Fourth Arm of Defense describes the role of America’s Navy and the U.S. Merchant Marine in the logistics support of the conflict in Southeast Asia. The Fourth Arm of Defense details the deployment of Army and allied troops to the combat theater by the Navy’s Military Sea Transportation Service (later Military Sealift Command); development of port facilities and cargo-handling procedures in South Vietnam; the dangerous and sometimes deadly effort to deliver ammunition, fuel, and other supplies to Saigon and other ports far upriver; maintenance of the 5,000-mile logistics pipeline across the vast Pacific Ocean; employment of revolutionary cargo container and roll on/roll off ships; and the maritime evacuations from South Vietnam and Cambodia. The work describes the service and sacrifice of American sailors and the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine and many other countries who braved tempestuous seas and ports and rivers subject to attack by mine-laden Viet Cong ambushes. The work is amply illustrated with more than 80 photographs, maps, and a list of suggested readings. This publication will be of interest and value to those scholars, veterans, and students of the Vietnam War and the role of the Navy and the U.S. merchant marine in that conflict.
This is a valuable update to the list set out in If You Grow the Fleet, Who Is "Optimizing the US Navy's combat logistics force?"
Our 2014 interview with Professor Mercogliano on Midrats:
You might also find "Logistics Week" from 2016 interesting - at theses posts:
Logistics Week at EagleSpeak Begins with a Plan;
Logistics Week at EagleSpeak: Naval Logistics Defined and Implemented;
Logistics Week at EagleSpeak: Prepositioned Ships;
Friday Films: USNS Jack Lummus Offloading Marine Gear and "Land the Landing Force" (1967);
Logistics Week at EagleSpeak: "Sealift Program".
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