Protect our Country - ORIGINAL BADGE - Marine Volunteer Force, Vietnam War, 4954

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Protect our Country - South Vietnam Marine Corps
Original Brass Badge - Used. Beret Badge
Vietnam Badge - Brass Star - Used - Original
Measures - 2.2 x 2.2 inches (5.5 x 5.5 cms)
RVN MARINES – VNMC
The Republic of Vietnam Marine Division (RVNMD) (Vietnamese: Sư Đoàn Thủy Quân Lục Chiến (TQLC) was part of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
It was established by Ngo Dinh Diem in 1954 when he was Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam, which became the Republic of Vietnam in 1955.
The longest-serving commander was Lieutenant General Le Nguyen Khang. In 1969, the VNMC had a strength of 9,300 and 15,000 by 1973.
The Vietnamese Marine Corps had its origins during French rule of Indochina.
The 1949 Franco-Vietnamese Agreement stated that the Vietnamese Armed Forces were to include naval forces whose organization and training would be provided by the French Navy.
Whilst conscription into the South Vietnam Army (ARVN) was in place during the Vietnam War, places in the VNMC were through Volunteering only.
The South Vietnam Marine Corps was considered an elite force although this was belief may have been driven by the strong anti-communist feelings not always felt in the ARVN.
Whilst the war officially ended on the 30
th
of April 1975 many Southern Marines continued to fight in the Mekong Delta until late May (Major Ba Binhs Seawolves) before being evacuated by US Naval ships.
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