The VC were a very impressive force. To defeat an army that, on paper, should've steamrolled them in a matter of weeks is insane. We saw tunnels (heavily modified for western fatties like ourselves) and traps and guns and chaps allowing the firing of said guns, again, very modified firing, on rails and supports, but it was worth firing the three whole bullets I fired. I must've shot about a million bullets in games (maybe not an exaggeration) but outside of air rifles, never an actual gun. Before this day I knew nearly nothing of the Vietnam War apart from the wicked soundtrack and the fact that all wars are shit for most most people involved. And now, now I can proudly say that I know next to nothing but at least I learnt a little
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