... upper breast pockets, were situated perfectly up and down. This made it hard to reach deep into the pocket to retrieve ammunition under combat conditions. Also, the buttons had a tendency to stick and not unsnap. Worn along with the utilities was the all weather boot. Not suited for the jungle, it was made totally of leather. In a wet environment, leather provided no ventilation . This promoted ... to jam in a fire fight and quickly earned it a bad reputation among the troops. The new weapon was not as durable as the M-14 and did not stand up as well to the jungle climate. Much to the "g...

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... General Westmoreland, made the two a very opinionated force to be reckoned with, a very reckless force that while strong, was exceedingly poor at military strategy. For example, every morning president Johnson was presented with a map of Vietnam. He would proceed to pick random locations that were to be bombed that day, and often these locations were uninhabited jungle territory with no strategic ... value whatsoever. While the president was wasting material resources, General Westmoreland was busy convincing the president, (and the American public), that with just a few more men, the wa...

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... aide from the US. The aide only reaches the black market, because of many political officials resented American influence. The troops had there own broadcasting station. The broadcasts consisted of daily updates on the weather back in the states. North Vietnam matches the number of troops, that we had. The tactic search and destroy arouses controversy. The US units, the AirForce units, and the South Vietnamese units would patrol in the jungle till they ... found the main force units of the Viet Cong and destroy them. Troops ... ...

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... bullets but also served multipurposly as a chair or cooking pot. Also given to them was a G.I military uniform (Bernard 98). Made with 94% cotton these outfits quickly disintegrated in the hot and humid jungle climates. An M60; a general purpose machinegun that was light enough to be carried on patrol but proved deadly in a firefight, and/or an M16 which fired .223 caliber ... quickly popped out and could be reloaded into the rifles loading port (Bernard 99-100). A Mark 2 anti personnel fragmentation grenade was among the favorites a soldier could use. These grenades could be thrown any...

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... a plan which they hoped would end the war. The plan was to entice the Viet Minh to attack a French camp and then destroy the Viet Minh forces. The place chosen was Dien Bien Phu. The French plan ended in disaster: The location was surrounded by mountains and thick jungle and was 200 miles from the French supply base at Hanoi; the weather on the day was wet making it difficult for ... the French to supply or evacuate their troops by air support; French use ... of tanks was seriously restricted by the wet conditions and jungle vegetation; by January 1954 ... ...

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... lives were being lost in the jungle. A war that from 1968 until 1975 eveyones life was effected. Everyone knew someone that was in the war. It was a war where our soilders would smoke marajuana in the jungles. It was a war that was fought at night, and during the day the farmers tended to their fields. OVERVIEW The Country of Vietnam lies to the south of China. Laors and ... . Vietnam was divided into two parts, North Vietnam, the communist, and South Vietnam. The two halves of the country were divided by the 17th parallel. The North was known as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under ...

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... ever fought in. The war fought was more than 10,000 miles away and never had a true beginning or end. It was very different than America's past wars. Guerilla warfare, mass civilian casualties, and fierce jungle combat were all found in this war. The war had involved the strongest military, the United States, and an untrained militia, the Vietnamese. The Viet Cong were not the only enemies of ... the war as harsh weather and the substantial amount of thick jungles grew into a frustrating factor. Many questions still remain regarding the involvement of the U.S. in the war. The psychologi...

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