United States Army, Vietnam

United States Army, Vietnam ( USARV ) was the name given to the logistics major unit of the U.S. Army in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The Association presented the central support and supply troops for the used in the federal U.S. ground units and thus formed an essential part of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam ( MACV ). USARV was responsible not only for administration, supplies, catering and maintenance, the military police, military intelligence service, the pioneers, the medical corps, various training sessions as well as the Army, that is, the number used for transportation and aerial attacks helicopter units were subordinated to the Association. The headquarters was located in Long Binh in Saigon. The headquarters unit comprised 1969/70 approximately 1,500 men.

In order to highlight the important position of the U.S. Army, Vietnam MACV within the MACV commander was formally the same time in personal union commander of USARV. For the actual leadership of the United Association of Deputy USARV commander was responsible.

The origins of the association go back to December 1961, when the first American soldiers were stationed in South Vietnam and were accompanied here by an eleven-member logistics support group of the 9th Logistics Command from Okinawa. Then, after the number of group members was increased to 323 men, received the Association, who was the U.S. Army, Ryukyu Islands assumed in February 1962 the new designation U.S. Army, Ryukyu Support Group ( Provisional ). In June 1962 a further reorganization followed in U.S. Army Support Group, Vietnam, the association was from now on both the newly established MACV (operating command ) and continue to report Ryukyu ( for logistical matters). As a result of the rapid increase in troops in 1965 after the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, the group was again greatly enlarged and eventually created the U.S. Army, Vietnam on July 20, 1965. This was now the U.S. Army, Pacific subordinated directly in Hawaii at logistics matters instead of Ryukyu.

For the majority of the war USARV remained unchanged now, only with the withdrawal of U.S. troops was followed by a final restructuring: On 15 May 1972 USARV has been merged with different MACV - components and thus created the USARV / MACV Support Command. The former deputy commander was commander of the Association. On March 28, the command was finally dissolved after completion of withdrawal of U.S. troops and signing of the Paris Peace Agreement.

Structure

The following key elements were USARV assumed:

In addition, USARV included a nearly endless supply of smaller components that were in contrast to the above associations controlled centrally. Also, two regional commands, the Capital Military Assistance Command, Saigon and the Delta Military Assistance Command provisional in Can Tho, were part of USARV.

Commander

Commanders (at the same MACV commander ):

  • General William Westmoreland 1965-1968
  • General Creighton W. Abrams 1968-1972

Deputy Commanders (English Deputy Commander ):

  • Major General John Norton 1965-1966
  • Lieutenant General Jean E. Engler 1966-1967
  • Lieutenant General Bruce Palmer, Jr. 1967-1968
  • Lieutenant General Frank T. Mildren 1968-1970
  • Lieutenant General William J. McCaffrey 1970-1972
  • Major General Morgan G. Roseborough 1972

Commander of the USARV / MACV Support Command:

  • Major General Morgan G. Roseborough 1972-1973
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