[af_vet_rr]

If they came it would be great. My buddies tell tales of the Viet Cong & NVA going many miles out of their way to avoid the ROK troops.

I had a cousin in the Marines who spent a couple of tours in Vietnam, which is how I heard about them. He said anytime they went out on patrol or on sweeps and had ROK Marines or soldiers with them, they were usually quiet, since the NVA/VC fled for the hills (literally) if they knew the ROK troops were out and about. He said it was a running joke that the ROK troops weren't attacked unless the NVA/VC outnumbered them by at least 10-to-1 and even then NVA commanders were wary.

That wikipedia article I linked to, said the ROK Marines had a kill ratio of 25-to-1, but my cousin thinks the unofficial count was probably much higher.

[crazydad]

My step father was 173rd Airborne and worked with the ROKs in the Tuy Hoa area and he always said that if we couldnt get info out of the VC/NVA they would bring and ROK interorgator in and the VC/NVA would sing like a bird...