marine Division: Combat After Action Report, Operation Hickory II, August

1967

Box 6 3d Marine Division: After Action Report on Operation Prairie II (3 Parts) 1

February 1967 – 18 March 1967

Folder 1. 3d Marine Division: After Action Report, Operation Prairie II, 1 February 1977

18 March 1967 [1 of 3]


18 March 1967 [2 of 3]


18 March 1967 [3 of 3] (map overlays)

Box 7 Vietnam, January-June 1968

Folder 1. FMFPAC: Estimate of the Enemy Situation DMZ Area Vietnam, 1 January 1968

Folder 2. III MAF: Magnetic Intrusion Detection System Report, 17 January 1968

Folder 3. 1st MAW: Lessons Learned From Combat Operations; Report of, 6 February

1968

Folder 4. Commander, Amphibious Force: Professional Knowledge Gained From

Amphibious Experience in South Vietnam; Exploiting of, 12 February 1968

Folder 5. Office of the Senior Marine Advisor: Combat Operations After Action Report, 12

February 1968

Folder 6. Office of the CNO: Advanced Development Objective No. 14-17X: Amphibious

Assault Landing Craft, 29 February 1968

Folder 7. Commander in Chief Pacific: Measurement of Progress in Southeast Asia, 3

March 1968

Folder 8. FMFPAC: FMFPACO: Casualty Management Westpac, 4 March 1968


Folder 9. CG, FMFPAC: Interference of Tactical Control System in Southeast Asia, 5

March 1968

Folder 10. Commandant of the Marine Corps: CH-46 Helo Training for Westpac

Replacement Pilots, 6 March 1968

Folder 11. HQ, III MAF: MPQ-4 and MPQ-10 Radar, 10 March 1968

Folder 12. HQ, USMACV: Construction Program, South Vietnam Change #1, 13 March

1968

Folder 13. CINCPAC: Aircraft Destroyed/Damaged, 14 March 1968

Folder 14. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Enemy Capability in Vietnam to Detect

Infrared Devices, 29 March 1968

Folder 15. HQ, 1st MAW: Lessons Learned From Combat Operations, Report of, 29 March

1968

Folder 16. Martin I. Sternin: Toward the Specification of a General Adaptation Process in

Americans Overseas, April 1968

Folder 17. III MAF: Summary of Significant R&D Items Being Evaluated in Sea, 3 April

1968

Folder 18. III MAF: Operation Order 1-68: US/Vietnamese Operation Orders, 5 April 1968

Folder 19. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Lessons Learned: Vietnam, 18 April 1968

Folder 20. 3d Marine Division: Combat After Action Report: Operation Jasper Square, 19

April 1968

Folder 21. MACV Advisory Team 43: Tet Planning Guidance, 19 April 1968

Folder 22. CINC Pacific Fleet: Analysis Staff Study 4-68: Combat Attrition of Carrier-Based

Aircraft During the Second Half of 1967, 1 May 1968

Folder 23. HQ, 1st Light AA Missile Battalion: Combat Sop for Operations, 20 May 1968

Folder 24. Office of the Senior Marine Advisor: Combat Operations After Action Report, 17

June 1968

Folder 25. III MAF: SOP for Combined Action Program, 22 June 1968

Box 8 Vietnam, July-December 1968

Folder 1. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Draft – Joint Doctrine for Riverine

Operations, 1 July 1968

Folder 2. III MAF: Rules of Engagement for RVN, 28 July 1968

Folder 3. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Processing of Marine Corps Personnel

Formerly Held Prisoner of War in Southeast Asia, 18 September 1968

Folder 4. Development Center: Data on Anti-Vehicular Blast and Fragmentation Mine

Incidents in the I Corps Tactical Zone of the Republic of Vietnam, 1 January 1966

– 31 May 1968

Folder 5. HQ, 1st MAW: Analysis and Study of 1st MAW Helicopter Operations in

Support of the 1st Marine Division, 10 December 1968

Folder 6. III MAF: Force Operations Analysis Section Project Report: Effective

Management Controls of III MAF Helicopter Operations, Project No. 14-69, 15

December 1968

Folder 7. US Navy R&D Unit, Vietnam: Evaluation of Low Light Level Television System

for Uh-1 Helicopter, 28 December 1968


Folder 8. Duck Blind Phase I Route Surveillance Application, Report Of, 26 August 1968

Folder 9. Development of the Enemy Situation Prior to the 1968 Tet Offensive,

Decentralization of Collection Assets to SVN and Intelligence Support and

Services Rendered to III MAF by COMUSMACV Intelligence Agencies [circa

1968]

Box 9 Vietnam, January-June 1969

Folder 1. Heavy Lift Helicopter Requirements in III MAF, 7 January 1969

Folder 2. III MAF: Quarterly Report of Personal Response Activities for the Quarter

Ending 31 December 1968, 10 January 1969

Folder 3. 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne): Operational Report: Lessons Learned for

Quarterly Period Ending 31 July 1969

Folder 4. 9th Marines: Operation Order 2-69: (Dawson River South), 14 January 1969

Folder 5. Investigation Into the Circumstances of the Demise of 13 North Vietnamese

Army (Regular) Soldiers of 22 December 1969, 18 January 1969

Folder 6. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, 1-31 January

1969

Folder 7. 9th Marines: Command Chronology, January 1969

Folder 8. III MAF: Combined Psychological Operation Order (Tet/Chieu Hoi 1969), 10

February 1969

Folder 9. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Riverine Operations, 3 March 1969

Folder 10. 9th Marines: Command Chronology, March 1969

Folder 11. III MAF: Personal Response Instructors School, 1-3 April 1969

Folder 12. III MAF: Quarterly Report of Personal Response Activities for the Quarter

Ending 31 March 1969, 10 April 1969

Folder 13. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Operations Security Vietnam, 11 April 1969

Folder 14. 9th Marines: Combat After Action Report-Dewey Canyon, 17 April 1969

Folder 15. III MAF: Force Operations Analysis Section Project Report: An Analysis of the

Fire Support Information Center Concept, Project 1-69, 15 May 1969

Folder 16. The Rand Corporation: The War in the Countryside: A Case Study in Binh Son

District, Quang Ngai Province, 1965-1968 (June 1969)

Folder 17. III MAF: Force Operations Analysis Section Project Report: Helicopter

Utilization Capability 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Project No. 6-69, 11 June 1969

Folder 18. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Narrative Summary, 1-30 April 1969,

16 June 1969

Folder 19. 3d March Division: Dewey Canyon Artillery Report, 18 June 69

Folder 20. III MAF: Force Operations Analysis Section Project Report: the Development of

An Automated Mine and Booby Trap Data Collection System, Project 2-69, 27

June 1969

Folder 21. III MAF: Personal Response Instructors School Quarterly Reports, 10 July 1969

Folder 22. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: 3d Service Battalion, Force Logistic

Command FMFPAC Command Chronology 1-31 May 1969, 25 July 1969

Folder 23. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, 1-30 June

1969, 8 August 1969


Folder 24. 9th Marines: Dewey Canyon: 1/9 Operations During Phase III, [1969]

Folder 25. Maps: Phase I and Phase 3 Operations: Dewey Canyon [1969]

Box 10 Vietnam, August-December 1969

Folder 1. III MAF: Project Report 8-68: Analysis of Target Acquisition and Counterbattery

Procedures Employed By the Third Marine Division in the RVN, 10 August 1969

Folder 2. III MAF: Control of Boat Traffic on the Rivers and Coastal Waterways of I Corps

Tactical Zone (ICTZ), 11 August 1969

Folder 3. III MAF: Force Operations Analysis Section Project Report: Marine Corps

Ammunition Management System, Vietnam, Volume I, Project No. 12-68, 30

August 1969


Ammunition Management System, Vietnam, Volume II, Project No. 12-68, 30

August 1969

Folder 5. HQ, Force Logistic Support Group Alpha, 3d Service Battalion, Force Logistic

Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, July 1969


Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, 1-31 August 1969

Folder 7. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, Part II

Narrative Summary, August 1969

Folder 8. Marine Corps Analysis Group, HQMC: Comparison of US Army and US Marine

Corps Helicopter Assets, 8 September 1969

Folder 9. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Operation Plan 183-69, 24 September

1969

Folder 10. 5th Marine Regiment: Battle of Northern Arizona, 9-11 May 1969, 29 September

1969

Folder 11. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, September

1969

Folder 12. Marine Corps Operations Analysis Group: Study of Air/Ground Operational

Effectiveness, 8 October 1969

Folder 13. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: 1st Service Battalion, Command

Chronology, September 1969


Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, September 1969

Folder 15. III MAF: Evaluation of Helicopter Efficiency Measures, 20 October 1969

Folder 16. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, October 1969

Folder 17. III MAF: Letter of Instruction, 4 November 1969

Folder 18. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, November

1969


Ammunition Management System, Vietnam, Phase II, Project No. 8-69, 15

December 1969

Box 11 Vietnam, January-December 1970


Folder 1. 3d Marine Division: Lessons Learned: Redeployment, June-December 1969

Folder 2. III MAF: Activation of Combined Action Force, 11 January 1970

Folder 3. HQ, US Army, Vietnam: Senior Office Debriefing Report, Colonel James H.

Leach, CO, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 16 January 1970

Folder 4. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, December

1969

Folder 5. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, January 1970

Folder 6. 6 Marine Corps Operations Analysis Group: Marine Corps A-6A Utilization in

RVN from November 1966 to December 1968

Folder 7. CG, FMFPAC: Force Planning, 26 February 1970

Folder 8. Headquarters, Marine Corps: Adhoc Committee on Mine Detection and

Neutralization of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel, 10 March 1970

Folder 9. III MAF: Fact Sheet on Combined Action Force, 31 March 1970

Folder 10. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, February 1970

Folder 11. Headquarters Marine Corps: Mine and Booby Trap Problem in the Republic of

Vietnam, April 1970

Folder 12. Institute for Defense Analyses: R&D Implications of Artillery and Naval Gunfire

Use in Southeast Asia, April 1970

Folder 13. Office of the Senior Marine Advisor: Monthly Historical Summary for the Month

of April 1970

Folder 14. Commandant of the Marine Corps: Armed Helicopter Operations in III MAF, 19

May 1970

Folder 15. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, April 1970

Folder 16. Office of the Senior Marine Advisor: Monthly Historical Summary for the Month

of May, 6 June 1970

Folder 17. III MAF: Redeployment of Forces: Increment IV, 30 August 1970

Folder 18. 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne): Operational Report: Lessons Learned for

the Period Ending 30 April 1970

Folder 19. III MAF: Command Chronology, September 1970

Folder 20. General William W. Momyer: Observations of the Vietnam War, July 1966 – July

1968

Folder 21. Articles/Extracts: Combined Action Platoons in Vietnam [1970]

Folder 22. Exercise Able: Invasion of North Vietnam, 1970

Folder 23. Exercise Able: Invasion of North Vietnam, 1970: Message Traffic [1970]

Folder 24. Factsheet: Naval Gunfire Support, 2 March 1970

Box 12 Vietnam, 1971-2004

Folder 1. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, March 1971

Folder 2. HQ, Force Logistic Command, FMFPAC: Command Chronology, April 1971

Folder 3. Center for Naval Analyses: Study 1008: Marine Corps and Army Helicopter

Employment and Attrition Statistics for Southeast Asia Operations From October

1965 to December1971, Volume I, March 1973


Folder 4. Marine Corps and Army Helicopter Employment and Attrition Statistics for

Southeast Asia Operations From October 1965 Through December 1971, Volume

II [1 of 2]

Folder 5. Marine Corps and Army Helicopter Employment and Attrition Statistics for

Southeast Asia Operations From October 1965 Through December 1971, Volume

II [2 of 2]

Folder 6. Interaction Research Institute (Thomas A. Affourtit): Communion in Conflict: the

Marine Advisor, Volume II December 1974

Folder 7. Center for Naval Analyses: Naval Gunfire Support Data in Southeast Asia, 1

January 1970-28 January 1973

Folder 8. 3d Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines: Amphibious Evacuation RVN,

Post Exercise Report, 30 April 1975 (1 of 3)





Folder 11. 9th MAB: After Action Report: Frequent Wind, May 1975

Folder 12. MAG-24: Suspected SA-7 Firing While in Operation Frequent Wind, 26 June

1975

Folder 13. 9th MAB: Operation Frequent Wind, 5 August 1975

Folder 14. Dept of the Army: President’s Clemency Program 16 September 1974-31 March

1975, After Action Report, October 1975

Folder 15. McMillan Science Associates, Inc: Analysis and Assessment of the Results of

Research and Development in Solving the Technological Problems of the

Vietnam War, 31 July 1976

Folder 16. Defense Intelligence Agency: Vietnam’s Intentions and Capabilities Over the

Next Five Years, October 1978

Folder 17. Letters to Sandar Scarborough Evans Signed By James H. Webb, Jr., 1986/1988

Folder 18. Proposed Correction of Record: CUBAN-4 Assault, 2004

Box 13 Vietnam: US Marine Forces in Vietnam, March 1965-September 1967;

Operation of US Marine Forces Vietnam, 1967-1968

Folder 1. US Marine Forces in Vietnam March 1965-September 1967: Volume I: Historical

Summary [undated]

Folder 2. US Marine Forces in Vietnam March 1965-September 1967: Volume II: Statistics

[undated]

Folder 3. Operations of US Marine Forces, Vietnam, June 1967

Folder 4. Operations of US Marine Forces, Vietnam, December 1967 and 1967 Summary

Folder 5. Operations of US Marine Forces, Vietnam, February 1968

Folder 6. Operations of US Marine Forces, Vietnam, May 1968

Folder 7. Operations of US Marine Forces, Vietnam, June 1968

Folder 8. Operations of US Marine Forces, Vietnam, October 1968

Box 14 Vietnam: Operations of US Marine Forces, Vietnam, 1968-1973




Folder 3. Operations of US Marine Forces, Southeast Asia, 1 July 1971 through 31 March

1973 (copy 1)

Folder 4. Operations of US Marine Forces, Southeast Asia, 1 July 1971 through 31 March

1973 (copy 2)

Box 15 Vietnam: Headquarters, Military Assistance Command [MACV], Vietnam

Monthly Summaries, May 1969-April 1971

Folder 1. Monthly Summary, February 1969

Folder 2. Monthly Summary, March 1969

Folder 3. Monthly Summary, April 1969

Folder 4. Monthly Summary, May 1969

Folder 5. Monthly Summary, June 1969

Folder 6. Monthly Summary, July 1969

Folder 7. Monthly Summary, August 1969

Folder 8. Monthly Summary, September 1969

Folder 9. Monthly Summary, October 1969

Folder 10. Monthly Summary, November 1969

Folder 11. Monthly Summary, December 1969

Folder 12. Monthly Summary, January 1970

Folder 13. Monthly Summary, February 1970

Folder 14. Monthly Summary, March 1970

Folder 15. Monthly Summary, April 1970

Folder 16. Monthly Summary, May 1970

Folder 17. Monthly Summary, June 1970

Folder 18. Monthly Summary, July 1970

Folder 19. Monthly Summary, August 1970

Folder 20. Monthly Summary, September 1970

Folder 21. Folder 20a Monthly Summary, October 1970

Folder 22. Monthly Summary, November 1970

Folder 23. Monthly Summary, December 1970

Folder 24. 1970 Summary, April 1971

Box 16 Vietnam: I Corps Joint Coordinating Council Minutes, August 1965-March

1968

Folder 1. Statement of Mission, Composition and Functions, I Corps Joint Coordinating

Council, 24 January 1967

Folder 2. I Corps Joint Coordinating Council Minutes, August 1965-July 1966 (Part 1)

Folder 3. I Corps Joint Coordinating Council Minutes, August-December 1966 (Part 2)

Folder 4. I Corps Joint Coordinating Council Minutes, January-April 1967 (Part 3)

Folder 5. I Corps Joint Coordinating Council Minutes, June 1967-March 1968 (Part 4)


Box 17 Vietnam: Personal Response Project, 1965-1969

Folder 1. Chaplains: Articles in The 1st Word, 1965

Folder 2. Personal Response Correspondence: 1966

Folder 3. Personal Response Correspondence: 1967

Folder 4. Personal Response Correspondence, 1968-69

Folder 5. III MAF: Project Reports: Personal Response Project, 1966

Folder 6. III MAF: Project Reports: Personal Response Project, 1967

Folder 7. Vietnam: Personal Response Project: Report of Survey Taken in III MAF TAOR

Among USMC and USN Personnel to Determine Their Attitudes Toward ARVN

and PFs and the Indigenous Local People, September 1966

Folder 8. Vietnam: Article: Minneapolis Tribune, February 19, 1967, “Rapport Loss in S.

Vietnam Worries US”

Folder 9. III MAF: Interim Report on Combined Action Units, III MAF With Special

Attention to Personal Relationships, 8 February 1967

Folder 10. USMC Bases, I Corps: Attitude Study of Vietnamese Workers Aboard USMC

Bases, I Corps, June 1967

Folder 11. FMFPAC (Fwd): Assessment of Attitudes of Third Marine Amphibious Force

Toward the Vietnamese, June 1967

Folder 12. FMFPAC (Fwd): Assessment of Attitudes Between USMC and Civilian Workers

Employed on US Bases in Japan, Okinawa and Vietnam, July 1967

Folder 13. FMFPAC (Fwd): Some Personal Response Observations of Korean-Vietnamese

Relationships, November-December 1967

Folder 14. FMFPAC (Fwd): Report of American-Vietnamese Attitudes At NCO Leadership

School-Camp Hansen, Okinawa, October 1966-June 1967

Folder 15. FMFPAC (Fwd): Attitude Study of Popular Forces Personnel USMC Combined

Action Platoons, I Corps, Republic of Vietnam, March 1968

Folder 16. FMFPAC (Fwd): Personal Response Observations with 51st ARVN Regiment,

March 1968

Folder 17. FMFPAC (Fwd): Progress Report, Progressive Data Collection Instrument, March

1968

Folder 18. III MAF: Platoon Leaders Personal Response Notebook, [undated]

Box 18 Vietnam: Development’s Role in Pacification, 1969

Folder 1. III MAF: Development’s Role in Pacification (1 of 4), 1969




Box 19 Vietnam: XM 191 Multi-Shot Portable Flame Weapon, Evaluation of and

Responses, 1969-1970


Folder 1. XM 191 Multi-Shot Portable Flame Weapon, Evaluation Responses, December

1969-January 1970

Folder 2. XM 191 Multi-Shot Portable Flame Weapon, Unit Leaders’ Reports, November

1969-January 1970

Folder 3. XM 191 Multi-Shot Portable Flame Weapon, Weapons Failure Reports [1969]

Folder 4. XM 191 Multi-Shot Portable Flame Weapon, Engagement Reports, 1969

Folder 5. XM 191 Multi-Shot Portable Flame Weapon, Weapons Evaluation Reports, 1969

Folder 6. XM 191 Multi-Shot Portable Flame Weapon, Record Books, 1969

Box 20 Vietnam: Basic Issues and Potential Lessons of Vietnam, Volume I-V, 1970

Folder 1. Volume I: the Basic Issues of Intervention: the Necessity for Creativity,

Imagination and Competency, 15 January 70

Folder 2. Volume II: the Complexities and Difficulties of Policy: the Necessity for

Systematically Analyzing Alternatives and Explicating Choices, 15 January 1970

Folder 3. Volume III: Background Issues on Insurgency/Counter-Insurgency Warfare and

Vietnam, 15 January 1970

Folder 4. Volume Iv: the Basic Operational Issues and Lessons of the Vietnam War, 15

January 1970

Folder 5. Volume V: A Summary of Economic Development Projects That Might Have Or

Might Still Be Helpful in Vietnam, 15 January 1970

Box 21 Vietnam, undated

Folder 1. Logistics Lessons Learned

Folder 2. Division Control Vietnam Journal

Folder 3. Air Command and Control, Vietnam

Folder 4. Excerpts From Oral Histories: Withdrawal of USMC Logistics Organizations

From Vietnam

Folder 5. The Naval Advisor’s Handbook

Folder 6. III MAF Personal Response Training Program [1 of 2]

Folder 7. III MAF Personal Response Training Program [2 of 2]

Folder 8. The Role of the Advisor

Folder 9. A Survey of the Religions of Vietnam

Folder 10. Platoon Leaders Personal Response Notebook

Folder 11. Vietnamese Time Concepts and Behavior Patterns

Folder 12. Understanding the Americans

Folder 13. Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War “in Country” (Cassette)

Box 22 Vietnam: Oral Histories, Operation Homecoming, POWS, 1970-1988

Folder 1. Report of Counterintelligence Sub Unit Prisoner of War Debrief: Sergeant Jon M.

Sweeney, 1970

Folder 2. Operation Homecoming: Summary of Experiences: Captain James P. Walsh, Jr.,

October 1973


Folder 3. Operation Homecoming: Marine Summary of Experiences: Return With Honor:

1st Lieutenant Alan J. Kroboth, 30 November 1973


Staff Sergeant Frank E. Cius, Jr., 15 March 1974


Major Orson G. Swindle III, 2 April 1974


Sergeant Leonard R. Budd, 28 March 1974


Captain Paul G. Brown, 2 April 1974


Lieutenant Colonel Jerry W. Marvel, 2 April 1974


Captain Bruce R. Archer, 2 Apr1974


Sergeant Dennis A. Tellier, 25 April 1974


Staff Sergeant John A. Deering, 9 Mary 1974


Lieutenant Colonel John Howard Dunn, 0 May 1974

Folder 13. Oral History Transcript: Lieutenant General W. J. Van Ryzin, USMC (Ret), 1976

Folder 14. Oral History Transcript: Lieutenant General L. J. Dulacki, USMC (Ret), 1988

Box 23 Vietnam: Questionnaires

Folder 1. Victor P. Digiovanni

Folder 2. Hugh Dolan

Folder 3. Douglas K. Morris

Folder 4. Lucien T. Rankin

Folder 5. Guyard G. Williams

Folder 6. Robert J. Modrejewski

Box 24 Vietnam: Tet Offensive, 1968

Folder 1. Letter from 2d Lieutenant Ray Smith to Captain Batcheller, 25 March 1968 Re:

Hue City Fighting

Folder 2. 1st Marine Division Commander’s After Action Report: Tet Offensive, 29

January-14 February 1968

Folder 3. “The Viet Cong Offensive, 1968” (A History of Tet Offensive), 1970

Folder 4. Interview of Colonel Ron Christmas on the Battle of Hue City During the Tet

Offensive, January-Nar 1968 By Midshipman R. Scot Hopkins, 1987

Folder 5. “Hue City” A Paper By Major Ron Christmas [undated]

Folder 6. “The Citadel” [No Author][No Date]

Box 25 Vietnam: Scrapbook, 2d ROK Marine Brigade, 1969


Box 26 Vietnam: POW Returnees to Clark AFB, Philippines, 1973

Box 27 Operation Defiant Stand, September 1969

Folder 1. Operation Plan

Folder 2. Administrative Plan

Folder 3. Embarkation Plan

Folder 4. Report

Box 28 Vietnam: Combined Campaign Plan, 1969; Community Defense and Local

Development Plan, circa 1972

Folder 1. HQ, Military Assistance Command: Combined Campaign Plan, January 1969 (1

of 2)

Folder 2. HQ, Military Assistance Command: Combined Campaign Plan, January 1969 (2

of 2)

Folder 3. Republic of Vietnam Four Year Community Defense and Local Development

Plan, 1972-1975

Box 29 Marines in Vietnam, Personal Response Project

Box 30 Vietnam Memorial and Veterans Events

Box 31 Marines in Vietnam



Box 34 Vietnam: Doctrinal Publications, 1966-1970 [1 of 3]

Folder 1. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, August

1966

Folder 2. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam,

October 1966


December 1966


January 1967


February 1967

Folder 6. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, March

1967


Folder 7. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, April

1967

Folder 8. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, May

1967

Folder 9. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, June

1967

Folder 10. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, July

1967


1967


September 1967


October 1967


November 1967


December 1967


January 1968


February 1968

Folder 18. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, March

1968

Folder 19. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, April

1968

Folder 20. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, May

1968

Folder 21. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, June

1968

Folder 22. Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, July

1968


1968


September-October 1968


November-December 1968


January-February 1969


March-April 1969



Folder 1. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, September 1965

Folder 2. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, October-November 1965

Folder 3. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, December 1965

Folder 4. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, January-February 1966

Folder 5. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, February 1966

Folder 6. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, March 1966

Folder 7. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, April 1966

Folder 8. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, May 1966

Folder 9. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, June 1966

Folder 10. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, July 1966

Folder 11. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, August 1966


Folder 13. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, October 1966

Folder 14. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, November 1966


Folder 16. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, January 1967












Folder 28. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, November 1968













Folder 41. Tactical Trends and Training Tips, April-June 1970


Folder 1. A Marine’s Guide to the Republic of Vietnam, May 1966


Folder 2. A Marine’s Guide to the Republic of Vietnam, May 1966 [copy 2]

Folder 3. A Marine’s Guide to the Republic of Vietnam, April 1967

Folder 4. A Marine’s Guide to the Republic of Vietnam, April 1967 [copy 2]

Folder 5. A Marine’s Guide to the Republic of Vietnam, May 1968

Folder 6. A Marine’s Guide to the Republic of Vietnam, May 1968 [copy 2]

Box 37 Vietnam: Photographs of Marine Advisors, 1963-1973

Folder 1 Captain Donald Davis, Marine Advisor, 6th

Vietnam Marine Infantry Battalion,

1969-1970

Folder 2 Captain George Philip, Vietnam Marine Artillery Advisor, 1st Vietnamese Marine

Corps [VNMC] Artillery Battalion, 1971-1972

Folder 3 Colonel Henderson, Marine Advisor, 3d Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC]

Infantry Battalion (Senior Advisor) 1968-1969

Folder 4 Gunnery Sergeant Jesse Holiday: Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Advisor,

Training Command and 4th

Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Infantry

Battalion, 1966-1967

Folder 5 Colonel Donald Price, Marine Advisor to 4th

Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC]

Infantry Battalion/Marine Advisor to Vietnamese Popular Forces, 1963, 1966-67

Folder 6 Major Connelly, Senior Advisor, Task Force A, Amphibious Support Battalion,

1966-1967

Folder 7 Captain Kammier: PAO/Admin Officer, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC]

Advisory Unit, 1968-1969

Folder 8 Captain Lyles: Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Advisor, 5th

Vietnamese

Marine Corps [VNMC] Infantry Battalion, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC]

Training Command, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Brigade 147, 1970-1971

Folder 9 Gunnery Sergeant Peck, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Advisor,

Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Training Command and Vietnamese Marine

Corps [VNMC] Arty Battalion, 1963-194

Folder 10 Captain Richard Hodory, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Advisor, 1972-193

Folder 11 Captain Chad Dennis, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Advisor, 3d

Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Infantry Battalion, 1966-1967

Folder 12 Vietnamese Marine Advisors in a Major Operation, 1963


Folder 13 Captain Bovee: Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Advisor: 1st & 2d

Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Artillery Battalion, 1969-1970

Folder 14 Captain J. J. Carroll: Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Advisor, 6th

Vietnamese

Marine Corps [VNMC] Infantry Battalion, 1968-1969

Folder 15 Gunnery Sergeant Jesse Holiday, Advisor to Vietnam Marine Corps, Training

Command and 4th

Infantry Battalion, 1966-1967

Folder 16 Captain Frank Eller, Advisor to Vietnam Marine Corps 4th

Infantry Battalion,

1964-1965

Folder 17 Vietnam Marine Corps Advisors: Uniforms and Headgear, 1961-1973

Folder 18 Lieutenant Commander Oldham, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Medical

Advisor, 1971-1972

Folder 19 Captain Cavagnol, Vietnamese Marine Corps [VNMC] Artillery Battalion

Advisor, 1967-1968

Folder 20 Captain M. J. Dube, Marine Advisor, 3d Infantry Battalion, Vietnamese Marine

Corps [VNMC], 1966-1967

Folder 21 Major J. D. Beans, Marine Advisor, 9th

Infantry Battalion and Brigade 369, 30

March 1972 – 30 March 1973

Box 38 Vietnamese Marine Corps Advisors: John T. Breckinridge, 1955-1969

Folder 1 John T. Breckinridge, Vietnamese Marine Advisor, 1955-1957

Folder 2 John T. Breckinridge, Visit to Vietnam, 1962

Folder 3 John T. Breckinridge, Assistant Senior Marine Advisor, Vietnam Marine Corps,

1968-1969

Vietnam War Collection, 1954-2004 - Marine Corps University

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Transcript of Vietnam War Collection, 1954-2004 - Marine Corps University