"Seabees Sold on Use of Sand for Dugouts" by Richard Tregaskis, San Francisco Examiner, May 7, 1968
This article describes how U.S. Navy Seabees in Da Nang, Vietnam, discovered that sandbags work better than concrete for protecting dugouts from rocket blasts. It explains how the North Vietnamese Army uses portable, Russian-designed rockets and hidden "spider holes" to attack U.S. positions, often at night.
Resource Identifier
SoldOnSand
Citation
Richard Tregaskis papers, Collection No. 6346, Box 16, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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