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On May 13, 1961, the Army Security Agency’s (ASA) Third Radio Research Unit arrived in Saigon to provide support to the South Vietnamese military. Its location was the first of many conventional sites that US. cryptologists would establish in South Vietnam.
ASA moved quickly. On April 29, 1961, President Kennedy had approved the expenditure of $1.2 million for equipment and had also accepted the ASA Oplan. Two weeks later, the Third Radio Research Unit established an intercept site at Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base — and began operations within two days of its arrival. This was no easy feat because they had to scrounge up furniture and supplies and clean their headquarters, an old unused air hangar.
ASA moved quickly. On April 29, 1961, President Kennedy had approved the expenditure of $1.2 million for equipment and had also accepted the ASA Oplan. Two weeks later, the Third Radio Research Unit established an intercept site at Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base — and began operations within two days of its arrival. This was no easy feat because they had to scrounge up furniture and supplies and clean their headquarters, an old unused air hangar.
May 13, 1961, 3RD RRU Arrived in Saigon
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"The involvement of American troops in the Vietnam conflict expanded dramatically in 1965. In response to the bloody ground attack at Pleiku on February 6, 1965, President Johnson initiated the Rolling Thunder campaign to bomb targets in North Vietnam as well as targets along the Ho Chi Minh Trail which extended into Laos. Air Force and Naval personnel came into the theater to conduct this campaign. American air bases used in Rolling Thunder had to be protected from enemy ground attacks. On March 8, American marines splashed ashore at Da Nang to carry out this mission. By the time the deployment of American ground forces in South Vietnam had begun, cryptologists had already been serving in country for several years."
"The involvement of American troops in the Vietnam conflict expanded dramatically in 1965. In response to the bloody ground attack at Pleiku on February 6, 1965, President Johnson initiated the Rolling Thunder campaign to bomb targets in North Vietnam as well as targets along the Ho Chi Minh Trail which extended into Laos. Air Force and Naval personnel came into the theater to conduct this campaign. American air bases used in Rolling Thunder had to be protected from enemy ground attacks. On March 8, American marines splashed ashore at Da Nang to carry out this mission. By the time the deployment of American ground forces in South Vietnam had begun, cryptologists had already been serving in country for several years."
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