One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power (67 page)

100
.
  
Hallion,
The Naval Air War in Korea
, pp. 120–22; Knott,
Attack from the Sky
, p. 43.

101
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, pp. 102–9.

102
.
  
Hallion,
The Naval Air War in Korea
, p. 198; Knott,
Attack from the Sky
, pp. 33, 47–48.

103
.
  
Meid and Yingling,
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea 1950–1953
, pp. 493–98; Mersky,
U.S. Marine Corps Aviation
, pp. 142–43.

104
.
  
Knott,
Attack from the Sky
, p. 35.

105
.
  
Hallion,
The Naval Air War in Korea
, pp. 102–3, 131; Symonds,
Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy
, p. 198.

106
.
  
Hallion,
The Naval Air War in Korea
, pp. 125–26.

107
.
  
Ibid., pp. 127–29.

108
.
  
Knott,
Attack from the Sky
, p. 51.

109
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, p. xi.

110
.
  
Knott,
Attack from the Sky
, p. 65.

111
.
  
Hallion,
The Naval Air War in Korea
, p. 191–93.

112
.
  
Ibid., pp. 196–98.

113
.
  
Summers,
On Strategy
, p. 4.

114
.
  
U. S. Grant Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect
(San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1979), p. 269.

115
.
  
Ibid., pp. 259–71; Summers,
On Strategy
, pp. 104–5.

116
.
  
Summers,
On Strategy
, pp. 85–86.

117
.
  
Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.,
The Army and Vietnam
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986), pp. 6–7.

118
.
  
Summers,
On Strategy
, pp. 88–90.

119
.
  
Philip B. Davidson,
Vietnam at War: The History: 1946–1975
(Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1988), pp. 289–92; Dave Richard Palmer,
Summons of the Trumpet: U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective
(Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1978), pp. 75–78.

120
.
  
H. R. McMaster,
Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam
(New York: HarperCollins, 1997), p. 48.

121
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, p. 191.

122
.
  
Eventually, the MAAG was re-designated as Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) with expanded operational tasks. Davidson,
Vietnam at War: The History: 1946–1975
, pp. 293, 297, 301.

123
.
  
Palmer,
Summons of the Trumpet
, pp. 22–26; Weigley,
The American Way of War
, p. 460.

124
.
  
Mersky,
U.S. Marine Corps Aviation
, pp. 203–9.

125
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, pp. 292–300; Peter B. Mersky and Norman Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
(Annapolis: Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1981), pp. 11–12.

126
.
  
John B. Nichols and Barrett Tillman,
On Yankee Station: The Naval Air War over Vietnam
(Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987), pp. 2–3,113–14; Tommy H. Thomason,
Strike from the Sea: U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft from Skyraider to Super Hornet 1948–Present
(North Branch, NM: Specialty Press, 2009), p. 132.

127
.
  
Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 28–29.

128
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, pp. 194, 234–38.

129
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, p. 301.

130
.
  
Palmer,
Summons of the Trumpet
, p. 21.

131
.
  
William M. Hammond, “U.S. Intervention and the Fall of Diem,” in Ray Bonds,
The Vietnam War: An Illustrated History of the Conflict in Southeast Asia
(New York: Crown
Publishing, 1979), pp. 12, 64–70; Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, pp. 303–4; McMaster,
Dereliction of Duty
, p. 248.

132
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, pp. 323–24, 327.

133
.
  
William M. Hammond, “Communist Aggression Provokes US Retaliation,” in Bonds,
The Vietnam War
(see note 131), pp. 74–76; Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, pp. 191–92; McMaster,
Dereliction of Duty
, p. 107.

134
.
  
Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 35–49; Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 13–26; Thomason,
Strike from the Sea
, p. 102.

135
.
  
Nichols and Tillman,
On Yankee Station
, p. 50.

136
.
  
Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 45–46.

137
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, pp. 334–35.

138
.
  
Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 53–54.

139
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, pp. 325–29; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 46–49.

140
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, pp. 333, 335–36; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, p. 56.

141
.
  
Mark Clodfelter,
The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam
(New York: The Free Press, 1989), pp. 82–84; Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 18–21; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 56–62.

142
.
  
Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 21–26; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 59, 66–67.

143
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, pp. 238–39.

144
.
  
Weigley,
The American Way of War
, p. 463.

145
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, pp. 193, 234–36.

146
.
  
Clodfelter,
The Limits of Air Power
, p. 65.

147
.
  
Nichols and Tillman,
On Yankee Station
, p. 16.

148
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, p. 339; Symonds,
Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy
, p. 208.

149
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, p. 235; Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, p. 27; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 63–80.

150
.
  
Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, p. 80.

151
.
  
Clodfelter,
The Limits of Air Power
, pp. 143–45; Bernard C. Nalty, “The Air War against North Vietnam,” in Bonds,
The Vietnam War
(see note 131), p. 94.

152
.
  
Palmer,
Summons of the Trumpet
, pp. 75–78.

153
.
  
Clodfelter,
The Limits of Air Power
, pp. 144–45.

154
.
  
Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 27–29; Land Rogers, “US Navy and Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam,” in Bonds,
The Vietnam War
(see note 131), p. 130.

155
.
  
Krepinevich,
The Army and Vietnam
, p. 184; Palmer,
Summons of the Trumpet
, pp. 72–79.

156
.
  
Symonds,
Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy
, p. 208.

157
.
  
Davidson,
Vietnam at War
, pp. 343–44.

158
.
  
Krulak,
First to Fight
, p. 181; McMaster,
Dereliction of Duty
, p. 248.

159
.
  
Mersky,
U.S. Marine Corps Aviation
, pp. 213–15.

160
.
  
Weigley,
The American Way of War
, pp. 463–64.

161
.
  
Nichols and Tillman,
On Yankee Station
, p. 18; Symonds,
Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy
, p. 214.

162
.
  
Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 47–48.

163
.
  
Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, p. 140.

164
.
  
Anonymous, “From the Vietnam Front: On Coastal, Air and River Patrol, All Hands: The Bureau of Naval Personnel Career Publication” (December 1966), p. 17.

165
.
  
Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 30–34.

166
.
  
Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, p. 140.

167
.
  
Clodfelter,
The Limits of Air Power
, p. 147.

168
.
  
R. Blake Dunnavent,
Brown Water Warfare: The U.S. Navy and the Emergence of a Tactical Doctrine, 1775–1970
(Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2003).

169
.
  
Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, p. 140; Symonds,
Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy
, p. 212.

170
.
  
Nichols and Tillman,
On Yankee Station
, pp. 49–52.

171
.
  
Ibid., pp. 53–54.

172
.
  
Nalty, “The Air War against North Vietnam,” p. 88.

173
.
  
Nichols and Tillman,
On Yankee Station
, pp. 54–55.

174
.
  
Ibid., pp. 56–62.

175
.
  
Nalty, “The Air War against North Vietnam,” p. 88.

176
.
  
Nichols and Tillman,
On Yankee Station
, pp. 67–68.

177
.
  
Nalty, “The Air War against North Vietnam,” p. 90; Rogers, “US Navy and Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam,” p. 132.

178
.
  
Nichols and Tillman,
On Yankee Station
, pp. 67–68, 70.

179
.
  
Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, pp. 86–87.

180
.
  
Rogers, “US Navy and Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam,” pp. 136–38; John T. Greenwood, “B-52: Strategic Bombers in a Tactical Role,” in Bonds,
The Vietnam War
(see note 131), p. 202.

181
.
  
Jeffrey J. Clarke, “Vietnamization: The South Must Save Itself,” in Bonds,
The Vietnam War
(see note 131), pp. 172, 180; Summers,
On Strategy
, pp. 176–77.

182
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, pp. 326–27; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, p. 252.

183
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, pp. 335–34; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 252–54.

184
.
  
John T. Greenwood, “B-52: Strategic Bombers in a Tactical Role,” in Bonds,
The Vietnam War
(see note 131), p. 204.

185
.
  
William L. Allen, “Spring 1972: Northern Invasion Repulsed,” in Bonds,
The Vietnam War
(see note 131), p. 226.

186
.
  
Mersky and Polmar,
The Naval Air War in Vietnam
, p. 211; Palmer,
Summons of the Trumpet
, pp. 262–63.

187
.
  
Holloway,
Aircraft Carriers at War
, p. 334; Sharp,
Strategy for Defeat
, pp. 259–65; Summers,
On Strategy
, pp. 113–15.