An In-Depth Overview of Vietnam War Communication Systems
Explore the evolution and impact of Vietnam War communication systems, including radio encryption, tactical deployment, and their influence on military strategy.
As a result, on 1 December 1965 the Department of the Army placed the Strategic Communications Command's elements in Vietnam under the operational control of the Commanding General, US Army, Vietnam.
Installation of a secure voice switchboard was begun in Saigon on 22 September 1965 and the board became operational on 18 October when the first subscribers were tied in. By December 1965 this system, which consisted of seventeen subscribers in Vietnam, was completed.
These arrangements, as previously discussed, charged two separate US Army Strategic Communications elements in Vietnam, both under command of their headquarters in Hawaii and both subject to Defense Communications Agency direction, with responsibility for long-lines circuits in Vietnam.
Communications deficiencies within Vietnam became more apparent as the hard-pressed signalmen struggled to provide the communications service required by the new buildup. As early as mid1963 it was recognized that the single 72-channel tropospheric scatter link between Saigon and Nha Trang did not have sufficient
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