Field artillery, 1954-1973 / by Major General David Ewing Ott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ott, David Ewing, Major General, author.

Series:

Vietnam studies.

Vietnam Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

United States. Army. Field Artillery--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Pickle Partners Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

Includes 3 charts, 22 map, 8 diagrams and 40 illustrations] This book forms part of the "Vietnam Studies" series produced by various senior commanders who had served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War; each officer was chosen for their knowledge of the number of specialized subjects that were covered by the series. "This monograph will illuminate some of the more important activities - with attendant problems, shortcomings, and achievements - of the U.S. Army Field Artillery in Vietnam. The wide variations in terrain, supported forces, density of cannon, friendly population, and enemy activity which prevailed throughout South Vietnam tend to make every action and every locale singular. "Though based largely upon documents of an historical nature and organized in a generally chronological manner, this study does not purport to provide the precise detail of history. Its purpose is to present an objective review of the near past in order to assure current awareness, on the part of the Army, of the lessons we should have learned and to foster the positive consideration of those lessons in the formulation of appropriate operational concepts. My hope is that this monograph will give the reader an insight into the immense complexity of our operations in Vietnam. I believe it cannot help but reflect also the unsurpassed professionalism of the junior officers and non-commissioned officers of the Field Artillery and the outstanding morale and esprit de corps of the young citizen-soldiers with whom they served."

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782893684

1782893687