Originally posted by Dreadnought
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Originally posted by dreadnought
How is it any different than WW2 where ships dealt with battle damage from Kamakaze hits but remained/returned to action during the campaign? They didn't receive "extra"
Battle Stars for that. So why should a ship off the coast of Vietnam rate them?
They fought the very same war as all other forces and ground forces. The conditions were definately different. The Team was very much the same. In doing their jobs as part of US forces, IMO, they deserve as much credit as can be afforded. Death to our ground forces is no different then death onboard USN ships or US air Forces while supporting those forces. The outcome remains the same. However, it is no doubt much more diffacult to police the dead of the ground forces and in many cases aerial forces as many still never came home.
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