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• 173rd Airborne Brigade [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 75th Ranger Regiment [r]: Assigned to the Army Special Operations Command of the United States Special Operations Command, a highly skilled, parachute-qualified light infantry unit that conducts raids in uniform (e.g., seizing airfields or destroying strategic targets), and provides perimeter security during direct action by other special operators ^[e]
• ARC LIGHT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Agency for International Development [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Air campaigns in Cambodia and Laos [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Air operations in the Vietnam War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Army National Guard (United States) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Army of the Republic of Viet Nam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battle of Ap Bac [r]: Fought on January 2, 1963, a small but politically significant battle of the Vietnam War, won by the Viet Cong against Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) troops with United States Army advisors. It was significant in that the command failures were publicized to the press by John Paul Vann; denials by U.S. senior commanders started the pattern of aggressive investigative journalism ^[e]
• Battle of Bong Son [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battle of the Ia Drang [r]: First divisional-scale battle involving helicopter-borne air assault troops, with U.S. forces against those of North Vietnam ^[e]
• Battlefield air interdiction [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Civilian Irregular Defense Group [r]: Light and irregular infantry units in the Republic of Vietnam, typically defending their local area, and trained and led by United States Army Special Forces personnel, and sometimes by their Army of the Republic of Viet Nam counterparts in the Nha Ky Thuat ^[e]
• Creighton Abrams [r]: General in the U.S. Army, who was the last head of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam and then Chief of Staff of the Army, who built the volunteer army and restructured the reserve components under the Total Force Concept ^[e]
• Da Nang [r]: A coastal city approximately in the middle of Vietnam, which is an transportation hub for central Vietnam and was a major military base during the Vietnam War ^[e]
• David Halberstam [r]: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, who was especially controversial for his coverage of the Vietnam War, where some thought he was providing critical investigation for the public, while others believed he was undermining the war effort ^[e]
• Donald Blackburn [r]: (1916 - 2008) A U.S. Army officer specializing in insurgency, counterinsurgency and special operations before they were recognized as specialties. ^[e]
• Foreign internal defense [r]: Add brief definition or description
• France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain; founding member of the European Union. Colonial power in Southeast Asia until 1954. ^[e]
• Frederick Nolting Jr. [r]: U.S. ambassador and head of the United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam, from May 10 to August 15, 1963. A career Foreign Service Officer, he was preceded by Elbridge Durbrow, and succeeded by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.. A supporter of Ngo Dinh Diem, he did not agree with the policy of U.S. support for a coup against Diem. ^[e]
• I Corps tactical zone [r]: The geographic command, under the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam, for the northernmost provinces of South Vietnam. It directly faced North Vietnam across the Demilitarized Zone, as well as having an important boundary with Laos. ^[e]
• II Field Force Vietnam [r]: A U.S. Army corps-equivalent headquarters for ground combat during the Vietnam War ^[e]
• III Corps tactical zone [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IV Corps tactical zone [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John Paul Vann [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Joint warfare in South Vietnam 1964-1968 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Lac Luong Dac Biet [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MACV-SOG [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Maxwell Taylor [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Middle East [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neil Sheehan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nha Ky Thuat [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation LINEBACKER II [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation Lam Son 719 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Paul Harkins [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stanley Larsen [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tet Offensive [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Total Force Concept [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. advisers in the Vietnam War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. support to South Vietnam before Gulf of Tonkin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Unified Combatant Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Army Special Forces [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Navy SEAL [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vietnam War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vietnamization [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wars of Vietnam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William DuPuy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William Westmoreland [r]: Add brief definition or description