Overview
. Personal accounts, after-action reports and official documents are woven into a remarkable narrative about the Vietnam War This work describes U.S. Marine Corps helicopter operations, including their actions and evolution, throughout the Vietnam War. The book is divided into parts spanning the three stages of the Corps' combat deployment: ""Buildup (19621966),"" ""Heavy Combat (19671969),"" and ""The Bitter End (1975)."" Each part includes chapters devoted to ""telling the story"" of Marine helicopters from the individual to the strategic level. Vietnam has often been called our ""first helicopter war,"" and indeed the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967 the combat was raging across South Vietnam, with confrontational battles against the NVA, on a scale comparable to the great campaigns of WWII. In 1968, when the Communists launched their mammoth counteroffensive, the Marines were forced to fight on all sides, with the helicopter giving them the additional dimension that proved decisive in repelling the enemy. The author, a Vietnam veteran, uses his experiences as a company commander to bring the story to life by weaving personal accounts, after-action reports and official documents into a remarkably readable narrative of service and sacrifice by Marine pilots and crewmen. The entire story of the war is here depicted through the prism of Marine helicopter operations, from the first deployments to support the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) against the Viet Cong through the rapid United States build up to stop the North Vietnamese Army, until the final withdrawal from our Embassy. AUTHOR: Colonel Dick Camp, a Purple Heart recipient, served 26 years in the U.S. Marine Corps before retiring in 1988. Upon retirement he served as the Deputy Director, U.S. Marine Corps History Division and as the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Vice President for Museum Operations at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia. Currently residing in Fredericksburg, Virginia, he is the author of ten books and over 100 magazine articles on various military related subjects.
Full Product Details
Author: Dick Camp
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 15.20cm
Weight: 0.558kg
ISBN: 9781612001289
ISBN 10: 1612001289
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 August 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Assault from the Sky is a well-researched, detailed history of Marine helicopters from the time the first ones arrived in Vietnam in 1962 all the way through to the helicopter-heavy evacuation of Saigon in 1975. * The VVA Veteran * Assault from the Sky is an extraordinary tribute...bears Camp's witness of the escalation of battle and ...documents the skill, capacity, and commitment of those Marine pilots and crews, both officer and enlisted. This book is a significant reportage of and gracious tribute to that group of men... Assault is enhanced immeasurably by the interspersing of an album of black and white vintage photos. It is a book of military history and personal stories, techniques and tactics in the context of personal truths. * Veterans Law Journal *
Assault from the Sky is an extraordinary tribute...bears Camp's witness of the escalation of battle and ...documents the skill, capacity, and commitment of those Marine pilots and crews, both officer and enlisted. This book is a significant reportage of and gracious tribute to that group of men... Assault is enhanced immeasurably by the interspersing of an album of black and white vintage photos. It is a book of military history and personal stories, techniques and tactics in the context of personal truths. --Alice A. Booher, Veterans War Journal, Autumn 2013 Assault from the Sky is a well-researched, detailed history of Marine helicopters from the time the first ones arrived in Vietnam in 1962 all the way through to the helicopter-heavy evacuation of Saigon in 1975. Marc Leepson, The VVA Veteran, November 2013
Author Information
Colonel Richard D. Camp, a Purple Heart recipient, served 26 years in the U.S. Marine Corps before retiring in 1988. Upon retirement he served as the Deputy Director, U.S. Marine Corps History Division and as the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Vice President for Museum Operations at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia. Currently residing in Fredericksburg, Virginia, he is the author of ten books and over 100 magazine articles on various military related subjects.
