The Vietnamese Cadre were true belivers. With the SS some were true believers and some were afraid to say otherwise.
I think it was Nick Rowe who wrote that the cadre were near robotic in their devotion. Someone handed them a rifle and 5 rounds of ammo and they walked 1000 miles to use it.
On the other hand if you put the cadre on european soil and the nazis would have eliminated them like bugs.
One of the regulars favors the VC because he claims the US never defeated them. He should read his history beause the US wiped out the VC during the Tet Offensive.