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Veterans

thucythucy

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1. Our affluence and technology so often do us in.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Mon Apr 26, 2021, 08:49 AM

Apr 2021

I recall seeing a documentary on the Vietnam War, in which a Vietcong veteran recalled how it was often easy to track American soldiers in the field by the odor of their cigarette smoke.

During WWII soldiers were given free cigarettes. I don't know if that was the case in Vietnam, but I was stunned to hear this about Vietnam, wondering how many additional casualties we suffered because of this simple, yet devastating oversight.

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The Ease of Tracking Mobile Phones of U.S. Soldiers in Hot Spots [View all] douglas9 Apr 2021 OP

Our affluence and technology so often do us in. thucythucy Apr 2021 #1

The free cigarettes were in GP6971 Apr 2021 #2

My older brother was a Vietnam vet thucythucy Apr 2021 #3