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Duffy served four combat tours in South Vietnam.In 1972, Duffy served as a special advisor with the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Advisory Team 162, known as the “Red Hats”.
Date duration Operation name Unit(s) – description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 1965–72: Operation Footboy [1]: MACVSOG covert operations in North Vietnam and North Vietnamese waters for the purpose of collecting intelligence, conducting psychological warfare operations, and other activities to create dissension among the populace, and for diversion of North Vietnamese resources
MACV was created on 8 February 1962, in response to the increase in United States military assistance to South Vietnam. MACV was implemented to assist and oversee the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Vietnam while the Viet Cong insurgency was under way. It was reorganized on 15 May 1964 and absorbed MAAG Vietnam when the deployment of ...
162: 16 Apr 7 – 15: Operation Ellis Ravine [1] 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division clear and search operation: Ba Long Valley, Quảng Trị Province: Apr 10: Operation Atlas Power [1] 1st Infantry Division security operation: near Saigon: Apr 11 – 15: Operation Overlander [3] 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force ...
Like all major ARVN units the Airborne was assigned a U.S. military advisory element, originally the Airborne Brigade Advisory Detachment, and later redesignated the 162nd Airborne Advisory Detachment or U.S. Airborne Advisory Team 162. About 1,000 American airborne-qualified advisors served with the brigade and division, receiving on average ...
Hat Dich area, Phước Tuy Province: Aug 1 – 31: Operation Lyre Bird [1] [5] 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment land-clearing operation: west of Nui Dat, Phước Tuy Province: Aug 2 – Apr 24 1969: Operation Lam Son 245 [10] ARVN 54th Regiment operation: Thừa Thiên Province: 636: Aug 4 – 20
The Studies and Observations Group (also known as SOG, MACSOG, and MACV-SOG) was a top secret, joint unconventional warfare task force created on 24 January 1964 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a subsidiary command of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV).
A shield 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height and 2 inches (5.1 cm) in width overall; within a 1 ⁄ 8 inch (0.32 cm) white border three vertical stripes yellow, blue and red, on the center blue stripe a sword pointing upward, blade white and handle yellow. Symbolism; Yellow and red are the colors of Vietnam.