I was in country 69 to 70. I worked the DMZ with Golf 2/3. After the pull out, I went south to India 3/5 at An Hoa ...LIberty Bridge .. and the phu nons.

I ended up with a CAP unit off of hill 65, and we carried some off the wall stuff. I saw 1 guy who bought a .38 snub off of a CID Sgt. who came out to talk to us. That was the only Smith I saw in the field.

I saw several guys when I would get into the rear that had revolvers that looked to me like they were .38s but that about all I could tell.

I've heard of and seen a photo ( here ) of Smiths that were used by rats, but I never saw any of those either. I'm sure they were there, but like everything else in any war zone it depends on where you were I guess.