![Many movies about the Vietnam War show an officer yelling at a soldier for wearing the flak jacket because it was useless. How was it in real life? Did you wear yours? - Many movies about the Vietnam War show an officer yelling at a soldier for wearing the flak jacket because it was useless. How was it in real life? Did you wear yours? -](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4974a105e12bd73b40868f92d861e680.webp)
Many movies about the Vietnam War show an officer yelling at a soldier for wearing the flak jacket because it was useless. How was it in real life? Did you wear yours? -
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Lee Ann Quann on X: ""Flak jacket with Kalashnikov? Neat" A conscript of Vietnam People Army guarding the US-NK High Summit in Hanoi last year. He carries an AKS and wears Vietnam
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