VN019 Lying Prone Viet Cong Sniper W. Britain's Clash of Empires blood and guts General George

blood and guts General George S

Another weary 'Tommy' trudges back towards Dunkirk

Even in the midst of battle a Marine kneels down to bandage the leg of a young Vietnamese girl after she has been injured by a piece of shrapnel

highly-polished shovel in front you can see the distinctive RAD headgear as well as their brown-shaded uniform

VN019 Lying Prone Viet Cong Sniper W. Britain's Clash of Empires blood and guts General GeorgeThe National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, commonly known as the Viet Cong were locally recruited South Vietnamese peasants and workers that fought against its own government and the United States during the conflict. The Viet Cong or VC was made up of both part time militia and regular full time army units. Many of those militia were farmers by day guerrillas by night They often had the advantage of knowing the local countryside and area well