The heat and smell. In the US the smell was of concrete and fossil fuels (traffic); in Vietnam it was the smell of vegetation mixed with swampy rivers, water buffaloes, and the humidity.
Peasants
The North Vietnamese Army would break the treaty and invaded South Vietnam. South Vietnam quickly fell to North Vietnam, which created one, Socialist Vietnam.
The British army struck from Egypt and a combined Anglo-American army led by Eisenhower was to invade French North Africa and hit the enemy line.
Thompsons saw very limited use in Vietnam, and were mostly carried by forces which weren't American - the US Army used the M3 'grease gun'. The Navy and many second line units did use them, though, as did non-US forces in the region. They used them with 30 round detachable box magazines.
North Vietnam aided Viet Cong or the National Liberation Front (NLF) in a guerilla war against the anti-communist. The army of the North was called People's Army of Vietnam or North Vietnamese Army.
The NVA (North Vietnamese Army, and discounting the Viet Cong guerrilla forces) verses the US Army, US Marine Corps, South Korean Army, South Vietnamese Army, Australian Army, New Zealand Army, and elements of the Thai and Philippine Armies. EDIT North Korean air forces, Chinese elements, and Russian advisers also were involved
Peasants
Army of the republic of Vietnam
The North Vietnamese Army would break the treaty and invaded South Vietnam. South Vietnam quickly fell to North Vietnam, which created one, Socialist Vietnam.
a member of the army of the republic of Vietnam
US Air Forces (to include naval & marine air units) engaged North Vietnamese Air Force units; and bombed targets in North Vietnam. US Navy Riverine Forces patrolled the countless rivers of South Vietnam, and interdicted enemy units moving about the waterways. US Army/Marine Ground units "Searched" for the enemy, and "Destroyed" him where ever he was found.
For North Vietnam or South Vietnam? The North Vietnamese were known simply as the 'North Vietnamese Army' (NVA) to US forces, but their actual title was Vietnam Peoples' Army, as it common practice in Communist states. The South Vietnamese Army was referred to as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
The British army struck from Egypt and a combined Anglo-American army led by Eisenhower was to invade French North Africa and hit the enemy line.
Thompsons saw very limited use in Vietnam, and were mostly carried by forces which weren't American - the US Army used the M3 'grease gun'. The Navy and many second line units did use them, though, as did non-US forces in the region. They used them with 30 round detachable box magazines.
North Vietnam aided Viet Cong or the National Liberation Front (NLF) in a guerilla war against the anti-communist. The army of the North was called People's Army of Vietnam or North Vietnamese Army.
ARVN stands for "Army of the Republic of Viet Nam." This was the South VietNam Army that the U.S. and other allies supported until April, 1973 - when all other forces withdrew from South Vietnam, turning their military equipment over to the ARVN.
Mainly for observation of enemy forces, navigation for soldiers on the field and communications.
"Charlie" was a nickname for any member of the Vietnamese Communist Party, also know as the National Liberation Party. "Charlie" describes an individual or group and universally meant enemy to American forces.=== === This was shortened to VC, or phonetically, Victor Charlie, and lastly to just Charlie.Secondly, it also included the North Vietnamese Army and anyone else that was aggressively negotiating with hostile fire in country (Vietnam).