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Operation Passage to Freedom: The United States Navy in Vietnam, 1954-1955 by Ronald Bruce Frankum
"Frankum recounts the events surrounding this enormous humanitarian evacuation that was the American military s first major involvement with the Vietnamese people. Based on archival research and interviews with more than forty sailors who participated in Task Force 90, Operation Passage to Freedom illuminates a mission that has been all but forgotten, and also explores how the initial humanitarian involvement of the United States in Vietnam eventually led to massive military involvement in the 1960s and 1970s." - Editorial Reviews
"Frankum recounts the events surrounding this enormous humanitarian evacuation that was the American military s first major involvement with the Vietnamese people. Based on archival research and interviews with more than forty sailors who participated in Task Force 90, Operation Passage to Freedom illuminates a mission that has been all but forgotten, and also explores how the initial humanitarian involvement of the United States in Vietnam eventually led to massive military involvement in the 1960s and 1970s." - Editorial Reviews