Turner, Aubrey B., 138
Turner, Thomas M., 137
Ubon, Thailand
Bridge Busters and, 222
Eighth Tactical Fighter Wing/missions and, 136, 204, 221, 222, 224–225, 228, 238, 239, 242, 255
parties/morale, 224
Udorn, Thailand, 219, 221, 225, 237–238
United States
communism and, 3
events in 1968 and, 171–174, 184–185
USS America, 250–251, 252, 253, 255
USS Berkeley, 230
USS Bon Homme Richard (Bonnie Dick), 86, 88, 107, 150, 194
USS Buchanan, 230
USS Canberra, 42
USS Chicago, 230, 231
USS Constellation (Connie), 95, 145, 146, 197, 217, 221, 233, 237, 244
USS Coral Sea (Coral Maru), 82, 175, 177, 194, 221, 230, 231
USS Denver, 227, 238
USS Enterprise (Big E), 92–93, 94, 107, 149, 157–158, 167
USS Forrestal, 95, 157–158
USS Hancock, 32, 150, 197, 221
USS Hassayampa, 95
USS Independence (Indie), 95–96, 97, 98
USS Kitty Hawk (Hawk), 81, 95, 107, 108, 113, 114, 115, 118, 162, 164, 221, 230
USS Long Beach, 230, 249–250
USS Maddox, 10–11
USS Midway, 86, 90, 91, 98, 194, 197, 227, 247, 250
USS Myles C. Fox, 230
USS Oriskany, 100, 102–104, 107, 125, 157–158, 168, 194
USS Ranger, 95, 252
USS Repose, 116
USS Richard S. Edwards, 230
USS Saratoga, 250
USS Ticonderoga, 11, 106, 107, 150
USS Turner Joy, 11
Vance, Cyrus, 13
Verne, Jules, 209
Vichy France, 2
Victory Order, 48
Viet Minh, 2
Dragon’s Jaw Bridge and, 2, 3
pilots/Vietnam War and, 17
Vietnam, xvi (map)
colonial history, 1–3
after Vietnam War, 266
and Geneva Convention, 2–3, 25
Vietnam War
as civil war, 265
and Communist guerillas in south, 3
end of, 266–267
increasing tensions (1950s), 4
lives lost statistics, 51
Vietnam War, US
US industrial innovation/invention and, 130
blacks vs. whites/statistics, 173
bombing halts and, 57, 123, 148–149, 174–175, 180–181, 183, 184, 187, 214, 216
bombing halts/Communists’ work during, 174–176, 216–217
“Christmas peace initiative” and, 111, 112
comparisons to World War II and, 171, 187
“credibility gap, the,” 171
death statistics (1969 to 1971), 218
death statistics/injuries (1968), 172
fears of Chinese/Soviet involvement and, 24–25, 108–109, 230
financial costs of, 111, 171, 260
micromanagement and, 28, 108
military vs. civilian command and, 48–49
mining North Vietnam harbors and, 206, 230–231
protests against, 67
racism/cultural condescension against opponents and, 187
remains found/returned (postwar), 114, 129, 141, 157, 205
restrictions on bombing, 26, 108–109
targeting-power-plants decision, 150
targets/management, 91–92
veterans reception in US, 172, 266
World War II/Korean War lessons and, 28
Vietnam War, US failure, 48–51
bureaucracy and, 49
combat training and, 36, 49
conventional weapons following World War II and, 5, 15
Johnson’s plan and, 25, 51, 67, 159, 182, 183
not attacking airfields/MiGs and, 233n
not winning aerial supremacy and, 49–50
nuclear weapons focus/consequences, 5, 36
those running the war and, 53, 187, 219
war plan/strategy and, 25, 49
Vietnam War, US military personnel
escalation/statistics (last half of 1965), 110
leaving (early 1970s) and, 218, 219
statistics (1964/1965), 13–14
statistics (1968), 173
statistics (1969 to 1971), 218
Vietnam War, US negotiations, 184, 260
October 1972 and, 258–259
Vigilante, RA-5C, 245–246, 254
Vo Nguyen Giap, 182, 206, 216
Vogt, John, 243–244
Vohden, Raymond A., 32
Voodoo RF-101, description/capabilities, 29
Vu Khac Hue, 46, 47
Wales, George, 167, 168
Wallace, George, 261
Wallace, William, 1
Walleyes, 153, 214
attacks summary (January to March 1967), 158
Dragon’s Jaw Bridge attacks, 154–157, 214, 252, 254, 255
Sam Son army barracks attacks, 154
Ward, J. D., 146
wars
offensive wars/democracies and, 188–189
Peters on, 267
Watergate scandal, 264
Webb, James H., Jr., 219
Weimorts, Robert F., 117
Wells, H. G., 209
Wells, Vaughn, 223
Westerman, William R., 117–118
Westin, Brian
Navy Cross, 118
saving Westerman, 117–118
Westmoreland, William C., 124
Wheeler, Earl, 66
White House Years (Kissinger), 184
Whitten, Wayne (“Flash”)
identifying downed planes, 129
Skyknight/strike and, 127–128, 129
Wideman, Bill, 240, 241–242
Wild Weasels, 54, 55, 56–57, 112, 160, 161, 221, 262
Wisely, Denny, 163
Word, Weldon, 210
lasers as weapons and, 209, 210, 211
World Bank, 183, 187
World War I, 267
World War II, 267
Xerxes, 1
Yankee Station, 81, 82–83, 91, 92, 114, 150, 154, 221
Zhou Enlai, 202, 203
Zlatoper, Ronald J. (“Zap”)
attack results/changing views, 146–147
Dragon’s Jaw attack and, 146–147
Zook, Harold J., 140
Zot (Pave Light), 213, 220, 223
Zuni rockets, 30