communist forces

If you were a member of the 720th MP Battalion the primary enemy force chain of command you were fighting against during your tour worked throughout the III Corps Tactical Zone.

Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN)

The Headquarters for the southern arm of the Communists in Hanoi, it maintained political and military control over the area of South Vietnam from Cam Ranh Bay, II Corps Tactical Zone down to the tip of the Ca Mau Peninsula in IV Corps Tactical Zone.

5th North Vietnamese Army (NVA) Division

The NVA 5th Infantry Division was perhaps the most versatile of all Communist divisions; at least it was called upon to perform missions of extreme diversity. A North Vietnamese Army (Regular) unit assigned primarily to operate within the III & IV Corps Tactical Zone area. When not in South Vietnam performing offensive operations its base of operation and training was located across the Cambodian border in the "Parrots Beak" area, west of Tay Ninh. While in Cambodia it also provided security for a part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

274th Viet Cong (Dong Nai) Main Force Regiment

VC Main Force units were composed of Viet Cong that were usually recruited from outside the area of their operation. The NVA would supplement its ranks and local VC elements would act as scouts. They were much better trained and better equipped than the local VC. They operated under the authority and command and control of the 5th North Vietnamese Army Division.

Viet Cong Dong Nai Battalion

Operated as the dedicated reconnaissance element of the COSVN and included the...

Viet Cong D445 Battalion

Viet Cong (VC) Local Force unit whose area of operations was Dong Nai (river basin) which included parts of Long Khanh and Bien Hoa Provinces, it included the....

Viet Cong Local Squads & Platoons of the Battalion TAOR

Viet Cong (VC) Local Forces, the squads of the villages of An Hoa Hung - Long Binh Tan - Long Hung - An Xuan, and their civilian supporters operated jointly as Local Platoons. They were usually restricted to the local provence's, cities or hamlets they worked and lived in unless called upon to supplement Main Force units that entered into their areas of operations for specific reconnaissance or offensive missions as they did in supporting the 274th VC Main Force Regiment during the Post Tet attack on Long Binh Post on 23 February 1969.

Nguyen Van Thi - Platoon Leader

Le - Platoon Leader

Communist Allies

The Peoples Republic of China and the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR (Russia) were the major providers of finances, weapons systems, ammunition, and technical support. As in Korea, we were again fighting a surrogates war against the Communist Block.

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