When they captured a Viet Cong field hospital intact near An Khe, troopers of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) found medicines from France, Russia and East Germany, along with 20 beds and ...

Almost always outgunned and without effective air or artillery support, the Viet Cong relied on their knowledge of local terrain and the element of surprise, with often deadly results. The field ...

Viet Cong troops often wore the floppy cotton hat in the field. Both the Chinese and the Russians provided variations on the SK-47 rifle in quantity to Communist forces. Known as a "peasant rifle ...