Jungle warfare was perfected by the North Vietnamese. From their hidden tunnel cities, the Viet Cong launched operations that were terrifying in their ingenuity, savagery, and persistence.
VIDEO HERE (45:06 minutes)
Jungle warfare was perfected by the North Vietnamese. From their hidden tunnel cities, the Viet Cong launched operations that were terrifying in their ingenuity, savagery, and persistence.
VIDEO HERE (45:06 minutes)
Good flick. So many of us could tell so many stories. I don't think America or the protestors had a clue what the American soldier was facing on a daily basis. It was a damn hard place to stay alive.
ReplyDeleteFolks re-enact NVA and VC in Northern Virginia: https://www.reenactor.net/index.php?page=111. Make of it what you will.
ReplyDeleteThe VC and NVA were good at their job, but the Australian forces in Vietnam were even better, and beat them into submission.
ReplyDeleteFor a good example, Google for the battle of Long Tan in 1966, where a company of Australian infantry with a battery of Kiwi 105s in support fought off an NVA reinforced regiment estimated at around 2000+ strong.
Disclaimer: ex Australian infantryman here, so I may be talking my own book.
Its almost like people who grew up in the jungle are good at living in the jungle.
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