Vo Nguyen Giap died today

lugerholsterrepair · 10-07-2013, 01:31 PM

Mike..I understand your point but drastic times call for drastic measures. These men fought a war unlike most. While we might not agree with their tactics..they did what they thought necessary to achieve their ends. That it did not mesh with American/European methods of war is understandable. Neither did the Korean war or our fight against the Japanese. These men through cunning and guile fought off major powers of the World. Reclaimed what they believed was their country. I would hope..if the unfortunate circumstances were foisted upon us.. we would do whatever it took to do the same. One has to wonder.
I saw things during my time in RVN that I hope to never see again. I saw American Soldiers do things I could never imagine Americans would do. Very little of what I saw made me a proponent of war.
VC were rag tag civilian irregulars for the most part, though they fielded a few unit formations. They were all but wiped out during Tet 1968.
This is an odd statement. These rag tag civilian irregulars, what were left of them after 68 must have decided to relocate to the Central Highlands! The 173rd Airborne had no shortage of them.
Just goes to show you..no Soldier had the same experience. Depending on where you were and what unit you were in..it was all very much the same yet different.

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Mike..I understand your point but drastic times call for drastic measures. These men fought a war unlike most. While we might not agree with their tactics..they did what they thought necessary to achieve their ends. That it did not mesh with American/European methods of war is understandable. Neither did the Korean war or our fight against the Japanese. These men through cunning and guile fought off major powers of the World. Reclaimed what they believed was their country. I would hope..if the unfortunate circumstances were foisted upon us.. we would do whatever it took to do the same. One has to wonder. I saw things during my time in RVN that I hope to never see again. I saw American Soldiers do things I could never imagine Americans would do. Very little of what I saw made me a proponent of war. VC were rag tag civilian irregulars for the most part, though they fielded a few unit formations. They were all but wiped out during Tet 1968. This is an odd statement. These rag tag civilian irregulars, what were left of them after 68 must have decided to relocate to the Central Highlands! The 173rd Airborne had no shortage of them. Just goes to show you..no Soldier had the same experience. Depending on where you were and what unit you were in..it was all very much the same yet different. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."