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Casualty Evacuation Helicopters: Reevaluating the Role of the Dustoff in the Vietnam WarVietnam | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
This line of reasoning was, of course, encouraged by the Pentagon’s strategy based on attrition and the body count, in which it was just as important to minimize American deaths as it was to maximize the enemy’s. Those two goals, however, often turned out to be incompatible, because rescuing one’s own wounded of-ten meant that the battle against the enemy had to be broken off at a critical time, or diverted into an unplanned direction. Subscribe Today
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            Tags: 20th - 21st Century, Airborne Operations, Historical Conflicts, Vietnam War
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