SMITH, Franklin L (Lt. Colonel USMC)

Call No.: K239.0512-167

IRIS No.: 00904003

IRIS Tape No.: 00904004

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: 52pp/1:05

Class: U

Date/Location: 1 February 1964/Saigon, South Vietnam

Interviewers: Major Dean S. Gausche

Source: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1961-1964) Oral history interview with Lt. Colonel Franklin Smith, Staff officer, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, administrative assistant, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV). Topics include review of MACV, Farm Gate, Country Teams, origins of Commander, US Military Assistance Command, Thailand setup, chronology of early months of MACV an its relationship with other units in country.