Index Unless otherwise indicated, all military personnel are USN and all ships are USS. Allard, Jacques, 203 Allied-Japanese relations, 98 Allied Powers, 46, 52, 64, 88, 92–94, 103 Allied Powers, Southwest Pacific, 88 Allied Southeast Asia Command, 50 Along Bay, 101, 103, 132 (photo), 163, 220 Amberson, Commander Julius, 283, 284 American Consul, Singapore, 14 American Women's Association of Saigon, 280 Amphibious Control Division 12, 275 Amphibious Force, Western Pacific, 273-99 1, 297 2,356 4,356 6,356 Amphibious Task Force, Western Pacific, 275 Amphibious warfare, 58, 65, 73, 130 (photo), composition of forces, 128, 209, 225 French-Viet Minh War operations, 129– World War II operations, 47, 49 Analysis and Review, Office of the Under Sec- Anderson (DD-786), 173 Anderson, General Frederick L., USA, 362n Anti-Communist Denunciation Campaign, 331 Antietam (CV-36), 76, 143 Antisubmarine warfare, United States, 58 operations, 237, 281, 358 postwar development, 70, 73, 148-49, Arethuse, operation, 239–41 d'Argenlieu, Vice Admiral Georges Thierry (French), 91, 100, 116, 118, 120 Armed Forces Policy Council, 154 Armed Forces Supply Support Center, 366 Armed Services, Senate Committee on, 144, Army Ground Forces. 59-60 Army, United States, 57, 59-60, 147, 149, Arromanches (French), 134, 135 (photo), Ashworth, Commander Frederick L., 52 Asiatic Fleet, United States, 42-54 Askari (ARL-30), 287 Assistant Secretary of Defense, 154, 213 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy, 213-14 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Guided Mis- siles, 213 Personnel and Reserve Forces, 215 Association of Revolutionary Annamite Youth, Associations for National Salvation, 39 Aswan Dam, Egypt, 350 Atlante, operation, 238-39, 243 Atlantic Fleet, United States, 54, 141, 352 Atomic bomb, 52, 71, 158, 216, 218 Auboyneau, Vice Admiral Philippe (French), 123, 208, 227, 230, 232 (photo), 256, 274 August Revolution; see August Uprising Aviation, Department of, 59n Azerbaijan Province, Iran, 69, 77 Bach Dang, battle of, 8 B Bach Dang (Vietnamese), 330 Ba Cut, 324, 330–31 Badger, Vice Admiral Oscar C., 167, App. I Bagobantay, Philippines, 143 Baguio, Philippines, 143 Balduck (APD-132), 294 Balestier, Joseph, 14 Bamboo Canal, 101, 127 Bangkok, Thailand, 42, 46, 360 Bao Dai, 306 deposed as emperor, 322-23, 328 head of Japanese-established regime, 50- head of the State of Vietnam, 165-66, Barbey, Vice Admiral Daniel E., 67, 105, App. Base Force concept, 58 Bases, advanced, 58-59 Bassac River, 3, 96 Batavia, Java, 148 Batista, Fulgencio, 369 Battet, Admiral Robert (French), 162 Bay of Bengal, 11 Beakley, Vice Admiral Wallace M., 355, App. I Begor (APD-127), 282 de Behaine, Monsignor Pigneau, 10 Bell, Captain Scott (British), 93, 100 Ben Hai River, 265 Ben Tre; see Truc Giang Berkey, Vice Admiral Russell S., 173, App. I Bidault, Georges,120, 203, 253-54, 260–61 Bien Hoa Province, 292 Bieri, Rear Admiral Bernard H., 79 Binh Duong Province, 292 Binh Xuyen Sect, 311, 321–22, 326–28, 330 Brooks, Commander W.K., 248 Browne, Captain George H., 237 Brown, Vice Admiral Charles R., 350-51 B-29 aircraft, 259 Buckmaster, Rear Admiral Elliott, 105–09, 114 Bulgaria, 69 Bureau Mixte du Transport, 283 Bureau of Information of the Communist and Bureau of Ships, 353 Bureau of the Budget, 146 Bureau system, 55–56 Burke, Admiral Arleigh A., 204, 340, 354, military assistance programs, 332-33, 335, Suez Crisis, 350-51 Burma, 3, 41, 45 Bush, Vannevar, 211 Buu Loc, 304 Byrnes, James F., 79, 121 C Cacapon (AO-52), 248 Caffery, Jefferson, 120 Caiman, operation, 196 Cairo Declaration, 66 Cai Von River, 323 Caldara, General Joseph, USAF, 255 Caliente (AO-53), 287 Callaghan, Vice Admiral William M., 274, 288, App. I Cambodia, 5, 7, 118, 309, 311, 344 French role in, 15, 17–18, 21, 36–38, 165 Camp de la Pagode, 284 Cam Pha, 117 Camp Lach Tray, 298 Cam Ranh, 5, 26–27, 40, 42, 46, 48 Cannon, Commander James B., 179, App. I Cao Bang, 101, 132, 177, 180, 252 Cao Dai Sect, 134, 311, 319, 322, 330 Cape Camau, 42, 136 Cape Dinh, 46 Cape Padaran; see Cape Dinh Cape Ron, 253 Caperton (DD-650), 230 (photo) Cape Saint Jacques; see Cape Vung Tau Cape Varella; see Ke Ga Cape Vung Tau, 93–94, 291-92, 327, 340 Carney, Admiral Robert B., 260, 262, 264 Chinese threat to Indochina, 232, 236 Dien Bien Phu Crisis, 247-48, 251, 253, "Passage to Freedom," 273, 289 Carpentier, General Marcel (French), 174 Carrier Division 3, 236, 248 Carrier operations, 73, 149–51, 158, 217, 349– United States in Southeast Asia, 1952–54, United States in World War II, 48-49, Casablanca Conference, 84 de Castries, Colonel Christian B.F. (French), Castro, Fidel, 369 Catalina (PBY) aircraft, 42, 137 Cat Bi Airfield, 117, 137, 191, 257 Catinat Wharf, Saigon, 230 Cat Lai, 137, 341, 344 Cat Lo, 343 Cédile, Colonel Jean (French), 91–92 Central Intelligence Agency, 74, 146, 209 Central Pacific Ocean Area, 141 Ceylon, 85, 93 Chamber of Deputies (French), 20 Chamoun, Camille, 356 Champa, 5, 7-9 Chau Doc; see Chau Phu Chau Phu, 5, 371 Chay River, 192 Chéliff (French), 239 Chennault, Major General Claire L., USA, 47– Chevreuil (French), 185, 196 Chiang Kai-shek, 32, 85-87, 104, 109, 113, Chief of Naval Operations, 108 establishment, 54, 155 organization, 55-57, 63, 140–41, 145, Chief of Staff, Air Force, 145 Chief of Staff (Army), 57, 140, 145 Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, 57 China, 47, 67, 167, 170 Civil War, 1945–1949, 66, 76, 157, 165– influence in Indochina before 1900, 1-9, navy, 1-3, 7-9, 25 China Lake, California, 358 China, Nationalist, 66, 234, 340 aid to Viet Minh in World War II, 43-45 Communist threat to island possessions, 348-50, 357-59 postwar occupation of and withdrawal role in Dien Bien Phu Campaign, 244, China Sea, 10 China, United States Naval Group, 47 Chinese Army, 103–04, 106, 109–10, 116 Chinese-French relations, 103, 111 Chinese Overseas Workers' Association, 31 Chou En-lai, 224 Christianens, Louis, 259 Christianity; see religion Chung Tan Lang, Lieutenant Commander Chuong Duong (Vietnamese), 326 Churchill, Winston, 79, 254, 262 Clark, Vice Admiral Joseph J., 382 von Clausewitz, General Karl (German), 125 Clothing and Textile Supply Agency, 366 French Navy, 132 (photo), 136, 138, Vietnamese Navy, 328-29, 336, 338, Coastal Patrol Force (Vietnamese), 328-29 Cochin China, 11, 114, 116-19 establishment of French control, 15-18, insurgency in, 32, 36, 119 Cogny, General René (French), 244, 296 Mediterranean area, 139, 142-43, 147-48 Collett, Captain James D., 273, App. I Collins, Lieutenant General J. Lawton, USA, Colossus (British), 134 Combined Chiefs of Staff, 57, 87-88, 115 Commandant de Pimodan (French), 294 Commander in Chief, Alaska, 141 Commander in Chief, Eastern Atlantic and Commander in Chief, Far East, 274 Commander in Chief, Mediterranean (British), Commander in Chief, Pacific, 190, 221, 274, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, 57 Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Commander Naval Aviation (French), 137 Commander Naval Forces, Mekong (French), Commander Naval Forces, Tonkin (French), Commission on Organization of the Executive Committee on Organization of the Department Communism, 28–29, 33, 53, 111, 124-25, 160 Communist Party, 29, 148, 350 of France, 31, 33, 148 of Indochina, 25, 32, 43, 50, 67 Communist Party Central Committee, 345 Compaign, Jacques, 296 C-119 "Flying Boxcars" aircraft, 255 Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties of Socialist Countries, 372 Consolation (AH-15), 287 Con Son, 17, 336, 341 Dalat, 100, 116, 118 Danang, 5, 9, 13, 40, 88, 103, 336 during French-Viet Minh War, 129, 136, early French presence in, 15, 17 Danang Bay, 11–12, 183 Da Rang River, 241 Dashiell (DD-659), 230 Davis, Vice Admiral Arthur C., 303 Day River, 133, 185, 186, 187 Decoux, Vice Admiral Jean (French), 37-38 Defense Department, 59–62, 147, 151–55, 210-14, 221, 335; see also organization Defense Supply Management Agency, 210, 213 Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations, Administration, 63n Air, 63n Development, 368 Logistics, 63n Operations, 63 Personnel, 63n Deputy Secretary of Defense, 213 Deputy Secretary of State for Far Eastern Af- Derrick (YO-59), 287 Des Moines (CA-134), 356 Destroyer Division 171, 248 Destroyer Division 172, 248 Dewey, Admiral of the Navy George, 155 Diem; see Ngo Dinh Diem Dien Bien Phu Campaign, 124, 223, 235-37, 241-44, 245, 246–63; see also French-Viet Dillon, Douglas, 253-54, 263 Dinassauts, 98, 129 French, 97, 133, 138, 184, 189 Vietnamese, 197-98, 227-28, 307, 323- Dinassaut 3 (French), 187, 192, 223 Dinassaut 22 (Vietnamese), 323 Dinassaut 23 (Vietnamese), 323 Dinassaut 25 (Vietnamese), 323 Dinh Tien Hoang, operation, 331 Director of Administration, Budgeting and Director of Supply, 62 Director of the Budget, 145 Dixmude (French), 89, 131, 134, 175, 179 Donaho, Captain G.R., 248 Dong Dang-Lang Son, 37 Dong Ha, 344 Dong Khe, 176 Dong Nai River, 100 Don, Tran Van; see Tran Van Don Dooley, Lieutenant (jg) Thomas, USNR, 283, Do Son, 106-07, 109, 276–77, 298 on Communist aggression, 230, 234, 247, United States operations in Indochina, Vietnamese armed forces levels, 308, 311– 12 Duluth (CL-87), 143 Dumont D'Urville (French), 239 Duncan, Admiral Donald B., 260, 268 Duncan, Commander G.C., 268 Dupré, Admiral Marie Jules (French), 18-19 Dupuis, Jean, 18 Dutch-British relations, 86 Dutch East Indies, 41, 43 E Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, Com- Eastern Atlantic, United States Naval Forces, 141 Eastwold, Captain Earl R., 190 Eastwold Plan, 255 Eberstadt, Ferdinand, 74, 153 Economic Cooperation Administration, 173 |