U.S. Marines In Vietnam, Volume 1 (of 9)

Note 5-C — CHAPTER 5 SHUFLY at Soc Trang The Decision—Deployment to Soc Trang—Mekong Delta Combat Support Operations—Preparations and Redeployment—Accomplishments

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By the summer the new light weight AR-15, the forerunner of the M-16, would replace the M3A1 “greaseguns.” Near the end of the year, however, the Leatherneck crews were carrying M-14 rifles, the standard U.S. 7.62mm infantry weapon of this period.

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