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Withdrawal of Troops From Vietnam Faces Complex Reassignments
The Army, Marines and Navy face a intricate redeployment as 25,000 personnel withdraw from Vietnam, with 15,400 Army troops and 9,600 Marine and Navy personnel slated to depart by mid August. Units are kept at readiness, transfers limited, and replacements reduced. Marines transfer a 9th Regimental Landing Team to Okinawa and adjust air wing assets, while the Army reassigns brigades between Vietnam, Hawaii and the United States amid manpower constraints.
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Vietnam
Nixon
Navy
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
1St Marine Air Wing
Iwakuni Airfield
Japan
United States
Army
9Th Infantry Division
Hawaii
Pacific