Chapter 3
Vietnamese Marines and the Communist Insurgency
Unless otherwise noted, the material in this chapter is derived from: Department of State, _Aggression From The North; The Record of North Viet-Nam’s Campaign to Conquer South Viet-Nam_ (Washington: GPO, 1965), hereafter Department of State, _Aggression From The North_; Buttinger, _Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled_, v. II; Fall, _Two Viet-Nams_; FitzGerald, _Fire In The Lake_; Kahin and Lewis, _The U.S. In Vietnam_; Pike, _Viet Cong_.
[3-1] _U.S. News & World Report_, 9Nov64, p. 63.
[3-2] Scigliano, _South Vietnam: Nation Under Stress_, p. 164.
[3-3] Fall, _Two Viet-Nams_, p. 360.
[3-4] Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. II, p. 35.
[3-5] “Evolution of The War,” _Pentagon Papers_, bk. 2, sec. IV.B.1, p. 1.
[3-6] Pike, _Viet Cong_, p. 81.
[3-7] Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. II, p. 36.
[3-8] HistBr, G-3, HQMC, “General Chronology of Events in Vietnam, 1945–1964,” p. 41.
_Insurgency and the Vietnamese Marine Corps_
Unless otherwise noted the material in this section is derived from: SMA to CMC, ltr dtd 22 March 1973, Subj: Vietnamese Marine Corps/Marine Advisory Unit Historical Summary, 1954–1973, hereafter VNMC/MAU HistSum, 22Mar73; Maj James Yingling, Capt Harvey D. Bradshaw, and Mr. Benis M. Frank, “United States Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam 1954–1963,” MS (HistDiv, HQMC, 1963), hereafter Yingling, _et al._, “USMC Activities 1954–1963”; Col Frank R. Wilkinson, USMC (Ret.), intvw by Hist&MusDiv, HQMC, dtd 14Jul74 (Oral HistColl, Hist&MusDiv, HQMC), hereafter _Wilkinson Interview_; LtCol Robert E. Brown, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter, _R. E. Brown Comments_; Col Raymond C. Damm, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File) hereafter _Damm Comments_; LtCol Michael J. Gott, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File) hereafter _Gott Comments_; Col Gary L. Wilder, Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter _Wilder Comments_.
[3-9] VNMC/MAU HistSumm, 22Mar73.
[3-10] _Wilkinson Interview._
[3-11] _Ibid._
[3-12] _Damm Comments._
[3-13] _Gott Comments._
_Ancillary Effects on Marine Pacific Commands_
Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Maj T. C. Edwards, “3d MarDiv Counterguerrilla Training: A Readiness Report,” _Marine Corps Gazette_, v. 47, no. 5 (May 1963), pp. 45–48, hereafter Edwards, “Counterguerrilla Training”; MajGen Donald M. Weller, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter _Weller Comments_; MajGen Donald M. Weller, USMC (Ret.), intvw by Hist&MusDiv, HQMC, dtd (OralHistColl, Hist&MusDiv, HQMC), hereafter _Weller Interview_; MajGen Donald M. Weller, USMC (Ret.), Intvw with Captain Robert Whitlow, dtd 26Sep73, Subj: 3d MarDiv Training Program (1954–1964 Project Interview Folder), hereafter _Weller Interview on Training Programs_.
[3-14] _Weller Interview on Training Programs._
[3-15] Edwards, “Counterguerrilla Training,” p. 46.
_American Decisions at the Close of 1961_
Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. II; “The Fall Decisions,” _Pentagon Papers_, bk. 2, sec. IV.B, ch. V and VI; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., _A Thousand Days_ (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965), hereafter Schlesinger, _A Thousand Days_; Maxwell D. Taylor, _Swords and Plowshares_ (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1972), hereafter Taylor, _Swords and Plowshares_; Chester L. Cooper, _The Lost Crusade: America In Vietnam_ (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970), hereafter Cooper, _The Lost Crusade_; Gen. William C. Westmoreland and Adm U. S. G. Sharp, _Report On The War In Vietnam_ (Washington: GPO 1969), hereafter Westmoreland and Sharp, _Report On The War_.
[3-16] Taylor, _Swords and Plowshares_, p. 225.