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(Vietnamise) then they kicked the shit out of the US
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Negative.
The US never lost a battle in the Vietnam War. We lost the war, but never lost a battle.
Why did they win? Because they were willing to sacrifice 4 men to every 1 of ours, and they sacrificed much much more than that in real fact.
The closest to a victory they had was at LZ X-Ray (Landing Zone X-Ray) in which a US division (Custers old division ironically) got flanked, and torn to pieces by an enemy in the jungle they couldnt see. Eventually "Broken Arrow" was called, Broken Arrow is the code word meaning US division about to be overrun. Every single aircraft that was flyable was loaded up with bombs, and for the next 48 hours everything from B-52s to propeller driven Korean war attack planes laid waste to the jungle around the division.
Did we have casualties? Definately. Did we ever retreat from a battle? No. Instead they would assault and capture a piece of land... only to hand it back over before nightfall due to politicians.