7 Things the Marine Corps Took From Marines in Vietnam

The trophies at the table in Da Nang, the choice to leave the flak jacket behind, the seabag stored on Okinawa that so many never saw again, the M14 traded for an early M16, the men they came over with, and the hills they held and then gave up. And the one thing the Corps could never take back. Sources: - Jack Shulimson and Charles M. Johnson, U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Landing and the Buildup, 1965 (History and Museums Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 1978) - U.S. Marines in Vietnam operational history series, History and Museums Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps - Report of the Special Subcommittee on the M-16 Rifle Program, House Armed Services Committee (1967) - Accounts from Marine veterans of the Vietnam War, including comments left on this channel (used without names)