Same here! I had no clue that there was so much animosity between the two groups.Everydayadventure15 wrote: ↑22 Nov 2019, 09:05 I was surprised about how far the rivalry between the Navy and Marines went. I didn’t realize there was that much hate between them so the depth of brutality and retaliation against the Marine Lieutenant was eye opening (although he was a big jerk, they left him in really bad shape).
What passages surprised you?
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Re: What passages surprised you?
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I'm relieved that I'm not the only one who was surprised by this! I had the same thought that since they were fighting on the same side, there would be a sense of loyalty.Prisallen wrote: ↑21 Nov 2019, 19:40I was also surprised by the animosity between the Navy and the Marines. I thought they all believed that they were fighting on the same side and, therefore were comrades.LV2R wrote: ↑18 Nov 2019, 22:13 I was surprised to learn that the military dropped over 19 million gallons of Agent Orange on Vietnam. That seemed like overkill. It was hard to believe that the military thought that Agent Orange was not dangerous to humans or animals, but it would kill all plant life!
I was also a bit surprised that there was great animosity between the Navy and the Marines. The fighting each other seemed out of control when they had a bigger enemy to fight.
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I was surprised by the civil war tensions between northerners and southerners in this war. I hear Vietnam war and I don’t think about previous war affecting the environment.
Though, I find it curious that their application of the Yankee term rubs you wrong. An accent can be an accurate indicator that someone is from the north. Though I will grant you that yankee seems to have been a more politically charged term back then.
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They also laced their marijuana with opium. 'Pot" was sold in cigarette packages so as to be easier to bring on board. (Don't ask me how I know.)Kansas City Teacher wrote: ↑29 Nov 2019, 21:16 I did not know about the heroin, and how the Viet Cong gave it to the American troops for very cheap, so they could get addicted, go back to the U.S. and destroy their own culture.
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I absolutely agree with you. I was really surprised that soldiers of the same country hated each other that much and wanted to ruin each other.
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Plus the way, government system works, it really made me think.
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This surprised me as well. It also made me wonder if that sort of thing is true in reality. Is it I'm very curious.