1960s USMC Parris Island Recruit Training: No Wonder they Suffered Heavy Casualties in Vietnam! 2/4

Its no wonder the VC/NVA out-maneuvered, out-shoot and out-fought the USMC to such a degree they couldn't secure the DMZ to erect the sensor fence Secretary of Defense McNamara ordered them to do. We sent drill teams to Vietnam to face lethal light infantry warriors who knew how to maximize the earth with stealth and camouflage yet wondered why they took such heavy casualties they were the first American units to be removed when Nixon's Vietnamization policy began in 1969?

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[happosai27]

one pound per day?? O.o wtf lol i want to go there too! xD

[588158]

The bugle call is called "Tatto". It is played at 10 minutes before lights out.

[farrahmills]

shit this looks like ww2. did they still have the M9 gas during this time?

[dondonp12004]

0:36-0:55: "The Last Post", eh? Wasn't that used currently in the United Kingdom, Canada and the rest of the Commonwealth of Nations, since "Taps" is being used in the United States? I wonder if some the bugles that are used in the Commonwealth of Nations can be used in the United States?