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Now displaying: December, 2021
Dec 25, 2021

Military operations in South Vietnam in September and October 1965.  Australian and New Zealand military involvement in South Vietnam in 1965.  A biography of Major Charles Beckworth an American special forces soldier serving in South Vietnam in 1965.

Dec 18, 2021

At first American troops in South Vietnam simply protect American bases but General Westmoreland get permission to change their role to include search and destroy operations to go out an fin the enemy and kill them.  One of the first is Operation Starlite carried out by American Marines in the north of  South Vietnam.  

Dec 11, 2021

In this episode, I deal with the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army their effective use of ambushes and bobby traps..  I compare their main gun the AK47 and the American M14 rifle and why the more rugged AK47 proved to be a better weapon in the jungle of South Vietnam.

Dec 4, 2021

In this episode I look at the American Army in South Vietnam in 1965 as it builds up its resources in the country and begins to fight the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.  I shall deal with how the American Army is organised from the command of MACV down to the battalion and company.  I deal with some of the weapon of the American Army and look at the Huey helicopter.

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