The American Navy In Vietnam | An Original Restored And Upscaled Documentary

The U.S. Navy In Vietnam is an original, restored, and upscaled documentary, followed by a fascinating interview with Major General Richard Secord, a controversial figure later involved in the Iran-Contra affair.
The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and a significant Cold War conflict. While the war was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, the North was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states. In contrast, the South was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies, making the war a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. military involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries officially becoming communist states by 1976.
After the fall of French Indochina with the 1954 Geneva Conference on 21 July, the country gained independence from France. Still, it was divided into two parts: the Viet Minh took control of North Vietnam, while the U.S. assumed financial and military support for South Vietnam. The Viet Cong (VC), a South Vietnamese common front under the direction of the north, initiated a guerrilla war in the south. The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), also known as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), engaged in more conventional warfare with the U.S. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces. North Vietnam invaded Laos in 1958, establishing the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply and reinforce the VC.: 16  By 1963, the North had sent 40,000 soldiers to fight in the South.: 16  U.S. involvement increased under President John F. Kennedy, from just under a thousand military advisors in 1959 to 23,000 by 1964.
Following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution that gave President Lyndon B. Johnson broad authority to increase U.S. military presence in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war. Johnson ordered the deployment of combat units for the first time and dramatically increased the number of American troops to 184,000. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations involving ground forces, artillery, and airstrikes. The U.S. also conducted a large-scale strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam  and continued significantly building up its troops despite little progress being made. In 1968, North Vietnamese forces launched the Tet Offensive. Though it was a tactical defeat for them, it was a strategic victory, as it caused U.S. domestic support for the war to fade.  By the end of the year, the VC held tiny territory and was sidelined by the PAVN.In 1969, North Vietnam declared the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. Operations crossed national borders, and the U.S. bombed North Vietnamese supply routes in Laos and Cambodia. The 1970 deposing of the Cambodian monarch, Norodom Sihanouk, resulted in a PAVN invasion of the country (at the request of the Khmer Rouge) and then a U.S.-ARVN counter-invasion, escalating the Cambodian Civil War. After the election of Richard Nixon in 1969, a policy of "Vietnamization" began, which saw the conflict fought by an expanded ARVN while U.S. forces withdrew in the face of increasing domestic opposition. U.S. ground forces had largely withdrawn by early 1972, and their operations were limited to air and artillery support, advisors, and materiel shipments. The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 saw all U.S. forces withdrawn. The accords were broken almost immediately, and fighting continued for two more years. Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, while the 1975 spring offensive saw the Fall of Saigon to the PAVN on 30 April, marking the end of the war. North and South Vietnam were reunited on 2 July the following year.
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[@nschlaak]

I grew up with the Vietnam War saturating TV. For some, the fighting ended too soon, for most, too late, way too late.

[@mikewithers299]

I remember those newscasts every night. Seems like so long ago. Even the Apollo missions to the moon. Damn we are old 🤣

[@carlhull8276]

Awesome time to be alive

[@robertfonovic3551]

​@@carlhull8276 for some.

[@ccrider8483]

All this money and lives expended for what? It was not the soldiers fault obviously, but our politicians.

[@carlhull8276]

Cold War; We Won!

[@robertfonovic3551]

​@@carlhull8276We WON nothing.

[@lovevibration3]

Free Russia

[@haroldmclean3755]

Very interesting indeed 👍

[@CharitoBaker]

Three tours with VP-17 and the Market garden ops.

[@tricotdiko1435]

WTF is upscaped? JFC Dronescapes has serious issues.

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

If you don't have the political will,your whistling Dixie...Fine Anwser.

[@UnitSe7en]

The unsharp filter on this footage sucks.

I am Vietnamese. You don't know that Vietnamese people carry the blood of warriors throughout the history of 4000 years of building the country. Vietnamese people can be colonized and oppressed for 50 years, 100 years, 1000 years and in fact it has been like that, but the DNA of every Vietnamese person always molded patriotism, hatred of the enemy, his father's life does not take revenge for the country, his children's life, grandchildren and the next generation always wants the country to be an undivided strip. Regardless of the Vietnamese who still exist in this country, they must stand up against the enemy. The enemy also fought when he came to the woman's house. We regained our independence in 938 after nearly 1000 years of Chinese colonization, we retained our identity and culture; did not lose our voice and writing by passing on oral poetry to the next generation. We fought 3 times and won the most powerful Mongol Army in the world in the 13th century. We won 30 thousand Thanh troops to invade this small country with the talented command of Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue in the 18th century. And the pinnacle of courage, heroism, solidarity in the glorious 20th century. It is: We excluded Japan from the country in 1945. French victory in 1954. Defeated the American empire and its allies in 1975. Working on an international mission to defeat the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia in 1979. Defeat expansionism with 600,000 Chinese troops in 1989. We really integrated into the human world in 1995. Every inch of land on Vietnam's S-shaped strip is soaked with blood, the bones of the predecessors, of the heroic children who stood up to fight against the enemy. We Vietnamese have a saying: only when we pull out all the grass in Vietnam will everyone stand up against the enemy. They can defeat an army but not defeat a people. Each Vietnamese people are extremely peace-loving, always optimistic, happy to welcome international friends but are also always ready to fight to the last breath if they carry guns to rob us. Political institutions are different in each country, but Vietnamese people always want the best, the desire for wealth and happiness to each of their citizens. Therefore, they choose communism in accordance with the characteristics of Vietnamese personality and people. And the fact has proven that that institution helps us stabilize the country, people who are dedicated to doing business to have fun in life. Like your family, you can't force your neighbor's family to look like the model you have. And vice versa. Live in solidarity, love each other, share together, obey the law will help your family always be respected. The family is the cell of society. My compatriots and I are always proud of the rich history of the nation. A people above the Vikings of the world

[@dawightg9787]

The Phantom was a Great Fighter, The Failure of LBJs administration of BVR ONLY Doctrine led to reliance in missiles and removed the Dogfighter training. However when you did have pilots who could Maneuver the phantoms they would become ACEs . Captain Frank Ault did a report on this and found the problem to be with missile failures and training. So Dan Pedersen armed with this report stated to retrain phantom pilots at a school he started called Fighter Weapons school, these pilots was able to take the ratio from 2:1 to 24:1 with the phantoms by the end of Vietnam. Which shows clearly what the issue was with the poor kill ratio ..

[@dylanwho]

yeah ,this "upscaped" is unwatchable.

[@robertfonovic3551]

Superb US propaganda. All this power and military might, yet they still lost. 😅😅

[@C77-C77]

To be fair, the military was forced to fight with one arm tied behind their back by suits in DC. The object wasn't to win, it was to give tax dollars to the MIC. And they were given a fortune. If the object was to win, it could have been done easily. But they wouldn't strike the areas needed to do it, saying "We don't want to bring the USSR and China in." LOL They were already "in", sending soldiers, weapons, and supplies, just not "officially". I've heard it more than a few times from vets who were over there, that it was clear the Gov. had no intention of fighting to win. Just a total farce.

[@curlyplumbing5121]

US could have dropped the Bomb and ended the war instantly. But then so could the USSR so stalemate. Robert MacNamara knew in 67 the was would be lost so saying it could be won easily is just you opinion and not worth much.

[@C77-C77]

@@curlyplumbing5121 Did I mention using nukes? I meant conventional bombs. There were "off limit" areas during bombing missions, which just so happened were the logical areas to bomb to achieve victory. Every Marine grunt over there knew that. Why didn't they hit them, instead of dumping loads of bombs on areas with zero strategical value? Why were Marines sent to take opposition high ground/strongholds, only to be ordered to withdraw soon afterwards, letting opposition re-occupy what they had just fought and died to take? There was no victory strategy for the US in Vietnam, they measured "success" by how many opposition soldiers/guerillas they took out.

[@JC-kk5wg]

The people of those countries lost and are now enslaved. Just a step away from North Korea run country. Sad to have to live that way.

[@curlyplumbing5121]

@@C77-C77 "Did I mention using nukes" Well you did brush over the topic, and for the US main force to enter north of the 17th parallel could have been catastrophic for the world let lone the north Vietnamese. And to say LineBacker 2 would have won the war is a stretch. Although airstrikes were effective in damaging infrastructure, to say these were not the right targets is again just your opinion. LineBacker 2 was not sustainable in the long term. The Financial and Strategic loss would in time prove to be too much for the US justify considering they were already desperate for an out.