South Vietnamese Armed Forces, 30, 32, 34, 36, 43, 45–46, 58, 129 Units Vietnamese Air Force, 27, 46, 48, 62, 67–69, 72, 80, 82, 105, 115–120, 137, 144, 146–147, 149, 151–152, 154–156, 158, 162 Vietnamese Army, 13–16, 18, 22–23, 26–27, 32, 49, 60–61, 63, 65, 67, 72, 74, 80, 83–84, 103, 105, 110, 112, 116–121, 129, 139, 141–142, 145, 147–149, 152–153, 155, 157–159, 161, 164–165 1st ARVN Division, 79, 111, 113, 115, 142 2d ARVN Division, 79, 82–83, 103, 105, 111, 113, 115, 117, 142, 154, 159 5th ARVN Division, 62 7th ARVN Division, 62, 65 21st ARVN Division, 62, 65, 67, 79–80 25th ARVN Division, 79, 103, 111 Airborne Brigade, 34, 129, 132 11th ARVN Regiment, 107 43d ARVN Regiment, 51 Ranger Battalions, 79, 114, 136, 164–166 Special Forces, 84 Vietnamese Marine Corps, 16, 18–20, 22–24, 29–30, 32, 34–37, 40, 47–49, 53, 58, 65, 84, 90, 100, 102–103, 105, 107, 109–110, 116, 121, 129, 131–133, 136, 138, 142–143, 166 Amphibious Support Battalion, 136 1st Battalion, 16, 18–20, 22–23, 31, 37, 49, 105, 107, 109 2d Battalion, 22–23, 31, 35, 49, 101–103, 107, 109–110 3d Battalion, 32, 36–37, 53, 105, 107, 109–110 4th Battalion, 36, 49, 51, 100–103, 105, 110, 136–138 5th Battalion, 133, 138 Reconnaissance Company, 105 Training Company, 136 Artillery Batteries, 51, 100, 105 Vietnamese Navy, 16, 36–37, 48, 101, 105, 142 South Vietnamese Ministry of Defense, 32 South Vietnamese Ministry of Interior, 27, 30 Southeast Asia, 3, 9, 11, 14, 29, 40–41, 94, 167 Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 14, 59, 61, 88, 90 Soviet Union, 12–13, 86, 93 Sparrow Hawk, _See_ Eagle Flight Special Landing Force, 59, 62, 88–89, 162 Special Operations Group, 141 Steele, Col Fred A., 89–90 Stilwell, MajGen Richard G., 131 Strategic Hamlet Program, 45–46, 51, 53, 80, 101, 121–122, 129 SURE WIND 202, 152, 154–156, 158 Tactical Air Commander Airborne, 149 Tactical Air Navigation, 60 Tactical Air Support System, 62 Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing System, 60, 62, 69, 73, 75, 82, 103, 114, 119, 148, 155 Takjli, 90 Tam Ky, 82–83, 103, 116, 149, 157, 159–161, 165 Taoism, 8 Tarawa, 51 Taylor, Gen Maxwell D., 42–43, 57, 127 Taylor, Capt Richard B., 101, 103, 110 Tay Ninh Province, 109, 133 Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission, 26, 30 Texas A&M, 158 Thailand, 3, 14, 86, 88–90, 92–94, 113, 143 Thi, Col Nguyen Chanh, 29, 36 Thompson, SSgt John C., 155 Thompson, Sir Robert G. K., 45–46 Thoung Duc, 117, 119, 151 Throckmorton, LtGen John L., 131 Thua Thien Province, 76, 111, 115, 149, 157 Thu Duc, 36, 53, 100, 107, 136 Tien Phouc, 83, 160 Tiger Flight. _See_ Eagle Flight Tiger Force, 83, 162, 165 Tiger Tooth Mountain, (Dong Voi Mep), 139, 141, 155–156, 158