Posted on 03/19/2018 6:47:50 AM PDT by billorites
My Dad was deputy director of Operation Phoenix/Phung Hoang at the same time I was flying Hueys in M.R. III.
Phung Hoang’s mission was to neutralize VCI (Viet Cong infrastructure), the communist shadow government that existed in RVN down to village level and was awaiting final NVA victory.
There are several sites which discuss Phung Hoang and its effectiveness, which suffice it to say was mixed.
Center for Military History also has a Phung Hoang archive.
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