Vietnam: Hue Part 8 - A Few Parting Shots From The Perfume River: Here are a some more images fro our cruise on The Perfume River back to the hotel to prepare for the next stop on our...

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Vietnam: Hue Part 8 - A Few Parting Shots From The Perfume River

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Sep 25, 2022 15:14:24 #

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Here are a some more images fro our cruise on The Perfume River back to the hotel to prepare for the next stop on our journey - Da Nang. Ive included a link an article about the sampan dwellers along The Perfume River as well as the role of The Perfume River during the Vietnam War.

The Sampan Dwellers of The Perfume River: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24492490 ( Unfortunately I could not copy and paste this article)

UPRIVER TO HUE AND DONG HA
THE U.S. NAVY’S WAR IN I CORPS, VIETNAM, 1967-1970: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/4315159.pdf

ABSTRACT
Upriver to Hue and Dong Ha: The U.S. Navy’s War in I Corps, Vietnam, 1967-1970.
(December 2011)
Jonathan Blackshear Chavanne, B.A., Baylor University;
M.A., American Military University
Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. James Bradford
The United States Navy’s involvement in the Vietnam War, especially its role in
the region’s inland waterways, has long been an overshadowed aspect of the conflict.
Most histories ignore or minimize the Navy’s contribution, especially its river patrol or
‘brown water’ role. Through archival and library research as well as interviews with
U.S Navy Vietnam War veterans this thesis demonstrates the vital role played by the
brown water navy in the northern provinces of South Vietnam. A key but understudied
component of this effort was Task Force Clearwater, an improvised brown water fleet
that—along with the maritime logistics campaign that it supported—would prove
essential for the successful defense of South Vietnam’s northernmost provinces and
demonstrate the vital importance of inland naval power.
Task Force Clearwater and its supported maritime logistics effort form a little
explored component of the U.S. Navy’s role in South Vietnam. A brown water task
force that proved essential for the successful defense of the northern provinces of I
Corps, Clearwater repeatedly demonstrated the vital importance of inland naval power
and the critical need for reliable and protected routes of supply. The task force revealed
many lessons that had been long understood, forgotten, and then relearned by the U.S.
Navy, among them that control of inland waterways was perhaps the most advantageous
form of logistical supply in war. Created in part to satisfy the ancient maxim of
“keeping the supply lines open”, the task force’s role broadened with time. In the course
of its existence the men and boats of Clearwater would provide not only the tools of war
in I Corps but also provide key lessons for the future.

From my previous post:
The grittier side of commercial life on the Perfume is sand extraction. With endangered reserves of hard woods forcing Southeast Asian nations to restrict the forest industry, demand for concrete is high in this rapidly developing region. Since these rivers silt-up frequently they have been a convenient source of sand, but now demand is outstripping supply. Over dredging of the Perfume, due to the alluvial nature of the river, is a cause of worse than average floods within the past decade. These dredging operations are usually family run with simple power pumps to suck and filters to capture the dark gray sand from the river bottom – frequently mounted in their house boats. All day up and down the river are dozens of family operated sand ships. At the end of the day the owners sell their sand for a pittance to a central collector.

For additional images of Hue, please see my previous posts:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-751475-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-751760-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-751941-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-752098-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-752409-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-752602-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-752818-1.html

I hope you enjoy these!
Mark