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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Too bad we didn't learn from this
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LTC Gary Earls
LTC Gary Earls
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Are you saying that the US military lost in Vietnam??
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1SG Civil Affairs Specialist
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The systematic approach that Giap used to reduce and destroy the French position is a case study everyone should read.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
MAJ Ken Landgren
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Absolutely true and how one battle can become a strategic nightmare.
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Golden Triangle — Did an analysis of the battle while @ Bragg and learned another reason as to the importance of DBF was because of its proximity to drug traffic routes.

Excerpt from link: “opium revenue likewise helped the Viet Minh Front and early Democratic Republic of Vietnam build an army and finance a government.“


https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/cultivating-subjects-opium-and-rule-in-postcolonial-vietnam/6179DD3E7F977B76868617CBB2155984/core-reader
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