Armed with the reliable .45 cal. M3 Submachine Gun, popularly known as the "Grease Gun," this model of an American Advisor has taken an active part in an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) patrol. In the last years of the Eisenhower Administration some 700 US military advisors were active in South Vietnam. In 1962, the new Kenedy Administration sent an additional 500 to assist the ARVN. in an effort to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam.
With continuing requests for more advisors and support personal from the South Vietnamese Government and US military, the numbers of American forces committed grew steadily, reaching 11,000+ by the end of 1962. To that date 53 US military personnel had be killed in Vietnan. More troops were seen as needed by the American Government to prop up the South Vietnamese government and prevent the success of the dreaded " Domino Theory" that foretold the fall of surrounding countries to Communist take overs once South Vietnam fell.
Within a year the number of American service personnel in Vietnam had reached 16,000 and the next phase of US escalating the war into full combat involvement was on the near horizon.
This is a kit bashed 28mm plastic piece I painted in January '23.
