United States Tribal Units organization
also: tribal units, upland counterparts
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This deployment was part of a much wider expansion of American forces in Vietnam. The size of the assistant group rose from 700 when JFK took office to a year and a half later to 12,000. There were many more military advisors, U.S. supply u…
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had far more success with paramilitary efforts in the South. They began experimenting with the creation of armed forces among the tribal minority in the Central Highlands. At first, the purpose was self-defense, and then upland counterparts…
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was approval of an initiative to put the tribal program on a much more formal footing. The tribal units would then become civilian irregular defense groups with fortified camp bases and leadership from the Green Berets. From 1961 to 65, 80 …