Special Assistant 4 Counter-Insurgency + Special Activities

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I will appreciate any contributions to the activites of SACSA, thanks

CAG 147

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Dated August 1967, this is a SACSA (Special Assistant for Counter-Insurgency and Special Activities) ICEX Briefing document. When ICEX was created, General William DuPuy was the SACSA. A former CIA deputy division chief, DuPuy allowed the CIA to handle ICEX/Phoenix as it saw fit, and he readily committed Special Forces to the program. This document is crucial for that reason--it is the document that officially brings the Special Forces into Phoenix.

download (http://www.thememoryhole.org/phoenix/icex-briefing.pdf) - 667kB


Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Volume X, National Security Policy

Read here (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/x/9016.htm) original goverment´s document about SACSA (CTRL+F type SACSA)



The statistics used in this paper were compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and by the Office of the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities (SACSA) in the Department of Defense and are based on field reports submitted by the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV).

"Statistics on the War Effort in South Vietnam Show Unfavorable Trends," 22 October 1963

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon2/doc147.htm

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Captain Alan G. Hodge USN (Ret.)

Born in Birmingham, Ala., in 1926, and passed away on May 19, 2004, after a life of dedication to his country and the United States Navy.

Captain Hodge graduated from the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy.

Captain Hodge was a member of the U.S. Navy SEALS Underwater Demolition Team.

He served as the commanding officer of several ships during his highly decorated career. He was a commanding officer of the Naval Operations Service Group Atlantic and also was the Chief of Staff Officer, Commanding Service Group One Pacific.

He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, the second being as Commander Coastal Squadron ONE.

He then reported for duty with the Unconventional Warfare Branch, Special Operations Division, SACSA, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Captain Hodge will be laid to rest at Fort Rosecrans Cemetery on June 3, with full military honors.

A memorial service will be held for family and friends at 1:30 p.m. June 2, at the Poway-Bernardo Mortuary.

Donations can be made in his name, to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 7 Mill Brook Road, Wilton, NH 03086-0918.

He is survived by his wife, Eleanor Hodge of Rancho Bernardo.

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As usual great articles CAG 147,
BTW is that a screen from Band of Brothers in Bastogne in your avatar?

Also about the Phoenix program, was it the one where SEALs were to take out NVAs and other North Vietnamese people? Do you have any more info the program? I remember just reading a article you had with only a little but of info. Thanks

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As usual great articles CAG 147,
BTW is that a screen from Band of Brothers in Bastogne in your avatar?

Also about the Phoenix program, was it the one where SEALs were to take out NVAs and other North Vietnamese people? Do you have any more info the program? I remember just reading a article you had with only a little but of info. Thanks

Thanks, I hope to find more infos. Now I am gonna sleep ... tired of browsing :D just kidding ... it never brings me down ;)

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