Before going to RVN iin 1968, we were on post support rotation at Ft Bragg and
I got assigned to a firing party detail.
We would travel around NC and fire salutes and present flags at military funerals.
Sad to see some of what went on-little towns and youngsters in boxes.
Crying families and teenage widows.
We practiced and did a good job. 21 gun salute is not the proper term for a funeral volley.

Another time in prep for a large post inspection we policed up a few truckloads of pinecones and hauled them away.
A pre inspection inspection revealed that the area was too unnatural looking.
We had to retrieve a load of pinecones and redistribute them.

Reponse to comment on VN nationals.
90+% of GIs only experience with VN nationals was bargirls or civilians working on base.
These folks were mostly refugees and displaced persons. They were making the best of what they had.
Many will recall the parasitic and predatory nature of folks in towns in the US that surrounded military bases.
GIs are regarded as lawful prey and easy pickin's. Very similar situation.
There is a book and movie entitled "The Ugly American" illustrates a bit on how a lot of us react to unfamiliar situations.
We tend to look down upon and disregard folks we consider "different' or "inferior." We often have no clue what it is to live at the level most primitive or 3rd world cultures endure.
We deride and make fun of them. Judging a society by its lowest caste is somewhat shortsighted.
When you're in the bush for a week or so with one other round eye and a squad or platoon of indigenous guys, mutual respect is a big deal.
There were instances of Embattled CIDG forces given the offer of "Give us the Americans" and go home. At those times you wanted pretty good counterpart relations....