This page contains documents on military science and papers related to the history of the Vietnam War.
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Tactics and command
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Communication and navigation
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Survival and concealment
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Historical publications on the Vietnam War
Tactics and command:
FM 7-7 Chapter 3 – LEADING THE PLATOON AND SQUAD
IN0497-1 – LESSON 1: INFANTRY PLATOON TACTICAL DEFENSE
IN0497-2 – LESSON 2: DEFENSE PLANS, OPERATION ORDERS, AND FIGHTING POSITIONS FOR SQUAD MEMBERS
IN0497-3 – LESSON 3: COORDINATING WITH ADJACENT PLATOONS, AND EXECUTING A PLATOON DEFENSE
FM 90-10 Appendix C – HOW TO SELECT AND PREPARE DEFENSIVE POSITIONS IN BUILT-UP AREAS
FM 90-10 Appendix G – HOW TO ATTACK AND CLEAR BUILDINGS
FM 90-10-1 Chapter 5 – FUNDAMENTAL COMBAT SKILLS
Jungle and unconventional warfare:
FM 72-20 – JUNGLE WARFARE, WAR DEPARTMENT, 27 October 1944
Unconventional Warfare and the Principles of War by Major E. Deborah Elek, USMC
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Communication and navigation:
APP-6A Handbook – APP-6A MAP SYMBOLOGY, 2001
NATO Alphabet – THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET
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Survival and concealment:
FM 21-76 – US ARMY SURVIVAL MANUAL
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Historical publications on the Vietnam War:
Airpower and the 1972 Spring Invasion, USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Vol. II, Monograph 3