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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > war, peace and terrorism > war and society > war and justice > Tiger Force Recon scandal

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Tiger Force Recon scandal  

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  • Tiger Force entered the pantheon of elite U.S. military units in the early days of America's war in Vietnam. Faced with significant enemy resistance in the central highlands of South Vietnam, U.S. Army leaders ordered the creation and training of a reconnaissance-attack force to operate there in 1965. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Tiger Force Recon Scandal]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T41Z1152-4

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