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1970 FIELD COMBAT PICTO MAP - Vietnam War - 6331 iii SW
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1970 - Vietnam War Field Combat - Picto Map 1:25000 6331 iii SW July 1970 One Only Available Very Rare - Field Combat Pictomap 6331 iii SW Binh Duong Province Phu Giao Province Ha Nghia Province Ben Cat Province Cu ChiExcellent piece, Ground Combat Pictomap - US military issue, primarily Quan Phu Hoa and Ben Cat. This was operational area of the - 1st Infantry Division and the 503rd Infantry (part of the 101st Airborne), the 25th Infantry Division (HQ at Cu Chi - VC Tunnel Network the Viet Cong F-100 Commandos and on e of South Vietnams areas heaviest hit by actions of the Phoenix Program. Viet Cong Recon Commando's - Cu Chi / Saigon F-100 Commandos By late 1971, with the removal of most of the US Military from the War the Phoenix Program continued to damage the Viet Cong. The F-100 Commando's, a mostly youth group operating out of both Saigon and Cu Chi / An Tinh. The F-100 Commandos were responsible for sabotage in the Saigon area including the bombing of bars frequented by US Military, the shooting of US Military Personnel in their hotel rooms, assassination of both US and ARVN Personnel whilst in the streets of Saigon and guerrila actions in the area stretching from Saigon to the Cambodian border including actions against Tan Son Nhut. In October 1971, a Viet Cong defector (Nguyen Van Tung) directed a US Special Forces and ARVN operation to a major tunnel base at An Tinh, advising the Special Forces Operatives that a VC Unit was headquartered there. The destination turned out to be the headquarters of the F-100 Commandos. Led by Van Tung through the tunnel traps and mines the F-100 Commandos were decimated with all found killed or captured. On clearance of the area scrapbooks of press clippings marked, 'F-100 Victories' detailed assassinations and bombings throughout Saigon. A more important find however was a notebook listing close to 80 agents based in Saigon. The list contained their real names, cover names, meeting times and message drop information, as well as their addresses. Of the eighty, some twenty were working with the ARVN in Saigon. News of the find reached the F-100 Agents in Saigon however not before more than 70 of the agents were captured. Most were executed. At the end of the Vietnam War, some three and a half years later, Nguyen Thi Kieu, in 1975 a 23 year old girl was honored as a 'Revolutionary Hero of the Fight for Liberation'. Thi Kieu had, at the age of 19 at the time of the F-100 Raid been the leader of the F-100 Commando's and had been the leader since she was 17. She had escaped the Saigon Round-Up of October 1971. The F-100 Commandos however ceased to be a fighting force with no major acts of sabotage in Siagon for the remainder of the war. Ben Cat Home of the US Special Forces Detachment A-301 ( Trang Sup ), Mike Force, Mercenary Training center, Opened in February 1963 ( one of the first officially opened ) at peak strength grew to some 500 Mercenary operatives before been handed to the ARVN Tiger Force Rangers in 1970. This is a superb Piece - exclusively rare. Measures - 22 x 29 inches ( 56 x 74 cms ) Additional Maps, sent same order are sent FOC. One Only AvailableVietnam War Original Post: Post, Anywhere Worldwide is $4.00, Australia $3.00 - (international Posted via Airmail, we post daily). 2nd and subsequent patches (or bank-notes) are sent free of charge when sent in same order. FREE POST, Free Post is supplied for orders of 4 or more Patches, Maps, Notes, Badges or Medals paid and posted in same weekly order (must be paid within 7 days of first purchase). Command Control, North, South, Central, MACV, Special Forces, SOG, Special Op’s, Special Operations Group, 5 th Special Forces, Army Security Agency, Military Intelligence, Psy-Ops, US Army, De Oppresso Liber, Airborne, 1 st Special Forces, CIDG, Mike Force, Mobile Guerrilla Force,...
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