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- 1996 Jun 4 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Lt Col George Forrest, US 1 Air Cavalry Div, Vietnam, 1965-1968, relating to his experience of US involvement in the Vietnam conflict, 1961-1975 including descriptions of combat with North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front (NLF) forces; the difficulties for US forces in identifying enemy Vietnamese forces and combating guerrilla warfare tactics; attempts to measure success of US forces operations in Vietnam, and the development of 'body count' statistics; contribution of ethnic minorities and African Americans to the US armed forces; moral of US troops in Vietnam during 1965-1966; the impact of the North Vietnamese Tet offensive, 1967-1968, on US government confidence, public opinion and soldier's moral. 27pp
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