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On 2 January 1963 the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) and its American advisers were soundly defeated by Viet Cong guerrilla forces at Ap Bac. The loss should have caused US policy makers to question the value of their efforts to train and equip the ARVN troops, but they failed to perceive the battle's significance.

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On 2 January 1963 the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) and its American advisers were soundly defeated by Viet Cong guerrilla forces at Ap Bac. The loss should have caused US policy makers to question the value of their efforts to train and equip the ARVN troops, but they failed to perceive the battle's significance.
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David M. Toczek is a serving US Army lieutenant colonel currently assigned to a NATO post in Heidelberg, Germany. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he received his Master's in history from Texas Tech University and spent three years as a military history instructor and assistant professor in the Department of History, United States Military Academy, teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.