Vietnam Studies Airmobility 1961 1971

Author : John Tolson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505496574
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Studies written by John Tolson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air assault operations in Southeast Asia would not have been possible without certain key decisions a decade earlier. This book traces the most important milestones which led to the eventual formation of airmobile divisions.

Author : Ltg John J. Tolson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105081699
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airmobility 1961-1971 written by Ltg John J. Tolson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the exciting story of the development of U.S. airmobile power from theory to practice, involving air transport, fixed wing aircraft, and attack helicopters culminating in Vietnam War operations. It includes analysis of airmobile combat operations; doctrinal and interservice disputes; equipment descriptions; and the organization of combat and support units. It also includes data about airmobility in South Vietnam's army and it features personal reflections of the author, who was at the center of airmobility development and who commanded large airmobile units. John J. Tolson in June 1939 participated in the first tactical air movement of ground forces by the U.S. Army. He was in all combat jumps of the 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II, became an Army aviator in 1957, and served as Director of Army Aviation and Commandant of the Army Aviation School. From April 1967 to July 1968 he commanded the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), Vietnam. (Includes many maps and photographs)

Author : Lieutenant General John J. Tolson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782893628
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Studies - AIRMOBILITY - 1961-1971 written by Lieutenant General John J. Tolson and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes 2 charts, 12 maps, and 41 illustrations] Although troops had been dropped by parachute since the early years of the Second World War, the use of helicopters to move large number of troops only came to the fore in the years before the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War they would prove their value in allowing the American troops tactical flexibility, surprise and most of all mobility that the dense terrain and difficult communications of Vietnam complicated. “The author of this monograph, Lieutenant General John J. Tolson, has been involved with the airmobile concept since June 1939, when he participated in the first tactical air movement of ground forces by the U.S. Army. Participating in all the combat jumps of the 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II, he became an Army aviator in 1957, and later served as Director of Army Aviation and Commandant of the U.S. Army Aviation School. From April 1967 to July 1968 he served as Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), Vietnam.” As the author himself says in his preface; “Although Vietnam was the first large combat test of airmobility, air assault operations in Southeast Asia would not have been possible without certain key decisions a decade earlier. This study attempts to trace the most important milestones which led to the eventual Formation of airmobile divisions. “It would be impossible in a single volume to adequately describe every airmobile operation in Vietnam during the years 1961-1971. Therefore, only selected operations have been chosen as examples of different airmobile tactics. Many of these were selected because of the author’s personal knowledge. Another author might have selected different operations. “I believe I’d be remiss in this account if I were not candid with the reader on some of the pros and cons of airmobility. Thus, throughout the text, I have inserted comments that are intended to broaden the reader’s view of this issue.”

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Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airmobility, 1961 - 1971 written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ltg John J. Tolson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944961442
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Studies written by Ltg John J. Tolson and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air assault operations in Southeast Asia would not have been possible without certain key decisions a decade earlier. This publication traces the most important milestones which led to the eventual formation of airmobile divisions. On 11 December 1961 the United States aircraft carrier USNS Card docked in downtown Saigon with 32 U. S. Army H-21 helicopters and 400 men. The 57th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) from Fort Lewis, Wash., and the 8th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) from Fort Bragg, N. C., had arrived in Southeast Asia. This event had a two-fold significance: it was the first major symbol of United States combat power in Vietnam; and, it was the beginning of a new era of airmobility in the United States Army. Just twelve days later these helicopters were committed into the first airmobile combat action in Vietnam, Operation CHOPPER. Approximately 1,000 Vietnamese paratroopers were airlifted into a suspected Viet Cong headquarters complex about ten miles west of the Vietnamese capitol. The paratroopers captured an elusive underground radio transmitter after meeting only slight resistance from a surprised enemy. Major George D. Hardesty, Jr. of the 8th Transportation Company and Major Robert J. Dillard of the 57th could report that their units had performed outstandingly under their first baptism of fire.

Author : John J. Tolson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airmobility, 1961-1971 written by John J. Tolson and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John J. Tolson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airmobility 1961-1971 written by John J. Tolson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om helikopterens udvikling og indsættelse i Vietnamkrigen. I begyndelsen brugte man almindelige fly, og man brugte også angrebskonceptet "The Eagle Flight", ørneflugten.

Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975 written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782005552
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author – an Army veteran of Vietnam – explains the composition, capabilities, equipment and missions of the US Army and Marine Corps helicopter and airmobile units in the Vietnam war and exactly how they carried out their missions. It centers on the classic airmobile assault mission: how it was planned and prepared; how the troop-carrying “slicks” and their “gunship” escorts and support teams actually operated; and the opposition and hazards that they faced on the LZ. The text is illustrated with wartime photos, organization charts, and color plates showing both the machines and the tactics that where employed.

Author : General William W. Momyer USAF
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786250721
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Power in Three Wars: World War II, Korea, Vietnam [Illustrated Edition] written by General William W. Momyer USAF and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes over 130 illustrations and maps] This insightful work documents the thoughts and perspectives of a general with 35 years of history with the U.S. Air Force – General William W. Momyer. The manuscript discusses his years as a senior commander of the Air Force – strategy, command and control counter air operations, interdiction, and close air support. His perspectives cover World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.