II Corps (South Vietnam)

II Corps
II Corps
Quân đoàn II
Active	1958–1975
Country	South Vietnam
Branch	ARVN
Type	Corps
Garrison/HQ	Pleiku, Central Highlands
Motto(s)	Thắng Không Kiêu, Bại Không Nản (No Arrogance in Victory, No Discouragement in Defeat)
Engagements	Vietnam War 1972 Easter Offensive; 1975 Spring Offensive;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Ngô Du; Nguyen Van Toan; Pham Van Phu
Insignia
Unit flag

The II Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn II) was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. It was one of four corps in the ARVN, and it oversaw the central highlands region, north of the capital Saigon. Its corps headquarters was in the mountain town of Pleiku.

U.S. advisor (probably a MACV officer) confers with II Corps' 3rd Cav commander in front of an M113 APC.

II Corps became operational in April 1958.^[1]

One notable ARVN unit of II Corps, the 3d Armored Cavalry Squadron, earned the Presidential Unit Citation (United States).^[2]

The 21st Tank Regiment was formed at Pleiku in 1972.^[3]

^ Williams, Kenneth (2019). The US Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War A Narrative Chronology Volume I: The Early Years through 1959 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. p. 241. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
^ Simon Dunstan, 'Vietnam Tracks: Armor into Battle 1945–75,' Osprey Publishing Ltd, London, 1982, 59.

[1] Williams, Kenneth (2019). The US Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War A Narrative Chronology Volume I: The Early Years through 1959 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. p. 241. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[apd.army.mil-2] "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-11.

[3] Simon Dunstan, 'Vietnam Tracks: Armor into Battle 1945–75,' Osprey Publishing Ltd, London, 1982, 59.

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