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What strategy was used by the US in Vietnam when patrols searched for hidden enemy camps then used massive firepower to wipe them out?
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Search and Destroy, Seek and Destroy, or even simply S&D, refers to the military strategy that was deployed during the Vietnam War to search for hidden enemy camps and then to kill everyone there using massive firepower.
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