Robin L. Rielly Collection (3479) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 34790000000
- Collection
- Robin L. Rielly Collection
- Title
- Robin L. Rielly Collection (3479) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2024-04-02
- Linear Feet
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- Language(s)
- English French
- Dates
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Creation: Majority of material found within 1941 - 2018
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 14 linear feet of materials accumulated by Robin Rielly during his research for his book River Warfare in Vietnam: A Social, Political, and Military History 1945-1975. The materials include books; periodicals; academic papers, theses, and dissertations; reports; handbooks; historical summaries; manuals; and interviews. The materials are dated predominately 1941-2018.- 24
- Newsletters
Caravelle: 1952: October 19
Indochine Sud Est Asiatique: 1951: December; 1952: January, May, June, August, September, November; 1953: January, February, March, April, May, June/July, August, September, October, November, December; 1954: January, February, April, June, July
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- Books
River Warfare in Vietnam: A Social, Political, and Military History 1945-1975 by Robin L. Rielly, 2024
No Tears for Willie Boy: Memoirs of a River Warrior by Bill Dunman Haynes, 2000
French Revolutionary Warfare from Indochina to Algeria by Peter Paret,1964
Military Helicopter Doctrines of Major Powers 1945-1992 by Matthew Allen, 1993
Swift Boats at War in Vietnam edited by Guy Gugliotta, John Yeoman, and Neva Sullaway, 2017
A War of Logistics: Parachutes and Porters in Indochina, 1945-1954 by Charles R. Shrader, 2015
The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War edited by Jon E. Lewis, 2015
Hanoi’s Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965 by Pierre Asselin, 2015
Operation Waste by Philippe de Pirey, 1954
Operation Waste by Philippe de Pirey, 1957
American Gunboats and Minesweepers by H.T. Lenton, 1974
Warriors of the Sea: Marines of the Second Indochina War by Michael Martin, 2001
Mobile Riverine Force: America’s Mobile Riverine Force Vietnam Volume II, 2005
The U. S. Naval Institute on Vietnam – Coastal and Riverine Warfare edited by Thomas J. Cutler, 2016
Sacred War: Nationalism and Revolution in a Divided Vietnam by William J. Duiker, 1995
Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion by Robert Aldrich, 1996
Duty Honor Sacrifice by Ralph Christopher, 2007
Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia by Major General Ira A. Hunt, Jr., 2013
Helicopters in Combat: The First Fifty Years by John Everett-Heath, 1992
In the Year of the Tiger: The War for Cochinchina, 1945-1951 by William M. Waddell III, 2018
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the First Indochina War 1947-1954 by the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2004
The Approaching Storm: Conflict in Asia, 1945-1965 by Edward J. Marolda, 2009
Waterborne Warriors: U. S. Army Riverine Craft in Vietnam by John M. Carrico, 2011
U.S. Navy Seawolves: The Elite HAL-3 Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam by Daniel E. Kelly, 2002
River Rats Brown Water Navy: U. S. Naval Mobile Riverine Force Vietnam by Ronald L. McAbee, 2001
Geographical Handbook Series: Indo-China by J.C. Stuttard, 1943
Armor in Vietnam by Jim Mesko, 1982
Vietnam River Warfare 1945-1975 by Lt. Col. Victor Croizat, 1986
The River Rats of Vietnam by Christine and Mark Purdy, 2010
A War With No Name by Dr. Art Schmitt, 2003
White Water Red Hot Lead: on Board U. S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam by Dan Daly, 2017
Confessions to a Deaf God: Memoirs of a Mekong River Rat by Gary R. Blinn, 2003
The Illustrated History of Riverine Force: The Vietnam War by John Forbes and Robert Williams, 1987
Charlie Chasers: History of USAF AC-119 "Shadow" Gunships in the Vietnam War by Larry Elton Fletcher, 2013
The Pleasure Craft by Mac McCombs, 2009
Laughter on the Rivers of Death by Bill Ferguson, 2007
The 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam: Unparalleled and Unequaled by Major General Ira A. Hunt, Jr., 2010
Defeat into Victory by Field Marshal Viscount Slim, 1999
History of War: Vietnam War by Gerry and Janet Souter, 2017
Jane’s Fighting Ships 1959-1960 edited by Raymond V.B. Blackman, 1959
Jane’s Fighting Ships 1972-1973 edited by Raymond V.B. Blackman, 1973
Jane’s Fighting Ships 1974-1975 edited by Captain John E. Moore, 1975
Commandos-Marine au Combat by Rene Bail, 2003
Historie des Marins Francais 1946-1954 [History of the French Navy 1946-1954] by Hubert Granier, 2010
Mon ame a Dieu, Mon corps a la patrie, Mon Honneur a moi; memoires. [God has my Heart, the Fatherland has my Body, and I have my Honor: Memories] by Pierre Guillaume, 2006
La guerre d'Indochine racontée par ceux qui l'ont vécue [The Indochina war told by those who lived it] by Amedee Thevenet, 2001
Domination et Colonization [Domination and Colonization] by Francois-Jules Harmand, 1919
Indochine, 1953-1954: Les Combats de l’impossible by Rene Bail, 1985
La Guerre D’Indochine 1945-1954 by Philippe Heduy, 1981
Une guerre sans fin, Indochine 1945-1954 [A war without end, Indochina 1945-1954] by Pierre Ferrari and Jacques M. Vernet, 1984
La Guerre d’ Indochine by Louis Saurel, 1966
La Guerre d’Indochine: L’enlisement; L’humiliation, L’aventure by Lucien Bodard, 1997
La Guerre d’ Indochine II L’illusion [The Wars of Indochina Volume II The Illusion] by Lucien Bodard, 1965
Marins Dans Les Arroyos [Sailors on the Canals] by Jean Mauclere, 1950
Opération Gâchis by Philippe de Pirey, 1953
Rizieres Sans Croix: Les Marsouins au Tonkin [Rice Paddies Without Crosses: The Porpoises of Tonkin] by Albert Bacle, 1985
La Guerre D’Indochine: De l’Indochine francaise aux adieux a Saigon 1940-1956 by Ivan Cadeau, 2015
Riziere et Riviere [Rice Paddies and Rivers] by Hubert Tourret,1992 (signed by author)
Les Guerres d’Indochine: Tome 1, Des Origines de la presence Francaise a L'engrenage du conflit International by Philippe Franchini, 1988
Les Guerres d’Indochine: Tome 2, De La Bataille de Dien Bien Phu a la Chute de Saigon by Philippe Franchini, 1988
Commando Bergerol: Indochine 1946-1953 by Henri De Brancion, 1989
La Methode Vietminh: Indochine 1945-1954 by Pierre Labrousse, 1996
Lettres D’ Indochine [Letters from Indochina] by Guy de Chaumont Guitry, 1975
Fils de la Riziere: Souvenirs recueillis par Pierre Demaret by Colonel Jean Leroy, 1977
La Naissance des Mercenaires [The Birth of the Mercenaries] by Albert Merglen, 1970
La Marine Francaise dans la guerre d’Indochine [The French Navy through the war in Indochina] by Contre-Amiral Bernard Estival, 1998
Les Marins et L’Outre Mer [Sailors and the Overseas] by Jean-Pierre Gomane, 1988
Le Commando des Tigres: Les paras du Commando Ponchardier Indochine 1945-1946 by Jean-Pierre Bernier, 1995
L'enseigne dans le Delta [The Ensign in the Delta] by Contre-Amiral Bernard Estival, 1989
Gendarmes-Parachutistes en Indochine 1947-1953 [Police Paratroops in Indochina 1947-1953] by Jean-Christophe Brunet, 2005
La Bataille dans la Riziere by Jules Roy, 1953
L’Indochine: Guerre et Paix by Andre Teulieres, 1985
Guerilla Sur Mer by Henri Le Masson, 1973
Commando Vandenberghe, le pirate du Delta [Commando Vandenberghe, the Pirate of the Delta] by Erwan Bergot, 1985
Guerre du peuple armee du peuple by General V.N. Giap, 1968
Carnets du Tonkin: Dinassaut 4 (1953) [Notes on Tonkin, River Assault Group 4] by Commandant Rene Chauvin, 2001
Les Oublies du Bout du Monde – Journal d’un marin d’Indochine de 1939 a 1946 by Contre-amiral Paul Rome, 1983
Aviation Indochine by General L.M. Chassin, 1954
Les fusiliers marins en Indochine: La Brigade Marine du Corps expeditionnaire d’Extreme Orient (Septembre 1945 - Mars 1947) [The Naval Infantrymen in Indochina: The Far East Naval Brigade (September 1945 - March 1947)] by Contre-amiral Robert Kilian, 1948
Dinassaut [Division] by Capitaine de Corvette Maurice Raymond de Brossard, 1952
Marine Indochine [The Navy in Indochina] by Jacques Mordal, 1953
Viet-Nam! La Guerre D’Indochine 1945-1954 by Jean-Luc Einaudi, 2001
Crabes et Alligators dans les Rizieres: Indochine 1953-1954 [Crabs and Alligators in the Rice Paddies: Indochina 1953-1954] by Jacques Jauffret,1999
Guerre d'Indochine Volume I by Tresor du Patrimoine, 1998
Guerre d'Indochine Volume II by Tresor du Patrimoine, 1998
Indochine 1952-1954: Les Luc Binh Souvenirs d’un Marin du Fleuve by Contre-Amiral Francois Jourdier, 2009
La Marine Francaise En Indochine 1939-1955 Tome I Septembre 1939 - Aout 1945 [The French Navy in Indochina 1939-1955 Volume I September 1939 – August 1945] by Marine Nationale,1972-1977
La Marine Francaise En Indochine 1939-1955 Tome III Janvier 1947 - Decembre 1949 [The French Navy in Indochina 1939-1955 Volume III January 1947 – December 1949] by Marine Nationale,1972-1977
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- Serials
Time: 1953: September 28; 1962: May 11
Naval History: 2015: December
War Machine: 1983: Vol. 1, No. 12
Military: 1994: October; 1995: January, February
The Journal of Military History: 2014: October
All Hands: 1966: November
Newsweek: 1953: April 20; 1970: May 4
Colliers: 1944: November 11
Life: 1953: August 3; 1967: January 13
The Illustrated London News: 1944: February 5; 1953: July 18; 1954: July 17
Navires & Histoire: 2005: August, October, December; 2006: January, April/May, June/July; 2007: April/May; 2016: February, April/May, October/November
Revue Historique Des Armees: 1993: September; 1994: March
Combats et Operations: 2012: December/January/February, June/July/August
Miroir de l'Histoire: 1968: February
Combattant D'Indochine: 1951: June; 1952: May, June, July/August, October; 1953: September; 1954: September
Outre-Mer: 1952: 4th Quarter
Historama: 1976: 3rd Quarter
Historia: 1972: March, May
Historia Special: 1994: March/April (2 copies)
Historia Magazine: 1971: April 22
Guerre d'Algerie Guerre d'Indochine: 2010: December/January/February (2 copies), March/April/May, June/July/August, September/October/November (2 copies); 2011: December/January/February (2 copies), March/April/May, June/July/August, September/October/November (2 copies)
Armes Militaria: 1987: February; 1998: January; 2001: August
Aviation Magazine: 1954: August
Point De Vue: 1951: April 12
Paris Match: 1952: November 29 - December 6; 1953: October 10-17; 1954: July 31 - August 7
Marines: 1996: May/June
Marines Magazine: 2000: September/October/November
Marine Nationale: 1947: April
Realites: 1964: May
La Revue Maritime: 1946: May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1947: January, February, March, April, May, June (2 copies), July, August (2 copies), September (2 copies), October (2 copies), November (2 copies), December (2 copies); 1948: January (2 copies), February (2 copies), March (2 copies), April (2 copies), May (2 copies), June (2 copies), July (2 copies), August, September, October, November, December; 1949: January, February, March, April, May (2 copies), June (2 copies), July, August, September (2 copies), October (2 copies), November (2 copies), December; 1950: January (2 copies), February (2 copies), March (2 copies), April (2 copies), May (2 copies), June (2 copies), July (2 copies), August (2 copies), September (2 copies), October (2 copies), November (2 copies), December (2 copies); 1951: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1952: January, February, March (2 copies), April (2 copies), May (2 copies), June (2 copies), July, August, September (2 copies), October, November, December; 1953: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1954: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1955: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1956: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1957: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August/September, October, November; December; 1958: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August/September, October, November, December; 1959: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August/September, October, November, December; 1960: January, February, March, April; 1964: December
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- Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D060.1 [D060.1]]
- Box 2 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D060.1 [D060.1]]
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National Geographic clippings (1950-1954)
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The ONI Review Secret Supplement - The Dinasau Units of Indochina (1952)
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Boats of the U.S. Navy (Navships 250-452) (1960)
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Junk Blue Book: A Handbook of Junks of South Vietnam (1962)
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The Pentagon Papers IV: Evolution of the War, Sections A2 and A3 (No Date)
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Glossary of Military Terms and Abbreviations (1967)
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Selected pages from Marine Indochine by Jacques Mordal (The Navy in Indochina) translated by Lieutenant Colonel Norman L. Williams and A.W. Atkinson (1967)
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Doctrine for Riverine Operations (NWP 21A, FMFM 8-4) (1968)
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Report on the War in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh letter, after action reports (1946, 1967-1969)
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Riverine Warfare (FM 31-75) (1971)
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The Khmer Republic at War and the Final Collapse by Lieutenant General Sak Sutsaskhan (1978)
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The RVNAF by Lieutenant General Dong Van Khuyen (1978)
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The Cambodian Incursion by Brigadier General Tran Dinh Tho (1979)
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RVNAF and U.S. Operational Cooperation and Coordination by Lieutenant General Ngo Quang Truong (1980)
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The General Offensives of 1968-69 by Colonel Hoang Ngoc Lung (1984)
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Territorial Forces by Lieutenant General Ngo Quang Truong (1984)
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The RVNAF by Lieutenant General Dong Van Khuyen (1984)
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Japan's Thrust into French Indochina 1940-1945 by Sachiko Murakami Part I (thesis) (1981)
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Japan's Thrust into French Indochina 1940-1945 by Sachiko Murakami Part II (1981)
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Japan's Thrust into French Indochina 1940-1945 by Sachiko Murakami Part III (1981)
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Japan's Thrust into French Indochina 1940-1945 by Sachiko Murakami Part IV (1981)
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Japan's Thrust into French Indochina 1940-1945 by Sachiko Murakami Part V (1981)
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Interview with Colonel Victor J. Croizat by Benis M. Frank (1983)
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Vietnam from Cease-Fire to Capitulation by Colonel William E. Le Gro (1985)
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U.S. Riverine Warfare in Vietnam: A Critical Analysis of Strategy by Captain David Lane Jones Part I (thesis) (1999)
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U.S. Riverine Warfare in Vietnam: A Critical Analysis of Strategy by Captain David Lane Jones Part II (1999)
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U.S. Riverine Warfare in Vietnam: A Critical Analysis of Strategy by Captain David Lane Jones Part III (1999)
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The U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group in French Indochina 1950-1960 by Nathaniel R. Weber (thesis) (2010)
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The Brown Water Navy in Vietnam by Robert H. Stoner (No Date)
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Combat at Close Quarters by Edward J. Marolda and R. Blake Dunnavent (2015)
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War in the Shallows by John Darrell Sherwood Volume 1 of 4 (2015)
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War in the Shallows by John Darrell Sherwood Volume 2 of 4 (2015)
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War in the Shallows by John Darrell Sherwood Volume 3 of 4 (2015)
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War in the Shallows by John Darrell Sherwood Volume 4 of 4 (2015)
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Text of French Indochina PSIS 400-35/SRH 0-94 (11 October 1945) (website printout) (No Date)
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Text of Senator John F. Kennedy's Senate speech re: the truth about Indochina (6 April 1954) (website printout) (No Date)
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Cadre General et Aspects Recents de la Guerre D'Indochine by Lieutenant Colonel Boussarie (1954)
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La Revue Maritime - photocopied selections including notes and translations (1953-1957)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34790000000
- Citation
- Robin L. Rielly Collection (3479) Finding Aid, Robin L. Rielly Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34790000000, Accessed 09 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 34790000000, Robin L. Rielly Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 02 Apr 2024 [Updated: 22 Aug 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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