Team 19 in Vietnam

An Australian Army veteran offers a rare glimpse into the multi-national operations of the Vietnam War in this vivid and thoroughly researched memoir. In Team 19 in Vietnam, David Millie offers an insightful account of his twelve-month tour with the renowned Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in Quang Tri Province-a crucial tactical site along the demilitarized zone that was North Vietnam's gateway to the south. This firsthand narrative vividly demonstrates the importance of the region and the substantial number of forces engaged there. Drawing from published and unpublished military documents, his personal diary, and the letters he wrote while deployed, Millie introduces readers to the daily routines, actions, and disappointments of a field staff officer. Millie also discusses his interactions with province senior advisor Colonel Harley F. Mooney and Major John Shalikashvili, who would later become chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Few Australian accounts of the Vietnam War exist, and Millie offers a fresh perspective on the year after the Tet offensive. He contends that responsibility for the catastrophe inflicted on Vietnamese civilians is shared by an international community that failed to act effectively in the face of a crisis.

Autorentext

Lieutenant Colonel David Millie, MBE (Ret.), was a senior advisor and a planning and operations officer with Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Team 19 in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, from 1968 to 1969. He was awarded an MBE for his service in Vietnam, a Bronze Star for Service (USA), and a Cross of Gallantry (with Bronze Star).

Inhalt

Leaving Home For War May 1968
The Big Picture 1950-1968
Travel to and Orientation in Quang Tri, 14-24 May 1968
Australian Army Advisors in the Province, May 1968-April 1969
Counter Insurgency in Mai Linh Sub-Sector, May-August 1968
Pacification in Mai Linh District, May-August 1968
With the Vietnamese People in Quang Tri, May 1968-April 1969
Transition, District to Province September 1968
Sector Staff Work, the Oil and the Glue September-December 1968
Pacification Campaigns, Strengthening the Spine 1968-1969
Operation Fisher, Refugee Relocation at Gia Dang September-December 1968
Contingency Planning for Tet 1969 January-February 1969
13 Sector Staff Work, the Oil and the Glue January-April 1969
Operation Kangaroo, Cam Vu Resettlement December 1968-April 1969
Faith at Work, May 1968-April 1969
Paris Peace Talks, Ripple Effects, May 1968-April 1969
Australian Leaders in South Vietnam, May 1968-April 1969
The Shield in a Limited War, May 1968-April 1969
Leading the Way, Colonel Harley F. Mooney August 1968-April 1969