6333 ii - AP PHUOC THIEN - 1969 MAP, MACV SIGMA BASE - A-341 BU DOP, Vietnam War

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Vietnam War Map - US Military Map - Ap Phuoc Thien
Cambodia - Vietnam Phuoc Long Border - HCM Trail - SIGMA BASE
Military Operational Boundary - Rare 1969 Map - Sigma Base Camp
Ap Phuoc Thien was home of the US 5th Special Forces group, Bu Dop Combat Base, Detachment A-341
Detachment A-341 - Bu Dop (Ap Phuoc Thien)
Detachment, US 5th Special Forces, A-341, BU Dop (shown at the airfield SW of the main town) located 6 kms from the Cambodian Border, established at least as early as November 1963 was one of the earliest MAAG, MACV-SOG combat bases - Located in Phuoc Long Province was designated a Sigma Base (POW Rescue)
In October of 1967 more than 700 operatives (combined US Special Forces and Indigenous Mike Force) operated from this base.
By October of 1970 this number had dropped to just over 300. US Special Forces handed control of the base to the ARVN 97th Ranger Battalion on New Years Eve of 1970 (31st December 1970)
Operation Bright Light – Project Sigma
Operation Sigma - Road Runners
Project Sigma, Special Recon was initiated under orders from General Westmoreland in August of 1966 was initially set up to achieve the task of rescuing US Military Operatives held prisoner in Cambodia.
Over the following years the Project was to grow to Eight Recon Teams (Special Recon) and three Commando Companies and in late 1967, under the command of MACV undertook additional Long Range Intelligence Gathering activities in conjunction with the POW search missions.
B-56, (US Special Forces Detachment B-56) was homed at Ho Ngoc Tau and was the base of numerous Montagnard Operatives attached to the Bright Light Operational Teams. (POW RESCUE).
Project Sigma Unit was singled out by the North Vietnamese as been one of the most agressive Special Forces units involved in Operation Phoenix Missions.
The Road Runners of the US Special Forces were Long Range Recon Patrol Units, otherwise known as Recon Teams. They made up the entire force of Operation Sigma.
US MILITARY MAP - Very Rare
Measures - 29 x 22.5 inches (74 x 59 cms)
Printed - 1969
Series L 7014
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