Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
The United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam ( MACV ) was the military high command of the US armed forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War . Because of the many headquarters of various units at Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon , the MACV was also known as the Eastern Pentagon .
The MACV was created on February 8, 1962 due to the increasing military aid from the USA for the South Vietnamese army . At the beginning, the command of the Military Assistance Advisory Group , Vietnam ( MAAG , dt. About military support and advisory group) was reallocated, which until then had carried out all advisory activities in Vietnam. On May 15, 1964, however, the MACV was reorganized and as a result, the MAAG was also integrated, as it was too small to lead the increasing number of US troops.
The first commander Paul D. Harkins , who had previously also led the MAAG, was replaced by General William Westmoreland after the reorganization in June 1964 . Thereafter, General Creighton Abrams took command in July 1968, only to return it to General Frederick C. Weyand in June 1972 . On March 29, 1973 the MACV was dissolved.
The MACV was made up of the following components (including duplications, since considered over the entire war period):
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United States Army Vietnam (USARV)
- 1st Logistics Command
- 1st Aviation Brigade
- 18th Military Police Brigade
- 34th Main Support Group
- 44th Medical Brigade
- 525. Military Intelligence Group
- US Army Security Agency Group
- US Army Engineer Command (provisional)
- US Army Headquarters Area Command (USAHAC)
- Naval Forces Vietnam (NAVFORV)
- Seventh Air Force (7AF)
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III. Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF)
- 1st Marine Division
- 3rd Marine Division
- 3rd Marine Amphibious Brigade
- 1st Marine Aircraft Wing
- I. Field Force, Vietnam (I FFV)
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II. Field Force, Vietnam (II FFV)
- 1st Infantry Division
- 9th Infantry Division
- 25th Infantry Division
- 101st Airborne Division
- 1st U.S. Cavalry Division
- 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
- 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
- U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade (173rd Airborne Brigade)
- 196th US Light Infantry Brigade
- 199th US Light Infantry Brigade
- 11th US Armored Cavalry Regiment
- 12th US Air Combat Group
- 23rd US Artillery Group
- 54th U.S. Artillery Group
- 1st Australian Task Force
- Royal Thai Army Volunteer Force
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XXIV U.S. Corps
- 1st Cavalry Division
- 23rd U.S. Infantry Division (Americal Division)
- 101st Airborne Division (101st Airborne Division)
- 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division
- 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
- U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade (173rd Airborne Brigade)
- 196th US Light Infantry Brigade
- 108th US Artillery Group
- Task Force Clearwater ( US Navy )
- 5th, later also 3rd, 6th and 8th Special Forces Group
- Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observation Group ( MACV-SOG )
literature
- Shelby L. Stanton: Vietnam Order of Battle. US News Books, Washington DC 1981, ISBN 0-89193-700-5 .
Web links
- History of MACV (English)