![Photo of North Vietnamese troops during an assault on a South Vietnamese paratroop base at Laos during the Vietnam War.](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/north-vietnamese-assault-south-vietnamese-base-Laos-VIEP-spring-2023.jpg)
Both the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong sought to get very close to Americans to engage them in combat. (Keystone/Getty Images)
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Both the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong sought to get very close to Americans to engage them in combat. (Keystone/Getty Images)
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