c1963-75 South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Brass Special Forces Cap Badge

LLDB (Luc Luong Dac Biet) SF cap badge on lugs. GC.

The Luc Luong Dac Biet (LLDB) or Special Forces, was formed on 15 March 1963. The LLDB was put under the control of the Joint General Staff and given the mission of raising paramilitary border and village defense forces with the United States Special Forces (USSF).


The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; Vietnamese: Lục quân Việt Nam Cộng hòa; French: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. At the ARVN's peak, an estimated 1 in 9 citizens of South Vietnam were enlisted, composed of Regular Forces and the more voluntary Regional Forces and the Popular Force militias. It is estimated to have suffered 1,394,000 casualties (killed and wounded) during the Vietnam War.

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