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South Vietnamese Special Forces Patch - Vietnam War -
By June 1960 Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam, instituted a full-scale counterinsurgency training
program within the Vietnamese Army, and by November three Special Forces operational detachments were training
1,200 selected military leaders of the Vietnamese Army in tactics and techniques of counterinsurgency operations.
Most of these early efforts were centered around the training given to the newly formed Ranger units by U.S.
Special Forces personnel.
In 1961 a centralized Ranger Training Center was established at Duc My complete with jungle, swamp, and
mountain schools, and there by February 1962 the last of the twenty-one newly activated Ranger companies
completed their training. Meanwhile, U.S. Army training teams had been conducting on-site training courses for
Ranger companies in the field. In November 1961 these courses had been extended from three to five weeks, and
by February 1962 twenty-seven companies had received this instruction and the remainder would finish by the end
of the year. At Duc My, individual replacements for Ranger units continued to be trained and the school became a
center for counterinsurgency operations.
The patch shown here belongs to one of the South Vietnamese special forces unit. of silk-like construction.
The front shows a leaping tiger imposed over an open parachute. These patches are getting hard to find.
The badge featured here is of a silk-like material construction. In the shape of a shield. it was meant to be
worn on the sleeve. The design consists of a green color background. The depiction of a leaping tiger is placed
in the center. A white, extended parachute is located behind the tiger. Three lightning bolts are displayed just
below the tiger.
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