Riverine Warfare / Brownwater Navy Resources
This page provides access to subject specific searches for materials available through the Virtual Vietnam Archive using various keywords related to Riverine Warfare. You can also search the Virtual Vietnam Archive directly.
Subject Searches
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Mobile Riverine Force
PBR
Patrol Boat River
River Patrol Boat
Swift Boat
9th Infantry Division
Sealords
Seawolves
Gamewardens
Participant Recollections / Lessons Learned
Bibliography
Vietnam Archive Collections
The following is a list of some of the collections in the Vietnam Archive containing information relevant to Riverine Warfare or the Brown Water Navy. Clicking the link will open the Finding Aid for that collection. A finding aid is a description of a collection and a listing of its contents. To view the contents of a collection, go to the Virtual Vietnam Archive and enter the collection name from below (leaving off the parenthesis and the number) into the Collection Title field. Please remember that some of these collections may not yet be digitized, and therefore their contents will be inaccessible online. Additionally, users will be unable to download copyrighted materials.
The following links will not work when the Virtual Vietnam Archive is unavailable. See the Virtual Vietnam Archive unavailability page for more information.
- Mobile Riverine Forces Association Collection (151)
- Albert Moore Collection (429)
- Paul Kasper Collection (562)
- Leon Robinson Collection (709)
- Jerry Bernhardt Collection (958)
- James Davy Collection (1035)
- Gamewardens of Vietnam Association Collection (1096)
- Loren Salzman Collection (1131)
- Edwin L. Oswald Collection (1206)
- Richard Bailey Collection (1251)
- Darryl (Bud) Skuce Collection (1332)
- Mervin Wayne Greene Collection (1349)
- Patrick Madden Collection (1410)
- Gary W. Moss Collection (1413)
- Stephen Watson Collection (1429)
- Leslie J. Cullen Collection (1437)
- Lester L. Westling, Jr. Collection (1454)
- USNS General Edwin D. Patrick Collection (1575)
- Arthur Price Collection (1620)
- Ralph Christopher Collection (1648)
- Andy Conklin Collection (1664)
Selected Books in the Vietnam Archive Library
- - Cullen, Leslie J. Brown Water Admiral: Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. and the United States Naval Forces, Vietnam, 1968-1970. A Dissertation in History submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University: Lubbock, 1998.
- - Cutler, Thomas J. Brown Water, Black Beters: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1988.
- - Dunnavent, R. Black. Muddy Waters: A History of the United States Navy in Riverine Warfare and the Emergence of a Tactical Doctrine, 1975-1989. A Dissertation in History submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University: Lubbock, 1998.
- - Dunnavent, R. Blake. SEALORDS: The Riverine Interdiction Campaign in Vietnam. A Thesis in History submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University: Lubbock, 1992.
- - Gargan, Edward A. The River's Tale, A year on the Mekong. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
- - Koburger, Charles W. The French Navy in Indochina: Riverine and Coastal Forces, 1945-1954. New York: Praeger, 1991.
- - Nguyen Thi Dieu. The Mekong River and the Struggle for Indochina: Water, War, and Peace. Westport, CT: Prager, 1999.
- - Schaff, Hart and Russell H. Fifield. The Lower Mekong: Challenge to Cooperation in Southeast Asia. Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1963.
- - Uhlig, Frank Jr., Editor. Vietnam: The Naval Story. Annaplis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986.
Oral Histories
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- Gary Blinn - OH0308 - PBR
- Sumner Clayton - OH0238 - NAG
- Robert Eaton - OH0201 - PBR
- Robert Beau Garcia - OH0153 - Swift Boat
- John Haseman - OH0105 - MACV
- Michael Harris - OH0030 - PBRs, Swift Boats
- Emil Heugatter - OH0184 - PBR
- Charles Julienne - OH0374 - USN (Med)
- Russel McDonald - OH0156 - USN
- Steve Sumrall - OH0145 - PBR
- David White - OH0227 - PBR
Other Materials
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External Resources
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