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The Mobile Riverine Force was a marraige of one US Army infantry brigade and one US Navy task force . Together the two units plied the rivers and canals of the Vietnam's Mekong delta searching for the Viet Cong . This thesis discusses some of the events leading up to and including American involvement in the Vietnam War . Aspects of the Mobile Riverine Force remain the primary focus including the formation of the Mobile Riverine Base , the command structure of the MRF , operations in the delta , and the construction of the base at Dong Tam . |