Release Date: October 19, 2023

https://echoes-of-the-vietnam-war.simplecast.com/episodes/advising-the-ruff-puffs

From 1968 to 1972, Mobile Advisory Training (MAT) teams worked alongside the South Vietnamese Regional Forces and Popular Forces — known as Ruff Puffs — who were the units responsible for protecting their local villages and hamlets against communist attacks. Bob Blair, who led MAT Team 44 in 1971, shares his experiences in this episode.

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