An Long
A-425, 5th SFGA (PCS)
A-213, 1st SFGA (TDY)

Nelson Garcia, LTC, Ret
XO 		William "Wild Bill" Birkla, SFC
[SFC, Ret.]		 Michael Di Rocco, E-7
12B4S
John McGovern, MSG Ret.
11B5S / 11F5S / 11G5S		    

 

A-425 (d) An Long Chau Doc Province Opened: 1964 26 Jun 66 moved to Thuong Thoi *

(d) Effective 1 June 1967 numbers for Military Region 4 camps were changed to correspond with parent B Detachments. [Team A-425 became A-432
* CMH Publication 90-23. Department of the Army. Washington, D.C. 1989 (First Printed, 1973); Appendix C

Detachment A-213, 1st SFGA

A-213, commanded by Capt C.R. Smith, was located at An Long, Kien Phong Province, IV CTZ, during the period 11 September 1964 thru 10 February 1965. The mission of this detachment was to advise, equip and train the CIDG force in border surveillance operations. A unique aspect of this mission required that border surveillance operations had to be conducted using either plastic assault boats or locally procured sampans, powered by outboard motors. In Addition to combat operations, A-213 spent considerable time maintaining and improving the camp defenses. **

**  First Special Forces Group (Airborne) Annual Historical Summary: 1965.  
      TDY teams '64 and '65

 

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