LEADER 03800nam 22006013 450 001 9910158942403321 005 20230829233901.0 010 $a9781786251398 010 $a1786251396 035 $a(CKB)3810000000099109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4808218 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4808218 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11354530 035 $a(OCoLC)975225273 035 $a(OCoLC)945930934 035 $a(BIP)054260393 035 $a(Perlego)3020404 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000099109 100 $a20210901d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOPERATION MILLPOND 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cNormanby Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (47 pages) 225 1 $aOccasional paper / History Division, United States Marine Corps 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed April 4, 2016). 327 $aIntro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Laos in the Years Following World War II -- The Situation in Laos Deteriorates, 1960-61 -- President Kennedy Commits U.S. Forces -- The Order to Deploy Marine Corps Forces is Issued -- MABS-16 is Task Organized for its Mission -- The Execute Order -- The MABS-16 Mission -- The Early Days of Operation Millpond -- Your Only Comment Will Be "No Comment" -- Aircraft Maintenance and Line Maintenance Operations-The First Weeks -- Camp Construction -- Logistics -- Medical Support -- Communications -- Morale, Welfare, and People-to-People Programs -- Aircraft and Line Maintenance Operations -- Epilogue -- Appendix. 330 8 $aIncludes over 15 illustrationsThis operation highlights the role that the small country of Laos played in the foreign policy calculations of the newly elected U.S. president, John F. Kennedy. Gravely concerned that the Laotian government was in danger of being overwhelmed by a growing Communist insurgency known as the Pathet Lao, President Kennedy took the bold step of deploying Marine Air Base Squadron-16 (MABS-16) to nearby Thailand for the purpose of supporting a collection of helicopters piloted by an organization called Air America. Hollywood later made a movie about Air America, and it is now widely known that it was linked to the Central Intelligence Agency. The Marines of MABS-16 received no such fanfare. Working behind the scenes in austere conditions, MABS-16 gave new meaning to the phrase "in any clime and place." While Operation Millpond may seem like a small thing in comparison with much larger operations that were soon to be conducted by Marines in the Republic of South Vietnam, it nonetheless represents a clear beginning to a growing U.S. military commitment to the region as a whole, one that did not end until the last Marine left the roof of the American embassy in Saigon in 1975. 517 $aOPERATION MILLPOND 606 $aOperation Millpond, 1961 606 $aSearch and rescue operations$zSoutheast Asia 606 $aMilitary assistance, American$zLaos$xHistory 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xAerial operations, American 607 $aMarine Corps Air Station Futenma (Japan) 615 0$aOperation Millpond, 1961. 615 0$aSearch and rescue operations 615 0$aMilitary assistance, American$xHistory. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xAerial operations, American. 676 $a959.70433730000002 700 $aHofmann$b George R.$cJr.$g(George Rhodes)$0280695 712 02$aMarine Corps University (U.S.).$bHistory Division, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910158942403321 996 $aOPERATION MILLPOND$93431735 997 $aUNINA