Operation Passage to Freedom: The United States Navy in Vietnam, 1954-1955

by Ronald B. Frankum Jr.

Very little has been written about the U.S. Navy in Vietnam in the immediate post-Korean War era, nor has the magnitude of American participation in the resettlement of Vietnam refugees following the 1954 Geneva Conference been explored. Beginning in the fall of 1954, U.S. Navy ships, as a part of Task Force 90, helped to relocate thousands of displaced North Vietnamese to South Vietnam following the separation of the nation at the 17th parallel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896726088
• ISBN13: 9780896726086
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"