Behind The Viet Cong Lines (1965)

[@southtownj382]

I fought against these soldiers in the Vietnam War and I can tell you without a doubt these men and women were the bravest people on the planet. They were very aggressive and extremely fierce and the Vietnamese people were very fortunate to have such men fighting for their freedom. They never quit!

[@chrisstapleton8045]

I worked on a drilling rig with a vietnamese gentleman. He told us that he grew up in underground tunnels, because he was the son of an American soldier. We called him 'squirrel' because he always had a mouth full of sunflower seeds. He had like ten kids, he was a good dude.

[@Giodude2015]

Chris Stapleton what’s was your company?

[@khaosqueen7900]

So what we were better. What are you a lousy Communist lover? Dont defend them trash.WE didnt lose the war the politcians gave up. We would have won.

[@CLoak183]

Fighting for their freedom?? They helped bring communist rule to South Vietnam.

[@viethavn]

@@CLoak183 And now South Vietnamese we are happy that there is no foreign army here, there is no foreign government established and then killing civilians. How would you feel if the Vietnamese army came your country, raping your women, then forming a government and propagating to the world is freedom?

[@nooley97]

Is it just me or does these old vintage documentary films are much more informative than today's one's...

[@Jay-kc1ql]

Agree. These days it seems like documentaries are just used as tools to push political agendas first and foremost and factual information is sorted and manipulatively filtered through.

[@nooley97]

@@Jay-kc1ql exactly...

[@williampierce4513]

Back then journalists told Americans what they NEEDED to hear. Now, they tell Americans what they WANT to hear..

[@tanha8178]

You'right. I feel like today documentary are over dramatic, producers try to make everything feel intnese

[@RootzRockBand]

They have always been propaganda

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

I'm American and have respect for the Viet Cong , they fought smart , hard , and fierce. The Vietnam war was pointless so many deaths on both sides

[@vvtv2318]

Until 1975. ~1000 billion $ spent for this war. Too waste.

[@phucker8233]

We are friends now. Vietnamese people now don't hate the American people

[@ladle7]

@@vvtv2318 For the taxpayers it was a waste - you are right, but for Industrial Military complex it is gainful opportunity as the old stocks from II world war ordinance were disposed of, so they can get new orders.

[@vvtv2318]

@@phucker8233 there is no friendship forever, there is no enemy forever. But the ony nation state benefits is forever.

[@chitaole8331]

Thanks you. We're good friends

[@congconmiennam388]

People who fight for life never die. People who fight for peace, national independence never die. They are Heroes who live forever in the hearts of the Vietnamese people.

[@mikelisacarb]

Wow! I found it! It's amazing how this scene about the Vietcong rice ration at 14:36 has stayed with me over the decades. You know how you buy rice from the local Chinese restaurant, and it is tightly stuffed into that little white paper box? Well, virtually every time I've opened one of those boxes over the years, I've re-lived the viewing of this quick scene about a Vietcong's rice ration stuffed into a ball and carried into battle. Seriously, tonight we had fried rice for dinner, and I finally decided to search for that scene on KZbin. It took me about an hour of sifting through old CBS news clips, and I can't believe I actually found it! Let me see, in 1965 I was twelve years old, and I'm now 65. How's that for proof of the staying power of a powerful image!

[@Da_Milf_Hunter]

👍

[@stevenmaddy5083]

Wow, awesome story from one generation vet to another! God bless!

[@danhtoannguyen1610]

ok

[@ronaldwhalen8143]

I think your math is way off. Not saying you where never there just that your maths off .

[@mikelisacarb]

@@ronaldwhalen8143 You are correct. Thank you. (I just updated it, because I think that I posted it here on KZbin with old math after posting it several years earlier on Facebook.) The film says 1965, but I recall seeing it as a 12 year old. I was born in Dec of 1953. Perhaps this video clip is from an earlier broadcast of the same documentary? Maybe I was 11, but I really think that I was 12. Either way, the rice thing still happened to me over and over, and it was so strange to find that the mention of the rice only lasted about 3-4 seconds!

[@donbrashsux]

Vietnam is an amazing country and extremely beautiful..as are its people

[@donbrashsux]

@conan 263 ..and where did you visit there..?

[@Mr9111950]

Here here...!

[@bobparson4424]

Should nuked the whole country !!!!!

[@phattrongta8752]

@@bobparson4424 the number of boombs that the US dropped in vn is 7.85 million ton,3 time higher than the us did in japan and you said they didnt?should have learnt the history bro Im viet

[@thetruth3768]

cambodia and thailand too

[@gijbuis]

At 74 years of age today I vividly remember the Vietnam war, seen from the UK. But this piece of film shows why the US could never win the war, despite overwhelming firepower. It confirms the story told in the book by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns 'The Vietnam War an intimate history'

[@lunafringe10]

The Internet won’t help either 🥵

[@josephmyers1147]

I'm 74 years old too and ask any of Veterans if it would have been left up to the military it would have been won at least in a year the reason we didn't use all of our firepower limit nuclear bombing of Hanoi and invade bomb their harbor city also but the politicians had the final say in everything when that happens you don't win take a hill or anything 1 day next day abandon it you can't go past this line or that they could go anywhere we beat them in every major battle but we were never going to win because of the politicians and politics

[@kuiperbeltdropout8791]

@@josephmyers1147 that's always America's answer😆 they never could've successfully taken over Japan conventionally. Same with Vietnam, A-symetrical warfare is something America has never been good at

[@lloydchristmas1086]

@@kuiperbeltdropout8791 However they crushed the japanese navy the best in the world at the time. Pretty remarkable.

[@kuiperbeltdropout8791]

@@lloydchristmas1086 I didn't say our Navy isn't the best, it is, but I'm also saying Asians are naturally better at Guerilla warfare

[@johnqpublic2718]

My father never really talked about his experience there at all, but did have a healthy respect for VC Sappers. It took me until college to have access to enough material from the time to find out why

[@cliffcox7643]

Yes, respect to them. We won most of the battles, yet lost the war. When you think if it, they were just people fighting a foreign invader. Think of your neighborhood, then a foreign force from outside of your country suddenly in your front yard.

[@pinkberryconsumer4059]

The soldiers didn't lose the war the politicians lost the war

[@artdean2756]

Respect, I'm a combat Nam Vet yes we could have made that war much more bloodier but we ended up with a coward for a president,,Nixon was a dumb ass coward and he ran for the war, for most of us we are still there and even at our old age we will still fight for this nation ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@keisukeketa4490]

@@pinkberryconsumer4059 it is propaganda of west morland to explain his failure.

[@victoriapendleton4099]

@@artdean2756 johnson was the coward

[@artdean2756]

Kennedy sent military into Nam to protect advisers that he sent over there and it just got worse ,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@stuartpage5696]

These people have been fighting a guerilla warfare for at least a thousand years or more. We can learn a lot from them.

[@boomdelted]

Not sure what to learn from this war. But enlighten me

[@andrewhampton5290]

Same thing is happening in Afghanistan.

[@luisalbertosalinas2985]

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[@revix9465]

@@luisalbertosalinas2985you havin a stroke there buddy?

[@darkhorse2356]

The Vietnamese's fighting spirits can't be learned. It's been built from thousand years of fighting much larger external forces. It's in their blood; same as the Afghanistan's fighting spirit.

[@markmcallan973]

Their real weapon was the awesome ability to come together and improvise! That's why they defeated the Mongols the Chinese the French and the yanks ! Also Vietnamese are quite intelligent which is always overlooked by these big powerful opponents!

[@raylopez99]

Historians say the Vietcong irregulars were wiped out, and 1975 victory was from the North Vietnamese regular army. But the Vietcong paved the way for victory by their willingness to die and drag out the war.

[@chauto5987]

@@raylopez99 wiped out? I know atleast 30 old VC myself

[@nguyen_van_a]

more like 'merged'

[@yiliseomybesttase_]

Bây giờ mình vẫn còn khóc khi xem lại những hy sinh mất mát của ông cha mình lúc còn chiến tranh

[@lpham6607]

kkkkkkkk

[@GON_P19]

เวียดนาม ควรได้รับความเคารพ และคำขอโทษ

[@Dandidandi3032]

Saya bangga sekali dengan nenek moyang mu. Mereka punya persatuan yg kuat untuk menumpas musuhnya .dan mereka punya banyak siasat untuk hancurkan strategi lawanya sunggu luar biasa🤔👍🏼

[@trademarktaz]

I’ll always be proud of the Vietnamese people who fought against the US and their allys

[@119jle]

Of course and I bet you support Putin too you piece of

[@nguyen_van_a]

you mean the bully and his rich friends?

[@TamLe-rc7mr]

Chiến tranh kiểu cũ, kiểu mới gì cũng không thể thắng ý chí của người Việt Nam! Người Việt đã dám đánh, biết đánh và quyết thắng đó là truyền thống quý báo của người Việt Nam!

[@Phaohoauytin2024]

Mạnh thế nào thì mạnh chứ đụng đến tinh thần dân tộc là chơi hết. Bất kể thằng nào. Đụng tới người thân của tao là tao chơi tất.

[@phatxity9948]

Có thể thắng đc đội quân chứ k thắng đc cả 1 dân tộc

[@LBCTITAN]

@@phatxity9948 You can defeat an army, but you can't defeat an entire nation.

[@truongsa7818]

@反共抗俄 bạn đã tốt nghiệp trung học chưa?

[@toquynhchienthang8019]

@反共抗俄 mày bị thần kinh ak. Quân trung quốc ở đâu ra. Bọn tàu chúng mày khôn lắm .giúp việt nam cũng vì lợi ích của chúng mày thôi. Bằng chứng là năm 1979 chúng mày quay lại cắn việt nam tao và bị đánh cho chạy tơi bời đó thôi

[@trapsavagetv4540]

The Viet Cong were disciplined and listened to their leadership that is the first key to any war is communication and whatever your teaching your troops they have to believe in the mission no just feel they are cannon foder for political gain also patience is key pick and choose your battles

[@yoshipower457]

okay lieutenant trap savage tv

[@miguelangelcifuentescruz689]

Yeah. The Vietcong and PAVN felt very different from the average US grunt.

[@tbone9603]

Poor young 18,19, and 20 year old young American men who got caught in the middle of this mess because of our corrupt Government. I feel so sad for those young men. God Bless every Vietnam Veteran who had to serve over there. It wasn't right and it wasn't fair to all of you. Thank you for your service.

[@Davidjon1946]

I say the same thing anybody I see wearing a Vietnam hat I give them the utmost respect. We sent them over to die such a foolish fucking War we could not deal with the climate in the jungle we were way in over our heads

[@khaosqueen7900]

Our country called and they answered .Blame the Dems. Another fine mess they got us into.

[@Mary-qn2jd]

@@khaosqueen7900 Actually blame Dems and Repubs. Eisenhower was president when the Geneva accords were violated and the elections designated for 1956 in Vietnam were illegally cancelled by the south. What did he do about it? This war could have been prevent altogether. Nixon's actions were barbaric. Both Dems and Repubs were responsible for this bloodbath.

[@josephsassone3753]

My cousin was killed in 1970. He was a Marine. What's sad it that he was going home in 1 week. He went home in a flag-draped coffin instead.

[@Mary-qn2jd]

@@josephsassone3753 That is so heartbreaking.

[@quandang7544]

Đây là tinh thần dân tộc của người Việt, dù ở bất cứ hoàn cảnh nào.!..

[@pelsgaming8703]

Respect from a fellow se asian

[@anthonyconino4362]

Shut up. We killed over a million of you bastards.

[@somebody9651]

@@anthonyconino4362 yes, and we still win, so shut

[@bingramtube]

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

[@funkkalash2201]

US: * uses Napalm, B-52 bombers, artillery and shit * VC: * Bamboo Trap * US: "tHiS iS a dEaDLY mAsS DesTRucTiOn WeApOn"

[@hopha1403]

Literally the vietcong used shit, not the us

[@juangallegos6077]

*The sPIkE*

[@voidwalker9223]

Well we could have used nukes.But were a humble peaceful nation.

[@khoadoan5483]

@@voidwalker9223 if usa used nuke there will be world war 3

[@iehgijebg]

the American use alot of weapon that's has bean ban by the Geneva convention but when vietnam use a stick with pointy head and that's iLlEgAl and MuSt bE bAn, the American literary napalm vietnam land, use chemical weapons to change whether, destroy forest, field and make a permanent mark on vietnam people to this day, the American gain nothing killing civilization, yet they try, yet they lose, and to this day some of the American speaking shit about Vietnam and about how tHeY DiDnT LoSe AnD tHeY jUsT rEtREaT. Discussing

[@luisramon8322]

The young people that conformed the Vietcong guerrillas had a lot of ingenuity, skillful use of nature and terrain around them, but most of all determination and courage to pursue their cause which was to throw the enemy out and unify their country. The NV regular army also fought relentlessly in many cases outsmarting the enemy, but the contribution of civilians like old men, women and children was also remarkable. My high respect to that nation.

[@V0YAG3R]

Luis Ramon "My respect for an imperialist, mass murderous and genocidal religion like communism and its systematic use of women, children and old men as human shields and soldiers, Africa warlord style"--- Tras de ladrón, bufón.

[@robgrant9348]

The Vietcong didn’t just come up with all that stuff. The Vietnamese had been using nature in that way for hundreds of years.

[@t-34onsnow47]

@@V0YAG3R My respect for the "patriots" that had already ran away when the vc came to Saigon, and the "patriots" that are currently killing their own country for their "American-type" democracy.

[@anthonyconino4362]

You mean having five year olds carrying granades up to our solders was brave? You sound stupid.

[@anthonyconino4362]

@@V0YAG3R smartest damn comment I've read thus far. Thanks. For real.

[@camthangau7299]

I cryed while watching this video, I love my Vietnam! Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh!

[@virgildoc]

get out of my country

[@jamesanderton344]

Ho was a Vietnamese nationalist first.....Communism was second. He could have been out ally, but we were politically naive then.

[@camthangau7299]

@@virgildoc I am living in my Vietnam, you idiot!

[@camthangau7299]

@@jamesanderton344 We are friends with you, we are not your allies.

[@jamesanderton344]

Cẩm Thăng Đậu yes, now friends but I meant in 1919 when Ho went to the Paris Peace talks to advocate for Vietnam. He was ignored.....if Wilson had been open to the idea, many lives could have been saved!

[@mikecama5]

The music came with the film. Born in the North to die in the South. Nice tattoo on that NVA soldier.

[@razor24actual14]

Viet nam was such a land of contradictions...beaitiful country and ppl and absolutely deadly... 2 tours

[@michaelmusgrave7336]

Thanks 54 months in country

[@DelMastro1984]

Thank you for your service.

[@saeedvazirian]

They weren't deadly so much so as defensive against invaders. If the US didn't start a war there wouldn't be any 'deadliness', regardless of tje NVA or the French.

[@michaelmusgrave7336]

@@robertlucyksr667 i was went 6 times 5sfg "A" camp seal team 2 pow camp (us) pouli obi islamd

[@HomeBrewHistoryandLore]

I felt the same way about Afghanistan. It's a surprisingly beautiful place and alot of nice people. But damn if around every corner isnt something waiting to kill you.

[@vuong8]

Đất nước của chúng tôi có một châm ngôn qua các thời đại đó là. Chúng tôi thà hy sinh tất cả chứ không chịu làm nô lệ, không chịu mất nước. Trích lời từ chủ tịch kính yêu của chúng tôi HỒ CHÍ MINH.

[@americanoutdoorsman_1133]

There was never an objective in Vietnam it was just find the enemy and kill them. It was based on getting high enemy body count. To win wars you take the enemy’s land and continue to move forward. In Vietnam when the US took many hills and other vital territories from the enemy they’d just get a body count, take documents and get on helicopters and go back to base and the enemy would go back and refortify their positions.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

To keep and guard huge areas of jungle would take millions of men you dummy, if you have killed all the enemy in the area you don't need to do that.

[@americanoutdoorsman_1133]

Rufus Chucklebutty it’s obvious you never served in the military. Because of all wars we had and won it was done by taking the enemy’s land you dumb bell. For example D-Day in WWII by taking the strategic beaches in Normandy and getting a toehold increased our chances of defeating Hitler and freeing France. In Iraqi Freedom we took the enemy’s land and kept moving forward by building forward operating bases as we went further into Saddam’s territory.

[@albertmarsh4934]

You're right Country Boy as a Vietnam veteran the war should have been fought in the north early on not in the south the North would have caved in after continuous bombing but then what would have been the end results after we left there probably the same

[@snowflakemelter1172]

@@americanoutdoorsman_1133 war in Europe was a liberation of towns a cities not empty jungle, once the German army was pushed back there was no need to station troops to guard all of liberated France, even German civilians offered no threat once their towns surrendered , to guard the entire Vietnamese jungle would obviously be impossible and totally pointless as there is nothing there to guard.

[@jamesd.8329]

Why didn't the U.S. forces study the American revolution.!

[@leemichael2154]

The music came with the video" ? Announcer knew how that tune freaks you out!

[@dwetick1]

The Pentagon Papers published in 1962 tells why we couldn't win in Vietnam.

[@thetruth3768]

we havent won anything since ww2

[@ladle7]

@@thetruth3768 Simply because there was no definitive goal to achieve.

[@williampierce4513]

@@thetruth3768 Yes we have. As long as we've kept hostile foreign actors off American soil we've won every war we've been in. Until guys like you step up and serve to show us how it's done, please shut the fck up.

[@jaysonbiggs8979]

When the war ended on April 30, 1975 hundreds of thousands of people across the US came out into streets and parks to celebrate the end of the war and to hail the victorious Vietnamese. I was one of them, having been active in the antiwar movement.

[@ダンタイントウイ]

Thank you so much!!! ❤❤❤from Hà Nội Việt Nam!!

[@JoeGallo43]

If you were a WWII Vet, blue collar working man and supporting our boys from back home stateside, you wouldn't have wanted to get news from that pinko Cronkite. For those American boys who never got to rotate back to the world, I hope you've found peace in Heaven.

[@jainepal4844]

This entire war would have been avoided , the North Vietnamese had long wanted to secure a peaceful unification with the South even with the support of the French, yet as ever the "advisers" and paymasters from USA, made sure it would not happen, we know now how things went...

[@tekkhero9767]

I think its notable that comparing the narration in this film compared to similar type of films from ww2, this film really does not do much downplaying of the enemy capability. Here he just states it the way it is (it seems). Probably scary to see. Even scarier to experience of course.

[@chitaole8331]

We will fight to the end for our country.

[@topgeardel]

I am still waiting for someone to tell me what the legitimate reason was that gave us the "right" to be in Vietnam in the first place. It's been 45 years since that war ended....and I'm STILL waiting.

[@chrisstapleton8045]

Wait until they declassify the JFK files. Hopefully it won't be much longer.

[@ddabeatjunkie7681]

evil thats it america always does this play the bully

[@johnseifert4951]

@@ddabeatjunkie7681 please leave this country

[@topgeardel]

@Mdmchannel You could say that about Korea as well. China is completely across the Pacific Ocean (6000 Miles) from the US. That's like China having a "right" to interfere with the US invading Cuba. Too many Americans dying for our paranoia called "national security". Remember what Eisenhower said at the end of his Presidency...."beware of the military/industrial complex". He was talking about the US.

[@V0YAG3R]

topgeardel Yes, communism and islam are religions of peace 👌🏻 Tras de ladrón, bufón.

[@MaddLanD]

"This music by the way came with the film" 😂

[@channel88.83]

Wondering if someone noticed that

[@wickedAssassin44]

I was waiting for that line

[@andyginterblues2961]

I remember watching the nightly news after dinner, where the daily body count was listed. I had friends in high school who were trying to make friends in Canada, in case their number came up in the draft lottery. The "police action" ended the year that I turned eighteen. The last year of the draft lottery, my birthday came up third.

[@malcommckay2571]

I was born May 25 1951 and pulled #26 a fast off number. The only lottery i ever won.

[@michaelhussein870]

Thank You for your bravery and service, you and your brothers-in-arms.

[@rabbishekelberg8968]

Respect to the brave Vietnamese. A proud people who stands up to bullies. Whether it was China, the US or France. They never give up and fight till the end. Hence they win.

[@mr.blackdallastx5786]

Yes they won. But its a country who treats the civilians as slaves

[@rabbishekelberg8968]

Mr Black Productions Last i checked, the people seemed to be doing just fine ;) turn off the fox news bud

[@robertandzongo7669]

Mr Black Productions did thé US do better?

[@tomservo5007]

Rabbi: The bullies won. We were helping the Vietnamese people.

[@CJ-dy8lb]

Rabbi Shekelberg peaceful protest is a capital offense in Vietnam to this day. The average Vietnamese family lives on $400 usd/month. Doing just fine? You’re clueless.

[@RecoilCDS]

Fun fact: If you look really closely, you can see Jane Fonda on vacation throughout this video.

[@DeadDogSanders]

funnyman.............................................NOT!!!!

[@dianamal]

Be surge to fact check me,,,she recently claimed thst she's not sorry she did it

[@brandonstonestone1795]

@The Outlaw Torn Jane fonda is an American hero. From a war veteran

[@fleuger99]

@The Outlaw Torn You hardly can call anyone else violent, murderous and imperialistic. Have you forgotten CIA activity in the 60's & 70's in Latin America overthrowing several legitimately elected governments because they did not agree with them. Chile, Argentina (US supported the overthrow by Argentine Military Dictator), El Salvador and Paraguay to name but a few.

[@glxtched22]

Lmao 😜 Good one. Weak comments. Check out some comments under clips from Platoon. U get some worked up people. And good info. Not sure why. Peace

[@TheJ000ker]

Our government says one thing and does another. That’s where the term fork tongue came from.

[@vankhanhvu4799]

Chỉ nhìn ý chí chiến đấu của quân và dân Việt Nam là biết nhân dân VN ko chịu khuất phục bắt cứ kẻ thù nào kẻ thù sẽ phải kiếp sơ ý chí đó của nhân dân ta mãi kieu hanh việt nam

[@workingclaZZ]

Il Vietnam si è sottomesso dopo il crollo URSS e l'embargo ...... FMI e banca mondiale sono un cancro

[@philipdobbins2769]

14Mar68 Operation Ford. I was a radio operator and stepped into a pungi pit. Fortunately I slid down the side of the pit at an angle, so when my boot hit the stake it just pushed it out of the way. Plus the soil was sandy and loose. I think it was an old pit. Kind of a helpless feeling though, sliding down the side of that pit with a 60 pound ruck on and no way to stop. Just lucky on that one. HIP- F 2/3 1968

[@greasyflight6609]

My respects

[@philipdobbins2769]

@@greasyflight6609roger

[@shelbysupersnake8575]

Every man or woman that served in Vietnam has my upmost respect and admiration. God bless each and every one of you.👍

[@davidmcclaughry7598]

The most underestimated adversary

[@linhnguyenthuy9367]

War is the ignorance of humanity, in Vietnam we had fierce battles and peacekeeping so much mist of the blood of our fathers lay down on the steles and rivers.

[@mescalero8969]

Does anybody knows where can I listen to this type of vietnamese traditional music? Or does someone knows the name or so?

[@muhammadhasby4294]

Arturo Moyssen sounds very similar to Indonesian traditional bamboo Made music instrument called "angklung"

[@mescalero8969]

muhammad Hasby thanks!

[@mafialenin]

This vietnamese name is đàn tơ-nưng

[@longtran8678]

find google :nhạc dân tộc việt nam

[@tranduong4139]

Find: viet nam tay nguyen music

[@tomelas1019]

This is a good video: Teaches real grounded information.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Can't wait to read the KZbin expert historians pronouncements on this one.

[@carsonhunt4642]

Yes indeed! The only place I get my info from is an official source like cnn! Clearly companies with no agendas that don’t go against the mainstream narratives are always trustworthy😊

[@ariaciptaawan2453]

@@carsonhunt4642 r u good?

[@carsonhunt4642]

@@ariaciptaawan2453 your mom’s good

[@ariaciptaawan2453]

@@carsonhunt4642 yeah my mom good, how about ur mom?, your mom bad?

[@robertroselle5073]

A total waste of lives!! I have NEVER understood what makes certain people feel they have the right to tell others what kinds of governments they can have!!!

[@chrisstapleton8045]

I honestly believe that JFK was assassinated because he had made his position on war in Vietnam clear. He was strongly against it. I believe the military industrial complex, got in the ear of some dangerous, but influential people. The public excuse for war was a fight against communism, the true reason was money, in my opinion. Hopefully they declassify the JFK files and we find out the truth.

[@nguyenhoba4116]

ikr

[@bonanzatime]

It's more complicated than that. Part of the problem is over-simplifying things to fit a narrative. Facts, Truth, and Reality is not so easily defined.

[@syvadcram]

Yeah well said. What right did the Chinese and Soviets have to fund communist guerillas to impose their system on the South Vietnamese? Lucky the USA stepped in to show the Chinese and Soviets exactly what you said - you have no right to force a system on people, especially one which has killed 100 million people. For the help of the USA, millions of South Vietnamese will be forever grateful, just as the South Koreans are.

[@bonanzatime]

@@syvadcram ... and American soldiers did NOT Fight and Die in vain! They Won. America Won (in the long run)..

[@Mary-qn2jd]

Ho Chi Minh was first and foremost a nationalist. Had the United States played its cards right, we would have had a great deal of influence in this area, and the friendship of Ho. Instead we looked at the world as black and white, communist or non communist, no areas of gray. We had absolutely no concept of the history and perspective of the Vietnamese people. They weren't fighting for communism, they were fighting for independence and freedom. The communists stepped in and helped when we failed to do so. When someone throws you a lifeline, you don't ask about their political affiliation. This all resulted in a senseless war that wasted so many thousands of lives, a war we created when we allowed the south to cancel the elections of 1956, that were designated in the Geneva accords. It was well known Ho would win, and that had to be prevented, thus the cancellation of the election.

[@Mary-qn2jd]

@Cardinal RG Thank you for your response. I'm afraid we will have to continue to respectfully disagree. I don't disagree that Ho was a communist, but he was first and foremost a nationalist, the independence of his country from years of colonial rule was his first priority. I am well aware of what the superpowers thought, and that was their big mistake. The average peasant fighting with Ho against the French would have little to no concept of communism, nor was he fighting for it. He/she was fighting for independence. In fact Ho looked to us for help and assumed that as a former colony ourselves, would understand the plight of him and his people. Instead we aided the French. Had we played our cards right we could have had friendship and influence. Certainly Ho was no saint. Were our Founding Fathers in line for canonization? But honey attracts more flies than vinegar. We would end up blowing an opportunity to have a great deal of influence. Ho was fearful his country's struggle for independence would become another pawn in the battle between the the communist and non communist world. Sadly he would be proven correct. He did not perceive it as such. His goal was independence. People don't have to be on the same side. Are all Americans? Didn't we have an horrendous Civil War? Do we as a nation and people not value our independence? The Vietnamese were supposed to have elections in 1956 to choose a leader and unify their country. It was well known Ho would win. Of course, being he was a communist, this could not be allowed. The elections were canceled by what was supposed to be the temporary gov't of the south with our support. Didn't the Vietnamese have the right to determine who would lead them, whatever the rest of the world thought? Yes independence did drive them. They viewed us as the new occupying force, the new colonizers. They loathed the Chinese, having had a long history of conflict with them. They were not about to be their "puppets". This was made plain to Robert McNamara when he spoke to the Vietnamese after the war ended and the suggestion of being puppets to the Chinese enraged his Vietnamese hosts. The Russians and Chinese, as well as other communist countries gave assistance to Ho. Political support alone isn't a lifeline, but weaponry and other necessities to continue to fight and survive are. These powers were only too happy to help if it would drain the blood and capital of the United States, as well as create discord for the US internally and abroad, just like we were only too happy to help the Mujahadeen "freedom fighters" against the Russians in Afghanistan. Its how the game was played. "It’s curious that you’d expect the West to even consider supporting him". Come on, considering some of the tyrants and dictators "the west" has put in power and climbed in bed with, including our own government? The time period I refer to is when we became involved. First with "advisers" and then combat troops, all after 1956. It was gradual. One of the biggest fears was that one of our bombers would hit a Russian supply ship in a North Vietnamese harbor. Our actions only unified the Vietnamese around Ho, where otherwise they may not have been. Ultimately he won, even if it was posthumously. As I said, these were people whose history, culture, and perspective we had absolutely no concept of, and a terrible price would be paid because of that fact.

[@Mary-qn2jd]

@Cardinal RG I apologize for my delay in responding. The "bloody civil war" could have been avoided if the elections had been permitted and the Vietnamese allowed to determine their own fate. It was our support of the illegal gov't in the south that led to the "civil war". Ho, being a nationalist, wanted his country reunited and independent. That sounds very nationalistic to me. No, the north's cause was independence. Perhaps the Vietnamese would have eventually rejected communism, but they were united for the struggle for independence. This united them behind Ho when they may not otherwise have been. We became their common enemy which they perceived as just another colonizing power. Ho's focus was independence. He greatly feared this struggle would be viewed in an East vs West context, and unfortunately he was correct. By getting caught up in this mentality, the US lost a golden opportunity. We were fighting a war against communism, they were fighting a war for independence and an end to foreign domination. As I said, we had no concept of the history and perspective of the people we went to war against. As for the Chinese and soviets, the Vietnamese and Chinese have a long history of animosity. The communists were only too happy to see the US getting itself into a quagmire and would give the Vietnamese all the help they asked for. Apparently we learned nothing from the French, even though DeGaulle warned us. The Geneva accords called for the elections. Also, Vietnamese from all sides were involved in the discussions, including the Viet Minh. www.britannica.com/event/Geneva-Accords The Final Declaration calling for the elections was opposed by the US and South Vietnam, and the US went about establishing a government in the south. The other nations pledged to guarantee the accords but the Final Declaration was left unsigned by all parties because of US and S. Vietnamese opposition. We supported S. Vietnam's refusal to hold nationwide elections. Our fear was that Ho was going to win. Wasn't this the decision of the Vietnamese people? In reference to our Founding Fathers, I meant to point out that leaders of revolutions and independence movements are not necessarily the most saintly persons. One nation's hero is another nation's villain. No, I don't think Ho would have become any Tito. But we certainly accomplished nothing but a lot of senseless death and destruction taking the route we took. In the end, Ho won, posthumously. Diem never agreed to the elections, neither did the US. Diem held a rigged "referendum" in 1955 which put him in power. Diem then needed the US to prop up his gov't, Kennedy eventually offed him, and we proceeded to prop up dictator after dictator in S. Vietnam after that. We were attempting to impose a gov't on a people who didn't want it. When Robert McNamara told a Vietnamese official after that war that the Vietnamese were viewed as "pawns" of the Chinese, it set the official into a rage. Didn't McNamara know their history with the Chinese? That they would be their "pawns" was incredulous to this official. Again, displaying the cold war narrowmindedness by calling Ho a "pawn" of the Chinese and Soviets. Yes, they viewed us as another occupying foreign force, colonizers. Certainly those that wanted us to help them stay in power viewed us more fondly. But when a foreign power comes to your land, establishes bases, props up a gov't, and wages war against the citizens, they may well be viewed as colonizers. In conflict, you call upon those that will help you. That the Vietnamese would switch sides over the course of history is hardly surprising. During WW2 Josef Stalin, a murderous tyrant, was suddenly kindly old Uncle Joe when his ally Hitler turned against him. After the war things old conflicts and animosities resumed. We propped up failed gov't after gov't in the south. Heck, we could have aided the entire country and avoided a senseless and bloody conflict, as well as had influence. By "our" and "we" I mean the government of the country I reside in and my fellow citizens. The people may not have liked Ho, but they were willing to unify around him to resist what they perceived as a foreign invader. I don't know what all the English thought of Churchill. The blitz united people behind him to resist a common enemy. Had we just left well enough alone, perhaps Ho's days in leadership would have been limited. I must admit that I initially believed what my gov't told me back in the mid-60s, and its been my years of research, reading, and listening to different perspectives that brought me to my conclusions. Like any historical event, it will be rehashed, debated, and argued about until the end of time. Thank you for your perspective.

[@Mary-qn2jd]

@Cardinal RG Point is if they had the elections and we stayed out of it, their fate would have been up to them. Our interference did nothing to prevent bloodshed, it was a catalyst. Let the Vietnamese decide for themselves. If they had another civil war amongst themselves, that was their problem, not ours. Whatever their history, our interference in supporting an unpopular and corrupt gov't in the south only exacerbated the situation. That gov't could not have stood without our support. It would have toppled, either by elections or conflict. It was the problem of the Vietnamese, not us. Diem for the most part sat out the expulsion of the French. I would agree neither Diem nor Ho were saints, but not two sides of the same coin. www.britannica.com/biography/Ngo-Dinh-Diem LOL. So were the two parts of the United States, north and south. Each had their own president. A civil war resolved that. Yes, they were united, especially in the north. The guerrilla war dragged on and the north held on despite the horrendous bombing. People were united in their effort to expel what they viewed as a common enemy, and endured unimaginable hardships so as to defeat us. That does not mean everyone loved each other. People of opposing ideologies uniting in resistance to an invader has occurred time and again in history. Usually once the invader is defeated, they then turn their guns on each other. Whatever their differences, they still shared a common history and culture. We did not intend to colonize them but that is not how the Vietnamese perceived it. On this we definitely agree, the use of smaller nations in "proxy wars". No, actually Ho did not want the struggle for independence to be viewed as another proxy war. Again the man was no saint, but that doesn't change the fact his only concern was independence for his nation. To see this war as a struggle between east and west was his biggest fear. To say the two Vietnams were independent is like saying the two US's were independent. There were "2" U.S.s, It was a country divided. BTW, old Abe Lincoln was a scoundrel who tolerated no opposition, throwing them in prison or sending them packing. Yet he is viewed as one of our greatest presidents, albeit not by all Americans. We agree on the history of China and Vietnam. The Soviets and Chinese didn't get "bogged" down at all. They only had to send supplies and assistance and the Vietnamese did the rest. They had more damned sense than we did. The Sino Soviet split was a little more complicated and is typical of ideological splits that take place amongst countries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split The real motive for opposing any attempt at elections? www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=vietnam_637 The US opposes the unifying elections, fearing a likely victory by Ho Chi Minh, and refuses to sign the Geneva accords. “If the scheduled national elections are held in July 1956, and if the Viet Minh does not prejudice its political prospects, the Viet Minh will almost certainly win, the CIA notes. [KOLKO, 1985, PP. 84] And US President Dwight Eisenhower admits, “I have never talked or corresponded with a person knowledgeable in Indochinese affairs who did not agree that had elections been held as of the time of the fighting, a possible 80 per cent of the population would have voted for the communist Ho Chi Minh as their leader.” [EISENHOWER, 1994, PP. 372] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers Keep in mind Diem was "elected" in a rigged election in 1955.

[@Mary-qn2jd]

@Cardinal RG www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=vietnam_637 South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, backed by the US, successfully blocks the unifying elections that had been set by the 1954 Geneva Accords, which the US refused to sign (see 1954). It is widely believed that Ho Chi Minh would have easily carried the elections (see 1954). This would have been an unacceptable outcome for the US. [HERRING, 1986, PP. 55] Diem had dictatorial powers and put his family members into positions of power. He "won" in a rigged 1955 election. There's a reason he needed continued propping up from the US. However, China and the Soviets were not committing troops and slowly getting sucked into a quagmire in the north in an effort to prop up a government. They let the US do that. www.britannica.com/biography/Ngo-Dinh-Diem Exactly. What Ho feared came to pass. They would become a proxy war. Whatever internal problems the Vietnamese would have had, it was up to them to settle, however they did so. There was much internal opposition to Diem and his family, with riots and protests, as well as a failing war effort. I suspect JFK played dumb, but knew damned well what was in store for Diem. You're correct, he shed few tears. Instability just intensified in S. Vietnam. It was no paragon of stability when Diem was offed. I'm sure Vietnamese had different opinions on who they wanted to lead them. Point is the south's governments were corrupt and unpopular and only lasted until the next inevitable coup. I don't agree. I think that Vietnamese official viewed his struggle as one for independence, not to do the bidding of the Chinese. Any more than we Americans view our struggle for independence as doing the bidding of the French, who offered their assistance. I have a very low opinion of McNamara. Especially after hearing the accounts of 'McNamara's Morons". He used this blunder as an example of his ignorance of the Vietnamese perspective of the war when discussing his "mistakes" concerning the war, so this blunder to an official is just a display of that ignorance. I disagree. I have been to Vietnam. Their perspective was and is that this was a war of independence, the U.S. just being another foreign invader to be sent packing. Again, a matter of perspective. These were people who had endured years of colonial rule. That they would view us as just another foreign power coming in to colonize them is not surprising. Except the Chinese and Soviets didn't commit combat troops, unlike the U.S. Again, a matter of perspective...the Vietnamese not necessarily sharing yours. Again the Chinese and Soviets did not commit combat troops to prop up a government. They left the fighting to the Vietnamese. Like we left the fighting to the Afghans after the soviet invasion. Of course we were only too happy to supply the Mujahadeen "freedom fighters" with whatever they needed.

[@1967weedsmoke]

@@Mary-qn2jd Well said. If you want to get rid of the Cardinal just ask him to provide sources for his claims, he'll quickly end the exchange and run away.

[@gijoe5372]

The U.S. never should ve got into Vietnam to begin with

[@johnkelly3555]

You're right but war is good business according to the government.

[@hotlam3242]

Vc khung dien

[@hotlam3242]

Vc lam chuyen rui bu

[@simonheed7964]

Hot Lam what ever that means

[@anatolib.suvarov6621]

Hindsight is 20/20, isn't it Joe? You forget that the U.S. was asked to come to Nam, by an ally, the legitimate government of South Viet Nam. You can argue the quality of that ally, but ally they were. Was the war worth the cost? No, obviously not, but that is the fault of the politicians, not the common soldiers. Oh, and I view most officers as politicians, not soldiers. Not all mind you, but certainly most.

[@danigagliardi1087]

God bless our injured and traumatized soldiers who fought in Nam and God rest the souls of our fallen men 💙 🙏

[@virginiawahu2978]

My brother died in the war 😭😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😭😭😭😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭 Rest In Peace brother

[@layuponthedownlow]

Raping ang killing women and children and their entire families is not a heroic act

[@josephrelaford6826]

My cousin died he was only 19

[@layuponthedownlow]

@@josephrelaford6826 ur clan should avenge him. Kill ur politicians and law makers

[@alvinegro2318]

And the people who were died by napalm in their country for a foreign country.

[@davidbenson7934]

We should have told the french to FO ,but noooo lets get into another war.

[@richardbarry04553]

The MIC demanded that $$$

[@danigagliardi1087]

At the time they did what they had to and what they thought was right God bless them

[@richardbarry04553]

@@danigagliardi1087 The soldiers did. The political “leaders” clearly did not.

[@MadhuKallingalthodi]

@@danigagliardi1087 Every criminal can argue this way

[@jackspecht3418]

Very brave people to stand up to a huge armies aggression against their homeland .

[@tomservo5007]

ironically, Vietnam had their own 'Vietnam' shortly after the war.

[@thomasruane6053]

Do you re

[@TuanNguyen-oe5yr]

Jack Specht, what? the US and the South VN did not invade the North Communist, it was the VC received order from China_Russia to invade the South VN homeland.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

The US was there under the permission of the lawful government of the south you fool, they were fighting a communist invasion.

[@bamboo9666]

@@snowflakemelter1172 the South government was built by France. When the France left, they agree to let both sides can unfied by election. But US jump in and block it.

[@KimChung1970Saigon]

Southtown j - Yes, We the South Vietnamese people were very fortunate to have such "men & women brave fight for us". & they keep us safe for many years. We will never forget this big sacrifice to keep peace . Many young Vietnamese also died at the battlefield for their country . My younger brother one of those thousand shoots by VC , died at age 22 years . He died for his own country . If a communist government treating their own people " right & respects " without control food plus government corrupts daily. & if treating to their own citizen just as human . It will never have " Boat People " in 1978 to 1979 happen . If a communist government treating people normal way . It will be no one so scared & try hard to escape from communism country .

[@news3minutes325]

you are a fool. they don't kill real Vietnamese people, they just kill their enemies. The ARVN is their enemy, so it makes perfect sense for them to kill those traitors, because it was your brother and grandfather who killed their children and relatives. The ARVN soldiers left the country because they were afraid of revenge, you helped the US to create crimes in Vietnam. People like your brother and grandfather are murderers when they help foreigners kill their own people. I'm Korean, my brother fought in Vietnam out of conscription, and he witnessed the brutality of the ARVN. Vietnam is inherently a unified country, it was the US that intervened to prevent the election from taking place in Vietnam in 1956 and they deliberately broke the Gionever Agreement and divided Vietnam. You have to pay for what you did.

[@johanquino1638]

My grandpa is in Philippines military send to vietnam for us and he made it back with not soo much mental illness like whenever he heard a bird up the trees or a loud sound he can't see he gets too nervous.

[@arielcuenca5037]

He might be in PHILCAGV,a non combatant civil relations opns contingent🇵🇭

[@workingclaZZ]

Sono italiano. Mio nonno ha fatto la 2 guerra mondiale. Dopo anni si svegliava urlando di notte

[@magdump4456]

Does anybody know if it is known who these American captives are at the 6:45 mark in the film? Does anyone know if these men have been identified in this footage?

[@Sokol10]

Those looks South Vietnamese troops, have the same height of the Vietcongs.

[@magdump4456]

​@@Sokol10 thanks for the reply, I didn't notice that when I watched it the first time. Good eye

[@tntv6548]

The Vietnamese people love peace and are very heroic in fighting the enemy to protect the Fatherland.

[@roberthill4652]

If another Army came into America and invaded I would do the same thing that they did I have the utmost respect for our soldiers and God bless each and every one of them

[@mikeynorcross3222]

It already happened to the true americans by europeans. Would you have ever guessed it

[@aldunois91]

Et que faites vous contre ces millions de latino et de noirs qui viennent vous pourrir la vie acvec la bénédiction de Biden le gauchiste sénile ? Nous avons exactement le même problème en Frannce avec ces millions d'Arabes , d'Africains et d'autres qui viennent en parasite en s'attaquant au peuple originel Les Français n'ont aucun droit à leur propre défense Ils courbent donc l'échine face à l'envahisseur Je ne pense pas que les Américains blancs , eux se laissent déposséder sans se battre La chance que vous avez est votre droit aux armes

[@DinoCism]

"But frankly they are making our lives more miserable than even their own..." Probably, unironically, the nicest thing you could have said to them given the circumstances lol. The fact that the US STILL went into Afghanistan and Iraq after this really boggles the mind, Did they think the problem wasn't the political realities of guerrilla warfare and the appeal of revolution to colonized, impoverished people but actually simply the fact that it was a jungle? Cause they burned pretty much all of it down with napalm at one point or another.

[@mientayxaxu2464]

The Vietnamese never surrendered to an invading enemy.

[@davew8215]

Vietnam became a French colony in 1877 with the founding of French Indochina, which included Tonkin, Annam, Cochin China and Cambodia. (Laos was added in 1893.) The French lost control of their colony briefly during World War II, when Japanese troops occupied Vietnam.

[@matthewemery4205]

amazing soldiers

[@HOGWARTSEXPRESS-HE]

proud & respect for Vietnamese from INDIA

[@shawnmalone9711]

Yeah , asswipe now tell me about Kashmir. Does it belong to India or Pakistan? You guys have been fighting each other since 1947. Get off your fucking high horse Gunga Din!

[@tuanchu368]

Thank you! From vietnam

[@gmolina0614]

I worked with a vietnamese guy here in Houston, he never mentioned it, but i'm almost sure he was a soldier, not sure for who tho, north or south.(he had few bullet wounds) when i asked about it, he would change the topic. and he said, the us could of won the war in a few weeks if they wanted too. So many time where vietcong was about to surrender and the us would just holt the attack or bombings. He said, the us wanted to make the war as long as they could, He thought it was all for business or for usa to have a strong military presence in Asia.

[@TuanNguyen-oe5yr]

manuel he is from South, he was right the US could have won the war in 1 week.

[@chagadiel]

@@TuanNguyen-oe5yr No they couldn't. That would have meant invading the north which would have gone too far to pushing a cold war to a hot war. There were bigger things at play back then

[@TuanNguyen-oe5yr]

@@chagadiel in 1972 when Nixon used B52 to bomb N. VN massively, the VC was preparing to surrender then Nixon stopped the bombing.

[@chagadiel]

@@TuanNguyen-oe5yr Doubt that the vc were almost obsolete The north declared it a victory. The allies had gone except for the Americans who were leaving it was matter of time

[@TuanNguyen-oe5yr]

@@chagadiel the allies did nothing except for few small battles when they where attacked, the ARVN and USA did most of it, please see this clip. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKDKZqV-apyfapY

[@thetruth3768]

yep, the VC had been fighting wars there going back as far as you can in history. we were newcomers with zero experience in those conditions, but our guys were braver than brave.

[@rbeck3200tb40]

NO they havent. The VC was formed in the 1950s The communist VC have been fighting an insurrection in Asia since the late 1950s to take over their country

[@Tribe2k]

how did that work out for vietnam ?

[@joemartin1253]

Wonderfully

[@Tribe2k]

@@joemartin1253 China thinks so...

[@robertvysther1138]

The US does business with Vietnam.

[@vhggghgg2266]

Việt Nam ngày xưa nghèo nhưng tinh thần yêu nước khong nghèo nhé.năm nay 2020 Việt Nam đã là chủ tịch ASEAN.tôi tự hào là người Việt Nam

[@quynhnguyenquynh3293]

Thế mà có những kẻ tự nhục luôn chê bay, soi mói. Và những người ủng hộ chúng thì cũng rất đông

[@cafelatte5039]

@@quynhnguyenquynh3293 Có đứa VN còn nói nếu Mỹ ráng nữa thì sẽ chiến thắng, nó bảo năm 1972 Mỹ mà ném bom nữa VN sẽ hàng. Tôi đọc mà mắc cười, máy bay B52 bị VN bắn như sung rụng, Mỹ sợ quá mới chạy đi ký hiệp định Paris. Mà nếu nó chiếm được thì nhắm có giữ được VN không, hơn 1.000 năm đô hộ mà VN còn lấy lại được nước nữa mà.

[@quynhnguyenquynh3293]

@@cafelatte5039 thì cái kiểu thua rồi là tìm đủ thứ lý do. Nếu... Thì, nếu... Sẽ ko...

[@hughknotcares2141]

Excellent film - thanks for putting this up! There doesn't seem to be much from the Communist viewpoint on this war.

[@anthonyconino4362]

Sounds like YOUR one.

[@lw4268]

As a schoolboy, I remember watching this CBS News Special and, because the VC were fighting US Armed Forces, I thought this conflict wouldn't last very long.

[@justinhealey2408]

7:50 was that the pilot?..im thinkin i see a face with a pilots helmet ??

[@vivianwiner7288]

How they get this wonderful film that time???

[@cricketwireless8294]

Captured...and was a true warning to get out...or die...of a thousand cuts...

[@8bitjake816]

3:22 Lies! He's to shy to tell you it's him playing.

[@nigelmoscrop9987]

It worked out well in the end .

[@harrymason8982]

Does anyone know if the American P.O.W.s in the film survived and made it back too the U.S.A ? I really hope so God Bless them.

[@sarahgesheft1697]

Rambo brought them home to Alabama and Lousiana.They became drug addicts and were shot by the local police.

[@TS-qq7vr]

How is this restricted if it was on Walter Cronkite early in the war?

[@thaoluong6417]

Love Vietnam love my people , American Government and their party... who support that war are hungry blood

Why do you live in San Diego then, for the generous welfare perhaps?

[@pgroove163]

but u really love USA..

[@thaoluong6417]

@@pgroove163 who are you response for ?

[@thaoluong6417]

@I live in Vietnam ( just in case you reply for me )

[@thaoluong6417]

@Andrew always

[@mikebledsoe2315]

*I hope those American POW's survived and made it back home.*

[@frankt9156]

“I like people that weren't captured” Donald J Trump. 45th POTUS

[@goatface6602]

Government makes lots of money doing this. Politicians are beneath contempt.

[@packingten]

This war is about selling OIL for LBJ! After he had Kennedy KILLED!

[@smoothcriminal7232]

Can't imagine how a primitive weapons and ancient guerrilla tactics fought head to head with an advance US military strategy and weapons system. And still gave US a tough fight.

[@jaylee6769]

"still gave US a tough fight". they wooped the US ass is what they did. US withdrew, they lost the war. vietnamese won

[@beastlyendeavour9184]

Like in any fight, the heart leads the mind and the will. America was tired and depleted.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Because that's not what happened, the battles were fought by the NVA equipped with artillery .

[@smoothcriminal7232]

@John Wilharm It doesn't make sense, that's where they live, so why take away their terrain advantage, what I'm trying say is.. isn't US sophiscated enough to figure things out and should be highly capable in adapting to environment as part of their sophiscated training and equipment? Plus, jungle warfare isn't new to americans at that time, since they faught Japanese in the pacific during ww2 which for the most part are jungle warfare.

[@toothpick5932]

@@snowflakemelter1172 500000 American soldiers in Viet name 1965! I wonder what did they do there if not fighting ? Holiday?

[@vincenttv6325]

Frankly I think it is time America take it easy. Vietnamese dont have grieviences. They are more focused on economic development and marvel at progress they see in USA and Europe. Mistakes happen. Nobody is perfect.

[@allenelswick6961]

The south never had the support from the villages nor from any province outside the cities. One thing that has never been spoken was the agreement that the NVA would only enter Saigon after the American embassy had been evacuated.

[@phivutru3953]

I'm so moved, I'm so admirable in Vietnamese, but I hate war so much.

[@ravikumarts8845]

what is GI mean?

[@sashadala346]

G.I means "Government Issue"

[@justinwood6407]

I often wonder how many of these crude traps, spike holes, etc are still untouched and there waiting in Vietnam

[@bousemaster3989]

There is still one waiting for you

[@hoanghai2k]

Still many unexplore bomb you can find by today too, some can be upto 500-600kg. Last year we found the big one under the bridge. So sad

[@dobridjordje]

Long rotted away but pits still exist unless it's an iron spike or something like that

[@vincenttv6325]

PM Ngo Dinh Diem caused the war in Vietnam. It is a waste of lives but also time. Diem is a talented mandarin (scholar) but buckled under pressure. Ho Chi Minh was a master political teacher.

[@mikeyob4271]

The art of WAR.. The v.c. are master's of WAR.

[@CocoTaveras8975]

The Outlaw Torn Because they came out into the open, they were masters of guerrilla warfare not conventional warfare so when they came out into the open our planes, our tanks, our rockets, our artillery finally got a chance to get at them directly mano a mano and just wreaked such catastrophic havoc on them that they would never be the same again from 1968 onward.

[@ducvietbui6296]

The Outlaw Tỏn ur Us tet is 1/1 ok. VC vs US, not yellow flag. Yellow flag war for $.

[@creedlang419]

@The Outlaw Torn tet offensive was a MAJOR political win for v.c. Made American opinion drastically change.

[@creedlang419]

@The Outlaw Torn Whether it was " sold" by the left or not, it sold...Parliament was also pressuring King George III during his invasion of America. His own ministers were accusing him of prolonging a fruitless war as documented by historian George Trevelyan. And this was after France signed a treaty of alliance with the Fighting colonies stacking the odds.. Does that take away from the objective of the founding fathers to EXPEL the invader?? Alright then.. Shit happens to the best..Same thing the Vietnamese pounce on when the time was right.. War is not only an extension of politics, both are intertwined. It baffles me when people are obviously subjective to damn near clear evidence of being "out chessed". Starting to sound like a lost cause apologist dude..

[@mikeyob4271]

@The Outlaw Torn Because they were in the city fighting. Not the jungle.an they wore more conventional fighters in the city.

[@joemckinney9920]

What happened to those 4 American Advisers ?

[@bbaruah]

Possibly still being held.

[@frankt9156]

“I like people that weren't captured” Donald J Trump.

[@davidantoniogarciasequeira85]

The people's war against imperialism, Vietnam win.

[@V0YAG3R]

David antonio Garcia Sequeira Yes, South Vietnam's war against communist imperialism, colonialism and foreign interference and meddling, from North Vietnam, China, the USSR and their colonies. Just like today in Cuba, Nicaragua still, Venecuba and Belarus, among others. Tras de ladrón, bufón. Psychological projection and historical revisionism, both pathological in non functional sociopaths like you.

[@gelikoyu1449]

What happened to the American prisoner's?

[@mitchelputman538]

Ak 47s were supplies from Russia . Russia had advisors there too.

[@thaoluong6417]

but Russian didn't send there military to Vietnam ..... ( MY LAI MASSACRE 1968) watch this to see how American did to Vietnam

[@never2late454]

Thao Luong yes Russia did send military advisors to Vietnam.

[@bluemountaindrivepae]

@Steven Lee Surface to Air Missiles fresh from Russia. Tanks, trucks, heavy machine guns, landmines, Mig fighter jets, any questions.

[@Russellsagecline]

@Steven Lee mostly, yes. Not Russia.

[@김혜승-y3r]

@@never2late454 베트남전쟁

[@steelhorses2004]

Does anyone know if those four US POW's ever made it home?

[@orbitring]

Things, seldom are, what they seem to be !

[@hoabienlam265]

The Vietnam War ended, before the Americans arrived, the French were already here, the French imposed slavery on this country, then the Americans. Before the arrival of the Americans, Mr. Ho Chi Minh sent letters to then-US President Harry Truman many times to establish relations, but there was no response, and bad things happened. Vietnamese people never hold enmity with the American people because they are also victims of hawks sitting in the white house. Today the two countries are friends, there was never enmity in our country, many American veterans have returned and lived in Vietnam. Many American businesses have come to do business. We need to do it again to make up for the loss of the past.

[@castoresnegros]

A fears hand to hand combat!! I bet ya the saw those guys and crapped in their pants handed their weapons .

[@goldgrams2524]

They are probably more brave than you. Even the women were fighting

[@tomdegenhardt9648]

Anyone know when in 65 this newscast was televised?

[@ekadistem9913]

I love Vietnam...

[@tomservo5007]

I do too

[@robertandzongo7669]

Tom Servo son what else?

[@robertandzongo7669]

Tom Servo So what ?

[@tomservo5007]

Robert Andzongo: That's what!

[@aica4028]

Thank you

[@mohawkdriver2504]

I was there from 1967 through 1972. I had a friend who was an advisor to the south Vietnamese army. He advised that when his unit went on an operation, he did not carry a weapon. Instead, when they made contact, he had his choice of weapons that his troops threw down before running away. Worthless dinks that we wasted lives, money, and equipment on because of the stupidity of politicians and their influence on equally stupid military “leadership “.

[@jboy510]

Im a black american but i can respect these vietnamese for how they fought for their country and against america especially this america that i've come to know here in june 2020. These mf's were smart and crafty with little finances, weaponry and technology, if it were a such thing as a "war hall of fame" they should be one of the first inducted and R.I.P to all lives lost in this war.

[@sureshots8155]

I hate you fill that way about your country. Maybe you should try moving over there. I believe you would be a lot happier. Commie

[@goldgrams2524]

@@sureshots8155 Im American and I love America. But you seem to think America can do no wrong? Vietnam was wrong and America has a history or warmongering. That is one reason why the young generation hates America. We just pulled out of Afghanistan and I have a feeling we will be invading another country again within the next 10 years

[@vohoanglong4106]

American thinks only their modern gunmashine , airplans ,tanks …. but it was a big miststake of USA ,that they didnot know : „ Vietnamese people are very smart and they keep always together !! I“

[@vohoanglong4106]

Yes ! It is true ,is real ! American can kill our body ,but can not kill our soul ,our minds! Is n‘t it ? ✌️But we love the peace ! We forget American !we are the world and we hope :we can live in the peace !! We had enought the war !! We do not to want the war again !! Never !!

[@jnlt9480]

2:25-3:09 Yep, that’s definitely footage of Ewoks

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

A 16th century weapons, courage and unity defeated a super power empire. The vietnamese out smart the Americans. They used their entire land and their human resources against the illegal invaders. I dont call it Vietnam war. I call it THE DEFENDING VIETNAM EVENT. It was an event that United the Vietnamese people. A war is when two equal powers go for fight.