Very little has been written about the U.S. Navy in Vietnam in the immediate post-Korean War era, nor has the magnitude of American participation in the resettlement of Vietnam refugees following the 1954 Geneva Conference been explored. Beginning in the fall of 1954, U.S. Navy ships, as a part of Task Force 90, helped to relocate thousands of displaced North Vietnamese to South Vietnam following the separation of the nation at the 17th parallel. What those sailors accomplished during the three hundred days of Operation ...
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Very little has been written about the U.S. Navy in Vietnam in the immediate post-Korean War era, nor has the magnitude of American participation in the resettlement of Vietnam refugees following the 1954 Geneva Conference been explored. Beginning in the fall of 1954, U.S. Navy ships, as a part of Task Force 90, helped to relocate thousands of displaced North Vietnamese to South Vietnam following the separation of the nation at the 17th parallel. What those sailors accomplished during the three hundred days of Operation Passage to Freedom forever changed the lives of more than 310,000 Vietnamese who traveled on their ships. In Operation Passage to Freedom Ronald B. Frankum, Jr. recounts the events surrounding this enormous humanitarian evacuation that was the American military's first major involvement with the Vietnamese people. Based on archival research and interviews with more than forty sailors who participated in Task Force 90, Operation Passage to Freedom illuminates a mission that has been all but forgotten and also explores how the initial humanitarian involvement of the United States in Vietnam eventually led to massive military involvement in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 0896726088. Hardcover, in dustjacket. The top front corner is lightly bumped, and the top rear corner is very lightly bumped. Else the binding is quite clean. One line on page 216 is circled in ink. A previous owner's name and date are inked on the front flyleaf. There is an inkmark on the page top edges (perhaps a remainder mark? ). Else pages clean. There is some opaque discoloration and some light surface rubbing to the DJ, and a bit of very light bumping at the DJ corner tips.; 28D; 9-3/8" x 6-1/4"; 251 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0896726088. Hardcover, in dustjacket. Just a bit of very slight bumping at the front corner tips, and spine extremities. Else the binding is quite clean. One line in the index on page 216 is underlined. Else pages clean. There is some light surface rubbing to the DJ, and a bit of very light bumping at the DJ bottom corner tips and spine head.; 28B; 9-3/8" x 6-1/4"; 251 pages.
