Title: Early Days of US Involvement in VN Source:
National Archives and Records Administration URL Source:[None] Published:Apr 20, 2011 Author:Unknown Post Date:2011-04-20 11:12:45 by sneakypete Ping List:*Military or Vets Affairs*Subscribe to *Military or Vets Affairs* Keywords:None Views:51635 Comments:64
Poster Comment:
This is a documentary type thing from the early days in VN about Special Forces involvement in recruiting and training the locals. Notice the guys are still wearing regular fatigues,white name tags,and gold stripes,and they are all still carrying WW-2 weapons. Not real sure of the year,but I was issued a full-auto AR-15 and jungle fatigues when I got to Bragg in 64. Which means this was probably a team that was TDY from the 5th while it was still at Bragg. IIRC,the 5th deployed to VN in 65,and by then they should have all been wearing jungle fatigues.
Gatlin or harrowup sez he was Vietnam when it REALLY started in 1955. Got any video from that year?
He's correct. SEATO was signed about that time and we started stockpiling weaponry in LAOS 1954. Both Eisenhower and LBJ had the USAF specifically target places in Laos, Cambodia an North Viet Nam for nuclear weapons.
He's correct. SEATO was signed about that time and we started stockpiling weaponry in LAOS 1954. Both Eisenhower and LBJ had the USAF specifically target places in Laos, Cambodia an North Viet Nam for nuclear weapons.
I don't dispute the history I just want to know if he's got any video.
