During that time”Brown Water” referred to the Inland Waterways, literally inside the land boundaries of the country. Brown Water Vietnam Vetsĭuring The Vietnam War, the term was also very fitting because of SE Asia’s murky inland waters. After which the Navy referred to the regular U.S. Hence, the Navy quickly referred to the ships that participated in the Civil War’s Mississippi River campaigns as the “brown-water navy”. Lincoln’s Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron American Crisis” (2007 Rowman & Littlefield), b ecause of the Mississippi’s murky brown water. Why does the VA refer to some Vietnam Vets as Brown Water Vets and others as Blue Water Vets?īrief history: The term “ brown-water navy” originated in the American Civil War.
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