. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "At the beginning of 1966, the number of U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam totaled 184,300. South Vietnamese military forces totaled 514,000 including the army (ARVN) and the Regional Force and Popular Force (the \"Ruff-Puffs\") militias. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) numbered 400,000, most still in North Vietnam. 50,000 PAVN cadre and soldiers infiltrated South Vietnam during 1965. Group 559, charged with transporting supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply PAVN troops in both South Vietnam and Laos, numbered 24,400 personnel. The U.S. estimated the number of Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN soldiers in South Vietnam at nearly 280,000 by June 1966, including part-time guerrillas. A pause in the bombing of North Vietnam by U.S. warplanes had been announced by Presid"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Anti-Communist forces:"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Communistforces:" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "South Vietnam: 11,953 killed"@en . . "Viet Cong and North Vietnam: 282,000"@en . . . . "At the beginning of 1966, the number of U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam totaled 184,300. South Vietnamese military forces totaled 514,000 including the army (ARVN) and the Regional Force and Popular Force (the \"Ruff-Puffs\") militias. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) numbered 400,000, most still in North Vietnam. 50,000 PAVN cadre and soldiers infiltrated South Vietnam during 1965. Group 559, charged with transporting supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply PAVN troops in both South Vietnam and Laos, numbered 24,400 personnel. The U.S. estimated the number of Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN soldiers in South Vietnam at nearly 280,000 by June 1966, including part-time guerrillas. A pause in the bombing of North Vietnam by U.S. warplanes had been announced by President Johnson on 24 December and remained in effect."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "US: 6,350 killed"@en . . . . . "108.5469970703125"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "United States: 485,300" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Anti-Communistforces:" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "United States: 485,300"@en . . "11.86800003051758"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Thailand :\t244" . . . . . . . . . . . "Thailand :\t244"@en . . . "26758977"^^ . . . . . . . "Australia: \t4,525" . "Pathet Lao" . . . . . . . . . . "Republic of China"@en . "Communist forces:"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Philippines: \t2,061"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "US: 6,350 killed" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Viet Cong" . . "Viet Cong and North Vietnam: 282,000" . . . . "Kingdom of Laos" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Republic of China" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "South Vietnam: 11,953 killed" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Australia 63 killed"@en . . . . "11.868 108.547" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "South Korea: 45,566" . . . . . . . "New Zealand: \t155"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Viet Cong"@en . . . . . . . "Viet Cong and North Vietnam: casualties 71,473-55,524 killed"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Kingdom of Laos"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Australia: \t4,525"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Pathet Lao"@en . "Philippines: \t2,061" . . . . . . . . . . . . "South Vietnam: \t735,900"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "118037"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "South Vietnam: \t735,900" . . . . "New Zealand: \t155" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1116946358"^^ . . . . . . . "1966 in the Vietnam War"@en . . . . "Australia 63 killed" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "South Korea: 45,566"@en . . . . . . . . "POINT(108.54699707031 11.868000030518)"^^ . . . . .