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The US Navy created another navy for the Viet War; the Brown Water Navy. The last time the USN had a Brown Water Navy was the US Civil War in 1861-65. Now...for 1965 they started a new one; Swift Boats (PCFs), Patrol Boat River (PBRs), Alpha Boats (ASPBs-Assault Support Patrol Boat), and Monitors (Riverine Battleships, converted WWII LCMs).
MR-4 (Military Region IV or IV Corps) the Mekong Delta was the primary operational region for the US Navy Brown Water Navy (aka Riverine Forces). With over-laps in the MR3 and working along up the coast line all the way up to MRI (most commonly called I Corps) which was the DMZ (17th Parallel).
Any place there was a river in South Vietnam, there might be a prowling USN riverine boat. Monitors were armed with 40mm cannons or 105mm cannons mounted in turrets. Alpha boats were the destroyers of the rivers and performed many "mine sweeps"; Swift Boats and PBRs had the firefights along the river banks mainly against recoilless rifles (57mm), RPGs, mortars, and machineguns.
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What wars have nz fought in?
one of them was the Vietnam war
What was one of the Limited wars fought by the US?
The Vietnam War
What two wars fought to contain communism?
Korea and vietnam
Since the end of Vietnam war there has been no?
The US has fought no major wars since Vietnam.
What wars have been fought in Vietnam?
I know the Vietnam war for sure and the others are on the tip of my tongue
Did China have wars?
they fought against the axis powers in WWII and they fought against America in the Vietnam War
What wars were fought as a part of the cold war?
Korean War & Vietnam War.
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Most famously the Korean and Vietnam Wars, although there were others.
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stones river and Chattanooga
What southeast Asian nation fought wars against the United States and France and Japan?
Vietnam
What is one limited war fought by the US?
The United States have fought several limited wars. Among them are the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf Wars have all been limited in scope.
