USS Saint Paul bombarding communist positions off Vietnam, Oct 1966
With the publication last week of End of the Saga: The Maritime Evacuation of South Vietnam and Cambodia, the Naval History and Heritage Command has announced the completion of its nine-year, nine-book series titled The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War.
All books in the U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War series are available online for free download as 508-compliant PDF files, MOBI versions for Kindle devices, and the ePub for most other readers. Readers can download their free copy and enjoy them on the go. If you want a hard copy, you can purchase one from the Government Printing Office (GPO).
The series traces its roots to the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, which directed the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
The titles in the series include (with pdf hyperlinks in the titles):
1.) The Approaching Storm: Conflict in Asia, 1945-1965
2.) Nixon’s Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972
3.) The Battle Behind Bars: Navy and Marine POWs in the Vietnam War
4.) Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Passage to Freedom to the Fall of Saigon
5.) Combat at Close Quarters: Warfare on the Rivers and Canals of Vietnam
6.) Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign
7.) Knowing the Enemy: Naval Intelligence in Southeast Asia
8.) Fourth Arm of Defense: Sealift and Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam War
9.) End of the Saga: The Maritime Evacuation of South Vietnam and Cambodia
Enjoy, and get to reading.
