Authors: Randall B. Woods
Treaty of Versailles,
24
Trong, Huynh,
328
Trujillo, Rafael,
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339
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350
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411
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438
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458
Truman, Harry S.,
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334
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340
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349
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370
Truong, Ngo Quang,
424
Trust, the, agents of,
107
Tsaldaris, Constantine,
78
Tung, Le Quang,
155
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173
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179
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184
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187
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191
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192â193
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196
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202
Turner, Stansfield,
467â468
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470
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471
U-2 spy plane,
176
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177
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178
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333
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389
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444
Udorn Air Base,
240
Uganda,
458
Ultra decryption project,
104
,
385â386
U-Minh Battalion,
164
Unger, Leonard,
261
Unilateral officers,
128
Union of the Lao Races (radio station),
229
United Kingdom.
See
Britain
United Nations,
198
,
465
,
466
,
469
United Press International (UPI),
187
,
254
United States Information Service (USIS),
112â113
,
206
United States Intelligence Board,
356
United States Vietnam Training Center,
285â286
,
300
University of Minnesota,
11
Urban riots,
340â341
US Agency of International Development (USAID),
127
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128
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140
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159
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161
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191
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235â236
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254
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255
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261
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285
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305
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324
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331
US Air Force,
142
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157
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163
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204
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231
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233
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239
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271
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310
US Army,
118
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150
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157
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158
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316
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439
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Airborne Division,
29
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211
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Americal Division,
316
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Cavalry,
49
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211
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304
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Corps of Engineers,
303
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First Army group,
50
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Infantry,
13
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14
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15
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49
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115
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303
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304
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Peacekeeping Institute,
143
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Special Forces Division,
143
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Third Army group,
41
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48
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49
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154
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Twelfth Army group,
48
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See also
US Special Forces
US Army Command and General Staff College,
254
US Congress,
6
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253
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271
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273â274
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309
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334
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335
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371â372
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404
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411
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426
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476
      Â
Appropriations Committee,
175
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Armed Services Committee,
175
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413
      Â
Church subcommittee,
392
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General Accounting Office,
447
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Intelligence Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee (Nedzi Committee),
357
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363
,
393â394
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397
,
440
      Â
House Committee on Government Operations,
331â332
      Â
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
394
      Â
House Select Committee on Intelligence (Pike Committee),
415
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442
,
445â446
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447â448
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449â451
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454
,
458â459
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460â461
,
462
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House Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights,
442â443
      Â
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC),
79
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Ninety-fourth,
413
      Â
oversight of the CIA, issue over,
363
,
415
      Â
Senate Appropriations Committee,
413
      Â
Senate Armed Services Committee,
365
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393
,
413
      Â
Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Fulbright Committee),
166
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316
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332
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363
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377
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378
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392
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393
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397
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442
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Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee),
414
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415
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417
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439
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440â441
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443
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444
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445
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451
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452â453
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454
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456â458
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461
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462
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Senate Special Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Committee),
353
,
364
      Â
Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs,
393
      Â
See also specific senators, house representatives, and acts of Congress
US Constitution,
85
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196
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392
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399
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440
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447
US Department of Defense (DOD; Pentagon),
73
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136
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150
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174
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178
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180
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181
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263
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282
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335
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361
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373
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379
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387
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468
US Department of Justice,
6
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345
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352
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398
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410
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411
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416
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453
US Department of State,
70
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72
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85
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111
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133
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145
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146
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185
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US Forest Service,
231
US Information Service (USIS),
235â236
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248
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261
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300
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301
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311
US Intelligence Board,
391
US Marines,
66
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204
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208
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210
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211
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230
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263
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430
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432
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433
US military,
49
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143
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210
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239
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247
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263
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282
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302
      Â
all-black division of,
13
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115
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committing regular units to South Vietnam,
151
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227
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230
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235
      Â
placed on DefCon 3 status,
383
      Â
withdrawal from South Vietnam,
309â310
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326
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422
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423
      Â
See also specific commanders and branches of the military
US Mission in Vietnam,
127
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131
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136
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137
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138â139
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140
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141
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150
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157
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159
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179
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187
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202
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282
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283
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287
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317
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321
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325
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327â328
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329
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423
US Navy,
155
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230
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231
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233
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310
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384
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388
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404
      Â
Construction Battalion (Seabee),
165
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248
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303
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SEALS,
145
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157
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251
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288
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311
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312
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313
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332
US Pacific Command (CINCPAC),
127
,
180
US Special Forces (Green Berets),
143â144
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157
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160
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161
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162
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165
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179
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180
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207
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231
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473
USS
Maddox
,
205
Van, Phan Thanh,
148
Vance, Cyrus,
474
Vann, John Paul,
250
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252
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254â256
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257
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258
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259
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262
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285
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290â293
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298
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301â302
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303â304
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316
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321
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326
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327
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328
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329
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345â346
Vanoni, Ezio,
110
Vanoni Plan,
110
Venona US-UK operation,
107
Versailles Treaty,
24
Veterans of Future Wars,
25
Viaux, Roberto,
337â338
Vichy French,
118
Vien, Cao Van,
298
Viet Cong (VC),
136
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180
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195
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201
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248â249
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250
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251
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256
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259
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260
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266
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270â271
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283
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284
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285
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301
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303â304
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317
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325
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434