Dedicated to the (roughly) 300,000 fierce Republic of Korea soldiers who have fought on my homeland for my people's freedom. They did not have to help us but they did anyway and with that I pay this very little homage for their sacrifice.
ROK statistics in Vietnam: - 4,960 KIA (killed in action) - 16, 000 WIA (wounded in action) - 40,000 enemy kills
Killing ratio: 1:15 (ROK:VC)
International comments:
Koreans killing ratio has been 15:1, and they drove out the enemy from the swamp area of Vin Dhing, where both the French and Vietnamese were not successful during the past 20 years. The basic characteristic of Koreans is their unending fighting spirit. It is not at all surprising that the enemy is avoiding contact with the Tiger, White Horse and Blue Dragon Warriors. Captured enemy documents indicate that the VC are instructed not to make contact with Koreans. - Saigon Post March,20,1968
Captured Viet Cong orders now stipulate that contact with the Koreans is to be avoided at all costs unless a Viet Cong victory is 100% certain. Never defy Korean soldiers without discrimination, even when are not armed, for they all well trained with Taekwondo. - An excerpt from an enemy directive seized - New York Times July 22, 1966
If the Korean forces had taken charge of the whole of South Vietnam or the U.S forces had drawn a lesson from "Go Boi", the Vietnam war would already have been won. When one takes a ride in a car for 96 kilometers in the pitch-black dark, there is not a single sign of rifle shooting or ambush attack. None but the Korean soldiers could do so anywhere in South Vietnam. -The London Times.
The Americans in South Vietnam give the Koreans top marks both as fighting men and for their pacification efforts. Indeed, some Americans who have worked with the ROKs believe that it would not hurt the U.S to study their methods. "It's a little bit like being a teacher and having an extraordinary student." mused one U.S offical "You come to class one morning and discover he has gone past you." -News week 10 April 1967
Music: 'Thanks for the memories' - by Fall Out Boy
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, the Vietnam Conflict, and, in Vietnam, the American War, occurred from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and its communist allies and the US-supported Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). It concluded with the defeat and dissolution of South Vietnam. For the United States, the war ended in the withdrawal of American troops and the failure of its foreign policy in Vietnam.[5][6]
Over 1.4 million military personnel were killed in the war (only 6 percent were members of the United States armed forces), while estimates of civilian fatalities range up to 2 million. On April 30, 1975, the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, fell to the communist forces of North Vietnam, effectively ending the Vietnam War.
Various names have been applied to the conflict, and these have shifted over time, although Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been variously called the Second Indochina War, the Vietnam Conflict, the Vietnam War, and, in Vietnamese, Chi?n tranh Vi?t Nam (The Vietnam War), Khang chi?n ch?ng M? (Resistance War against America) or The American War.
The main military organizations involved in the war were, on the side of the South, the U.S. military and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), and, on the side of the North, the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF), also known as the Viet Cong, and the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), also known as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) or the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
Taiwan
Although Taiwan did not commit troops to Vietnam, the United States asked several squadrons of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) to participate in bombing raids over North Vietnam. There were also confirmed reports that the ROCAF engaged in combat with North Vietnamese pilots. It is known that the ROCAF did not suffer any casualties in the conflict, as their role was mainly to take out North Vietnamese installations instead of supporting ground troops.
Philippines
Some 10,450 Filipino troops were dispatched to South Vietnam. They were primarily engaged in medical and other civilian pacification projects. These forces operated under the designation PHLCAAG or Philippines Civil Affairs Assistance Group.
Thailand
Thai Army formations, including the "Queen's Cobra" battalion, saw action in South Vietnam between 1965 and 1971. Thai forces saw much more action in the covert war in Laos between 1964 and 1972, though Thai regular formations there were heavily outnumbered by the irregular "volunteers" of the CIA-sponsored Police Aerial Reconnaissance Units or PARU, who carried out reconnaissance activities on the western side of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union supplied North Vietnam with medical supplies, arms, tanks, planes, helicopters, artillery, anti-aircraft missiles and other military equipment. Soviet crews fired USSR-made surface-to-air missiles at the B-52 bombers which were the first raiders shot down over Hanoi. Fewer than a dozen Soviet citizens lost their lives in this conflict. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian officials acknowledged that the Soviet Union had stationed up to 3,000 troops in Vietnam during the war.[120]
North Korea
As a result of a decision of the Korean Workers' Party in October 1966, in early 1967, North Korea sent a fighter squadron to North Vietnam to back up the North Vietnamese 921st and 923rd fighter squadrons defending Hanoi. They stayed through 1968, and 200 pilots were reported to have served.[121] In addition, at least two anti-aircraft artillery regiments were sent as well. North Korea also sent weapons, ammunition and two million sets of uniforms to their comrades in North Vietnam. Kim Il Sung is reported to have told his pilots to "fight in the war as if the Vietnamese sky were their own".
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