Table of Contents Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms xiii Preface Introduction 1. Birth of a Concept: The Origins of Marine Force Reconnaissance (1898-1943) 2. Amphibious Reconnaissance Company Goes to War (1943-1945) 3. Reconstitution and Expansion: Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance (1946-1963) 4. Vietnam: The Early Years (1963-1964) 5. "Land the Landing Force": Recon Goes to War (1965-1967) 6. "The Year of the Offensive": 1st Marine Reconnaissance Battalion in Action (1966-1967) 7. "Anatomy of a Reconnaissance Patrol" 8.

The Year of the Offensive: Recon and the Fight for the Hills (1967) 9. "Some Hard Fighting": Marine Reconnaissance and the Year of Tet (1968) 10. The Eyes and Ears of the 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions: Reconnaissance from the Air 11. High Mobility and Standdown: Recon's War (1969-1970) 12. Redeployment and Deactivation (1969-1970) 13. "A War by Detachments": U.S. Army ­Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrols in Vietnam (1966-1973) 14.

"Ghost Soldiers" and "Sea Commandos": Marine Recon's War in Vietnam (1963-1971) Appendix A: Marine Reconnaissance Equipment Appendix B: The Medal of Honor Citation for 1st Lieutenant Frank Reasoner, USMC Appendix C: Summary of Event Concerning VC Contact 21-22, 1966 Appendix D: The Strategic Importance of An Hoa Combat Base Appendix E: "A Reconnaissance Patrol in 'Happy Valley' by 'Killer Kane' 1st Force Reconnaissance Company by 2nd Lieutenant Andrew R. Finlayson, USMC, Commander, 5th Platoon, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, III MAF" Appendix F: Lessons from Marine Recon's War in Vietnam: Colonel Andrew R. Finlayson, USMC (Ret.) Appendix G: Weapons of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army Appendix H: Reflections of a Reconnaissance Marine--Lieutenant Colonel Berwick Babin, USMC (Ret.), 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company (1967-1969) Appendix I: "My Story": One Reconnaissance Marine's War in Vietnam--Sergeant William Moss and Team Atlas Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.