Vietnam Special
what did special forces do in the vietnam war and were they feared by the Viet Cong?
were they feared by the viet cong or NVA
A lot of "Special Forces" were used in the "Phoenix Program" of assassinating local tax collectors and village heads who were NLF (National Liberation front of Southern Vietnam, which is the correct term for what is frequently, and inaccurately called the Viet Cong. The term "Viet Cong" is shortened slang for the Vietnamese Communists. Less than 4% of the NLF were actually members of the Vietnamese Communist Party and very few of them even knew or understood the theories of Marx, Engels and Lenin.)
As the previous answerer said, the Special Forces were also used in intelligence gathering in medium length patrols of 4-8 days.
Yes, the US Special Forces were feared by the NLF but they had rare conflict with PAV (Peoples Army of Vietnam which is the correct term for what is often, and completely inaccurately called the North Vietnamese Army).
Both the NLF and the PAV really feared the Australian SAS who went on patrols for 6 weeks gathering information and calling in air strikes.
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