Fourth Arm of Defense: Sealift and Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam War
- ISBN-10
- 0945274963
- ISBN-13
- 9780945274964
- Category
- Merchant marine
- Pages
- 88
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Author
- Salvatore R. Mercogliano
Description
This publication is the eighth in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. The publication focuses on the sealift and logistic operations during the war and includes a number of photographs as well as sidebars detailing specific people and ships involved in the logistic operations. This historical pictorial reference would be of interest to students, historians, members of the military, specifically the Navy, and military leaders, veterans, Vietnam War veterans, and the U.S. merchant marines.
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