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I've been friends with several Vietnam veterans.
To a man they've said that they didn't hold anything against the Black soldiers they served with.
Combat does have an equalizing agency that many other endeavors lack.
One even stated that his racist shit he'd gotten from his dad evaporated when he was under fire and everyone was doing their job regardless of the racial or social starting points.
But it's a matter of historical fact that racism was part of the Vietnam experience for Black troops.
It makes me wonder if the problem was REMF motherfuckers rather than the people actually going to the field.
Funny New Guys has me looking at it and it seems like Black troops caught more and harder punishments than White troops and that the people being anal about making sure punishment was meted out weren't the same people walking the bush.
I'm reading and learning.
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