Scope and Contents

This collection contains approximately half a linear foot of slides and documents donated by Nick Carbone. The slides were taken by Carbone and show Saigon, the Saigon River, and riverine operations. The documents include a personal narrative of Carbone's service as a Naval Intelligence Liaison Officer (NILO) in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and a report titled 'USS Hancock CVA-19 - Eagle Pull and Frequent Wind: The Evacuation of Phnom Penh and Saigon' by Commander Nick Carbone, USN (Ret.) as told to Mandy Smith.

Biographical / Historical

Nicholas Carbone is a retired Commander of the US Navy. He spent a year in Vietnam between 1969 and 1970. He was first assigned to the Phoenix Program, but then was reassigned to Naval Intelligence Liaison Officer (NILO) at Lam Son on the Saigon River. Carbone remained there for the rest of his tour. Carbone worked with the South Vietnamese, and had training in their language. His job was to provide intelligence support to Riverine forces, and did so through a variety of methods to inform US forces of VC and NVA movements. Carbone was never in any major military engagement, but did accompany units on night ambushes, as well as day time operations, periodically. He also went on many reconnaissance missions.