Pulling out Tailpipe Delta
This Combat Control Team Mission Report of May 12, 1968, describes Lieutenant Colonel Joe Jackson’s flight into an abandoned Special Forces camp at Kham Duc,...
Racing to attack
Three North Vietnamese P-4 torpedo boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox, an American destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin, on August 2, 1964. This photograph...
Recommendation for decoration
This form, submitted by Colonel William K. Bailey, commander of the 311 Air Commando Squadron, verifies that all records and sources have been considered and formally...
Report of heroism in Vietnam
Captain Manuel “Jay” S. Vargas, commanded Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, during a three-day battle near Dai Do, Vietnam, from April 30 to May 2, 1968....
Rescue by C-123 transport plane
On May 12, 1968, Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. Jackson landed his C-123 transport plane on the debris-filled runway at Kham Duc in the Republic of Vietnam. Three members...
Saigon falls
On April 29, 1975, the fall of Saigon ended America's longest war. This log describes phone calls made by the White House staff to senators informing them that the...
Sailing into history
This chart depicts the patrol route of the U.S.S. Maddox from July 30 to August 2, 1964. The Maddox sailed into the Gulf of Tonkin, off the North...