Emerging communist threats in Asia
The Chinese Civil War
The conflict spreads throughout the Far East
The French Indochina War
Growing U.S. concerns about Southeast Asia
Changing of the guard in South Vietnam
Hanoi opens the campaign for South Vietnam and Laos
U.S. Naval assistance to South Vietnam
The U.S. Navy and counterinsurgency warfare
U.S. Naval forces join the fight
Bringing the war to North Vietnam
Combat in the Gulf of Tonkin
On the eve of war
Sidebars
Passage to freedom
A naval advisor : Lieutenant Dale C. Meyerkord
Escape from Laos
34 Alpha Maritime Operations
Task Force 77.