1. Similarities and Differences During the Vietnam War
... . Dry socks were hard to come by in the early years of the war. Vietnam was know as the helicopter war. The "chopper" that was in use 1965 was the CH-46 Jolly Green Giant. This big and slow helicopter was lightly armed with a single .30 caliber machine gun in the door. A Korean war veteran, the "Jolly Green" made the infantry highly mobile and deployable ... as Rolling Thunder and Arc Light strikes. The tonnage of bombs dropped in Vietnam actually outstripped the tonnage of bombs dropped in World War II. Nonetheless, target selection was difficult against the hidden and rural, non-indust...
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