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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club – Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War

Former US Navy serviceman Thomas McKelvey Cleaver’s new book takes its title from the tongue-in-cheek nickname given to the US Seventh Fleet while it was stationed off the coast of Vietnam. Packed with candid first-hand recollections from those involved, it details all of the naval air operations from August 2, 1964, when the USS Maddox became embroiled in the infamous Gulf of

Tonkin incident (leading to America becoming more directly engaged in the conflict) right through to the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist rule the following year.

Priced at £15.99, the book can be purchased directly from the publisher’s website at www. ospreypublishing.com or ordered from your local bookstore by quoting ISBN 97814 7284 5948.