Military.com enables the millions of Americans with military affinity to access their benefits, find jobs, enjoy military discounts, and stay connected. col. christina de castries. 3. I showed him General Harkins' "Eyes Only'' to the Chairman (MAC 566) ... such as the one at Ap Bac. Ap Bac had been a defeat for the ARVN, but the United States and South Vietnam publicly proclaimed it a victory, pinning medals on many of the South Vietnamese commanders involved. The absence of fighting spirit in the ARVN mirrored the continuing inability of the Saigon regime to win political support. Ap Bac represented a leadership failure for the ARVN and a major morale boost for the antigovernment forces. Jan 2-3 1963: Battle of Ap Bac (a village in the Mekong Delta) saw 2000 ARVN troops, well-equipped with US arms, pinned down by 200 Viet Cong.

4. MAURICE ISSERMAN JOHN S. BOWMAN general editor Note on Photos Many of the illustrations and photographs used in this book are old, historical images.

The numbers were not large but the quality of the cadres infiltrated was high.

The quality of the prints is not always up to modern standards, as in some cases the originals are damaged.

General Navarre wanted to draw the Vietminh out to battle - and selected this valley known as Dienbienphu - and he did it . the vietnam war fought between communist north vietnam and the government of southern vietnam.the north was supported by communist countries such like china and soviet union.the south was supported by … The content of the illustrations, however, made their inclusion important despite problems in reproduction. Infiltration. The Viet Cong did not possess the food and equipment necessary to absorb a large quantity of infiltrators and they wished to keep North Viet-Nam's role in the war at least semi-covert. american - vietnam war (1 november 1955 -30 april 1975). South Vietnamese troops experience a number of setbacks on the battlefield beginning with the battle of Ap Bac, where ARVN forces, accompanied by U.S. advisers, are defeated in very early January.