“While Communist infiltration was slowed by this campaign, it was not seriously disrupted. Commando Hunt was ultimately considered a failure.”
Back in Jr. High we had a substitute teacher for most of the year. Vietnam vet - history teacher. Every Friday he would show us a slide show with his own photos. And lots of documentary films on the war.
I recall one showing the kids and women repairing the roads by tossing in rocks and dirt. IIRC he said we would bomb it during the day, the women and children would repair it that evening, and the supplies and men would keep flowing south the rest of the night.
“I recall one showing the kids and women repairing the roads by tossing in rocks and dirt. IIRC he said we would bomb it during the day, the women and children would repair it that evening, and the supplies and men would keep flowing south the rest of the night.”
That’s the folly of bombing roads and railroads. Unless you hit a major bridge it can be quickly repaired.