NVA and VC – The Other Guys

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He wasn’t much to look at. But the small man in black pyjamas, the one they called Vietcong, turned out to be a difficult enemy to subdue.

Retired Vietcong Colonel Do Sa. He was the Commander of the 70th, VC Battalion that went up against the Marines in one of the first battles of the war at Chu Lai. Operation "STARLITE."
Troops waiting to march honoring the 35th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh's visit to Cat Ba Island.

The NLF was not just a male combat army. It felt free to use women in combat roles during all the wars it fought.