Operation Giant Slingshot pushed American naval forces deep into the Mekong Delta in late 1968 to cut the Viet Cong’s most ...

CAI BE, Vietnam -- In l967 and 1968, the only way to reach the main towns and villages in the fertile Mekong Delta was by helicopter with a gunship escort. And even then the chopper you hitched a ride ...

In the wide delta of the Mekong River last week, the swirling brown floodwaters stretched for miles. Bridges had been swept away, cattle drowned, the rice crop destroyed, villages inundated and their ...

While air and ground battles dominated headlines, a hidden naval war raged across Vietnam’s rivers. Armored boats, river patrols, and amphibious assaults fought the Viet Cong deep in the delta’s ...