In 1995, the office of the Mayor of Windsor, Michael Hurst, contacted MACV about locating the memorial in Windsor.
General Paul D. Harkins and his MACV staff generally presented a favourable picture of military progress, emphasizing the progress of the Strategic Hamlet Program, and the improved ARVN position.
The bureaucratic position of CORDS within the "chain of command" of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) gave it access to funding and attention.