OPERATION MILLPOND

• Autore: Hofmann George R., Jr. (George Rhodes)
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Normanby Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (47 pages)
• Disciplina: 959.70433730000002
• Soggetto topico: Operation Millpond, 1961; Search and rescue operations - Southeast Asia; Military assistance, American - Laos - History; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Aerial operations, American
• Soggetto geografico: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Japan)
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed April 4, 2016).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Includes 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: OPERATION MILLPOND
• Titolo autorizzato: OPERATION MILLPOND
• ISBN: 9781786251398; 1786251396
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158942403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II