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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GameDaddy" data-source="post: 5597031" data-attributes="member: 80711">The Republic of Korea sent two Infantry Divisions that were attached to the  Marines for counterinsurgency    and base security operations from 1964-1970. In addition they later also sent a Regimental Combat team. My understanding was that the NVA and Viet Cong had a special dislike for the ROK troops because the ROK counter-insurgency operations went much better, than when only  U.S. troops were involved. Unlike the drafted U.S. troops and National Guard units, the Koreans actually went on the offensive after their bases were attacked and ruthlessly rooted out Viet Cong sympathizers. They had some skills with this as ROK troops have developed procedures for dealing with North Korean infiltrators... They used these techniques to good effect in Vietnam.In the summer of 1966 a Brigade sized unit composed of Aussies, Kiwi's, and Koreans (KANZUS) supporting the 1st Vietnam Army Division pushed back three NVA divisions at the same time as The 3rd Marine Division Task Force Delta conducted Operation Hastings  just south of the so-called Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two  Vietnams. The Marine task force successfully repulsed the 324B NVA  Division in its attempt to move into northern Quang Tri Province.From the U.S. Army archives:As September ended it was apparent that the proposed KANZUS force was insufficient    to meet the enemy threat in northern I Corps, which was now on the order of    three divisions. To counter this multidivisional threat, which could be supported    indefinitely from adjacent enemy havens, a force of greater strength and capability    than KANZUS was required. After that, KANZUS was ordered to stand down and was relieved by other U.S. elements of I Corps. Throughout the entire event the Aussies maintained a kill ratio greater than 300-1. The Korean Officer I spoke to said that they did not always limit their counter-strikes to South Vietnamese territory...   He also stated that the Koreans took high casualties while conducting  operations but also went out of their way to inflict high casualties as well.</blockquote>

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