The+Vietnam+Soldier

Chasing Charlie
 * people were told to kill as many people on the other side as they could.
 * When in the war people say when they are coming back the are going back to the world.
 * there were traps every where and you had to step carefully
 * the new soldiers would go in the front to look for traps.
 * grunts is the names for infantrymen.
 * This was not like any other war it was different
 * There where a lot of whites between the age of 21-22 and then 10% was blacks
 * When soldier where trained they got on a air-conditioned plane to Vietnam, but when they got off they were shocked of all the smells and the heat.
 * After staying at the camps for some time they where moved in the wild they where called Platoon. they had 20-40 people, a head, and a doctor. many of the grunts had knowledge of other stuff that helped.
 * The radiotelephone operator was important it called artillery and support to there group. It was what the enemy wanted to kill first.
 * A grunt carried a lot about 35-70 pounds and then add guns and other weapons to protect them.
 * explosive device called Claymore which was dangerous.
 * Cherries was newboy
 * The U.S. was against the VC nickname Charlie and NVA the where well-respected.
 * There was big animals that could kill you.