South of Saigon

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South of Saigon

A Secret Naval Mission to Southeast Asia

Biography: general History Military history Military history: post-WW2 conflicts Naval forces and warfare

Author: Martin Wilens

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Language: English

Published by: Xlibris US

Published on: 18 July 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 23 Mb

ISBN: 9781477135983


Summary

A secret mission sends the author to Vietnam's Mekong Delta, the bread basket of old Indo-China. He uncovers a sophisticated enemy supply network unknown to our military hierarchy.

Using intelligence data covertly gathered in Cambodia and analyzed at the Center for Naval Analyses in Arlington, Virginia, they discover and destroy Vietcong forces and interdict VC supply lines with a mixture of intrigue and romance.

Highlights

A U.S. Naval story never told, complete with declassified maps from the Office of Naval Intelligence, and illuminating pictures of Saigon and archaic areas of the Delta taken by the author forty-six years ago, a depiction of "old Saigon" and real relationships between North and South Vietnam are related.

Background

Headquartered in Saigon, the true interaction between our Navy and Army (MACV) brass couched in the background of wartime Saigon, often referred to as the "Paris of the Orient", and Washington, D.C. is insightfully told.

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