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100	1		_aWhitlow, Robert H.
245	1	0	_aU.S. Marines In Vietnam, Volume 1 (of 9)
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-04-19
508			_aBrian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"U.S. Marines In Vietnam, Volume 1 (of 9): The Advisory & Combat Assistance Era" is a historical account likely written in the late 20th century. The work documents the experiences and evolving role of the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam during the largely overlooked period from the end of the French-Indochina War to the mid-1960s. It focuses on the transition from early advisory missions to more active military assistance, providing context for how the Marines' involvement developed within the broader political and military shifts of the era. The opening of this volume establishes both its scope and methodology, beginning with a foreword and preface that explain its place as the first of a nine-part series chronicling Marine Corps actions in Vietnam. It provides a detailed geographical, demographic, and historical overview of Vietnam, describing its regions, peoples, and the extensive background leading up to U.S. involvement, including the fall of French Indochina, the rise of nationalist and Communist movements, and the early challenges in building a South Vietnamese government and military. Through early chapters, the narrative traces the formation of the Vietnamese Marine Corps, the arrival of U.S. Marine advisors, and the complex process of building an effective amphibious force amid political instability, insurgent threats, and organizational challenges—setting the stage for the deeper engagement that would follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cWashington: USMC, 1977
653			_aUnited States. Marine Corps -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/TheBitterEnd
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75912
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