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Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam
Brown Water Black Berets Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam Author:Thomas J. Cutler One significant aspect of America's involvement in Vietnam, the U.S. navy's brown-water force, has received little attention. Often using converted pleasure boats and aging landing craft to patrol the narrow rivers and shallow coastal waters of South Vietnam, the men of this unorthodox navy played a vital role in the war effort. Thomas Cutler i... more »s both an historian teaching at the Naval Academy and a naval officer who served in Vietnam. He puts the reader in the midst of battle to convey the terror of nocturnal firefights. He goes into the camps to witness life in the tropics and the sudden perils of guerrilla warfare. "Action-packed narrative, hair-raising adventure, all for real in the backwaters of Vietnam." (Publisher's Source)« less