Quote Originally Posted by Ratzel View Post
What I wonder is, if we were fighting the Vietnam war, would we be wearing body armour? Can you imagine a 2 or 3 day foot patrol with an interceptor vest? Iraq would seem to be a proper place for it, but what about other areas, especially hot and humid areas? The jungle would be pure misery with the interceptor. What about the Kevlar helmet?
Some units did. If memory serves, most Marine units around the DMZ were required to wear body armor, but it was more a question of unit policy during that war. In some units only the point man wore a vest, while in others no one did and just down the road you'd find a company where everyone wore the flak jacket and helmet anytime they left the wire.

The Marine examples were from '67-'68 or '69, and they did foot patrols.