Provincial Reconnaissance Unit

Provincial Reconnaissance Unit
A Provincial Reconnaissance Unit deploys on Go Noi Island, south of Danang, 1969
Active1967 – 1973
Disbanded1973
Country South Vietnam
TypeParamilitary police
EngagementsVietnam War

The Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs) (Vietnamese: Thám sát Tỉnh) were South Vietnamese special paramilitary units, led by U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel. The PRU was tasked with finding and neutralizing Vietcong (VC) cadre and their political leadership under the Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War. The PRU’s preferred method was to capture and interrogate Viet Cong insurgents.

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