DARLAC PROVINCE - PRU- Phoenix Assassination Program - VIETNAM WR PATCH - 80

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UP FORE SALE AN ORIGINAL MADE IN COUNTRY VIETNAM WAR PATCH. REFER TO PHOTOS. LITE AGE WEAR. APPROX 3 1/4 X 2 3/4 INCHES. FULLY EMBROIDERED -CHEESECLOTH BACKING. 100% ORIGINAL. FOUND AT A SALE OF A MILITARY COLLECTOR. MORE INFO BELOW. I SHIP USPS 1ST CLASS MAIL. THANKS
US led - Provincial Recon Units - Phoenix Assassination Program - South Vietnam
Darlac Province PRU - Provincial Recon Team
Elite Mercenary - VARIANT BLUE BACKROUND
Special Forces - Guerrilla - Mercenary
Diệt Cộng Phụ - Killing Communists
Bảo Vệ Tổ Quốc - Protect The Country
Darlac Province - Sits on the border of the US Special Forces Command Control, Central and South area's of operation. September 1967, High combat operational area - Highway 14 - Border, CCC, CCS - Ban Me Thuot Province - Phuoc An - Dia Diem B Dut Combat base - Buon Ho - Highway 21 - Jungle Trail 2C - Dia Diem DIen Ea Knong (Combat Base) - Krong Nang - Ea Drong - French Plantation Rossi - Chu Eni - September 1967 - Ho Chi Minh Trail.
US Assassination Program - Vietnam -
Operation Phoenix Patch
CIA -
PRU and US Special Forces
Operation Phoenix - ( The Phoenix Program )
Operation Phoenix became official in 1968 however existed for years before that - Operation Phoenix was instigated by the CIA with an aim to, ' destabalize, neutralize, capture and kill ' members of an organisation the CIA called the VCI (Viet Cong Infrastructure ) - The program was designed to disrupt any civilian activity that supported the VC south of the DMZ - this include people that supplied guides, foods, storage dumps, people who helped with conscription to the VC.
The Central Intelligence Agency turned the Operation over to the US Army and the ARVN in 1968 and continued to operate until 1972.