Walter Cronkite did the lead in on a report on the Battle of Ia Drang Valley - 1965, first major battle in Vietnam. While a win for us - we lost a lot of men - war is like that.
At the end of the report the reporter (the field reporter, or maybe it was Cronkite in “summary”) says something like,
“So while the battle is considered by some to be a victory, it remains to be seen how long the American public will stand as the number of these boys coming home in body bags only increases.” (Footage of the body bags laid out on the ground behind).
The first major battle of the war!!
That’s why they don’t allow live reporting from a combat zone any longer. The press used it to divide the nation in the 60’s and early 70’s. And you wonder why so many brave American soldiers were reviled when they returned from Vietnam.
Was he a reporter in WW2?