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tomrommel114 Apr 2021 1:45 a.m. PST

This Vietnamese village elder looks proudly over the rice paddies of his village, or is he looking for the imperialist enemy?

More pictures at link

tomrommel114 Apr 2021 1:45 a.m. PST

This Vietnamese village elder looks proudly over the rice paddies of his village, or is he looking for the imperialist enemy?

More pictures at link

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2021 7:44 a.m. PST

Yep … VC ! But very nicely painted and good model.

Skarper14 Apr 2021 7:51 a.m. PST

Bŕ sẽ bắn một người lính Mỹ!

Personal logo deadhead Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2021 12:00 p.m. PST

Paranoid, Legion 4 is. They were not all VC. There must have been some NVA dressed as civilians too.

VC he is not.

Hunting for supper is he in the top photo. Snag is that the duck can only be served as a pate, if he does hit it.

Seriously though, yet again, what great modelling. Asiatic features once more. Not that easy

Skarper14 Apr 2021 3:52 p.m. PST

I thought it was an old lad!y!

If it's a he should maybe be..

Bác sẽ bắn một người lính Mỹ!

I often get called bác – which means 'uncle' – and is used for a man older than your own father, but younger than you grandfather…

I'd call this man 'anh' which means older brother….

Anyway. Looks like he's going to ruin one GIs entire day..

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2021 7:43 p.m. PST

Paranoid, Legion 4 is. They were not all VC. There must have been some NVA dressed as civilians too.
Yes, Yoda, probably some NVA were disguised in civilian clothes. But if you saw someone like that with a rifle, etc., unless you knew he was part of a Mike Force, etc. He might be KIA'd …

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