Vietnam War: U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy in South Vietnam - The Fight for Vietnam Documentary

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The U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, MACV, (mack vee), was the United States' unified command structure for all of its military forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

MACV was created on February 8, 1962, in response to the increase in U.S. military assistance to South Vietnam. MACV was first implemented to assist the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Vietnam, controlling every advisory and assistance effort in Vietnam, but was reorganized on May 15, 1964 and absorbed MAAG Vietnam to its command when combat unit deployment became too large for advisory group control.

The first commanding general of MACV, General Paul D. Harkins, was also the commander of MAAG Vietnam, and after reorganization was succeeded by General William C. Westmoreland in June, 1964, followed by General Creighton Abrams (July 1968) and General Frederick C. Weyand (June 1972).

With the signing of the Paris Peace Accords all American and third country forces were to be withdrawn within 60 days of the cease-fire. MACV was therefore disbanded on March 29, 1973.

Major component commands of MACV were: * United States Army Vietnam (USARV) * Naval Forces Vietnam (NAVFORV) * Seventh Air Force (7AF) * III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) * I Field Force, Vietnam (I FFV) * II Field Force, Vietnam (II FFV) * XXIV Corps * 5th Special Forces Group * Civil Operations and Rural Development Support (CORDS) * Studies and Observations Group under Joint "High Command" (Joint Chiefs of Staff & Commander in Chief) covert * Echo 31 under Joint "High Command" (Joint Chiefs of Staff & Commander in Chief) covert

In contrast to the carrier, amphibious, and naval gunfire support forces and, at least during early 1965, the coastal patrol force, which Commander Seventh Fleet directed, the Navy's forces within South Vietnam were operationally controlled by COMUSMACV. Initially, General William C. Westmoreland exercised this command through the Chief, Naval Advisory Group. However, the increasing demands of the war required a distinct operational rather than an advisory headquarters for naval units. As a result, on 1 April 1966, Naval Forces, Vietnam, was established to control the Navy's units in the II, III, and IV Corps Tactical Zones. This eventually included the major combat formations: Coastal Surveillance Force (Task Force 115), River Patrol Force (Task Force 116), and Riverine Assault Force (Task Force 117). The latter unit formed the naval component of the joint Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force. Commander Naval Forces, Vietnam (COMNAVFORV) also controlled the Naval Support Activity, Saigon, which supplied naval forces in the II, III, and IV Corps areas. Naval Support Activity (NSA), Danang, provided logistic support to all American forces in I Corps, where the predominant Marine presence demanded a naval supply establishment. NSA Danang was under the operational control of Commander III Marine Amphibious Force.

COMNAVFORV also commanded the Naval Advisory Group and the Seabees of the 3d Naval Construction Brigade; the Military Sea Transportation Service Office, Vietnam, which coordinated the gargantuan sealift to Southeast Asia; the Officer in Charge of Construction, Vietnam, who handled in-country construction by civilian contractors; the Naval Research and Development Unit, Vietnam, which tested new equipment in the field; and Commander Coast Guard Activities, Vietnam.

The Defense Attaché Office Saigon was organized according to requirements established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CINCPAC, and MACV, and was activated on 28 January 1973.

DAO Saigon was a unique organization. It performed the traditional functions of a defense attaché, managed American military affairs in Vietnam after the cease-fire including the programs for the support of South Vietnam's armed forces, administered procurement contracts in support of the RVNAF, and furnished housekeeping support to Americans remaining in Vietnam after the ceasefire. Aside from the support of the RVNAF, it reported on operational matters, such as violations of the cease-fire, and produced intelligence information on which subsequent decisions concerning the Military Assistance Program and American interests in Southeast Asia could be based.

The DAO occupied the offices turned over to it by the MACV adjacent to Tan Son Nhut Airport and most of its employees and officials conducted their work from those offices. Small field offices were located in Da Nang, Pleiku, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang, Bien Hoa, Long Binh, Nha Be, Dong Tam, Binh Thuy, and Can Tho.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command,_Vietnam

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[tindesk862]

American is nothing but a shit

[TheRalphus666]

Like America couldnt change Vietnam,we will never get a working gov't in the middle east.There traditions go for centuries just like the vietnamese they been fighting forever..Bring home the troops from the middle east and worry about our own country,let the middle east kill each other.

[Davincciable]

@ngocnguyen1091 Im saying some vietnamnese still surport the US look at the south china sea incident

[ngocnguyen1091]

@Davincciable How could you say 'Admire' here? Do you know there are still thoudsands of people in Vietnam suffering from that horrible Spray? In Vietnam we call it 'Orange Toxic'. It makes people unable to live and eat normally, some even have mental problems, some cannot stand on their feet for the whole life. In the other words, orange toxic makes them 'disabled people'. They are 3rd generation, not 1st one. If you want to know more, google it.

[sass225]

@TheRalphus666 Unfortunatly things that happen in other parts of the world affect america. the 1970s gas crisis for example. our economy is linked to that of the nations that we trade with. If gas goes up from the fear of violence in the middle east imagine what a gal would cost if war engulfed all the middle east

[sass225]

@TheRalphus666 The United States Armed Forces relied too much on their great fire power and modern weaponry and equipment. Tactics of conventional battle were mainly applied against the enemy's unconventional warfare, while American leaders seemed to be overconfident in their "know-how" in fighting a war that required the more know-how on psychological strategy than just on modern technology.



[sass225]

@TheRalphus666 The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces and the United States military in Vietnam were fighting against not only the Vietnamese Communist forces, but the whole Communist bloc as well.They spent just as much or more money supporting the NVA as we did SVN

[felischwartz]

shit.. that makes me mad... everybody call american to the US people.. american is a continent..not a country.. when you say american you blame all the another countries outside united staTES.. so shut up the focking mouth if you dont know american continent.. U.S is the only shit in america..

[Davincciable]

These bombing in vietnam is 3X the amount of bombs in WW2 They Spray Agent orange at Vietnamese ,  And now Still some people in vietnam admire the americans

[Davincciable]

The Us started this war simply just because they wanted to stop Communist by spreading influence these evil cultist scarifies million of lives , French lost the war on vietnam funded 80% by americans when french lost they spit the land north and south vietnam planted a dictator on south vietnam , Make use of the people Vietcongs to fight the north Vietnamese US is the most evil empire

[BigGeorge237]

"Strategic rice fields".

That is just brilliant. A perfect excuse to invade foreign country and wipe out this strategic rice stash with 8000 megaton of bombs (in comparison to 18k Hiroshima bombing it was a number, equal to roughly 420 000 hiroshimas).