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Life in “Splinter City”
Last week I tried to describe our facilities at the MACV Advisor Compound at Moc Hoa in Vietnam. But what was it like living there? First of all, our conditions were much nicer than that of those guys who lived in the division units in the field. We had a fixed location with many the… →
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The Role of the “Advisor” – Vietnam
Americans have served in ‘advisory’ roles throughout many countries in the world. In the 1960s with the advent of the Peace Corps Americans have worked in many-many countries throughout the world trying to improve the lot of the people living there. Vietnam was no different. If there was a difference it was the fact that… →
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“If I’ve Told You Once I’ve Told You a Thousand Times….”
The Plain of Reeds is a vast inland wetland. Most of the area we are discussing is now a part of Long An Province and Đồng Tháp Province in the country of Vietnam. When I was stationed there our province was called Kien Tuong with the Provincial Capital at the town of Moc Hoa (Moc Loi in… →