Thrilla
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I spent the fist six months of 1970 based out of Hoi An which was the TAR of the ROK Marines Blue Dragon's Brigade. Care to explain why the South Koreans also used the term gook when referring to the NVA and VC ?
not sure of the unit, but I met some ROK Marines in Chu Lai.. what you say is true.. they called Charles gook quite a bit.... hell, everybody did.
around 1978 or 79, we got a new SSgt in fresh from the drill field.. named Danny Nguyen.
we were swappin' Nam fishin' stories over a beer and he says "careful... if you call me a gook, i'll **** you up".. so I say " whatever you say, slope"...the lil' bastard tackled me in the E-club and started wailing on me :lol:
he's still a good friend to this day.. helluva guy...stellar marine.