Note 8-C — CHAPTER 8 The Marine Advisory Effort The Political Climate—The Advisory Division and VNMC Operations—Accomplishments
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An interesting sidelight to this operation was that it stimulated somewhat of a fad in the offices at MACV and the JGS. Military officials from Saigon who visited the brigade command post, including General Weede, took back large water-smoothed rocks as souvenirs of their trip to the infamous Viet Cong stronghold. Printed on the side of these ornate stones were the words “Do Xa, May 1963.” (Moody Comments.)