South Korean troops in the Vietnam War

When I was in Vietnam in 65-66 I saw a lot of Korean troops. They were stationed at every Bridge, some had been blown up at least once. The ROK troops were the Tiger Division I believe Korea,s most Elite Division at that time. You wanted to get to the PX before the Korean,s did, They bought about everything in the PX and sent it back to Korea. We didn't get to the PX very often, The Koreans had just left the PX. We went in and it was almost empty. The PX wasn't very big but they emptied it out. Semper Fi.

I'd heard about that aspect, as with the ANZAC troops as well....

While stationed in the ROK, we were near a ROK Army basic training site. Those poor guys really caught hell. Saw one NCO walking around with a swagger stick and he would beat the hell out of any private he took a dislike to. It seemed that was almost all of the "boots."
Also, I was there when the White Horse Division (ROK 9th Inf.) came home. What a huge deal! Big parade, lots of flags and cheering. The troops were given 24 hours "free" time. They could do almost anything short of murder and get away with it. All shop owners, restaurant owners and even the "girls" were instructed to give the troops whatever they wanted and then submit a bill to the government. US troops around Seoul were restricted to base for that 24 hours. A wild time.