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''[[Cat Shit One]]'' is a three volume [[Manga|manga]] series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. Published in [[Japan]] in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, when the manga was brought to the [[United States|US]], it was renamed ''[[Apocalypse Meow]]'' to parody the title of the film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', which also took place during [[The Vietnam War]].

The original manga follows three [[Yanks With Tanks|American soldiers]] in the Vietnam War named Bota, Perky and Rats. All three are in the recon team called Cat Shit One. Each mission (or chapter) shows the daily activities of the reconnaissance group in Vietnam. There are sections of the manga which give brief history and truths behind the war, such as the types of weapons used by different countries and the activities of forces in the war.

In ''[[Cat Shit One]] '80'', the story continue to follow the three main protagonists as they became involved in various Low intensity conflicts in the [[The Eighties|1980s]]. Perky, now a member of the elite Delta Force, was attached to the [[Brits With Battleships|Special Air Service]] and was involved in various SAS operations while Rats and Bota were invovledinvolved with the US operation in Afghanistan against the [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan|Soviet invasion]].