September 17th
Three Rivers Paintball Park
THE STORY:
Engage in a masterful collection of Vietnam War themed battles and objectives delivered Mission Masters style! Turn back time to a war fought between 1965 and 1969 in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Gritty mil-sim paintball combat awaits any who dare! Join the US Army Green Berets and Air Cavalry attempting to dislodge and defeat a communist enemy or serve the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong forces in an effort to dominate adjacent territory in South Vietnam. Join Mission Masters at Three Rivers Paintball on September 17, 2011 for fun-filled, scenario paintball action based upon the Vietnam conflict. War at it’s worst - Men at their best - See you there!
THE TEAMS:
TEAM BLUE
US Army Green Berets
The most famous of the Special Forces involved in the Vietnam War were the US Green Berets, their original mission being to wage guerilla warfare and organize resistance behind enemy lines. Most of the Green Berets that served in Vietnam belonged to the 5th Special Forces Group, who had their headquarters in Nha Trang.
Their official motto is De Oppresso Liber (Latin: From Oppression We Will Liberate Them), a reference to one of their primary missions, training and advising foreign indigenous forces.
US Army Cavalry
The role of the cavalry is reconnaissance, security and mounted assault, and the cavalry has served as a part of the Army force in every war the United States has participated in.
The 1st Cavalry Division (“First Team”) is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. In Vietnam, the division became an air assault division as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), commonly referred to as the 1st Air Cavalry Division, using helicopters as troop carriers. Twenty armored and air cavalry units were deployed in Vietnam.
TEAM RED
North Vietnamese Army
Often referred to as the Peoples Army of North Vietnam, this Communist-fighting force consisted of a main army, local forces, smaller militia units and guerilla fighters. The NVA involvement in the Vietnam conflict dates back to 1955-59, when they were nearly destroyed by the armies of South Vietnam. The NVA endured a direct attack by U.S. forces in 1969, led by U.S. Commander General Creighton Abrams and they defended th Ho Chi Minh Trail against ARVN forces in 1971. The NVA suffered more than 100,000 casualties in 1972, against the combined forces of the U.S. and South Vietnam. Over the course of the war more than 1,000,000 North Vietnamese troops were killed.
Viet Cong
The term Viet Cong was first used by Diem’s regime to describe the 10,000 troops in hiding in South Vietnam after the French Indochina War (1946-54). The Viet Cong remained in the south, forming the NLF (National Liberation Front), and attempted to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. The main force of the Viet Cong consisted of peasant guerilla fightersrecruited from villages when they were teenagers. Ironically, very few members of the Viet Cong had any formal Communist training, and even fewer knew anything about Marxism. They fought to the death against U.S. and ARVN forces, despite being poorly equipped, living near starvation, and lacking any level of medical care for serious battle wounds.
