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Veterans

pinboy3niner

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4. In Vietnam we had Kit Carson Scouts

Reply to Victor_c3 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 12, 2013, 02:14 PM

Jun 2013

They were former Viet Cong or NVA who had 'Chieu Hoi'd,' or surrendered to our side, and we used them as scouts in the field.

They were not prisoners, and we'd give them a weekend pass to go home--and they'd disappear for two weeks. I never held it against them, wanting to be home with their families. But when they were with us in the field, they were invaluable.

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Tet of 2013 Continues [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2013 OP

Takes me back a little bit Victor_c3 Jun 2013 #1

Another wayback story: unhappycamper Jun 2013 #2

Thanks for writing that Victor_c3 Jun 2013 #3

In Vietnam we had Kit Carson Scouts pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #4