LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Viet Cong: Soldiers
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On this day in 1968, as part of the Tet Offensive, a squad of Viet Cong guerillas attacks the U.S. embassy in Saigon. The soldiers seized the embassy and . . .
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This light makes it difficult for the Viet Cong to retrieve their dead. In this war where the capture of ground is meaningless, only verified enemy dead and prisoners can be the gauge of success. When the fighting dies down, with the illumination shells still being fired, Australian soldiers crawl out and attach ropes to the legs of the dead Viet Cong. They are then dragged into the ambush position, completely safe from retrieval by the Viet Cong. The illumination shells cease and the jungle is pitch black again. An Australian medic is attending a couple of soldiers who were wounded by shrapnel from an RPG rocket exploding on a tree trunk above them.
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"I think it's American politics," said Nguyen Van Khoai, 61, a former Viet Cong soldier who attacked American troops along the water but never fought directly against the Swift boats. "On any side, a soldier who made an outstanding feat is given a medal — but maybe some people try to think otherwise."
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