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    to 1964. Harkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 15, 1904, the second of five children of newspaper editor Edward Francis Harkins and May E...
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    deployment became too large for advisory group control.: 59  General Paul D. Harkins was the first commanding general of MACV (COMUSMACV), and was previously...
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  • Harkins is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Harkins (1936–2016), American academic Brett Harkins (born 1970), ice hockey...
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    fellow senators Christopher Dodd, Howard Metzenbaum, Paul Simon and Alan K. Simpson. The Harkins' daughter Amy appeared on the NBC daytime reality series...
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    English actor Paul D. Harkins (1904–1984), United States Army officer and general Paul D. Harold, American member of the Massachusetts Senate Paul Harrison...
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    forces. General Paul D. Harkins, recommended by President Kennedy's military adviser, General Maxwell Taylor, was named MACV commander. Harkins and his staff...
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    commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), succeeding Paul D. Harkins as commander in June. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told President...
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    events—as was Harkins—and hurried to Tân Sơn Nhứt Air Base for his noon flight. Before leaving, he held a press conference with Harkins and Đôn while...
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    Lieutenant General Paul W. Kendall (1954–55) Lieutenant General George Windle Read Jr. (1955–57) Lieutenant General Paul D. Harkins (1957–60) Lieutenant...
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    Halberstam, directing much of his ire towards MACV commander General Paul D. Harkins. Vann completed his Vietnam assignment in March 1963 and left the Army...
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  • leaders received positive reports from the U.S. commander, General Paul D. Harkins of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, or MACV. By the following...
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  • collection, 1956-1969 John Harkins at the Internet Off-Broadway Database John Harkins at the Internet Broadway Database John Harkins at IMDb v t e v t e...
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  • 1960; LTG Lionel C. McGarr, September 1960 – January 1962; and GEN Paul D. Harkins, January 1962 – June 1964. As part of the military outreach of the...
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    retired as a colonel. He was the husband of Virginia Harkins, the daughter of General Paul D. Harkins. "1910 United States Federal Census, Entry for Edward...
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    Donovan Harry A. "Paddy" Flint Charles H. Gerhardt George Grunert Paul D. Harkins Hamilton S. Hawkins III John Knowles Herr Wild Bill Hickok Stephen...
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    : 166–167, 463–464  20 June General William Westmoreland replaced General Paul D. Harkins as the commander of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV): 164 ...
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    – January 1954 BG Carl I. Hutton, January 1954 – February 1954 MG Paul D. Harkins, March 1954 – July 1954 MG Mark McClure, July 1954 – June 1955 MG Stanhope...
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    S. Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam, Lieutenant General Paul D. Harkins. The proposal was disapproved, however by Commander in Chief, United...
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    of the government who believes that General Harkins is the right man for the war in Vietnam now … Harkins has been unimpressive in his reporting and analyzing...
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    first commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) Paul D. Harkins, a proponent of conventional warfare, predicted that "the military...
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    W. Averell Harriman (category Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel)
    cable from General Harkins until I read the outgoing from General Taylor". Once it was pointed out that Taylor had asked Harkins to back him up by offering...
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    1920 Act of August 7, 1947 [Officer Personnel Act of 1947], Sections 504(b,d) 10 USC 601, Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant...
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  • Paul Harkin (born 8 March 1958) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the...
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    and Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) commander General Paul D. Harkins reported "excellent working relations" with the leadership of the new...
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    Robert McNamara (category Writers from Washington, D.C.)
    quantitative measurement...shows that we are winning the war". Led by General Paul D. Harkins, the officers of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam altered a...
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    Command Vietnam (MACV) as a sub-unified command headed by General Paul D. Harkins. As Harkins' superior in the chain of command, Felt was criticized for exercising...
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    1944, New York City, New York: Grove Press, ISBN 978-0-8021-4326-6 Collier, Paul (2003), Second World War: Volume 4 The Mediterranean 1940–1945, London, United...
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  • head of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), General Paul D. Harkins claimed that the military situation was improving in the war against...
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    officials. When the chief American officer in South Vietnam, General Paul D. Harkins, launched an operation with 45 helicopters flown by American pilots...
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    the South Vietnamese to accept future changes he favored. General Paul D. Harkins, commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), made...
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