Uncategorised Newest addition

[Obergefreiter]

My newest acquisition for my Vietnam participants display. A ROK Vietnam Service medal. Been looking for one for ages.

[drclaw]

Thanks for posting this.

I didn't know that ROK troops participated in Vietnam. Were there many?

[Obergefreiter]

Quite a few actually. At their peek they had about fifty thousand boots on the ground. About three hundred thousand all total; about five thousand died. As for numbers, they were the 2nd. largest, after the US, in-country. They showed up in late '65 with an infantry division and a marine brigade.

Edited June 4, 2014 by Obergefreiter

[JBFloyd]

They had a fearsome combat reputation.

[Obergefreiter]

Indeed they did. Unfortunately they seem to have learned most of what they knew about interrogating suspects and prisoners from the Japanese. They were mean a$$kickers in combat though.

Edited June 5, 2014 by Obergefreiter