An edition of Operation Millpond (2009)

Operation Millpond

U.S. Marines in Thailand, 1961

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An edition of Operation Millpond (2009)

Operation Millpond

U.S. Marines in Thailand, 1961

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"This operation highlights the role that the small country of Laos played in the foreign policy calculations of the newly elected U.S. President, John F. Kennedy. Gravely concerned that the Laotian government was in danger of being overwhelmed by a growing Community insurgency known as the Pathet Lao, President Kennedy to the bold step of deploying Marine Ar Base Squadron-16 (MABS-16) to nearby Thailand for the purpose of supporting a collection of helicopters piloted by an organization called Air America. Hollywood later made a movie about Air America, it is now widely known that it was linked to the Central Intelligence Agency. The Marines of MABS-16 received no such fanfare. Working behind the scenes in austere conditions, MABS-16 gave new meaning to the phrase "in any clime and place.: While Operation Millpond may seem like a small thing in comparison with much larger operations that were soon to be conducted by Marine in the Republic of South Vietnam, it nonetheless represents a clear beginning to a growing U.S. military commitment to the region as a hole, one that did not end until the las Marine left the roof of the American embassy in Saigon in 1975." -- p. iii.

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36

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Operation Millpond: U.S. Marines in Thailand, 1961
2009, History Division, United States Marine Corps
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Quantico, Va

Table of Contents

Laos in the years following World War II
The situation in Laos deteriorates, 1960-61
President Kennedy commits U.S. forces
The order to deploy Marine Corps forces is issued
MABS-16 is task organized for its mission
The execute order
The MABS-16 mission
the early days of Operation Millpond
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Aircraft maintenance and line maintenance operations - the first weeks
Camp construction
Logistics
Medical support
Communications
Morale, welfare, and People-to-people programs
Aircraft and line maintenance operations
Epilogue
Endnotes
Appendix. Original orders.

Edition Notes

Also available online from the Marine Corps History Division. Address as of July 02, 2013: https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Staff/Publication%20PDFs/MILLPOND%20corrected%20FINAL.pdf.

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Occasional paper, Occasional paper (Marine Corps University (U.S.). History and Museums Division)

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36 p. :
Number of pages
36

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Open Library
OL25587628M
Internet Archive
operationmillpon00hofm
OCLC/WorldCat
828028961

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