Vietnam, Cao Dai Army soldiers with machine gun in Tây Ninh

Cao Dai troops. The military convoy which took us through the Viet Minh-controlled areas surrounding Saigon [Ho Chi Minh City] to the Cao Dai territory 65 miles away. C1: Cao Dai troopers. Trained, armed, and officered by the Cao Dai church at Tayninh [Tây Ninh] (60 miles northwest of Saigon [Ho Chi Minh City]). They are bitterly anti-Communist and wage war against the Viet Minh Red independently of the French and Vietnam forces. C2: Indo-China's Cao Daists' religious army. The Holy City of Tayninh [Tây Ninh], about 60 miles from Saigon [Ho Chi Minh City], the capital of Indo-China (Vietnam), is an anti-Communist stronghold of the 3,000,000 Caodiasts, followers of the new religion of Caodaism, started some 25 years ago in Vietnam. The Caodaists have an army numbering over 20,000 troops completely independent from the French or the Vietnamese armies. Their weapons may not be very good, but their training and the fighting spirit of these deeply religious troops, under the capable leadership of General Ngyuyen-Van-Thanh, are of the very best. The military convoy which took photographer Harrison Forman through Viet Minh-controlled areas surrounding Saigon [Ho Chi Minh City], Indo-China, to the Cao Dai Territory, some 60 miles away.Saigon [Note incorrect: Tây Ninh], Vietnam: Cao Dai: Cao Dai Troopers. Their arms are second-rate, but their training is good, morale high, and discipline excellent.Cao Dai is a syncretist modern Vietnamese religious movement formally established in 1926 in Vietnam. 'A Cao Dai army was established in 1943 during the Japanese occupation of Indochina.'Cao Dai. (2012). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com/eb/article-9020099GrayscaleForman Safety Negatives, Box 1