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Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 33, No. 1, 78-93 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X06289816

From Foe to Friend

The Kit Carson Scout Program in the Vietnam War

Tal Tovy

Bar-Ilan University, Israeltovytal{at}bezeqint.net

This article examines a generally unnoticed chapter of the Vietnam War: the use of former Vietcong combatants as scouts in the United States military forces during the war. The name of the program was the Kit Carson Scout Program. The article will deal with all the aspects of the program, including the training program, the process of stationing the scouts in the United States Army and Marines units, and the significance contribution to the war efforts.

Key Words: Vietnam War • Kit Carson Scout Program • counterinsurgency


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