Vietnam '67: Korean Soldiers

[HuckleberryFun]

Part of a series, this guest column talks about the South Korean soldiers that fought in the Vietnam War. Reminds me of what a Vietnam combat vet told me years ago: Korean units wouldn't put up barbed wire around their camps, almost inviting Charlie in. "Come on in....let's party!"

Article says that now Vietnamese villagers tell stories of Asian looking ghosts in American uniforms...

Opinion | Vietnam's South Korean Ghosts

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[rick benjamin]

ROK Marines. none tougher, more brutal as a fighting force.
Their officers lead from the front, set example. Brutal.

 

[cookie]

Yep the ROK are bad arse.

 

[clearconscience]

Thanks for posting that was interesting.
I never knew anything about it.

Learn something new everyday

 

[rick benjamin]

Telling tales offends plethora of snowflake civilized populations
Stories only told over beer in a VFW hall.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Telling tales offends plethora of snowflake civilized populations
Stories only told over beer in a VFW hall.

The more beer the better the stories.

 

[rick benjamin]

Wouldn't call the tales better, similar to what charlie did to captives.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Spent a little time in the hospital at Cam Ranh Bay getting over jungle rot and hookworm. The Korean soldiers in the hospital were impressive. While we Americans sat around convalescing, the Korean patients were in formation practicing martial arts. I once sat down with a few Korean patients to play a little poker. My first mistake was dealing left to right. Since our shirts were open to the right and a card could be slid into the opening, they dealt right to left. All four of the ROK's raised hell. I quickly apologized and dealt their way. Couldn't lose my money fast enough to get out of there with my life. Glad they were on our side.