ARVN: Reflections and Reassessments After 30 Years
17 March - 18 March 2006
Holiday Inn Park Plaza - Lubbock, Texas
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Friday, March 17th
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8:00 AM Opening Remarks: Dr. James Reckner
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8:15 AM-9:15 AM Special Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lewis Sorley - The Army of the Republic of Vietnam: A Retrospective Evaluation
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9:20 AM-10:20 AM Session 1: The History of ARVN: An Overview
Moderator: Stephen Maxner, The Vietnam Center
- A Brief Overview of the Vietnam National Army and the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (1952-1975)
Mr. Stephen Sherman and Mr. Bill Laurie
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10:30 AM-12:00 PM Session 2: Early Assessments of ARVN
Moderator: Dr. Mark Moyar, USMC Command and Staff College
- Sir Robert Thompson and the RVN: Perspectives from a British Counter-Insurgency Expert
Dr. Geoffrey Shaw - Army of the Republic of Viet Nam, 1954-1963: At War and In Politics
Mr. Triet Minh Nguyen - The Truth about the Battle at Plei Me, November 1965
Mr. Tin Nguyen
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12:00 PM-1:15 PM Lunch: Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Bich - Some Vietnam War Issues Revisited: The Role Played by ARVN
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1:30 PM-3:00 PM Session 3: ARVN Tested: Nixon, Protest, and Lam Son 719
Moderator: Dr. James Willbanks, US Army Command and General Staff College
- Economic Deprivation, Diminished Manhood, and Anti-Americanism: The protest Movement of ARVN Disabled Veterans, 1970-1971
Mr. Tuan Hoang - ARVN from the Viewpoint of the White House: Nixon's Gamble for Peace, 1969-1971
Mr. Brian Robertson - ARVN put to the Test: Reflections on Operation Lam Son 719
Dr. Andrew Wiest
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3:15 PM-4:45 PM Session 4: The Regular and Irregular Forces of Vietnam: Rangers, Marines, and the RFPF
Moderator: Dr. Ron Milam, Texas Tech University
- Republic of Vietnam Army Rangers
Mr. Hieu Dinh Vu - The Vietnamese Marines and the Binh Gia Front
Mr. Tran Ngoc Toan - Marine Corps Counterinsurgency and Pacification Efforts in Vietnam - Combining Popular Forces and Marines
Mr. James Donovan
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7:00 PM-8:30 PM Banquet: Special Guest Speaker - ARVN Lieutenant General Lu Lan
Saturday, March 18th
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8:00 AM-9:00 AM 5A: ARVN and the Eastertide Offensive
Moderator: Mr. Stephen Maxner, The Vietnam Center
- ARVN and the Rescue of BAT 21
Mr. Darrell Whitcomb and Mr. Nguyen Van Kiet
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9:15 AM-10:45 AM 5B: ARVN and the Eastertide Offensive
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Wiest
- South Vietnamese Combat Performance: A Case Study
Dr. James Willbanks - ARVN General Vu Van Giai and the Easter Offensive in I Corps
Mr. Jason Stewart - Dien Bien Phu and An Loc: A Comparison and Contrast
Mr. An Hoang Le
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11:00 AM-12:00 PM Session 6: The Historic Sea Battle of the Parcels between Vietnam and China, 1974
Moderator: Dr. James Reckner, The Vietnam Center
CPT Kiem Do , Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations VN Navy; ISG Lead, Louisiana
LCDR Cam Tran VNN , Special Forces (PT Boat Squadron); Military Writer, Texas
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12:00 PM-1:15 PM Lunch: Special Guest Speaker - The Honorable Mr. Geoff Connor, Former Texas Secretary of State
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1:30 PM-3:00 PM Session 7: The Death of the South Vietnamese Army
Moderator: Mr. Jay Vieth
CPT Kiem Do , Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations VN Navy; ISG Lead, Louisiana
Mr. Hai Trieu , ex-ARVN member; Military Writer, author from Vancouver, Canada
Mr. Nguyen The Tien , ex-Professor at Hanoi & Saigon Polytechnic College under Communist regime, from Vancouver, Canada
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3:15 PM-4:45 PM Session 8: The Aftermath of the War
Moderator: Mr Stephen Maxner, The Vietnam Center
- Operation New Life: Guam, The First Step in a Long Journey
Mr. Vinh M. Tran - The Vietnamese Experience in France after the Fall of Saigon
COL Mai Viet Triet - The Invisible ARVN: The South Vietnamese Soldier in American Representations of the Vietnam War
Dr. Phil Beidler
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4:45 PM-5:30 PM Closing: Closing Remarks and General Conference Discussion
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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