During my LST’s deployments with the Riverine Navy, we did about 30 gunfire support missions and probably killed a good number of the VC. It is a good thing I am now out of the Navy and our ship became a reef in the Med after the Turks were finished operating it. Our ship and crew would definitely be pariahs.
From the moment we touched down at Tan Son Nhut I had a nasty feeling in my gut.While there we took a river "cruise" up the Mekong to An Lac and during it I couldn't help but think of the river boats...the "Brown Water Navy" (IIRC).
Very spooky...very sad.
Yes,with The Big Guy as "Commander-In-Chief" you guys would have been court martialed for war crimes.