Retro Patch - CIA in Phnom Penh - MEDTC OPS - SOG Khmer Republic - Vietnam War - Militaria

Military Equipment Delivery Team, Cambodia

MEDTC - CIA, Special Forces - US Special Forces

Khmer Republic - MEDTC - 3.4 x 2.4 inches (8.5 x 6 cms)

Military Equipment Delivery Team Cambodia

MEDTC - Military Equipment Delivery Team Cambodia

Excellent and rare patch. Formed under the CIA, by 1966 the actions of the MEDTC had passed through to FANK (Forces Armee Nationale Khmer Training Command) out of US Special Forces B-36 at Nha Trang and the US Special Forces.

The official role of the MEDTC was to supply Military Equipment to pro US and the anti-Communist Khmer Army of Cambodia.

Although this role was completed the primary role of the MEDTC was to operate clandestine operations with the elite of the Khmer Army, later to become the Palace Guards. (The Khmer Army was the army of democratic Cambodia, not to be confused with the Khmer Rouge or Red Khmer Communist army that came to power in 1975).