Feat Order.

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A rather more "Hands on" role was played by the Soviet Union in Vietnam to a certain degree.
The Soviet Union sent 3,000 troops to Vietnam during the U.S.
involvement there, according to the first account in the Soviet press about the secret military action.
In 1965, Soviet soldiers shot down the first U.S. planes lost in Vietnam.The Soviet Defense Ministry previously has acknowledged that Soviet advisers served in Vietnam, and that 13 were killed. But no details of their activities have been published before in the Soviet Union, the Tass news agency reported.
Soviet aid began flowing to North Vietnam in early 1965.In August 1965, Soviet forces shot down the first U.S. planes. But after 1966, it said no Soviet troops directly participated in combat because the Vietnamese forces had been trained to handle the Soviet equipment. North Vietnam independently planned and carried out operations in South Vietnam, according to Shcherbakov and Col.-Gen. Vladimir Abramov, who led a group of Soviet military advisers in the region. The two said they were not even told of the Vietnamese commander's plans.

NVA Feat Of Arms Order
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This NVA Order was awarded for bravery in combat and what makes this strange also to certain Soviet Troops serving in Vietnam.

(Pic CO R.L.)