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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, Westmoreland exercised this command
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Throughout 1963 the duties of the U.S. Army Support Group steadily increased, particularly regarding to combat support activities and logistics. During the year, the U.S. buildup continued, especially in aviation, communications, intelligence, special warfare and logistic units, reaching a total of
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The air-conditioned structure of two-story prefabricated buildings, a little more than a third the size of its Washington namesake, included twelve acres of enclosed office space. In addition to the headquarters offices, the complex included a barracks, a mess hall, a refrigerated storage building
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By 29 March, the only American military personnel left in South Vietnam were the U.S. delegates to the Four-Party Joint Military Commission established under the Paris Peace Accords to oversee the ceasefire, themselves in the process of winding up work and departing; the fifty man DAO military
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to Nakhon Phanom on 29 January 1973. Transfer of the main body, drawn largely from the operations and intelligence sections of MACV and Seventh Air Force, began on 10 February. USSAG was activated on 11 February 1973 under the command of commander of MACV. At 08:00 on 15 February, USAF General
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Harkins became the senior U.S. military commander in South Vietnam and responsible for U.S. military policy, operations and assistance there. Harkins had the task of advising the South Vietnamese government on security, organization, and employment of their military and paramilitary forces. As
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As the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam grew, MACV quickly outgrew the Pasteur Street quarters and expanded into a proliferating number of buildings throughout downtown Saigon. This added to the command’s existing security vulnerabilities and communications difficulties. In March 1965,
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The DAO was established as a subsidiary command of MACV and remained under the command of commander of MACV until the deactivation of MACV on 27 March 1973. Command then passed to the Commander USSAG/Seventh Air Force at Nakhon Phanom. The DAO was activated on 28 January 1973 with
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provided for in the organization of the task force headquarters in the contingency plans, MACV's commander was also his own Army component commander. With an initial authorized strength of 216 men (113 Army), MACV was envisaged as a temporary HQ that would be withdrawn once the
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and its own power plant and telephone exchange. Inside, according to one staff officer, "the well-waxed corridors had the fluorescent feel of an airport terminal." A cyclone fence, topped with barbed wire and with watch towers at intervals, provided close-in protection.
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In April 1967, General Westmoreland, who had arrived in June 1964 as Commander of MACV, organized a division-sized blocking force along the border between North and South Vietnam. The deployment of a division-sized U.S. Army force would allow the
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MACV and all American and third country forces had to be withdrawn from South Vietnam within 60 days of the ceasefire. A small U.S. military headquarters was needed to continue the military assistance program for the southern
257:(MAAG) Vietnam, controlling every advisory and assistance effort in Vietnam. It was reorganized on 15 May 1964 and absorbed MAAG Vietnam to its command when combat unit deployment became too large for advisory group control. 839:
On 2 July 1966 construction started on a new purpose-built facility. The building was designed and constructed under the supervision of the U.S. Navy Officer in Charge of Construction RVN. The construction contractor was
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The brigade from the 101st Airborne Division was originally planned to replace the 173d Airborne Brigade but, with the need for additional combat forces, both brigades remained in South Vietnam. Two months later, the
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MACV was reorganized on 15 May 1964, and absorbed MAAG Vietnam within it, when combat unit deployment became too large for advisory group control. A Naval Advisory Group was established and the Commanding General,
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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,
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would be restored to its former position as the principal U.S. headquarters in South Vietnam. For this reason, the MAAG was retained as a separate headquarters.
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MACV was created on 8 February 1962, in response to the increase in United States military assistance to South Vietnam. MACV was implemented to assist the
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In March 1962 Headquarters, U.S. Army, Pacific, removed the "provisional" designation from the U.S. Army Support Group, Vietnam, attached it to U.S. Army
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Westmoreland began a search for a new location large enough to accommodate the entire headquarters. He initially tried to obtain a site between the ARVN
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was the first commanding general of MACV (COMUSMACV), and was previously the commander of MAAG Vietnam. After reorganization he was succeeded by General
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late in 1963 proposed that the name of the support group be changed to U.S. Army Support Command, Vietnam. Harkins concurred and General
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and Westmoreland reopened the effort to acquire the Tan Son Nhut soccer field. Under their combined pressure, Kỳ gave way.
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In April 1966, all Army communications-electronics resources in South Vietnam were combined in a single formation, the
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wanted to keep the property for a postwar tourist hotel. In late April 1966, with the Saigon regime locked in a tense
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Following the closure of MACV and the establishment of the DAO, the MACV Headquarters became the DAO Compound.
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Ralph J. Maglione, formerly the MACV J-1 (Director for Manpower and Personnel), as deputy Defense Attaché.
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from Okinawa arrived. In July 1965, in response to the growing size of U.S. Army forces in the country,
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A multi-service organization was required to plan for the application of U.S. air and naval power into
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The "Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam" was known by the abbreviation COMUSMACV (
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17,068 men, of which 10,916 were Army. Because of this expansion, the commanding general, General
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the United States Army in Vietnam MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973
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The Vietnamese government refused to turn over the most suitable location, a soccer field (
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Two corps-level HQs were established in 1965-66, Task Force Alpha (soon to become
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United States. Dept. of the Army Pamphlet 672-3. Update. Washington: GPO, 1986.
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and supervise the technical assistance still required to complete the goals of
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The original MACV Headquarters were colocated with MAAG at 606 Trần Hưng Đạo,
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Joint-service command of the US Dept. of Defense in South Vietnam (1962-73)
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moved to Da Nang on 6 May 1965, its commanding general, Major General
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Military units and formations of the United States in the Vietnam War
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Commander Naval Forces, Vietnam (COMNAVFORV) also controlled the
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was alerted for assignment to Southeast Asia on 11 March 1966.
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MACV: the Joint Command in the Years of Escalation, 1962-1967
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MACV was disestablished on 29 March 1973 and replaced by the
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was also established in-country by 1965. A brigade of the
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MACV Headquarters ("Pentagon East") at Tan Son Nhut, 1969
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insurgency was brought under control. In that event, the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1973
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In May 1962 it moved to 137 Pasteur Street ( 570:Civil Operations and Rural Development Support 357:Large scale combat deployments began when the 456:; the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at 952:The advance echelon of USSAG/7AF moved from 1250: 1248: 1246: 1244: 830:confrontation with Buddhist and ARVN rebels 608: 381:was established, and both the 2nd Brigade, 294: 1505:Commands of the United States Armed Forces 1380: 1378: 1070: 1068: 1066: 1064: 1062: 1060: 514: 38: 1340: 1338: 1034: 1032: 1030: 1028: 1026: 767:Republic of Korea armed forces in Vietnam 224:U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam 44:U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam 33:U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam 1241: 1221:Winnefeld, James; Johnson, Dana (1993). 1214: 1109: 1107: 1105: 1074: 474: 1375: 1305:Vietnam from Cease Fire to Capitulation 1297: 1295: 1293: 1291: 1181: 1179: 1177: 1143: 1057: 1038: 1016: 1014: 943:Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base 519:Major component commands of MACV were: 14: 1492: 1448: 1419: 1344: 1335: 1301: 1254: 1113: 1023: 935:United States Support Activities Group 1102: 863:Original MACV HQ, 606 Trần Hưng Đạo, 170:Counteroffensive, Phase VII 1970–1971 143:Counteroffensive, Phase III 1967–1968 1288: 1174: 1011: 389:, deployed from the United States. 281:Defense Attaché Office (DAO), Saigon 155:Counteroffensive, Phase VI 1968–1969 140:Counteroffensive, Phase II 1966–1967 908:Republic of Vietnam Military Forces 236:United States Department of Defense 24: 18:Military Assistance Command Vietnam 1413: 941:(USSAG/7th AF), it was located at 321:Military Assistance Advisory Group 268:in June 1964, followed by General 255:Military Assistance Advisory Group 25: 1531: 1468: 662:Officers who served as COMUSMACV 462:23rd Infantry (Americal) Division 307:, the Deputy Commander in Chief, 1436: 1398: 1363: 1323: 1276: 1202: 1162: 1090: 884: 872: 856: 592: 395:1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) 359:9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade 64: 914:. 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(1974). 654:and the U.S. ambassadors to 581:Field Advisory Element, MACV 385:as well as the 1st Brigade, 158:TET 69/Counteroffensive 1969 7: 993: 650:; however, in reality, the 547:III Marine Amphibious Force 524:United States Army, Vietnam 379:United States Army, Vietnam 367:III Marine Amphibious Force 301:Commander-in-Chief, Pacific 10: 1536: 1485:Saigon Facilities Map 1969 1000:Free World Military Forces 986:contingent; and a 143-man 804:10.8126722°N 106.6659694°E 741:10.7828472°N 106.6933167°E 336:Joseph Warren Stilwell Jr. 176:Consolidation II 1971–1972 137:Counteroffensive 1965–1966 1420:Dunham, George R (1990). 1227:. Naval Institute Press. 404:) for U.S. forces in the 193: 188: 146:TET Counteroffensive 1968 120: 114:Gallantry Cross (Vietnam) 109: 101: 85: 75: 59: 51: 37: 32: 1475:Shoulder Sleeve Insignia 1302:Le Gro, William (1985). 1144:Marolda, Edward (1994). 1039:Stanton, Shelby (1987). 565:5th Special Forces Group 418:5th Special Forces Group 295:Establishment and growth 272:(July 1968) and General 71:United States of America 46:shoulder sleeve insignia 1345:Cosmas, Graham (2006). 1255:Cosmas, Graham (2006). 1041:Vietnam Order of Battle 977:United States Air Force 901:Under the terms of the 832:in I Corps, Ambassador 809:10.8126722; 106.6659694 746:10.7828472; 106.6933167 680:William C. Westmoreland 536:II Field Force, Vietnam 515:MACV component commands 488:), River Patrol Force ( 414:III Corps Tactical Zone 410:II Field Force, Vietnam 387:101st Airborne Division 299:Admiral Harry D. Felt, 266:William C. Westmoreland 248:United States Air Force 204:William C. 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Index

Military Assistance Command Vietnam

United States Pacific Command
Tan Son Nhut Airport
South Vietnam
Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)
Battle honours
Vietnam
Paul D. Harkins
William C. Westmoreland
Creighton W. Abrams
Frederick C. Weyand
command
United States Department of Defense
United States Army
United States Navy
United States Air Force
Military Assistance Advisory Group
Paul D. Harkins
William C. Westmoreland
Creighton W. Abrams
Frederick C. Weyand
Defense Attaché Office (DAO), Saigon
Paris Peace Accords
Fall of Saigon
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific
Paul D. Harkins
U.S. Army, Pacific
Viet Cong
Military Assistance Advisory Group

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