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but the only commentary it seems to offer is by Vietcong themselves

Yeah, nobody cares about the point of view of a 60kg Vietcong soldier. They are not supposed to have a face and keep quiet beneath that 2+ million bodycount. The brave war stories are reserved for the american GIs.. and hollywood.

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You seem to argue against an imaginary strawman instead of a point I was trying to make.

I think OP was implying that this argument also holds for American soldiers talking from the American perspective, but wouldn't be labelled propaganda.

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