U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1973-1975

The Bitter End

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Title Page

Foreword and Preface

The War Goes On

The United States Presence in Southeast Asia

Contingency Planning  

The Fleet Marines Are Readied  

The North Vietnamese Winter-Spring Offensive 

Evacuation of South Vietnam's Northern Provinces  

The Evacuation of Phnom Penh  

The Other Contingency  

Planning the Evacuation  

The Final Days  

The Evacuation  

Refugee Operations  

Recovery of the S S Mayaguez  

Epilogue

APPENDICES:

Notes 

Command and Staff List, Southeast Asia  

Command Staff, BLT 2/4 

US Marine Officers in Billets in South Vietnam, US 

Marine Security Guard Battalion-January-April 1975 

Mayaguez Rescue Force 

Glossery of Terms and Abbreviations 

Chronology of Significant Events, 1973-1975 

List of Reviewers 

USMC Security Detachments On Board MSC Ships  

Frequent Wind Forces  

Helicopter Flow Table for Frequent Wind

Bibliographic Information:

Authors: Major George R. Dunham U.S. Marine Corps and Colonel David A. Quinlan U.S. Marine Corps

Library of Congress Card No. 77-604776
PCN 190-003109-00

HISTORY AND MUSEUMS DIVISION
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
1990

Volumes in the Marine Corps Vietnam Series

Operational Histories Series

U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1954-1964, The Advisory and Combat Assistance Era, 1977

U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1965, The landing and the Buildup, 1978

U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1966, An Expanding War, 1982

U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1967, Fighting the North Vietnamese, 1984

U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1969, High Mobility and Standdown, 1988

U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1970-1971, Vietnamization and Redeployment, 1986

In Preparation

U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1968 U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1971-1973

Functional Histories Series

Chaplains with Marines in Vietnam, 1962-1971, 1985 Marines and Military Law in Vietnam: Trial by fire, 1989

Anthology and Bibliography

The Marines in Vietnam, 1934-1973, An Anthology and Annotated Bibliography, 1974, reprinted 1983; revised second edition, 1985