Military+of+Vietnam

= __Military of Vietnam__ = The incompatibility of American soldiers and Vietnamese jungles was never addressed in battle plans. Conventional troops were use in unconventional circumstances.


 * __Guerilla tactics__**

Underground tunnels Underground bases Ambushes Close combat Night combat Years of experience fighting in jungles.
 * "Hugging" the enemy*

__**Booby traps**__

Fake underground tunnels Trip-wires Booby trapped fake outposts

__**Spies**__

Prostitutes Village men __**Internal support**__

Villages were outposts for VC Civilians by day, VC by night Weapons caches inside villages Mass peasant support

__**Morale**__

VC had their country to fight for. US soldiers had no cause. “If they weren’t VC before we got there, they sure as hell were by the time we left.”