Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps
- Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps
The Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps (VNMC) (Vietnamese: "Thủy Quân Lục Chiến",(TQLC)) was established by President Ngo Dinh Diem.
History
The Vietnamese Marine Corps had it origins during French rule of Indochina.The 1949 Franco-Vietnamese Agreement stated that the Vietnamese Armed Forces were to include naval forces whose organization and training would be provided by the French Navy. [http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/brush/Vietnamese-Marine-Corps.htm(June 30,2008)] In March 1952, the Navy of Vietnam was established. In 1953, the French and Vietnamese governments agreed to increase the Vietnamese Army, an increase in the size of the Vietnamese Navy was also deemed necessary. As they decide whether the Army or Navy would control the river flotillas, French Vice Admiral Auboyneau proposed for the first time the organization of a Vietnamese Marine Corps. When the French withdraw from Vietnam in 1954, the Vietnamese Marine Corps was a component of the Vietnamese Navy. The Marine Corp consisted of a headquarters, four river companies, and one battalion landing force.On October 13, 1954, President Ngo Dinh Diem signed a government decree formally creating within the naval establishment a corps of infantry to be designated as the Marine Corps (VNMC). [http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/brush/Vietnamese-Marine-Corps.htm(June 30,2008)]
References
* Pham, Chung Van. History of the Vietnamese Marine Corps, Army of the Republic of Viet Nam ISBN 0-646-31188-3
Footnotes
* Pham Van Lieu, Tra ta song nui, 3 vols. Houston, TX: Van Hoa, 2002-(2003?). Vol. 1, 1928-1963. 2002. 472 pp. Vol. 2, 1963-1975. 2003. 544 pp. Vol. 3, 1975-1985. 2003?
ee also
*Marines
*Republic of Vietnam Navy
*Army of the Republic of Vietnam
*Vietnam War
*Republic of Vietnam Air Force
External links
* [http://www.riverinesailor.com/vnmc.htm Vietnamese Marine Corps]
* [http://www.tqlcvn.org/ Vietnamese Marine Corps] (Vietnamese)
* [http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/brush/Vietnamese-Marine-Corps.htm The Vietnamese Marine Corps]
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