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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-18973-7 — Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966–72 Thomas Richardson Index More Information Index A Shau Valley 135–6 anti-communist laws 19 Abrams, General Creighton 135–6, Anti-Guerrilla Operations in 196–7 South-East Asia: Interim Tactical abolished division of responsibilities Doctrine 15 between RVNAF and FWMAF anti-infrastructure programs 88 122 Ap Hean 57–8 body count 135–6 Ap Suoi Nghe 79–80, 102, 128, guidelines 131–2 150–1, 198 informal appearance 121 1ACAU construction 81–2 ‘one war’ policy 120, 121, 123–4, absence of conditions conducive to 135–6, 142–3 prosperity 81 absenteeism 199 creation 165 Accelerated Pacification Campaign crop failure diagnosis 165 (APC) 120, 124–5, 142–3 forced Western-modelled fast-and-thin approach limitations ‘modernisation’ 80–1 130 Nguyen Toi 129 restoration of government refugee relocation 204 bureaucracy to hamlets 128, 131 VC infiltration 151 a study in the limitations of HES as Ap Tay 53 a tool for measuring pacification armed conflict 14 progress 127 Army of the Republic of Vietnam uneven progress in achieving other (ARVN) 97–8, 169, 190 goals 127–8 ARVN-run Phuoc Tuy districts Acorn missions 116, 133–4 (governance) 40 Africa central tenet of a crippled ARVN newly emerged nation, growth as 8 193–4 weakened colonial system 9–10 nationalist ARVN officer corps core AFV–Embassy Joint Committee on 41 Pacification 167–8, 187 poor performance 118, 198–9 Algeria, French campaigns in 12–13 population security responsibility ambushing 79, 106–7, 145, 148–9, 138 167, 170–1, 178 RF post attack at Lang Phuoc Hai close ambushing 152–3, 154 73 premium on 151 significant military victories over 65 threats of Australian ambushes 135 US-style divisions 24 An Ngai 125, 148–9, 194 see also Regional Force/Popular An Nhut 116, 125 Force An Quang Buddhists 182–3 Army of the Republic of Vietnam Anti-communist Denunciation (ARVN) units Campaign (ACDC) 18 3rd Division 196–7 254 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-18973-7 — Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966–72 Thomas Richardson Index More Information INDEX 255 7th Division 173 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit 18th Division 84–5, 173, 196, 198 (1ACAU) 80–2, 164–7 1/43rd infantry battalion 43, 50–1 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) 2/48th Regiment 133–4 see Australian Task Force 4/48th Battalion 110 1RAR 104 3/48th Regiment 139–40, 197 2RAR 104 48th Regiment 197, 198 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC) 95–6, 170–1 10 Military Intelligence Detachment 3RAR 96, 104, 105–6, 170–1 46–7, 79, 116 5RAR 68–9, 102–4, 123–4, 140 ARVN positions began to unravel 6RAR 68–9, 73 196–7 7RAR 79, 95–6, 100 Front’s liberated zones withstanding 8RAR 144, 150–2, 153, 167, pressure from 67 170–1, 186–7 Ranger Battalions 24, 43, 197, 9RAR 133–4 198–9 engineers 105–6 repeated defeat by PLAF 45–6 Royal Australian Engineer (RAE) Asia Corps see Royal Australian economic integration 10 Engineer (RAE) Corps newly emerged nation, growth as 8 Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) TVAs and need for river systems see Royal Australian Regiment 10–11 Australian Chief of the General Staff weakened colonial system 9–10 33 attrition 105–6 Australian Directorate of Military Austin, Lt Col Thomas 90, 109, Intelligence (DMI) 167 113 Australian Forces Vietnam (AFV) Australia 167–8, 172 advisory presence remained after Australian Government 139 1ATF’s departure 191 Vietnam withdrawal 144 Australian resources 81–2 Australian operations in Vietnam firepower and mobility 90–1 Operation Ainslie 79 Phuoc Tuy, advisory presence Operation Briar Patch I and II 172 190–205 Operation Bribie 73–4 Australian Army 15 Operation Bundaberg 86 armoured personnel carriers (APC) Operation Coburg 95–6, 101–2 96 Operation Cooktown Orchid commanders’ differing ideas on 107–8 prosecuting war 172 Operation Cung Chung I–III counter-revolutionary warfare (Together) 152–3, 167–8, 174–5 experience 15 Operation Enoggera 68 imperial mentality 77–8 Operation Esso 133–4 Operation Pinnaroo phases 102–4 Operation Hammersley 147, Australian Army Training Team 148–9, 150–1, 153 Vietnam (AATTV) Operation Hawker 172 ‘. general air of apathy . .’ 100–1 Operation Hermit Park 172 RF company commanders report Operation Hollandia 103 175 Operation Iron Fox 172 Whitlam Labor government Operation Ivanhoe 172, 187 withdrawal 203–4 Operation Leeton 76 Australian Army units Operation Mundingburra 133–4 1 Australian Reinforcement Unit Operation Neppabunna 133, 137 139–40 Operation Nowra 108 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-18973-7 — Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966–72 Thomas Richardson Index More Information 256 INDEX Australian operations in infantry at an immediate Vietnam (cont.) disadvantage 151 Operation Nudgee 151–2 intelligence 154 Operation Oakleigh 102 intelligence summaries 46–7 Operation Overlord 172 Jackson and Graham’s operational Operation Phoi Hop 150–1, concept implementation 72 171 keeping casualty rates low 147 Operation Pinnaroo 39, 102, keeping Routes 2 and 15 open 104–7, 109 36 Operation Platypus 108 lack of troops 74, 105–7 Operation Portsea 82 limitations in involvement in Operation Renmark 103–4, 107 pacification 91 Operation Reynella 133–4, 136 more protracted resistance 108–9 Operation Toan Thang (Complete more sustained effort to restore Victory) see Toan Thang, security 102 Operation operational concept 106–7, 150–1 Operation Vanimo 139–40 pacification tasks, return to 131–2 Australian Task Force (1ATF) 53, 54, Phuoc Tuy operating area and 119, 187 headquarters 33 1 Division Intelligence Unit 116 primary mission as destruction of 1 Psy Ops Unit’s Phuoc Tuy communist main force units Province Survey 62 122–3, 170–1, 172 actions consolidating changes redeployment 143 90–1 reduced advisory presence retained ambushing 153 186 assessment of RD teams 84–5 screening arrival at Nui Dat 54, best results achieved with 66 company/platoon group selective targeting 116 operation 45–6 significant overstretching 73–4 bunker engagements and casualties strategic, operational and tactical 151 dilemmas for commanders 66, 69 civic action role 81–2, 117 tactical area of responsibility CivilAffairssectionlandtenure (TAOR) 130 survey 61–2 Tet Offensive response 101–2 conclusion of Op Pinnaroo; Op tradition of raising Australian flag Cooktown Orchid 107–8 104 cordon and searches (C&S) 86, two battalions dealing with PLAF 102 and PAVN 169–70, 173 ending pacification support understandings of the ‘strong operations 121 communist’ and interrelationships formal departure from Nui Dat 78 187–8 unprecedented success against Front Front unit’s supply gathering 144 149 US operations before/during goodwill generated by civic action deployment to Phuoc Tuy 66 82 view of Op Pinnaroo as victory growing support for 83–4 104–5 impact of arrival at the ‘pacification withdrawal 186–7 battlefield’ 51–2 see also Australian Army; improving population security Australian Army units 121 AWOL soldiers 102 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-18973-7 — Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966–72 Thomas Richardson Index More Information INDEX 257 Ba Bien, final briefing by a COSVN Cambodia 188 representative (general logistics networks that extended offensive–uprising) 94–5 into 135 Ba Long province 46 PAVN crossing from Cambodia to winter–spring campaign 176 Binh Long 193 Ba Ria 72 Cambodia incursion 152, 169 Barbee, Woodrow W. 114 successful joint US–Vietnamese Baria 99, 108 operations 191–2 Australian troops, conduct capitalism 157, 158–9 applauded 99–100 Catholic parties 182–3 bastion of pro-RVN and anti-NLF cave systems 104, 105–6 feeling 51–2 ceasefire 201–3 D440 Battalion undetected Central Committee movement into 96 realisation of failed offensive occupation by D445 Battalion 97–8 92 Resolution 13 issue 65–6, 93–4 barrier-shield tactic 153 Central Highlands 193 base areas 36–7, 62–3, 70, 131, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 135 28–9 military operations into 105–6 PRU 85 see also Minh Dam Secret Zone sponsorship of PRU 43 Battle of Bin Gia, large-scale Central Military Party Committee communist military action 57 94 Battle of Hamburger Hill 135–6 Central Office for South Vietnam Battle of Long Tan 45–6 (COSVN) 93–4 275th VC Regiment attack 70 1ATF as both threat and casualties 73 opportunity 72 saga and controversies 73 dissemination of instructions for Bich, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Dinh general offensive 100 199–200 recruitment drive 65–6 Bien Hoa 107–8, 123–4 Resolutions 9 and 14 147 5th Division attack 96 Chau, Tran Minh 49 9th Infantry Division 72 Chau Duc district 46, 102 Binh Ba 150–1, 153, 194, 198 infrastructure 151 33rd PAVN Regiment occupation reconnaissance-in-force operations 123–4 and access denial 154 614 RF Company in 139–40 sophisticated Party apparatus 46 pro-Viet Cong despite surviving winter–spring plan for 100 colonial framework 56 Chau Duc District Company 153, revolutionary tradition and 197 isolation 56–7 C20 and C21 units; later combined VC infiltration 151 to C41 50 Binh Gia 57, 65, 84–5 chemical defoliant 80–1 surviving on airlifted supplies Chien Tang campaign 26 197 problems that hampered 26–7 Binh Long province 193 Chieu Hoi program 87, 149 Binh Xuyen 48 Chinese Agricultural Technical Group booby traps 104 (CATG) 165 bribery 42, 113 Chinese Communist Party, bunker systems 133–4, 148, 153, ‘revolutionary warfare’ model 172 (Mao Zedong) 12–13 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-18973-7 — Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966–72 Thomas Richardson Index More Information 258 INDEX Christie, Martin S.