It spread its roots through virtually every sector of Vietnamese society. "Jackstay: New Dimensions in Amphibious Warfare, by Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Mumford, Jr., U. S. Navy, in Naval Review 1968. This in turn committed Hanoi to a sharp expansion of its infiltration effort. On 1 June the transit was made. These sailors brought a high level of enthusiasm and dedication to their unconventional assignment, and as a result of their labors dozens of austere "Levittowns sprang up at remote base sites throughout the country. They recommended that, since there was no apparent threat to the French in Indochina from the sea, the American naval aid program should be concentrated on a build-up of river and coastal forces of employment against the Viet Minh insurgents. Drastic defoliation of the banks of the Long Tau made the planting and the firing of command-detonated mines extremely hazardous for the enemy. After the operation they returned to Rach Gia by the same coastal route. The Vung Ro Incident confirmed what had long been suspected, but for which there had been no previous evidence.1 The large amount of material discovered indicated that more than just a few shipments had been made. [10]:397[11]:48 U.S. air support operations into Cambodia continued under USSAG/7th AF until August 1973. The Junk Force was officered by the Vietnamese Navy, but it was a frequent complaint of U. S. Navy advisors that seldom, if ever, did a Vietnamese naval officer actually accompany the junks on patrol. Despite an avowed intention late in the war to increase the combat role of the Vietnamese, particularly under the ill-starred Navarre Plan, the war ended with the Vietnamese Navy operating only one Infantry Landing Ship Large (LSIL), one LCU, and some thirty smaller amphibious craft. The first of these was to bring the naval forces under his command together in coordinated operations to stop enemy infiltration into the Delta and to further the cause of pacification. The PCFs and the ISIL inspected traffic on the river, and provided protection for the hospital ship while it conducted its civil action program. In addition to taxes in kind, it was estimated that the Viet Cong were able to extort several million piasters each year from this region to fuel their war effort in the lower Delta.
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