Reply #69: With all your bragging I actually saw how the marines worked in Vietnam

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After 73 days of burying their heads in the sand at Khe Sahn we were called in to relieve them. They could not get out of there quick enough. Also at Mai Loc. The marines had the worst equipment and given the worst jobs and then people wondered why they failed. You basically are describing what the Special Forces did every single day in Vietnam and yes they had some success but Villages were rarely if ever attacked in large scale by the NVA. Military LZs and Camps were hit regularly though. The NVA had a very good supply line down the Ho Chi Minh trail which they rebuilt on a daily basis. They needed very little from local villages. Some rice and vegis but little else..