Day to Day Life of a Military Advisor in South Vietnam
discuss their day to day experiences and responsibilities as military advisors in rural Vietnam. Both were in their early 20s at the time, and they also discussed efforts to help with economic and agricultural redevelopment.
MACV teams were often small groups of U.S. Army officers assigned to remote areas, supported only by South Vietnamese forces. This event was part of a MACV teams 60 and 65 50th anniversary reunion in Charleston, South Carolina.
Two Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - or MACV - team leaders used photographs from the time to discuss their day to day experiences a… read more
Two Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - or MACV - team leaders used photographs from the time to
discuss their day to day experiences and responsibilities as military advisors in rural Vietnam. Both were in their early 20s at the time, and they also discussed efforts to help with economic and agricultural redevelopment.
MACV teams were often small groups of U.S. Army officers assigned to remote areas, supported only by South Vietnamese forces. This event was part of a MACV teams 60 and 65 50th anniversary reunion in Charleston, South Carolina. close
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