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RMK-BRJ
- * ... that American construction contractor RMK-BRJ completed a construction program (pictured, bridge project) during the Vietnam War deemed to be the largest in 20th century history? Sources: "the construction program was probably the largest concentrated effort of its kind in history", page v, Dunn, Carroll H. (1991), Base Development in South Vietnam 1965-1970, Washington, DC: Department of the Army, OCLC 417565744; and "We have just completed the largest construction effort in history.", p. 58, Carter, James M. (2004), "The Vietnam Builders: Private Contractors, Military Construction and the 'Americanization' of United States Involvement in Vietnam" (PDF), Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 2 (2): 44–63; and "probably the most massive construction effort ever organized and put in the field in so short a time and the 'largest military contract in history.'" Baldwin, Hanson W. (10 December 1967), "Vast U.S. Construction Program Changing Face of South Vietnam]: 1,500 Projects, Built Jointly By Military and Civilians, Also Help Reduce Supply Problems and Alter Course of the War", The New York Times
- ALT1:* ... that using American civilian contractor RMK-BRJ in an active theater of combat operations during the Vietnam War (pictured, bridge project) was authorized for the first time in U.S. history? Source: "contractors and civilian workmen for the first time in history assumed a major construction role in an active theater of operations.", page v, Dunn, Carroll H. (1991), Base Development in South Vietnam 1965-1970, Washington, DC: Department of the Army, OCLC 417565744; and "This was to be the first time that a civilian construction force would be employed in an active combat zone.", p. 81, Tregaskis, Richard, Southeast Asia: Building the Bases; the History of Construction in Southeast Asia, Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, OCLC 952642951
- ALT2:* ... that American construction company RMK-BRJ trained 200,000 Vietnamese workers in construction and administrative trades (pictured, bridge project) during the Vietnam War? Source: "Thanks to the on-th-job training of the contractor forces, 200,000 Vietnamese attained some degree of familiarity with modern building trades...", p.3, Tregaskis, Richard, Southeast Asia: Building the Bases; the History of Construction in Southeast Asia, Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, OCLC 952642951
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Created by Overlain (talk). Self-nominated at 04:31, 6 January 2018 (UTC).
Article moved on January 3. Language is neutral. Definitely meets prose size requirements. I like ALT1 the most. Picture is neat.
- I think the article's pretty much there, however one concern is that the DYK criteria say to use inline citations, which I think Harvard citations count (they look really good, but don't match the vast majority of articles I've seen). Is it necessary for DYK that Harvard citations be used in <ref> tags?
- WP:PAREN provides guidance on the use of parenthetical referencing. There is a section in this document "Inline citation in the body of the article" that describes how to add parenthetical references in the inline form. Therefore parenthetical referencing is a form of inline citations.
- Also, there aren't any citations for the projects list. Was this list pulled from one or two of the books? I'd say if a reference or two is thrown in, I'd be happy. Especially since some of the projects don't have articles themselves.
- The list of projects was compiled during my reading of the Tregaskis book. Rather than provide a reference for each project entry, I will add one citation to Tregaskis at the heading of the list.
- Finally, not a requirement for DYK, but I opened the first article in the projects list, Bien Hoa Air Base, and RMK-BRJ is not mentioned. Recommended that Template:U consider going through the list and mentioning the consortium, as I would think it would be beneficial for the relevant projects. = paul2520 (talk) 18:16, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- I have started the process of going through each of the project pages to link back to the RMK-BRJ page. Thank you very much for this suggestion.
- Template:Reply to Thanks for your comments. I have responded within the paragraphs of your text above. Overlain (talk) 00:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
