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Mar 29, 2021 · The life expectancy of a radio operator in the Vietnam War ranged between five to six seconds all the way up to a slightly-more-optimistic thirty seconds, depending on your source. If you look at all of the things the radio operators were tasked with, it becomes abundantly clear why commo guys weren’t expected to last long.
If they want to make war for 20 years then we shall make war for 20 years. If they want to make peace, we shall make peace and invite them to tea afterwards." - North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, December 1966 90
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In all fairness, that number was on the more extreme side of estimates. The life expectancy of a radio operator in the Vietnam War ranged between five to six seconds all the way up to a slightly-more-optimistic thirty seconds, depending on your source.
May 18, 2010 · Marine Showdown at Dai Do: Recollections of a Green “One Four Man”. At the village of Dai Do in early May 1968, Lance Cpl Robert Hunt, a radioman with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, new in-country, encounters his first battle and is told he will be trained as a one four man to direct airstrikes, medevacs and resupply. by Robert E. Hunt 5/18/2010.
Mar 8, 2020 · > pdoggbiker posted: ” A friend recently sent me the link to an article > claiming that the life expectancy of a radio operator in the Vietnam War > was only 5 seconds. As I carried a PRC25 radio for over seven-months in the > Nam, I was curious to find out what I did RIGHT to surv” >
Aug 31, 2022 · 8 – “I never in my wildest dreams imagined such a nihilistic slab of stone.”. – James Webb in a letter to Jan Scruggs in 1981. 9 – “The injustice suffered by Vietnam veterans can never be remedied. Those who served in Vietnam did not start the war; it was not their failure that led to the miserable ending.
QUOTABLE QUOTES (cont) Updated: May 2022 Page 2 of 3 From The Honorable Richard Armitage’s (Vietnam veteran, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State) February 24, 2014 Oral History Interview (18:07-18:35)
