I remember reading about these cards, and being told by a USMC Major who had recently returned from VN in 1972 about them. Here's one. How long before they start issuing these to the MAC-I?
posted by Jo Fish on 04.01.04 at 02:17 PM
Comments:
We used to get a deployment booklet that contained a short history of the country and a few phrases in the national language. As I remember it also had a "point to" section for those who couldn't master languages, i.e. you could point to the appropriate phase in the book.
Now we apparently just dump people in country to try to learn a job they've never had any training in and hope they survive.
posted by: Bryan on 04.01.04 at 05:53 PM [permalink]
