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Operations Plan 34A was put into effect under the*
Kennedy Administration, in February 1962, authorizing*
support and direct covert action against North Vietnam.*
OPLAN 34A's various missions met with very little success*
throughout the conflict.*
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As part of the OPLAN 34A mission, various naval forces*
were deloyed along with a variety of craft.  One of the*
mission types was dropping off specially trained South*
Vietnamese frogmen to sabotage coastal targets, such as*
North Vietnamese naval vessels or coastal facilities.*
The weapons these teams used ranged from explosvie charges*
to improvised rocket launchers that could be set to a timer*
to fire after the teams had left.*