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Slate article on why the 82nd is being replaced with the 1st Marines.
Good Marines Make Good Neighbors - Why a Vietnam-War counterinsurgency program is being tried again in Iraq. By Mark MazzettiBy living among the Vietnamese instead of on a fortified American base, CAP Marines forged relationships that helped develop a web of local intelligence. 'It was just like running a neighborhood watch, except that I was scared all the time and people were shooting at me,' says Ed Matricardi, who in 1967 served in a CAP platoon in a village south of Phu Bai.
* Ray, 2/25/2004 01:17:41 PM