Civilian Irregular Defense Group program
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civilian-irregular-defense-group-program-184-5337981
title:
Civilian Irregular Defense Group program
text:
The Civilian Irregular Defense Group was a military program developed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, which was intended to develop South Vietnamese irregular military units from indigenous ethnic-minority populations. The main purpose of setting up the CIDG program was to counter the growing influence of Viet Cong (VC) in the Central Highlands by training and arming the villagers for village defense. The program rapidly expanded after the US military transferred
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Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Irregular_Defense_Group_program
date created:
2005-01-08T18:59:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T06:22:09Z
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