1962 in the Vietnam War
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The Viet Cong (VC) insurgency expanded in South Vietnam in 1962. U.S. military personnel flew combat missions and accompanied South Vietnamese soldiers in ground operations to find and defeat the insurgents. Secrecy was the official U.S. policy concerning the extent of U.S. military involvement in South Vietnam. The commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), General Paul D. Harkins, projected optimism that progress was being made in the war, but that optimism was refuted by the concerns expressed by a large number of more junior officers and civilians. Several prominent magazines, newspapers and politicians in the U.S. questioned the military strategy the U.S. was pursuing in support of the South Vietnamese government of President Ngô Đình Diệm. Diệm created the Strategic Hamlet Program as his top priority to defeat the VC. The program intended to cluster South Vietnam's rural dwellers into defended villages where they would be provided with government social services.
Marine officers visit Father Phuoc's village during the Vietnam War
Operation Shufly, circa 1962 (6921645944)
LSM 253 beached on west coast of Lan Wu to return the NAMRU II expedition to Taiwan
Operation Shufly, circa 1962 (6921645866)
Vietnamese Landscape from Helicopter, circa 1962
MACV 137 Pasteur St 1962
Mule Train Fairchild C-123B Provider
Helicopter YP 91, circa 1962
Helicopter Interior, circa 1962
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