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Army recruits face brutal realism in Viet Nam era drills
Tom Tiede reports from Fort Polk Fort Benning and Fort Bragg on how basic training now centers on Viet Nam war realism. Recruits endure harsh discipline and fear-inducing simulations including POW scenarios with trained dogs barbed wire and simulated torture to prepare for possible combat in Southeast Asia.
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Tom Tiede
Fort Polk
NEA
Viet Nam
U. S. Army
John Wayne
Sgt
Bilko Patsy
Gomer Pyle
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Fort Benning
Fort Bragg
N.C
China
Russia
Logan
Southeast Asia
United States
Germany
Korea
K-9 Corps