Template:Did you know nominations/Project Hotfoot

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 10:06, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Project Hotfoot

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• ... that the commandos of Project Hotfoot were ordered to read the novel The Ugly American?

• ALT1:... that Project Hotfoot was disguised as a working party of the U.S. National Geodetic Survey?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Archaeology of Igbo-Ukwu
• Comment: The Green Berets made their first tentative move into the arena of Southeast Asian warfare with Project Hotfoot. Disguised as civilian technicians from the U.S. National Geodetic Survey, they began to train the Royal Lao Army in usage of small arms. They were the forerunner of many, many secret operations to come as the Laotian Civil War flickered into being.Georgejdorner (talk) 21:58, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Created by Georgejdorner (talk). Self nominated at 21:58, 11 December 2014 (UTC).

• Article is long enough, new enough, passes copyvio checks. QPQ done. Original hook cited to an offline source, ALT1 cited to an offline source, AGF. GTG Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:53, 13 December 2014 (UTC)