He said that the Viet Cong had initially followed the guerrilla tactics of Nguyen Giap, the victor of Dienbien-phu, but “now Giap’s lessons are outdated. Times have changed. American weapons ...

Consequently, American troops fighting in "The ‘Nam" had to be ready for Viet Cong guerrilla ambushes or light infantry tactics as practiced by the PAVN - or sometimes both at once, since each ...

The Vietnamese Communists, or Vietcong, were the military branch of the National Liberation Front (NLF), and were commanded by the Central Office for South Vietnam, which was located near the ...

Deep in South Viet Nam’s highland forests live more than 500,000 primitive natives whom the French called montagnards-people of the mountains. The aboriginal montagnards hunt with crossbows and ...

However, they did launch attacks if they had the advantage. For example: The tactics used by the Viet Cong, who hid among the South Vietnamese villagers, meant that the US troops could not easily ...

Eddie Adams' photo of Viet Cong guerrilla Bay Lop being executed by South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan made newspapers around the world in 1968. It became one of the most enduring images of ...

Consequently, American troops fighting in “The ‘Nam” had to be ready for Viet Cong guerrilla ambushes or light infantry tactics as practiced by the PAVN — or sometimes both at once ...