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Basic Military Requirements (BMR) Revised Edition
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Americans were introduced to Vietnam in 1965. In that year, the United States entered the Vietnam Police Action. This police action, which caused conflict at home as well as on the battlefield, lasted until January1973.  Figures  5-16 through  5-19 commemorate American actions in Vietnam. The Navy’s operations in support of South Vietnam’s struggle against communist military aggression consisted mainly of gunfire support and carrier aircraft operations. These operations included coastal interdiction patrols against North Vietnamese ships moving troops and supplies to the south. They also included riverine operations by a swarm of various types of patrol craft in the maze of waterways in South Vietnam’s delta area. (By early 1972 all boats and the responsibility for delta operations had been turned over to the South Vietnamese Navy.) Naval construction battalions (Seabees) built several military bases and constructed water and sanitary facilities for local communities. Often, as in World War II, they engaged in fighting as they worked. Navy medical personnel served in the field with Marine Corps and Seabee units, as they did in World War II and in the Korean Conflict. They often performed their duties under fire and often sacrificed themselves to protect their charges from further harm. As in previous wars, U.S. Navy service and amphibious forces transported over 90 percent of the personnel and supplies used in support of that conflict. 5-23 Student Notes: Photograph courtesy of Mr. Francis Jeffery. Figure 5-17.—Vietman memorial. Photgraph courtesy of Mr. Francis Jeffery. Figure 5-18.—Vietnam memorial—soldier. Photograph courtesy of Mr. F4rancis Jeffery. Figure 5-16.—The Wall . Photograph courtesy of Mr. Francis Jeffery. Figure 5-19.—Women in war—memorial.







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