U.S. And Salvadoran Military Officers At A Ceremony
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Colonel Nicolás Carranza, left, head of the Policía de Hacienda, Treasury Police, speaks with Lieutenant Colonel Philip Ray, right, the U.S. Naval Attaché, at a farewell ceremony for Colonel John D. Waghelstein in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1983. Waghelstein served as commander of the U.S. advisors stationed in El Salvador since 1981 and was one of the army's leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare. Referred to as "trainers" to discourage comparisons with U.S. advisors during the Vietnam War, the trainers in El Salvador worked to strengthen the military capacity of the Salvadoran Armed Forces as well as enforce the preferred strategy of the war's largest funder, the United States government.
