I knew a guy who had been a battalion CO in Vietnam. He had two rules regarding operations. One was the ARVN liaison wasn't informed of the operation until the helos had already reached the LZs. The other was that right before they landed, the LZ got a thorough artillery prep.
The results of those rules were that they never hit a hot LZ and casualties were light in comparison to other battalions in the division.
Rule #1 wasn't popular with the Viets, but the ugly truth was they were infiltrated and couldn't keep secrets.
Cheers
The results of those rules were that they never hit a hot LZ and casualties were light in comparison to other battalions in the division.
Rule #1 wasn't popular with the Viets, but the ugly truth was they were infiltrated and couldn't keep secrets.
Cheers
Fire In The Hole