Part 1 — Chapter 3 Vietnamese Marines and the Communist Insurgency
Reading edition
Unless otherwise noted, the material in this chapter is derived from: Department of State, Aggression From The North; The Record of North Viet-Nam’s Campaign to Conquer South Viet-Nam (Washington: GPO, 1965), hereafter Department of State, Aggression From The North; Buttinger, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, v. II; Fall, Two Viet-Nams; FitzGerald, Fire In The Lake; Kahin and Lewis, The U.S. In Vietnam; Pike, Viet Cong.
Insurgency and the Vietnamese Marine Corps
Unless otherwise noted the material in this section is derived from: SMA to CMC, ltr dtd 22 March 1973, Subj: Vietnamese Marine Corps/Marine Advisory Unit Historical Summary, 1954–1973, hereafter VNMC/MAU HistSum, 22Mar73; Maj James Yingling, Capt Harvey D. Bradshaw, and Mr. Benis M. Frank, “United States Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam 1954–1963,” MS (HistDiv, HQMC, 1963), hereafter Yingling, et al., “USMC Activities 1954–1963”; Col Frank R. Wilkinson, USMC (Ret.), intvw by Hist&MusDiv, HQMC, dtd 14Jul74 (Oral HistColl, Hist&MusDiv, HQMC), hereafter Wilkinson Interview; LtCol Robert E. Brown, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter, R. E. Brown Comments; Col Raymond C. Damm, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File) hereafter Damm Comments; LtCol Michael J. Gott, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File) hereafter Gott Comments; Col Gary L. Wilder, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter Wilder Comments.
Ancillary Effects on Marine Pacific Commands
Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Maj T. C. Edwards, “3d MarDiv Counterguerrilla Training: A Readiness Report,” Marine Corps Gazette, v. 47, no. 5 (May 1963), pp. 45–48, hereafter Edwards, “Counterguerrilla Training”; MajGen Donald M. Weller, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter Weller Comments; MajGen Donald M. Weller, USMC (Ret.), intvw by Hist&MusDiv, HQMC, dtd (OralHistColl, Hist&MusDiv, HQMC), hereafter Weller Interview; MajGen Donald M. Weller, USMC (Ret.), Intvw with Captain Robert Whitlow, dtd 26Sep73, Subj: 3d MarDiv Training Program (1954–1964 Project Interview Folder), hereafter Weller Interview on Training Programs.
American Decisions at the Close of 1961
Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Gravel Edition, Pentagon Papers, v. II; “The Fall Decisions,” Pentagon Papers, bk. 2, sec. IV.B, ch. V and VI; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., A Thousand Days (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965), hereafter Schlesinger, A Thousand Days; Maxwell D. Taylor, Swords and Plowshares (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1972), hereafter Taylor, Swords and Plowshares; Chester L. Cooper, The Lost Crusade: America In Vietnam (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970), hereafter Cooper, The Lost Crusade; Gen. William C. Westmoreland and Adm U. S. G. Sharp, Report On The War In Vietnam (Washington: GPO 1969), hereafter Westmoreland and Sharp, Report On The War.