Websites and resources about Military - Mobile Riverine Force
RiverVet, Mobile Riverine Force in Action in Vietnam
Assault Boats, Monitors, Armored Troop Carriers, flame throwers, PBR's, PACV's, PCF's, Swifts, pictures and stories about this joint Army/Navy operation.
http://www.bcres.com/river/
Gamewardens of Vietnam
Official website for Task Force 116, the Gamewardens of Vietnam.
http://www.tf116.org/
Mobile Riverine Force Association
Brown Water Navy Task Forces 117, 116, 115. Monitors, Zippos, Tangos, ASPB's, PBR's, PCF's, APBs, ARLs, APLs, YRBMs, AKL, NavDets. Riverine Infantry 9th Infantry Division Mekong Delta.
http://www.mrfa.org/
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 Veteran's (NMCB74)
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 veteran's home page.
http://www.nmcb74.org/
PBR Forces Veterans Association
The Association of Vietnam PBR forces sailors.
http://www.pbr-fva.org/
Multi-Media Review: Swift Boats, Brave Sailors and the Last Patrol: VN
History net review of aVHS videocassette produced by Gene W. Frederickson, Brown Water Productions, Moreno Valley, Calif.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/reviews/mm_boats.htm
Patrol Boats River of R/S 533
Information on R/S 533 66/67 and links to other PBR related sites.
http://members.tripod.com/~Yogies/index.html
Verne DeWitt, Boat Support Unit 1, Da Nang, '65-66
. In-country, Da Nang 1964/65. Naval Advisory Group, Mobile Support Team One, Naval Operations Support Group, Boat Support Unit One Amphib Base Coronado, California.
http://www.eskimo.com/%7Everne/my.htm
Rick's Brown Water Navy Page
RivDiv552 a PBR Division, ATSB Tra Cu, Vietnam.
http://www.secondstartotheright.com/personal/pbr/tracu.htm
Becomes History
Stripes December 10, 1970 article describing the last days of the U.S. involvement with the Brown Water Navy.
http://www.usssatyr.com/brown_water.htm
Endless Journey
Take a journey through the past via these Mobile Riverine Force webpages. The author served on a Tango Boat from 7/68 to 7/69.
http://www.riverinesailor.com/
Not a Hero
Reviews, excerpts, and pictures of the book written by Ron Fitts, LT. detailing his accounts within PBR - River Division 571 as he led over 220 river boat patrols during the Vietnam war.
http://www.notahero.com/
The New Jersey Naval Museum
Details of the museum and exhibits.
http://www.njnm.com/
Inland Engagements - U. S. Navy River Operations - Vietnam.
Sculptor Serena Goldstein Litofsky's bronze relief shows a swift Boat PCF-35, which can been seen in the distance, commanded by Lieutenant Junior Grade Elmo Zumwalt III, son of the U.S. Navy Commander in Vietnam (and later to become Chief of Naval Operations), ADM Elmo Zumwalt, Jr.
http://www.lonesailor.org/bronze51.php
Coastal Squadron One
History and listings of U.S. Navy swift boat crews that served 1965-70. Provides swiftboat/Patrol Craft Fast (PCF) background, call signs, command lists, lists of unknown personnel or crews, and contact information.
http://swiftboats.net/
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