Chapter 5

SHUFLY at Soc Trang

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this chapter is derived from: HQMC Msg File; Vietnam Comment File _MCC Items_; CinCPac Command History, 1962; LtGen Keith B. McCutcheon, “Marine Aviation In Vietnam, 1962–1970,” _Naval Review_, v. 10 (1971), hereafter McCutcheon, “Marine Aviation.”

[5-1] JCS to CinCPac, 17Jan62, 1212Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-2] CinCPac to JCS, 28Feb62, 0217Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-3] JCS to CinCPac, 6Mar62, 1838Z (HQMC Msg File). DA to CinCPac and CinCUSARPac, 2Mar63 (HQMC Msg File).

[5-4] ChMAAG, VN to CinCPac, 26Feb62, 0945Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-5] CGFMPac to CinCPac, 28Feb62, 0113Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-6] _Ibid._

[5-7] CinCPacFlt to CinCPac, 28Feb62, 2044Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-8] CinCPac (Bangkok Th) to ComUSMACV, 5Mar62, 0340Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-9] ComUSMACV to CinCPac, 8Mar62, 0941Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-10] CinCUSARPac to CinCPac, 9Mar62, 2100Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-11] Dir, DivAv, HQMC, Briefing Item, dtd 14Mar62, for CMC Weekly Conf., Subj: Assignment of Marine Helicopter Squadron to ChMAAG, Vietnam.

[5-12] CinCPac to JCS, 14Mar62, 0712Z (HQMC Msg File).

[5-13] _Ibid._

[5-14] CinCPac to CinCPacFlt and ComUSMACV, 21Mar62, 0412Z (HQMC Msg File); CinCPacFlt to ComSeventhFlt, 21Mar62, 2048Z (HQMC Msg File).

_Deployment to Soc Trang_

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Commander Task Unit 79.3.5 ComdDiary, 31Jul–5Nov62, hereafter _CTU 79.3.5 CmdD, 31Jul-Nov62_; CG 1st MAW, SHUFLY, OpSums, Apr-Sep62; CG, 1st MAW, Ltr of Instruction, SHUFLY, dtd 12Nov62, hereafter _CG, 1st MAW LOI_; LtCol Archie J. Clapp, “SHU-FLY Diary,” _USNI Proceedings_, v. 89, no. 10 (Oct63), hereafter Clapp, “SHU-FLY Diary”; Cdr Withers M. Moore, Chaplain Corps, USN, _Navy Chaplains in Vietnam, 1954–1964_ (Washington: Department of Navy, 1968), hereafter Moore, _Navy Chaplains_; Capt Robert B. Asprey, “Saga At Soc Trang: Marines In Viet-Nam,” _Marine Corps Gazette_, v. 46, no. 12 (Dec62), pp. 2–3, hereafter Asprey, “Saga At Soc Trang”; VAdm Edwin B. Hooper, USN (Ret.), Intvw by Capt Robert Whitlow, dtd 15Apr74 (1954–64 Project Interview Folder), hereafter _Hooper Interview_.

[5-15] CG, 1st MAW to ComSeventhFlt, 30Mar62, 0700Z, (HQMC Msg File).

[5-16] _Ibid._

[5-17] ComSeventhFlt to CTF 76 and CTG 79.3, 3Apr62 (HQMC Msg File).

_Mekong Delta Combat Support Operations_

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Marine Corps Operational Analysis Group, Study No. 1, dtd 12Mar63, “Characteristics of U.S. Marine Helicopter Operations in the Mekong Delta,” hereafter _MCOAG Study No. 1_; LtCol Robert L. Rathbun, Comments on Yingling, _et al._, “USMC Activities 1954–1963,” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter _Rathbun Comments on Yingling MS_; Richard Tregaskis, _Vietnam Diary_ (New York: Popular Library, 1963), hereafter Tregaskis, _Vietnam Diary_; Clapp, “SHU-FLY Diary”; CTU 79.3.5 ComdD, 31Jul–5Nov62; CG, 1stMAW SHUFLY OpSums, Apr-Sep62.

[5-18] Clapp, “SHU-FLY Diary,” p. 46.

[5-19] _Ibid._, p. 51.

[5-20] CTU 79.3.5 ComdD, 31Jul–5Nov62.

[5-21] Yingling, _et al._, “USMC Activities 1954–1963,” p. 118.

[5-22] CTU 79.3.5 ComdD, 31Jul-Nov62.

[5-23] C of S memo 007A20763, as quoted in Yingling, _et al._, “USMC Activities, 1954–1963,” p. 153.