Prior to the Tonkin Gulf incident (pre '64) tigers & elephants among other creatures were in country. After '64 the bombs and firepower in general drove most of them further and further away from Vietnam. Consequently, just about thru out the country was typically mosquitoes, snakes, rats, deer, and wild hogs. GIs used to hunt the deer, especially during Rome Plow operations in which the forest (jungle) was being bull dozed via a large circle. As the circle (forest) got smaller and smaller the animals would make a run for it...Venison on the hoof.
Rome plows commenced operation in 1969 and were a physical replacement for the chemical Agent Orange.
Recommend that you subscribe, or obtain a copy of, "VIETNAM" magazine, which was founded by US Army Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. (1932-1999) during the late 1970's, COL Summers was a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Material that you are interested in are often advertised in that magazine.
Obtain the book titled, "VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE", By Shelby L. Stanton.
The answer is Yes, there were US Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam War. To find out more information go to www.519transportationassociation.com and www.usarsupthai.webs.com There were US Forces in Thailand beginning in the 1950's and throughout the late 1970's. Today there continues to be a contingent of MACTHAI headquartered in Bangkok.
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Obtain the book, titled: "VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE", By Shelby L. Stanton or simply check your DD-214.
I am looking to find my medical records from Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
Contact Australian Vietnam Veterans Organization.
Recommend that you subscribe, or obtain a copy of, "VIETNAM" magazine, which was founded by US Army Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. (1932-1999) during the late 1970's, COL Summers was a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Material that you are interested in are often advertised in that magazine.
Obtain the book: "Vietnam Order of Battle." By Shelby L. Stanton
Obtain the book titled, "VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE", By Shelby L. Stanton.
The answer is Yes, there were US Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam War. To find out more information go to www.519transportationassociation.com and www.usarsupthai.webs.com There were US Forces in Thailand beginning in the 1950's and throughout the late 1970's. Today there continues to be a contingent of MACTHAI headquartered in Bangkok.
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Obtain the book, titled: "VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE", By Shelby L. Stanton or simply check your DD-214.
1. Contact one of those ever popular computer sites that advertise "helping to locate old army buddies." 2. Best bet, might be to inquire into "Vietnam Battalion/Unit/Squadron/Division Associations"; they are common, and just about EVERY unit that served in South Vietnam has an association (on the computer).
The NVA was an extremely aggressive army. They rolled into South Vietnam with conventional forces; tanks and infantry. No army on earth had been bombed the way the NVA had been bombed (relentlessly) by B-52 bombers. That toughed their cadre (because that's all they had left after such bombing). Any army that's tough enough to with-stand YEARS of B-52 bombing, would find it a "cake walk" (easy) when it came to invading South Vietnam (with no further B52 bombings). And they did...
A war of attrition; find the enemy & then destroy him. Search & Destroy.
You will only find animals on or near Antarctica's beaches during breeding season -- no animals live on the continent.