When I was growing up as a kid (I'm 44 now), I always believed that we were fighting apes in Vietnam. It sounds stupid now, but at the age of six, I was always amazed that an enemy had figured out how to train "guerillas" to fight humans. According to Walter Cronkite, they were doing a pretty good job, too. My folks always wondered why I was never in any hurry to go to the zoo. If they could train apes, could the lions be far behind?
A childhood belief about wars
you weren't the only one
83 of you believed this
- I thought “guerrilla tactics” meant fighting like a gorilla— beating your chest and that sort of thing.— Kai
- I was convinced that Gorilla soldiers in Vietnam in the 70's were real Gorillas attacking other Soldiers.— Mario
- that Guerilla Warfare was called "Gorilla Warfare" and it's about fighting gorillasAnon
- From a TV news program about freedom fighters, I though that `Gorrillas` could use guns.— adrian
- That "guerilla warfare" involved real Gorillas.— Geoffrey
- I used to beleive that gorilla wars were fought by gorillas.— Professor Luke