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Sea Swallows organization

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Nguyen Loc Hoaperson · 3Popular Force Battalionorganization · 2Walter Mackemperson · 1Jailsplace · 1Northern defector programsplace · 1Viet Congorganization · 1Civilian Irregular Defense Grouporganization · 1Kham Provinceplace · 1

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Nguyen Loc Hoa founded Sea Swallows host_asserted
“Until they were thrown out of the country. Looks a lot like what they did. And totally screwed it up. Father Hoa. Created a thing called sea swallows. Like the bird. And it basically dovetailed into the civilian irregular defense group. He.…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program @ 45:26

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Operation Gladio- Vietnam Part 5 Phoenix Program
▶ 35:19 What did exist were private armies, like what was called the Sea Swallows, S-W-A-L-L-O-W-S. And those belong to specific sects. It was from these groups, as well as jails and northern defector programs, that Mackham recruited his counterter…
Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program
▶ 45:26 Until they were thrown out of the country. Looks a lot like what they did. And totally screwed it up. Father Hoa. Created a thing called sea swallows. Like the bird. And it basically dovetailed into the civilian irregular defense group. He.…
Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program
▶ 50:14 whom he used as slave laborers for himself to harvest food that they then sold. In the evenings, sea swallow cadre indoctrinated their captives with religious and political propaganda, prompting the weaklings to defect and join the ranks of…
Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program
▶ 50:40 500 Vietnamese dressed in ill-fitting U.S. Army khaki uniforms was a result. Because it was composed of Vietnamese, the Popular Force Battalion was not trustworthy. However, it did not include the Sea Swallows' own cadre. Described by anoth…