Dirty thirty (Vietnam)

Dirty thirty (Vietnam)

The first American GIs to take an official role in the the War in Vietnam were a group of pilots called the dirty thirty.cite news
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Other GIs had survived in Vietnam, and had participated in combat operations. But, officially, they were just classed as "advisors", not combatants.

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