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On 27 June 1968 Weyand published orders establishing Headquarters, Capital Military Assistance Command (CMAC) (Provisional) at the base under the command of Hay, with an effective date of 4 June 1968. In this post, Hay exercised operational control over all US units and advisers in Saigon–Gia Định,
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transformed CMAC into an advisory organization for the CMD, and charged it with transferring local American sensor and ground radar installations to the South Vietnamese.
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In 1964 the ARVN political warfare training center moved to the base but the facilities at the new location were so inadequate that they were moved to the
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moved 20 tanks to the base to ensure that the coup supporters enjoyed overwhelming strength against forces loyal to Diem.
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Facets of the Vietnam War in American Media: Pulitzer Prize Winning Articles, Books, Cartoons and Photos
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United States Army in Vietnam Combat Operations Staying the Course October 1967 to September 1968
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The base remains in use by the PAVN as the headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City Command (
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would assume tactical control over all US units entering the Saigon–
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at the base to perform the same function as in the Tet Offensive.
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French Army, Army of Republic of Vietnam and United States Army
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In late 1969 II Field Force commander Lieutenant General
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District 10
Saigon
Vietnam
10°46′37″N 106°40′34″E / 10.777°N 106.676°E / 10.777; 106.676 (Camp Lê Văn Duyệt)
People's Army of Vietnam

Vietnam War
French Army
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
United States Army
District 10
Saigon
Vietnam
People's Army of Vietnam
French colonial period
South Vietnam
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Lê Văn Duyệt
Capital Military District
CIA
Lucien Conein
Dương Văn Minh
coup
President
Ngo Dinh Diem
Tôn Thất Đính
Dalat Military Academy
1st Airborne Battalion
Tet Offensive
II Field Force

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