These men were soldiers. They were unfortunate. They fought for a country that ceased to exist, gobbled up by a aggressive brethren. They fought for a regime that was dictatorial and unpopular. When America dumped South Vietnam and the communist North took over, no one shed any tears for these men of the ARVN (also called SVA- South Vietnamese Army). They lived and live in disgrace in Vietnam. Their situation is not dissimilar to the soldiers of Waffen SS. Only that the world forgot soldiers of a country called South Vietnam.
|South Vietnamese soldiers defend a village during the Tet Offensive|
|South Vietnamese soldiers fighting on the streets of Saigon during the Tet Offensive in 1968.|
|A SVA soldiers takes an injured villager to safety. The regime was lousy but the SVA men came from the country and loved it|