The Great Vietnam Quiz Thread
Well, I assumed someone would have started one by now so I will try my hand and start it off. Answer the question correctly and the floor/deck is yours: Perhaps one of the most numerous of helicopters...
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What real life Vietnam figure said this about his Hollywood counterpart? If I had done half of what [he] did, I would have been in jail.
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hhhmmm... well, seeing that was a complete guess & I don't have a question ready you'll have to give me a few here... I'll come up with something....
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Just to keep things moving along, I will go ahead and ask a question... This is not so much a Vietnam question, but it has a Vietnam connection. Please see the photo of the subject of my recent...
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The SSi is that of John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and the flash appears to be the Training Group Instructor.
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Ty, I'd say the flash was a subordinate command of the patch, which is the JFK SWCS. The white flash is the old "Training Group" flash and SWCS has more components than just Training Group. I think...
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You are both right... Joe, I mistakenly flipped the two around. I was in a hurry trying to get out of the office. Eric, the honor is yours.
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I'm pretty sure the white flash used to be "Training Group" which is essentially now the "1st Special Warfare Training Group" and they wear another flash that looks a lot like the JFK SWCS flash....
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I think they are one and the same, Joe. The "special operations school" is a colloquial name for the JFK SWCS. And here is more on the flash... at the time, Howard wore that beret in the pic, the...
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Looks like my flash ref is slightly outdated as to the proper title. Whatever, my question is what French brand of beer was still brewed in Saigon during the 1960s and 1970s ?
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I don't have an answer to the beer question...yet, but the picture of Bob Howard has me curious. I guess Medal of Honor recipients can do just about anything they want, but is there some sort of...
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USMCWayne wrote: I don't have an answer to the beer question...yet, but the picture of Bob Howard has me curious. I guess Medal of Honor recipients can do just about anything...Read More
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There is no conflict in wearing the ribbon and medal at the same time. A Soldier awarded the Medal of Honor would wear the ribbon on his or her stack as he or she would any other award he or she was...
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I have the "stumper" and am as close to certain as I've ever been, that no one will know the answer to this question. What was the last U.S. Marine combat unit (battalion strength or higher) to serve...
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Just a quick guess, I'd say 9th MAB when they helped evacuate the embassy; since that seems too easy and a Marine combat unit can "serve" during peace time, I'm guessing a unit may have visited...
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Maybe I should have specified "during the war", which basically ended Jan 27, 1973, when the Paris Peace Accords were signed. What I was looking for was 3/9, who landed in DaNang May 25, 1972 to...
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Longhorn, this is indeed the "33 Export". The Vietnamese still run the brewery but changed slightly the name after taking it over. Sorry to have been a bit long to answer, I'm quite busy at the moment.
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