Documents tagged with vietnam war

Average Joe

Every New Years a dear friend of mine and I talk to each other. I am reminded of the special relationship we forged from our days together in Vietnam and having just gotten off of the phone with hi...
  • eldorado90 published this about 7 hours ago
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Tm 9-1900 Ammunition General 1962

Tm 9-1900 Ammunition General 1962
  • haraoi_conal published this 12 / 22 / 2009
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Outflanked in Vietnam

Long before the US military was caught with it's pants down because militants in Iraq had hacked into drone surveillance videos, the US squandered some of its technological superiority in the Vietn...
  • historysaver3684 published this 12 / 17 / 2009
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Dreamers by Margaret Murray, Prologue & Chapter 1

An interracial romance of the '60s set in Pittsburgh and New York
  • margaretmurray published this 12 / 16 / 2009
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Author's Note

Author’s Note The Point Being Back in 1973 legendary jazz drummer Buddy Rich released an album on the RCA Record label titled “Stick It,” a fact that I will refer to at the end of this piece. I to...
  • eldorado90 published this 12 / 09 / 2009
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The Vietnam War

A report on the Vietnam War, including important points like the weaponry and equipment used and the new techniques. It's not very good. It's only basic, mind, and it's for my Year 11 History class...
  • rachyyBMTH published this 12 / 07 / 2009
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USN H2H Amphibious Scouts

Before there were Navy SEALs or Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) or Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDU), there were the Amphibious Scouts and Raiders. The training course at Ft. Pierce Florida in...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 17 / 2009
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USN PT Training & Judo Manual -1944

USN manual to get Construction Battalions or CBs (Seabee) into shape for overseas deployment. The Seabees built literally everything and many times had to work under direct enemy fire. They also fu...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 15 / 2009
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USN H2H Rough and Tumble

USN Academy PT manual with a H2H section, this program is wrestling and boxing based. Aside from viewing these admirable texts, please visit the Integrated Close Combat Forum at http://kilogulf5...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 15 / 2009
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Point Shooting Lesson Plan - Temkin

Matt Temkin is a NYC Court Officer, Point Shooting and Combatives expert. For the record, Matt’s first instructor was one of Col. Darby’s original Rangers who saw combat in N. Africa and Italy (wh...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 13 / 2009
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USSR Militia - Close Combat

Instructions from a Soviet Militia (paramilitary police) manual on close combat with and without weapons. The translation is as good as I can do, as I do not speak Russian. Aside from viewing thes...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 10 / 2009
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USSR Militia - Infantry Shovel Fighting

Instructions from a Soviet Militia (paramilitary police) manual on the combat use of the entrenching tool or shovel. The translation is as good as I can do as I do not speak Russian. Aside from vi...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 10 / 2009
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The Name on My Wrist by J.M. Snyder

James, middle-aged, is given to one-night flings with younger men in whom he searches for someone he lost long ago. A random comment by his latest catch draws his mind back to the past, to a boy he...
  • jmsnyder23 published this 11 / 06 / 2009
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SOE STS 103 Close Combat

Close Combat Without and With Weapons As Taught At SOE STS 103 The curriculum presented here is the actual training syllabuses used at the Special Operations Executive (SOE) Special Training Schoo...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 04 / 2009
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Unarmed Combat - Course Details - Australian 1942

A nice companion piece to “Army Training Memorandum - Unarmed Combat” which is actually a training manual compiled throughout 1943. I would like to thank Mr. Jimmy Fatwing for the reference mate...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 04 / 2009
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Home Guard Manual 1941

A U.S. study of the British Home Guard. Aside from viewing these admirable texts, please visit the Integrated Close Combat Forum at http://kilogulf59.proboards80.com/ . You will not only gain furt...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 01 / 2009
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British Commandos

A U.S. Army intelligence study of the British Commandos. Aside from viewing these admirable texts, please visit the Integrated Close Combat Forum at http://kilogulf59.proboards80.com/ . You will n...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 01 / 2009
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British Home Guard - Howard and Endicott

A U.S. study on the British Home Guard. Aside from viewing these admirable texts, please visit the Integrated Close Combat Forum at http://kilogulf59.proboards80.com/ . You will not only gain furt...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 01 / 2009
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Infantry Shovel Fighting - USSR

An interesting tutorial from the Soviets on the use of the shovel or entrenching tool (E-tool) as a weapon. Aside from viewing these admirable texts, please visit the Integrated Close Combat For...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 11 / 01 / 2009
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Practical Combat Shooting - isn’t new

The so-called “modern” use of the pistol in close combat is anything but modern. Reproduced here is an excerpt from a book entitled The Pistol as a Weapon of Defence in the House and on the Road. T...
  • Integrated Close Combat Forum published this 10 / 29 / 2009
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