Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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The '''U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam''', '''MACV''', (''mack vee''), was the United States' unified command structure for all of its military forces in [[South Vietnam]] during the [[Vietnam War]].
Because of the many headquarters units in its locale, [[Tan Son Nhut Air Base]], near [[Saigon]], MACV was called [[The Pentagon|Pentagon East]].
The MACV was created on [[February 8]], 1962, in response to the increase in U.S. military assistance to South Vietnam. MACV was first implemented to assist the [[Military Assistance Advisory Group]] (MAAG) Vietnam, controlling every advisory and assistance effort in Vietnam, but was reorganized on [[May 15]], 1964 and absorbed MAAG Vietnam to its command when combat unit deployment became too large for advisory group control. The first [[COMUSMACV|commanding general of MACV]], General [[Paul D. Harkins]], was also the commander of MAAG Vietnam, and after reorganization was succeeded by General [[William Westmoreland|William C. Westmoreland]] in June, 1964, followed by General [[Creighton Abrams]] (July 1968) and General [[Frederick C. Weyand]] (June 1972). The MACV was disbanded on March 29, 1973.
Major component commands of MACV were:
*[[United States Army Vietnam]] (USARV)
*[[Naval Forces Vietnam]] (NAVFORV)
*[[Seventh Air Force]] (7AF)
*[[III Marine Expeditionary Force|III Marine Amphibious Force]] (III MAF)
*[[I Field Force, Vietnam]] (I FFV)
*[[II Field Force|II Field Force, Vietnam]] (II FFV)
*[[XXIV Corps (United States)|XXIV Corps]]
*[[5th Special Forces Group]]
*[[Civil_Affairs#Vietnam |Civil Operations and Rural Development Support]] (CORDS)
*[[Studies and Observations Group]] under Joint "High Command" (Joint Chiefs of Staff & Commander in Chief) [[covert]]
==See also==
*[[John Paul Vann]], US Army [[Lieutenant Colonel]] and adviser in Viet Nam who became a critic of MACV
*[[Military Assistance Advisory Group]]
*[[George Patton IV]] was part of MACV-SOF during its early years
==References==
* Stanton, Shelby, ''Vietnam Order of Battle'', ISBN 0-89193-700-5
* Sorley, Lewis, ''A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam'', ISBN 0-15-601309-6
== External links ==
* [http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/MACV.html History of MACV]
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