Swift Boats at War in Vietnam

Swift Boats at War in Vietnam

You-are-there stories of ambushes and patrols on the Mekong in the Vietnam War

Developed specifically for the Vietnam War (and made famous by the 2004 presidential campaign), Swift Boats were versatile craft â€œbig enough to outrun anything they couldnâ€™t outfightâ€ but too small to handle even a moderate ocean chop, too loud to sneak up on anyone, and too flimsy to withstand the mildest of rocket attacks. This made more difficult an already tough mission: navigating coastal waters for ships and sampans smuggling contraband to the Viet Cong, disrupting enemy supply lines on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, and inserting SEALs behind enemy lines. The stories in this book cover the Swift Boatsâ€™ early years, which saw search-and-inspect operations in Vietnamâ€™s coastal waters, and their later years, when the Swift Boatsâ€™ mission shifted to the Mekong Deltaâ€™s labyrinth of 3,000 miles of rivers, streams, and canals. This is an intimate, exciting oral history of Swift Boats at war in Vietnam.
Country USA
Manufacturer Stackpole Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2023-06-14
Format Kindle eBook

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