Talk:Army of the Republic of Vietnam

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Contents 1 M-48 picture 2 Binh Xuyen 3 The picture of a 12 year old child 4 Fair use rationale for Image:QLVNCH M-48b.jpg

[edit] M-48 picture

Is it just me for whom it's not obvious why the picture is there? Can someone write a sentence in the article itself so that it's obvious why the picture is relevant to the ARVN? I assume it's something to do with how well- or poorly-equipped either they or the NVA were. Or something. Cheers. 59.167.59.145 14:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)DaveY did class snobishness among the arvns officer corps damage relations with the peasents while on the other hand viet cong and north vietnamese soldiers were able to develop good relations with the peasents who are the most vital component in guerilla warfare ensuring victoryBouse23 12:53, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Binh Xuyen

"Diem also crushed the armed forces of the Binh Xuyen crime syndicate, which were supported by the French." is it a joke? the french were no more in vietnam by thzt time and binh xuyen assassinated french and eurasians so there's a problem here. please release your source for such a bizarre statement Paris By Night 22:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The picture of a 12 year old child

Please stop posting this picture of the child in uniform. What is your real intention in this? Do you want to discredit the ARVN as a militia that uses childsoldiers? That is historically not true! Communist propaganda does not belong here and will not be permitted!!! We have be keep Wikipedia politically neutral! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjerky (talk • contribs) 18:52, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

The picture of a 12 year old child in ARVN uniform and holding an M79 needs to be removed as it may give misleading info about the ARVN. In general, the ARVN was a formal army, not a milita or guerilla force that might draft children into war. Men had to be at least 18 to join or be drafted into the ARVN and are on government payroll. The North Vietnamese People's Army might, otherwise, had soldiers as young as 16 because the high school system in the North finished at 10th grade. The Viet Cong militias and guerilla forces did employ many child soldiers and publicly hailed them as national heroes. One can go to children libraries in Vietnam and find books about "anti-American heroes" of very young ages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.30.150.230 (talk) 08:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:QLVNCH M-48b.jpg

Image:QLVNCH M-48b.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)