DIRTY SECRETS of VIETNAM: The Aces of Southeast Asia

Aircraft ground support operations are explained showing jet pilots coordinating to eliminate important ground targets such as bridges, bunkers and vehicles.

[@edconway5684]

I was there in '65. Anyone who actually looks into this will tell you we should not have been there. The French had 13 years and got nothing except dead and wounded back for their efforts. War, when YOU are in it is just bad. It's not the movies, people die or get injured. Our good guy policy cost us lives. Weapons, oh yes, love those weapons, but someone is behind those or flying those planes. And to give credit, the Viets were good and got better. Yes, we tried harder, but at what cost. Bless those who served, but the only happy stories you will hear is from those who made it out alive or were not wounded. Watching this here is the easy part, being in the field with live rounds coming at you or bombs being dropped near your position is not pleasant to keep this mild. Like the weapons, but War is Hell and being there is second. You have to maintain a proper perspective watching this, or go to the memorial in Washington DC to visit those who don't have a story to tell.

[@thethaovatoquoc312]

Thank you for your service. War is influenced by more than just military might. US essentially fought both world Commie giants Soviet and China at once while being restricted by its own self-imposed rule of engagement in the frontline and impacted by anti-war movement by liberals (the likes of libtards like Jane Fonda who later apologized) at home. It wasn't a fair fight, but US's goodwill was in action to prevent Commie's taking over Asia. US saved South Korea and Japan in Asia, and Western Europe in Europe (and later Eastern Europe, too, when Soviet bloc collapsed. People from those countries are still grateful for American sacrifices until these days. Vietnam was a more complicated combat theater mostly due to its porous border in the western part. A geographically long country (S shaped) with a porous border along its side is recipe for disaster for any expeditionary forces due to infiltration. It's like you were already being surrounded even before the war started. Korea didn't have this problem, as the peninsula is only bordered by Commie China in the North, and the rest is surrounded by water. North Vietnamese Commie terrorists knew this and exploited the advantage with their Ho Chi Minh trail, without which, South Vietnam could still exist like South Korea today, largely due to American intervention. The US soldiers did it for good cause, and that's all that matters. It's an unfortunate consequence happened when US cut aids to the Republic of South Vietnam while both Commie giants Chinese and Soviet increased aids to their North Vietnamese terrorist minions, it wouldn't take a genius to predict the outcome. Many ARVN generals and officers fought the North Vietnamese Commie terrorists to their last bullets. Dozens of them then refused to surrender to the enemy and committed suicide, staying true to their warrior creed, but their legacy lives on.

[@fugguhber4699]

The extremely sad, and gruesome truth is, that this should never have happened. The U.S. entered and fought in another country, a country that wanted peace, and unity. Ho Chi Minh was a NATIONALIST........ and all he wanted, with the majority of all the population of Vietnam was a united country. Not one that was colonized, and turned into a work-house for the capitalist countries of France and the U.S. The U.S. should have never went there militarily. Never. Especially after Dien Bien Phu. It was CLEAR ....... that the Vietnamese wanted their freedom, and wanted their country united like it had been........ and fighting and killing millions of Vietnamese did nothing to change this. Vietnam the country has forgiven the U.S. They don't hate Americans. I have been to Ho Chi Minh City ( Saigon) and Hanoi......and as an OLDER American, I stand out... and I was never treated different than any other tourist there. The U.S. government was wrong; not the U.S. boys and men who were drafted and forced to go. You can't win a war with conscripts, and draftees against a people who are fighting a righteous cause: That is for their freedom and liberty (not to be controlled by another country and treated like a plantation for the profit of the rich capitalists).

[@badbotchdown9845]

@@fugguhber4699 you're right and wrong in the same time saying uncle Ho wasn't communist is wrong he was since before the ww2.

[@luisdeleon9819]

Thank you Ed for your comment. With all the self praise on the superiority of American war machines, the Vietnamese won.

[@williammoore7523]

you can blame Lyndon Johnston and those who killed Kennedy. War is big money for alot of companies who wanted the money and did not care about the loss of life. The USA always has to have n enemy just the threat of a possible war is enough to keep the tax dollars flowing into defence even tho it has been years of peace time.

[@moneytttt1140]

Every body is gangster til the trees start speaking Vietnamese

[@XGEOFFREY1]

So true

[@daveyponderosa9549]

True story Pal. 👍

[@matsgranqvist9928]

Everybody gangster till the snow start speaking Finnish.

[@joelalamo45]

Underrated comment…

[@moneytttt1140]

@@matsgranqvist9928 everyones gangster till the sand starts speaking Arabic

[@johns1625]

Between 1964 and 1973, Laos became, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world, with over two million tons of bombs dropped during the Vietnam War, one ton for each person living in Laos at the time in fact. It was bombed more than England, more than Germany, more than Japan, even more than Iraq and Afghanistan combined. There still remains thousands of unexploded bombs and other ordinance in it's jungles.

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Freedom bombs

[@tombutcher5776]

I was stationed on the border of Laos (far north easter corner of Thailand. We sat at the edge of the Mekong River which separates Laos & Thailand and watch fire fights over Laos. One day an unmarked airplane hovered over us and you could hear his engines rev up and he took off for Laos. As soon as he was over it he dropped a huge bomb!! He bombed a landing strip that the communists were using in a little town by the name of Thakhek. Many years I met a Laotian who was from Thakhek so we had stories to tell over beer.

[@TheMIEProject]

We got to remove 2 of them last year on an expedition. The rest was mines. Almost lost a leg too. Joined by some old jarheads guilt tripping themselves here too.

[@farodyne]

Which makes it even more amazing that these murderers haven't been brought to an international court for their crimes against humanity. Agent Orange still affects thousands and more thousands of newborn children today.

[@migram4190]

Americans should remove all of them

[@angmhalp]

25:47 Lt Karl W. Richter, 24. Officially credited with 198 missions over Vietnam. Air Force Cross, Silver Star, 4 DFCs, Bronze Star and 22 Air Medals. At 23 he was the youngest pilot to shoot down a MiG over Vietnam. Killed in action on his 199th mission over Vietnam. Some men talk the talk but very few walk the walk.

[@holdemjim]

angmhalp us Gaye thinj

[@denniswinn9412]

I guess Trump wouldn't like him.He likes pilots who don't get shot down.

[@pepperann5766]

angmhalp Very well said. Thank you for sharing this information on this very Brave and very missed, young Man.💕

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

I looked him up too. A great American airman.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Yeah and look at what the world missed out on because of those other 'psychopaths' like Richter who prevented the entire Korean peninsula turning out like North Korea. Wanna know what would have happened in Vietnam if the US was able to hold the line? Look at South Korea vs North Korea. At least North Vietnam turned out to be far more sane than the NORKS.

[@alanmccooker7829]

My brother was stationed at DaNang and served with the Marine Air wing fighter group. He reloaded and refuled many of jets. He use to tell us how he sometimes had to wash out the blood in the Huey's after they brought back the injured. He had to handle agent orange to and blamed it on his cancer. He died on Christmas Eve 2011.

[@celticpipes53]

Sorry to hear that my brother. Semper Fi.

[@klc4023]

🫂

[@kevindorland738]

God Bless your brother and his loved ones.....

[@sovietalien9976]

"Old people start war, young people dies"

[@Ragegaming-nc4pt]

Vietnamese people are so brave 🎉

[@fugguhber4699]

The extremely sad, and gruesome truth is, that this should never have happened. The U.S. entered and fought in another country, a country that wanted peace, and unity. Ho Chi Minh was a NATIONALIST........ and all he wanted, with the majority of all the population of Vietnam was a united country. Not one that was colonized, and turned into a work-house for the capitalist countries of France and the U.S. The U.S. should have never went there militarily. Never. Especially after Dien Bien Phu. It was CLEAR ....... that the Vietnamese wanted their freedom, and wanted their country united like it had been........ and fighting and killing millions of Vietnamese did nothing to change this. Vietnam the country has forgiven the U.S. They don't hate Americans. I have been to Ho Chi Minh City ( Saigon) and Hanoi......and as an OLDER American, I stand out... and I was never treated different than any other tourist there. The U.S. government was wrong; not the U.S. boys and men who were drafted and forced to go. You can't win a war with conscripts, and draftees against a people who are fighting a righteous cause: That is for their freedom and liberty (not to be controlled by another country and treated like a plantation for the profit of the rich capitalists).

[@tuduong3623]

Quê hương Việt Nam anh hùng của tôi ❤️. Thà hy sinh tất cả chứ không chịu khuất phục làm nô lệ. 💪

[@thicucnguyen8150]

Giám tao mới lạ, thực tế bây giờ nè 😂

[@Chilly_Billy]

Communism is the worst form of slavery. Your countrymen died in droves making you a slave.

[@dwightchaos9449]

Nobody was trying to enslave you.. but the communists.

[@SylfaSP2010]

​@@thicucnguyen8150bị b52 nó ép đến thủ đô mà có đầu hàng đâu:)) chứng minh cách đây 50 năm r đấy th đần

[@toanla9192]

Đừng lấy lòng Cali mà đo lòng Việt Nam ​@@thicucnguyen8150

[@Chris-cf2kp]

My uncle flew an F-4 in Vietnam. He was shot down and was a POW for many years until the conflict ended. He survived, but his partner did not. He's still alive today and flies often as an instructor and flight tester and is an incredibly kind and humble man.

[@harrisonc985]

The radar intercept officer is more valuable to the enemy because they have detailed knowlege on the plane’s capabilities of tracking enemy fighters and sams

[@Chris-cf2kp]

@@harrisonc985 His partner died on impact.

[@haroldcampbell8271]

We had 2 Phantom squadrons on the carrier USS Saratoga in 72. I was attached to VA-75 A-6 intruders. When was your uncle there?

[@Chris-cf2kp]

@@haroldcampbell8271 I don't recall the exact dates, but I believe he was there as a pow for several years. There are some photos of him in Time magazine from when he was released. My grandmother, his sister still has the original publication, I'll have to ask her about the specifics again.

[@adrianmata-i1x]

F-4 shitty piece of metal

[@Gunner-73]

In 2015, I visited Vietnam. Da Nang air port is now an International Airport. Very modern and beautiful small city. People there were very nice to me.

[@senasakura345]

北方領土は政治家が音頭とって損切してくれればそれで良い。 北方領土以外の紛争領土を考察すると竹島や尖閣など島の土地としての価値など何もない。鉱物資源もなければ農業ができるわけでもない。これらの島の価値とは島に付随する広大な「海域」こそ重要なのですよ。 北方領土は諸島の4つの島にすぎない。周囲をロシアの島々に囲まれているので広大な海域が付随するわけではない。では島の土地の価値を考えた場合、インフラもコンビニも無い自然環境過酷な北の辺境です。超過疎地になることが返還前から確定してますな。

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

After the Paris peace treaties we gave Vietnam $33 billion dollars to rebuild another $90 billion dollars to clean up any un explosive bombs in Cambodia and Laos.. when we left Vietnam we left behind billions and billions of equipment.We through billions of dollars worth of helicopters into the ocean to bring back the people to the United States where they are still living everybody in Vietnam was driving around in a brand new military Jeep taking their kids to school.. plus we are talkin jet fighters helicopters M60 basically we dropped everything and walked away from it all.. now they're making millions of dollars off that museum with all our equipment behind glass and pictures all over the walls with helicopters outside and F4 Phantom sitting out front..I get shot two times all my friends are dying of Agent Orange and so am I.. the only reason we were over there had to do with money and power had nothing to do with Communism..Sounds like they made out better than we did it should look beautiful over there...🏯🏰🏭🏬🏫🏪🏩💒🌆🌇🌃🌉🏣🏡🏘🏙🏦🏨

[@timesupgr.8471]

Nicest city in VN IMO. Did you see some of the old American cars there?

[@davedillon1372]

I'm glad you had a great experience. The moment I got off the plane, it's as if I stepped back in time to '74-76(±). Strange- almost everything was from the WAR. 'The American War': not the French, Japanese, French before the big show (WW2). The audacity to return after leaving them to the Japanese & returning as if 'Hey! Remember us? We're ba-ack. So, let's get back to you being children and we're the adults, as if nothing happened... I felt the guilt.A proud people, shattered and poisoned by A Orange, Napalm, 🔥💥💥💥🔥 MORE THAN IN ALL OF WW2 EUROPEAN THEATERS (TO/FROM). I'd gone to teach English so they could communicate with the tourist market, do business, et al. I'm embarrassed of the policies post JFK; The 'Nixon Doctrine'-‽ Gimme a break. Bomb, kill everyone, evacuate all villes, Cities. Blow up everything. 0oison will be leaking from the water tables for a century, maybe more. Lush, wet tropical zones turned into deserts. Nixon almost nuked them. His handwritten 'IOU' of 3.1(±) million dollars? "Well, he's gone so..TFB. We got almost all of them POWS, MIAS out. ★ PLEASE LOOK UP "EXPENDABLE" RE BOBBY GARWOOD- HE DIDN'T GET OUT UNTIL 79-80!! McCain & Kerry- 2 lowlife level vets. McCain & Kerry ACCUSED Garwood of collaborating with the enemy! McCain did one of those tapes- "I'd like to thank the NVnamese. Excellent med care, good food & treatment... " But a guy, a POW- tortured for days at a time, fake firing squads, sitting in a yellow porch in the 80s-90s calmly talking about the Hell he had to go through just to be alive. Amazing. He took them to court and won his rank I believe & received some level of 'pay' - 10 days from his service end date, he was captured. Our country likes to breed killers. We just left Afghan tribesmen with the biggest war material, supplies since VNam. See 'Expendable:___'

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

They want your tourist dollars.

[@mikejohnson5900]

The Skyraiders were really valuable in Vietnam. They could loiter like crazy and get in close to their targets! In the Jet age they proved that prop aircraft could still do the job.

[@johnr8820]

My grandfather flew them low and slow among the Ho Chi Minh Trail. He said the hardest thing was killing the elephants that were carrying supplies.

[@hatecrewsix2]

Prop airplanes still works for war. Low cost maintenance and perfect for the jungle warfare as CAS

[@yardkartretreads]

I’m sure the guys on the ground loved them like the guys on the ground today love the A-10.

[@thientranvan7992]

@@johnr8820 Nhật pháp và mỹ đã xâm chiếm Việt Nam đưa Việt Nam dag về thời kỳ đồ đồng nhưng hoà bình lập lại chúng tôi lại xây dựng lại đất nước to hơn đẹp hơn lêu lêu

[@johnr8820]

@@thientranvan7992 translation?

[@Willoz269]

Vietnamese Air Force has 127 aircraft at it most powerful time in the late 60s, most were obsolete Mig 17s....some of the major US offensives packaged more than 200 aircraft, against which the Vietnamese would send 4 or 5 flights of 4 aircraft.....knowing they were outnumbered, outrained, and against much better technology, they still went up....hats off to them

[@thethaovatoquoc312]

North Vietnamese Commies routinely sent their terrorists to South Vietnam to mine buses, bombard schools, throw grenades into markets full of people, massacring countless civilians. Tet Offensive 1968 they buried alive 10k civilians in Hue City. Ho Chi Minh terrorist leader killed 1 million North Vietnamese during his land reform alone (1953-1956), ranked as top 10 prolific butchers of 20th century, along with fellow Commie butchers Mao, Lenin, and Pol-Pot.

[@JL-tm3rc]

interesting though there are more north vietnamese aces than american aces

[@vivek27789]

True... Very True

[@leandrol2752]

Sadly no one talks about them, but they were impressive at that time. True fighters...

[@randybobandy9828]

​@@JL-tm3rcno there aren't. Most US pilots were flying air to ground missions. The only aces are the SAMs the NV used.

[@darkknight1340]

Hardly a secret,let alone a"dirty"one.

[@cold_fussion6317]

Americans have tried hard to control Asia but failed from Vietnam to Afghanistan

[@stephenlong3907]

Those screaming F4s though!!

[@martinkoolen]

Ja, rokende en milieu vervuilende machiene. Zag ze al van ver aankomen.

[@jockeolzzon1222]

The F-104 howl!

[@joshmo8136]

Flown by animals

[@phongt324]

The weapon is great, high tech , high precision , everything is just awesome. Not offensive but the fact that it used to kill ppl who protect their motherland/family is disgusting _ a young vietnamese thought

[@tomastomastomas1521]

Let me remind you that America PROTECTED people who fought for their homeland - the south Vietnamese against aggression of northerners

[@fidus868]

The communist north vietnamnese just wanted to impose their bolshevist ideology on the south vietnamnese and sacrificed their people for 'national' liberation.

[@rickwilliams8877]

@Brain Nguyen Intelligent response…..sarcasm.

[@rickwilliams8877]

The south Vietnamese were completely incompetent defending their motherland from an unprovoked attacked by NV.

[@allthatmattersiscigars2312]

@@fidus868 and thats our business how? and dont tell me because youre scared of communism, thats not a reason

[@neildavy2601]

I went to school with Steve Allen, we were both USAF, but he got at least 2 Migs as an F-4 jock. Great pilot, real decent man!

[@duynv89]

mig 17 with f4. but nourt viet nam win, and viet nam never lost

[@ChironZore]

@@duynv89 They lost every military engagement. We left, they walked into Saigon.

[@hieuhoang807]

@反共抗俄 một đứa trẻ không hiểu về lịch sử

[@ishhyyyy]

@@ChironZore "They lost every military engagement." Battle of An Lão, Battle of Ban Houei Sane, Operation Barrel Roll, Battle of FSB Mary Ann, Battle Of Xuân Lộc, the list goes on and on for the battles and operations the US has lost in Vietnam.

[@cauminh4017]

@@ChironZore LoL :)), going another country with a ton of weapon and allies, start bombing cities, burning villages, killing peoples, then get punched back in the mouth, they said: "ok, we cant win, we should left this country before they kill all of us" :)). God bless American and their "walk away army"

[@flyingdog1498]

I have been access that bridge at 1:56. 12:05 that is Lima Co 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division my unit.

[@robertbeck8670]

I have a good friend who served in 1/1 67-68. He worked intelligence. He was khe Shan, hue and other exciting places

[@El.Primero76]

“ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL.” Col Neil J . Graham, 22 Nov 1967. 388th Tactical Fighter Wing Commander.

[@armandoblackhill1355]

My prayers and respect to every one who lived and died in the Vietnam war. I'm sorry

[@khasnurihusain5607]

Armando,have you seen the children of Agent Orange?You still have a chance to make a better world.

[@TDM.Mindset]

Có ai là người Việt Nam ko?

[@msbrownbeast]

All that money, all that firepower, and in the end, the Americans still lost the war. They just didn't have the tenacity of the Vietnamese.

[@jdmlegent]

It was an unwinnable war. The US would have won the war only if their troops , Air Force had the Green light to go over the North and above the DMZ , but with Russia and China around that area, it would be very risky , so the were restricted and hands tied to their asses. It would end up to be a war of patience and to be fought in the South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Difficult task

[@msbrownbeast]

@@jdmlegent The Americans bombed North Vietnam extensively, including Hanoi and Haiphong

[@jdmlegent]

@@msbrownbeast 4-5 B52 bombing operations on North Vietnam in a term of 9 years, from 1965 to 1973 is not much. Also let's not forget the target selection was meaningless and that was stated by the Air Force pilots themselves!

[@jettsetter7]

America could have stood it’s ground more, but America’s political leaders lost the war, not the soldiers, marines, and air men.

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

Yawn, to think u.s.a. took Social Security from off budget to in budget to pay for VIETNAM bad choice. Bad war.

[@HenauderTitzauf]

F-105s Wild Weasels heading north, poor bastards, but we had faith in each one and all to cause the end to be nearer. Since most of the bombings were figured out approximately 13,000 miles to the east(wash,dc), its a wonder we hit anything. And I believe we meant to hit very important targets, but as some say, we sure screwed up some poor bastards rice pattys and not much more. McNamara and his bean counters ruined everyone’s day and killed more people on both sides needlessly.

[@bobtis]

Being so outnumbered by the VC & NVA Only air support kept the US in the war.

[@Rayburn58]

I look at all that amazing military technology and all the brave dedicated and highly skilled military personell, and all I can think is what a terrible waste that war was. In the end it accomplished nothing.

[@bachhuynh9982]

I am Vietnamese, I am disgusted by the actions that an empire does with a small country. They often take the name and righteousness to justify their stupid actions, which are the actions of those The bearer is like a fascist, those actions have affected my nation since the war until today, making my country deserted and rebuilding from the beginning, not yet, after the time In the period of peace war, American directors came to Vietnam, created war films, and in that war Vietnamese people were destroyers, bringing war to everyone. I think the United States needs to re-educate its young generation on the Vietnam War, to be truthful, it is the United States that is the country that brought fear to small countries, as it did with Vietnam.

[@jeffhubbard4688]

@@kaitlynkile2810 FFS, go read some real fucking history, shit for brains. Stop sucking at the teat of Fox or whatever comic it is you get your information from!

[@snowflakemelter1172]

You forgot that the communists backed by China , a brutal totalitarian regime, invaded south Vietnam , of course you forgot that little fact.

[@_16_bit_40]

It is good that there are Russians, and their cheap but effective equipment.

[@quangtruongle7823]

@@kaitlynkile2810 well, Ngo Dinh Diem and his soldiers were traitors

[@quangtruongle7823]

@@kaitlynkile2810 the US indirectly, but DID start the war

[@mikerussick4444]

This is the only documentary I've seen where the air Force phantoms were referred to as the F-110! This was definitely made before the standardization of the names and numbers of all US military aircraft. Very cool thanks for sharing.

[@eddiehelton4090]

Lo Lo Lo Lo Lo k

[@thientranvan7992]

Nhật pháp và mỹ đã xâm chiếm Việt Nam đưa Việt Nam dag về thời kỳ đồ đồng nhưng hoà bình lập lại chúng tôi lại xây dựng lại đất nước to hơn đẹp hơn lêu lêu

[@CAL1MBO]

True. I've never heard it referred to as the F-110 aside from whitepapers.

[@20RM02]

The music reminds me of Tom and Jerry

[@Manajuana]

I feel it

[@BanditoBurrito]

You mean the cartoon from the 70's.... no way dude. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@wrightflyer7855]

The Thuds were gone by the time I arrived at Takhli in 1971, except for one that had been dragged off the runway and was sitting in the grass near the MARS station. So I decided to salvage some parts from it--the nose wheel was a great ashtray for our radio station and I pulled the VHF receiver from the cockpit and brought it back to the States. Ended up giving it to my brother, which I regret now. Maybe I could get it back.......

[@DG-ie5ip]

What was your job and what branch of service.

[@wrightflyer7855]

@@DG-ie5ip I was Air Force (1968-1972). For the first 3 years I was a Ground Radio Operator and for the last year Air Police.

[@bgd73]

my first appearance on a flightline as a crew chief to be was 1991. I knew the peace era people (fats slobs and cracked jokes), from the yuppies and the war grunts my first day. I ended up a grunt crew chief... you won't see me again. the viet nam era has my respect, it was primary war education to gulf 1. In fact the tanker we were taught on was poisoned with agent orange.I remember when our flightline officer spoke up and said we did 1500 sorties since my enlistment .I remained the youngest for 6.5 years... our flightline was VERY unwelcome place to be. I stay easy going realizing viet nam missions. Given todays tech etc... none of us will be seen again

[@TeguhSantosot_so]

This made even Rambo became girly

[@khasnurihusain5607]

Yes,Rambo finally got to win for U.s.a. Shame,shame.

[@qafmbr]

The F-4 PHantom was just so badass. With badass pilots!

[@badguy1481]

Fighters make movies. Bombers make history. The F-4 did not end the War for America. B-52 bombers did..fighting the North Vietnamese Army attempting to invade the South in 1972...Then bombing the North's capital in December of that same year.

[@TuanAnhNguyen-dl3jc]

Vietnamese victory !!!!

[@arshadmalik6390]

Thats why America lose 450 f4 phantoms

[@robertaccornero7172]

I served a year at PHU CAT AFB in 1969, in Nam , we had 30 F4's . we were the next base south of DANANG. a year I will never forget.

[@DG-ie5ip]

My supervisor was there as a Weapons Loader on F-4. 12hr shifts all the time. I joined in 1980 and met him in Lakenheath, England USAF 1983 48 EMS Armament shop.. He did not want to go back to the states-the way the vets were being treated. I did 20yrs AF. Loved it !

[@thebonesaw..4634]

24:49 -- *Lt Karl W. Richter* (the pilot who wanted to stay for another 100 missions) *was killed in combat on July 28, 1967.* I'm not sure if they covered this fact in the documentary (I stopped it at 26:04, and wrote this comment while it was still on my mind because I just happened to know that he died in Vietnam after volunteering for a second tour). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_W._Richter

[@fredkeele6578]

Thank you. I wondered if he made it home. Sad to hear he didn't make it.

[@donnapierce2906]

I knew lieutenant Carl r i c h t e r when he was home on his last leave and when he signed up when he told me he signed up for another 100 missions I didn't understand too much about the war I did follow it as much as we could get on TV but to have seen all these videos of the f10500 Chiefs I understand so well Hawaii chose to do another 100 missions he loved what he did I wish you would have came back home for another leave I know I would have loved to see him again I did see him when his body came home to his house in his glass covered top part casket I I felt so bad I think we could have had a relationship I know we could have if he would have just came home again for even a short while bye KARL

[@rconcord9]

A true American hero ! We should never forget these heroes !

[@TSi99999]

Godspeed to him!

[@donbrashsux]

I love Vietnam..what an amazing beautiful country it is today..love the Vietnamese people..

[@donbrashsux]

Yes but it’s very progressive..I’ve been travelling here for 6 months from the top to the bottom and it’s great to see where it has come from and its people are soo resiliant and kind.. a fantastic place to visit imo

[@AnhTuan-pp3iq]

Old man Goat ; free people???!!! Like free american ? free to attack other countries that are not obey them( american)?? Free to develope weapons to threaten the weak? Free to bring thousands of troops into my country and killl my people?? Free to drop thousands of tons of bombs in my country and don’t care if they are communist or ordinary people? So what is that kind of freedom for???!!! Don’t be free to vomit out something that you just hear. Come to travel in VN like the one commented above.

[@DanKann86]

@Old man Goat It takes time for a country to develop itself to be a successful and stable democracy. MANY of the so-called democratic countries are actually failed democracies and faux democracies. Even in the US, the politicians are actually answerable to the special interest groups that paid them, and the voters (the few that vote) vote for the same bought and paid for politicians term after term. The US is stable because it is wealthy and the vast majority are satisfied. Developing countries are poor and hence inherently unstable. As for democracy, it should be a goal for developing countries to work toward to, but not necessarily ready for. Even with U.S. support, South Korea did not become a democracy until 1987 with the first direct election of its president; and this is after decades of political turmoil, including the assassination of a president. Similarly, Taiwan only became a democracy in 1996 with the first direct election of its president. Both governments have ruled with a brutal iron fist against dissent before democracy came about. Unfortunately, the government of South Vietnam was unstable, brutal, and corrupt. So bad that the U.S. tacitly approved for the assassination of its president, Ngo Dinh Diem. It takes a strong and stable central government to institute major economic and social changes which take many years to achieve. Vietnam today is not under communism, but more accurately described as a single party dictatorship and very pro-capitalism. It is a single-party ruled dictatorship like S. Korean and Taiwan (KMT Party) were. It is forward looking and constantly changing to meet economic and social challenges of the future. It has its problems and challenges as with any developing countries. www.forbes.com/sites/salvatorebabones/2018/01/15/vietnam-is-following-the-asian-tiger-currency-formula-for-rapid-economic-growth/#518d77a4bed0 The economic path above cannot be achieved for a developing country under so called "democracy" due to political interference from the various elites. english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/195916/does-vietnam-s-future-depend-on-middle-class-development-.html When Vietnam has reached the economic level of what S. Korea was back in the 90's and strenghtened its institutions, then maybe it will be ready for major political change. Vietnam is not quite ready yet.

[@AnhTuan-pp3iq]

Dan Kann ; you’re right with the responsible comments.

[@shepherdlavellen3301]

@@AnhTuan-pp3iq most important thing in a diplomacy is whether you have strength to take initiative, either in military strength or in global economy, which is pretty unfortunate for you guys since you have neither.

[@amer2294]

Big lost american vs vietnam.

[@r.t.b6905]

I like the Vietnam era armaments and planes,those items could be found on duty in philippines,Vietnam era plane on services in Philippines

[@cosmicegg1283]

Not to mention small firearms such as the m14, m21, and m16 rifles. Support firearms such as the m79 break-action grenade launcher and M60 machine gun. Armored equipment such as the M113 amphibious APCs is also still very prominent in active duty across various Mindanao incursions. The M35 multipurpose troop carrier as well as the M105 howitzer is the backbone of the Philippine military. The OV 10 bronco was the main attack aircraft used during the Marawi siege.

[@a.l.nieborg8575]

lots of shooting but i don't see any targets

[@dariosljubura1175]

and with all that modern miracles you managed to lose it , loool

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

The idea was never to win the war. Though if that happened, fine. The true object was to _keep the war going for as long as possible,_ to maximize profits for the armaments and vehicle manufacturers. Bell Helicopters were months away from bankruptcy in 1964, when LBJ came to their rescue with a war that would require thousands of their choppers.

[@michaeltaylor8192]

The men and women who went didn't lose vietnam. Congress did. So don't ever say that to a nam vet.

[@soldaat-van-oranje]

Hard facks my friend:))) and stil pretent they win:)))

[@johnseifert9189]

@@soldaat-van-oranje And you are moron

[@soldaat-van-oranje]

@@johnseifert9189 your dady is 1

[@clerict19]

Хотелось бы выразить свое глубочайшее уважение доблестному вьетнамскому народу за их "гостеприимство" в отношении этой оголтелой банды мародеров, насильников и убийц.

[@Wuddi100]

What's about Afghanistan? The russian invasion? What's about Stalin who murdered millions of people? Your glorious russia isn't better than any other nation in the world.

[@АлександрШ-е7о]

@@Wuddi100 ЗАВАЛИ ХАЙЛО ХУЙЛО

[@АлександрШ-е7о]

@@Wuddi100 ИНАЧЕ ПРИПОМНИМ ТЕБЕ НЕ ТОЛЬКО АФГАНИСТАН, ИРАК, ИРАН... И МНОГОЕ ДРУГОЕ

[@luvsilly60]

Same for those being raped in Ukraine.

[@randybobandy9828]

You're a 🤡

[@tinhhoangvan9327]

The war between the demons from North America and the heroic Vietnamese. Respect and be grateful for the wonderful Vietnamese pilots, the pride of the country.

[@sirich7751]

F4 was still doing "wild Weasel" missions into 1996.

[@trespire]

Kurnass, the last of the Spooks.

[@adamsimpson3807]

Why I thought we won that war until we pulled out

[@robertbeck8670]

@@adamsimpson3807 general Giap agrees with you. He was calling his field operations back north when Walter Cronkite said “this war is lost on live tv. Giap heard this and decided to fight the war using our own media. It’s in his writings and books

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

@@trespire F-4F Ice was the last Phantom II used not the Kurnass 2000 last I knew

[@thomasjoyce7910]

That's surprising, though, I suppose the North Vietnamese didn't follow the peace agreement either.

[@RFKFANTS67]

Lots of cool aircraft back then.. A1's, F100's, F105's, F4's, Great footage. Thanks for posting this.

[@albertandrews130]

Don't forget the Navy A-4, A-6, A-7., F-8

[@generaldilvry69]

Nice ratio of over one-in-ten dislikes on esoteric film

[@donnapierce2906]

@@albertandrews130 TV

[@generaldilvry69]

@Timothy Chung Cheech here - bombs and war is anti=human...EVIL

[@anthaiauto1823]

my country viet nam have mic-17, mic-18,mic-19 and mic-21 one pilot of vn with one mic-21 destroy one b52

[@strangevideos3048]

Vietnam destroy USA in this war 😂

[@gangoffour6690]

Wars aren't meant to be won, only continued ! Nobody won this war. We accomplished nothing in Viet Nam.

[@com-vo2tw]

It's not like the US lost millions of people unlike Vietnam but sure call that a win I guess.

[@patrickeh696]

Stupid illegal war fought by brave people on both sides

[@Ep1cSh0tz1]

technically there can't be an "illegal war" :/ nothing governs countries besides threats and interests

[@Vatsyayana87]

This war was what we did with the Soviets instead of Nuclear warfare. Maybe you should give it the respect it deserves when the other option could've ended modern civilization and would have poisoned vast lands for millions of years.

[@Vatsyayana87]

@@-bright-2457 lol if that's the veiw you choose to have against all facts. Do your thing.

[@Vatsyayana87]

@@-bright-2457 lol Ive never been accused of not arguing before.. But thats litterally the opposite of how it went. We went there to stop that very thing from happening, granted we do that in other cases but here is my "argument" about that. The entire world is changing and doing it fast, everyone will be forced to keep up one way or the other, Since we have the best living conditions that any civilization ever has, i would say hands down they would be lucky to get on our train and usually only fight it to hold on to traditions that the entire world is learning was complete rubbish all along. No country can stop this from happening without becoming forgotten, only one country has succeeded, North Korea. Your only option is not to turn to the comintern, it is 1. To join the advanced world 2. Join the Communists 3. Be forgotten and live in misery while the entire world is swallowed up by the inevitable super powers influences. Since we live the best anyone ever has id say anyone who chooses 2 or 3 is nothing but a damn fool and unfortunately their children will suffer for it.

[@Vatsyayana87]

@@-bright-2457 As much as i have picked up about the war i dont know anything about Ho Chi Min or his ambitions, I do agree that it wasnt about spreading freedom but about slowing communism, Both of those wars were what we and the soviets chose to do instead of nuclear war, and as awful as they were, i cant help but think it woudve been so much worse. I see the Korean and Vietnam war as innocence taking the bullet for the rest of humanity, similar to how i see our past and slavery, just on a different scale, These are atrocities that have created a better life for so many others and i think these lives are worth remembering and honoring, but not with accusations and cursing of the choices made, instead by understanding what those sacrifices gave others. You said those lives were lost for literally nothing, i agree but disagree, the lives lost were in vain for those people and their loved ones, but saved maybe billions in the process. For that i have great respect those that died and think they have done a greater service then any diety or ruler, even if not by choice.

[@thundercrosssplitattack2064]

2:45 "give the enemy no chance to rest" Rolling Thunder wants to know your location

[@غبارالملاحم]

Fly Anything Pilot they r on them land.!! Over

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

Rolling thunder was a waste of air power

[@thundercrosssplitattack2064]

@@enlightenedwarrior7119 It's hindered by politics, you dont do politics during a war... you do that after winning it...

[@KernowekTim]

@@enlightenedwarrior7119 That is because politicians had their way, as usual. In fact, Rolling Thunder, if allowed to continue, would have forced Hanoi to sue for peace. Ho Chi Minh himself said as much post-war. Presidential U.S election criteria fucked it up.... Luckily, for us all, Germany's politicians caused their forces to suffer massive defeats culminating in complete collapse of all German forces in WW2. The more the involvement of inept politicians, the greater the chance of defeat for their respective countries.

[@KernowekTim]

@@thundercrosssplitattack2064 Perfectly worded. You nailed it.

[@thuhuong6135]

you can win against an army, but you can never win against an entire people🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@glendooer6211]

Never bail out over an area you have justed bombed.

[@johnwic5213]

First 25 seconds of this documentary put me to sleep

[@BernhardRottweiler]

From Min. 22:09 That's Ed Rasimus. Flew a tour in 66 (I think) in the "Thud" and later a tour in the F-4. You can read about the missions, Karl Richter and last but not least old Roscoe in his books. "When Thunder Rolled" and "Palace Cobra".

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

I keep expecting the narrator to say, “Next week, on: Mannix....”

[@johnnylackland3992]

Yep!

[@fanfest750]

Vietnam ❤ india ❤ Love from India

[@athocuibap1910]

FANFEST Việt nam Number 1.

[@alldudu4583]

Thank you !! Love and support 🇮🇳 from Vietnam 😘

[@alldudu4583]

@@athocuibap1910 Chả liên quan -_-

[@athocuibap1910]

All Du DU liên quan qá đi chứ

[@nuocbui1003]

🇻🇳Thank you❤

[@borromine]

This positive small town booster narration makes our involvement in Vietnam sound like an advertisement. France simply invaded Vietnam in the 1860s. They then exploited the mineral, natural and manpower resources for their own benefit. The Japanese in WWII defeated them and kicked them out. Ho Chi Min fought the Japanese during WWII. The British re-armed the Japanese to suppress the Vietnamese till the French could take back over. Which they did. The Vietnamese then fought and beat the French in 1954. Ho Chi Min was National hero. Eisenhower refused to allow elections to go ahead because he knew the country would be re-unified under Ho. The US then ending up sending 550,000 soldiers to try to make the country safe for the west. They used a clique of Catholics who loathed the majority Buddhists. When you look at it, it represents a fear on the part of the west that it cannot win s fight against communism unless they kill everyone who opposes them. What really is the difference between what the British tried to do in the 1770s and Putin now on Ukraine from what the USA tried to do between 1954 and 1975. If the USA really cared about democracy and the common people, it would not need to rely on dictatorial and imperialist regimes. There are some many great things about the USA and Americans but Vietnam was a dumb war fought on the wrong side.

[@leonardofabbro7847]

that human and economic waste started with a false flag attack.... very sad and revolting.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

The khmer rouge wasn't a false flag.

[@leofabbro456]

@@TheBigMclargehuge it was an answer to the american agression. You wanted them to stay quiet?

[@jackjohnson7396]

Brave U.S. pilots and military there. Some are suffering out in the streets homeless, to this day. They did not ask for it, just wanted to be a good American. Doing the right thing, to serve their country. Much respect for them...

[@malvinacarabas5768]

Always fighting weak and poor countries .. and still manage to lose the wars.

[@jasonhenry5396]

Because it wasn’t about winning, it was about money. Haven’t you realized that yet?

[@jehugo66]

When I joined the USAF in 1986 we had many excellent pilots and ground crew who were Vietnam, some even Korea Veterans in the unit I ended up at in Air Guard, 103D TAC Fighter Group. They had flown the 105 and rotated through Vietnam. It was the static display plane on the base. This is like seeing those guys 15 years younger.

[@mwkop39]

KnoxTN Yankee bb

[@ashokiimc]

What do you think they remembered most bout the war?

[@langlaisjean-claude9418]

les amerloques assassins sont quand même partis la""queue entre les jambes""après leurs saloperies ""

[@Haddley333]

@@ashokiimc that's a loaded question. I like watching honest interviews and most seem to say it's the ones that didn't make it back

[@rabidfarmer9765]

1986 - I was neck-deep in snow in South Korea...during Team Spirit. LOL>

[@makfrags14]

Cameraman: y'all having fun?

[@-VANO-]

Никарагуа 80-е Иран 87 Панама 89 Ирак 91 Кувейт 91 Сомали 93 Босния 94 Судан 98 Афганистан 98 Югославия 99 Йемен 2002 Ирак 91 - 2003 Ирак 2003 -2015 Афганистан 2003 -2015 Пакистан 2007 -2015 Сомали 07 - 08 -11 Йемен 09 - 11 Ливия 11- 15 Сирия 11- 15 Что в этих странах забыли военные США?

[@ruleofthumb6425]

Could you turn up the annoying ringing sound please. It’s not irritating enough.

[@Trinhtrilieu1994]

VietNam 1 - 0 America

[@michaelhenebry1140]

Instead of America, it should have shown "Johnson/McNamara 0"

[@hestunugroho23]

Akhirnya as kalah like hitler and go from vietnam 🇻🇳as other 1 champion 🏆world War 2. 1960 - 1975. Cold War 1950 - 1980. Korean and Vietnam and Dll. Di menangkan Uni Soviet hingga sekarang. 2023.😀😀😀😀😀👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿.

[@hestunugroho23]

Like Basar Asyaad Suriah dengan Mr Puttin. About isis fuck. 😀👍🏿.

[@mitty76]

Don’t blame the troops! Not there fault, all they did was there job. It was the politicians,pen pushes Their to blame!!!! Tim

[@alan30189]

It’s “their,” “their,” and “they’re.” Learn how to use the words. You messed it up three times in a row. 🙄

[@cr125bfg2]

Yeah as long as it's your job, it's fine. Seems logical.

[@romanluna1758]

Right. The whole business started with a false assertion of an attack on the USS Maddox...which never happened. Ending with the death of 58,000 people 20 years later.

[@joshmo8136]

Fortunately they were beat

[@joshmo8136]

@@romanluna1758 millions

[@pjhudson5344]

The air commandos, jolly green CSAR - we need a movie dedicated to the craziest bunch of pilots that ever flew - the most dangerous mission in history of combat.. Diller, Hudson couple of sandy pilots 602SOS 69-70 NKP - cholly cholly yu no 1! Those pilots fought in their own mess, unlike jet strikes - the 602SOS fought in the napalm it dropped, the sights, the smells those were some hard core pilots dedicated to getting their fellow airmen out from behind enemy lines. Love to do a movie with real A-1s, no CGI crap - real airplanes.

[@ブラックピンクバンクハウスミュージック]

Benar benar terjebak di dunia internet dan mendapatkan banyak hiburan melalui secarik kertas yang bisa menghambat pertumbuhan pinjaman kenegaraan.

[@victor-emmanuel7485]

Very interesting footage I had not seen before 👍

[@buzzard1013]

Lt Richter that was interviewed went on and flew another 98 missions after his 1st 100 missions (he could have gone home after 100). He was killed on that 198th mission.

[@user-jv4ic8rh4d]

Lt Richter "if we don't stop communism here, we wait until it hit Australia"... The man would be sick if he saw his country today.

[@WhuDhat]

Damn, R.I.P.

[@user-jv4ic8rh4d]

@Bernard de Fontaines Lt Richter wasn't Australian either... Why i said he would be sick if he saw HIS country today.

[@nguyendieu9992]

Đất nước tôi đã chịu những bom đạn của Mỹ, nhiều người vô tội đã chết

[@bryanhernandez7557]

Looks like Vietnam needed some more freedom.

[@jamesbonde4470]

Yeah, like Iraq, Syria, Libya,Yemen, Lebanon. They should leave our peaceful, democratic country alone. We should set them up with electronic voting machines, mail-in ballots, disappearing ink. Fair and honest elections.

[@frankierzucekjr]

This has really been fascinating. Thank you everyone for your service, and welcome home. God bless you all.

[@robertlipszic3315]

what do u call a service? going abroad and kill kids and women? in the name of what?!

[@nguyenhung-uu7vx]

"THANKS FOR INVADING ???" fck off

[@dieslike]

Убийцы мирных жителей попадут в ад

[@JeanLucCaptain]

over one million Vietnamese dead defending themselves fom alien invaders. Loas is a giant minefield of US UXOs' decades later. that is the legacy we left behind here.

[@QSL.]

Fighting communists over there, but it was seating in the us capital! What joke!

[@stevedee900]

If you hate the USA move to another country. Give you a few months an your ax will be back.

[@QSL.]

@@stevedee900 why love it here, just laughing at fail coup...and all the dumb people that going for 20 plus 10! Bunch of dumbass !

[@waynecobra1534]

Vietnam vet here, In 1967 the F-4C were fun to watch. Left seat door gunner flying low level skimming the tree tops. when napalm was delivered the fireball was deadly. I flew with the 155AHC most often with a UH-1C gunship.

[@ashokiimc]

What do you remember most bout the war?

[@trainnerd3029]

Thank you for your service sir! I am the father of an Afghanistan combat veteran

[@robrak3569]

How many innocent lives did you take away? Must be too many to remember or too routine to care!

[@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050]

@@ashokiimc The innocents killed and destruction he left behind.

[@schoolssection]

Left seat door gunner? In an F-4C???

[@adamcarroll8356]

All that technology & fire power n still lost

[@lbatt6543]

While the description of this video is OK, the title has NOTHING to do with the ACES of SE Asia.

[@ewetoo]

LOL no half of it is a defence contractor sales brochure, its bizarre.

[@sunspotst7697]

we never got to stop the flow of supply coming down from the north...

[@joshmo8136]

Thank God

[@JustinoFPS]

os americanos tinham um puta treinamento e o modo de combate pareciam terroristas atirando pro nada kkkkkkkkkkkkk supressão que diz

[@stephenjohnson9640]

31:27 Goose's dad!!!

[@johnr8820]

My grandfather said out of about 100 missions he only flew in Vietnam a handful of times in his Douglas A-1E.

[@Strasnilo]

Horrible war crimes were committed by the Americans against the virtually unarmed Vietnamese, both soldiers and civilians. The primeval forests were destroyed with various poisons. In the end, however, the Vietnamese won.

[@Geojr815]

It’s embarrassing and honestly unbelievable that US failed so terribly in this war

[@meinname3222]

Thanks for very intressing viedeos !!!👍👍👍

[@joetu6520]

We just never learn....hope the next generation is smarter and avoid the madness of warfare become better than their predecessors. War only slow humanity's progress for knowledge and cost death and destruction leading to extinction. Imagine the first time you open your eyes to life and all you see and hear are bombs and bullets flying all around you, you think you are in HELL and wanted to crawl back in..... 'cause I was the one, born in Vietnam during the war.

[@W163-o4j]

i think i heard this narrators voice a million times in documentarys.

[@rickyrobertson8064]

He is a movie star, never seen combat. Saying what he is READING.

[@Kilroy422]

My mans really said 25 hour day

[@jondoe406]

We sent entire sorties risking dozens of men and millions of dollars of equipment to bomb foot pathes and rice paddies 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@ikramullah5603]

inspite of all power America defeated by Vietnam and now same situation in Afganistan.

[@coling3398]

IKRAM ULLAH only because of politics 😂 if we wanted to we could end both of those countries in a second

[@kirknicholson9485]

It's impossible to beat an entrenched local population no matter who you are. we totally kicked ass in the war. The actual numbers speak for themselves but it doesn't matter when you have an indigenous population that will not give up and that is the same with Afghanistan.

[@elzorro7of9]

The United States, along with their allies (The Republic of Vietnam, South Korean, Australian, Thailand, New Zealand), lost about 12,500 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs. North Vietnam lost 150 - 170 aircraft and helicopters.

[@josephsmith6777]

To be fair the north didnt g Have a ton of aircraft most allied air assets fell to ground to air missles

[@jagdpanther2224]

For the Vietnam Communists, 150 aircrafts were a huge of military assets !At most they have 300 aircrafts donated by Soviet Union & China

[@elzorro7of9]

@@jagdpanther2224 I think that is fairly obvious. And your point is? They still won overall. Beat the French, beat the US.

[@sillygoose2508]

@@elzorro7of9 but the losses of the vietcong was mind boggling sure they were a determined and very disaplende group of people with a will that couldn't easily be broken with all the air support and death from above they choose to go under ground and not let their spirit be broken most society's couldn't take that constant bombing on a daily basis

[@peskylogicchillinsky6007Futube]

@@elzorro7of9 is usa not in control of the world still? Hows vietnam doing today? Yeah Vietnam sure did win... lol

[@MAFIA-j7v]

USA💪🏾💯🇺🇲🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hakutosaitou0078]

I love VietNam I'm from vietnam

[@philippebaronBARON]

north vietnam air force has 16 aces with between 5 to 11 american aircraft shot down

[@josephroy06]

in 1945, if america have help Ho chi minh ( when he was a Nationalist first, communist 2nd) in establishing a Normal vietnam, things could have been much better for the Vietnamese people.

[@gegegec]

If that happened things will quitr different. But US choosed france.

[@cavscout62]

America DID help him. Little known history. As usual, those whom she helps turn on her every time.

[@josephroy06]

@cavscout, really......, or britain and france bullied their way, i appreciated american generals who are their in 1945, but your politicians got bullied by those european politicians marking their colonies again, ho chi minh did go to paris and what the french did to him,

[@gegegec]

@Ameen Shindoli yes at that time it was politicaly right decision.

[@tienhanus]

Yes, youre right

[@jonathanfrancisespina1565]

Still the US LOST the vietnam war. With all their air assets and yet they were unmatched by Vietnamese.

[@hallupnorth1082]

no we win a

[@hallupnorth1082]

lost 50 k and killed 1 million plus! we won

[@thinhkieu9285]

@@hallupnorth1082 999k of farmer, women and even Children . Yea real heroes 🤣

[@somitpal5906]

there is no glory in war, humanity should understand this.

[@cbm2156]

And there is no glory in not defending yourself against aggressors. Liberals should understand that.

[@nicolasvillamil7523]

@@cbm2156 Nobody was aggressive towards us until we invaded Vietnam lmao. We jumped the gun because we were brainwashed into believing the domino effect. There is no glory in playing world police.

[@cblancin7244]

I agree with you on that point, but I think it's important to remember that the world was perceiving communist aggression from many different viewpoints and there were some that supported the action while others against it. CBM 215 has a point and so do you. And there was some truth to the domino effect if you examine what did take place in Eastern Europe and the Korean Peninsula. I would say that without UN/US interventions on some level we would've seen more soviet back states spring up throughout the cold war. Just my 2 cents though

[@nicolasvillamil7523]

@@cblancin7244 Good point, I recant my assertion that the domino effect had no merit. When looking through the eyes of the USA at that time I can understand their worries.

[@cblancin7244]

@@nicolasvillamil7523 As a side note most people agree that if the south vietnamese government had been less corrupt and less infighting they may have had more success winning the support of the people it was like supporting your lesser of your enemy and that never works out

[@mothman411]

23:18 "Major Hite" you couldn't make it up lol

[@juansantana8448]

and for all their "mighty power" they still failed, and so when another empire

[@اناعربایرانیوافتخر]

Well done vietnams people Our people love your resistanse against occupier american army.

[@suthungting]

dont worry vietnam love america...

[@sioyen7774]

shameful defeat to the hidden US. 😂😂😂😂