II Field Force, Vietnam (United States)
- II Field Force, Vietnam (United States)
II Field Force, Vietnam was a United States Army Corps-level command during the Vietnam War.
Activated on March 15, 1966, it became the largest corps command in Vietnam and one of the largest in Army history. II Field Force was assigned the lineage of the XXII Corps, a World War II corps in the European Theater of Operations. II Field Force was a component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had its headquarters in Long Binh.
II Field Force's area of responsibility was III Corps Tactical Zone, later renamed Military Region 3, which comprised eleven provinces surrounding Saigon. Among the divisions and brigades it controlled were:
*1st Infantry Division
*9th Infantry Division
*25th Infantry Division
*101st Airborne Division
*1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
*3rd Brigade 82nd Airborne Division
*3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
*173rd Airborne Brigade
*196th Light Infantry Brigade
*199th Light Infantry Brigade
*11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
*12th Combat Aviation Group
*23rd Artillery Group
*54th Artillery Group
*53rd Signal Battalion
*1st Australian Task Force
*Royal Thai Army Volunteer Force
II Field Force Vietnam Headquarters Elements:
*HHB, II FFV Artillery
*303rd ASA Battalion
*6th Psychological Operations Battalion
*2nd Civil Affairs Company
*552 Military Police Company
*9th Transportation Company
*44th Army Postal Company
*29th Chemical Detachment
*7th Military History Detachment
*219th Military Intelligence Detachment
*14th Public Information Detachment
II Field Force controlled units participating in the 1968 Tet Offensive and the 1970 Cambodian Incursion. II Field Force was de-activated on May 2, 1971, during the withdrawal of U.S. ground combat forces from Vietnam, with its assets providing the basis for its successor, Third Regional Assistance Command (TRAC).
References
Stanton, Shelby, "Vietnam Order of Battle", ISBN 0-89193-700-5
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