At the start of 1967, some 280,000 Viet Cong opposed 385,000 Americans, and in the previous year more than ten times as many Viet Cong had died. Almost always outgunned and without effective air ...

The Viet Cong also tried to gain support from the local people who lived near to their camps. For example, they provided labour in the fields or paid tax to the village, so that the villagers ...

It meant her older brother was dead. Marine Cpl. Wladyslaw "Scotty" Staniszewski was killed by a Viet Cong hand grenade on July 7 in Quang Nam province. It was 16 days after his 20th birthday and ...

At the start of 1967, some 280,000 Viet Cong opposed 385,000 Americans, and in the previous year more than ten times as many Viet Cong had died. Almost always outgunned and without effective air ...