Binh Hung Civilian irregular defense group (CIDG)

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02662
Title: Binh Hung Civilian irregular defense group (CIDG)
Description: Original caption: "Saigon - Defense Force - Two members of the Binh Hung Civilian irregular defense group (CIDG) force, walk along the canal that divides the hamlet. CIDG forces maintain the security of Binh Hung from within the hamlet. Vietnamese Popular Forces and other units defend the hamlet from outposts surrounding the area." Two American soldiers walk through a Vietnamese village. There is either a very high river running through the village, or the village is flooded.
Date: 1967, approximate
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Civilian-based defense; Civilian Irregular Defense Group Program (Vietnam); Civilians in war; Villages--Vietnam
Location: Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 15 x 22 cm
Container: B146, F4
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Air Force
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections