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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 24891017, member: 22331&quot;]Just a simple critique from a Vietnam MedEvac Sergeant:</p><p><br /></p><p>Two of the coins show a maiden, in ball-room attire, with a sword and spear, where we virtually didn&#039;t see a woman soldier IN THE FIELD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I often received a salute, and recognition as &quot;Doc&quot;, spoken by the wonderful wounded warriors we retrieved from the field, and believe the most valuable coin should reflect, at least the wounded SOLDIER, who then may have had insufficient M1 carbine or M2, M14 rifles: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=were+m1+carbines+used+in+vietnam&amp;client=firefox-b-1-e&amp;sca_esv=598228095&amp;ei=vwSjZY3xMYefptQPm82VoAs&amp;oq=was+the+m1+carbine+used+in+vietnam&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIndhcyB0aGUgbTEgY2FyYmluZSB1c2VkIGluIHZpZXRuYW0qAggBMgsQABiABBiKBRiRAjIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDMgsQABiABBiKBRiGA0imkwNQk1hYyIkCcAF4AZABAJgBbKABhweqAQM4LjK4AQHIAQD4AQHCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIGEAAYBxgewgIIEAAYBRgHGB7CAggQABgIGB4YDcICBxAAGIAEGA3iAwQYACBBiAYBkAYI&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=were+m1+carbines+used+in+vietnam&amp;client=firefox-b-1-e&amp;sca_esv=598228095&amp;ei=vwSjZY3xMYefptQPm82VoAs&amp;oq=was+the+m1+carbine+used+in+vietnam&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIndhcyB0aGUgbTEgY2FyYmluZSB1c2VkIGluIHZpZXRuYW0qAggBMgsQABiABBiKBRiRAjIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDMgsQABiABBiKBRiGA0imkwNQk1hYyIkCcAF4AZABAJgBbKABhweqAQM4LjK4AQHIAQD4AQHCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIGEAAYBxgewgIIEAAYBRgHGB7CAggQABgIGB4YDcICBxAAGIAEGA3iAwQYACBBiAYBkAYI&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=were+m1+carbines+used+in+vietnam&amp;client=firefox-b-1-e&amp;sca_esv=598228095&amp;ei=vwSjZY3xMYefptQPm82VoAs&amp;oq=was+the+m1+carbine+used+in+vietnam&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIndhcyB0aGUgbTEgY2FyYmluZSB1c2VkIGluIHZpZXRuYW0qAggBMgsQABiABBiKBRiRAjIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDMgsQABiABBiKBRiGA0imkwNQk1hYyIkCcAF4AZABAJgBbKABhweqAQM4LjK4AQHIAQD4AQHCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIGEAAYBxgewgIIEAAYBRgHGB7CAggQABgIGB4YDcICBxAAGIAEGA3iAwQYACBBiAYBkAYI&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the M1 carbine, M2 were carried at the end of WW2, The soldiers later, as in Vietnam, often had only a jammed rifle: <a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780811737968/Misfire-The-Tragic-Failure-of-the-M16-in-Vietnam" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780811737968/Misfire-The-Tragic-Failure-of-the-M16-in-Vietnam" rel="nofollow">https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780811737968/Misfire-The-Tragic-Failure-of-the-M16-in-Vietnam</a> !!</p><p><br /></p><p>I trust/hope, a suggestion of including major &quot;players&quot; history in WW2, and following, isn&#039;t in violation of site-standards and found offensive, for which I would apologize!</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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