Those Well Beloved Hills

Stephen Kirby

Hyperion Books

Indochina in the Year of the Rat – 1972

Matthew, Henry

Phillip Jennings

Roger Canfield

Vietnam Veterans for Factual History

Nghia M. Vo

Bill Laurie

Frederic C. Benson

William Stearman

W.R. Baker

Van Nguyen Duong

Mervyn Edwin Roberts III

Frank Scotton

Merle Pribbenow

RADIX Press (Vietnam Veterans for Factual History)

Over three million personnel served in Vietnam, but only those of the U.S. Navy Task Force 116 wore the distinctive black beret while serving and fighting as the River Patrol Forces in the murky, brown waters of the Mekong Delta. Those who served in Task Force 116 are among the most elite teams deployed by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam: PBRs, SEALs, Seawolves, and Black Ponies. Their mission was to route the enemy deep within the secluded waterways of the Delta. Sharks, dragons, seawolves....this book illustrates the colorful insignia, emblems and artifacts used by these units in great detail. Many of these patches, jungle fatigues, and tigerstripes didn't survive because of the environments of war in South East Asia and the restrictions placed upon U.S. sailors. The unit patches produced by the River Patrol Forces used symbols of heraldry, strength, defiance, and sometimes humor which represents the best of men fighting to protect their brothers in arms. The black berets and the distinctive unit patches emblazoned on their jungle jackets and worn into battle brought these men together as a team.

River Patrol Insignia of the United States Navy (Vietnam) 1966/1972

Scott Kraska

R. J. Bender Publishing

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