[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

12 Feb 55 - President Eisenhower's administration sends 1st 350 U.S. advisers to South Vietnam
to train the South Vietnamese Army
08 Jun 56 - 1st American advisor was killed
5 Sep 56 - President Eisenhower tells a news conference that the French are
"involved in a hopelessly losing war in Indochina"

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Vipers Vietnam Veterans Page, A Vietnam Veteran & Proud Web Site
About Vietnam

The Vietnam war was the longest in our nation's history.
1st American advisor was killed on June 08, 1956,
and the last casualties in connection with the war occurred on May 15, 1975, during the Mayaquez incident. Approximately 2.7 million Americans served in the war zone; 300,000 were wounded and approximately 75,000 permanently disabled. Officially there are still 1,991 Americans unaccounted for from SE Asia.

Vietnam was a savage, in your face war where death could and did strike from anywhere with absolutely no warning. The brave young men and women who fought that war paid an awful price of blood, pain and suffering. As it is said: "ALL GAVE SOME ... SOME GAVE ALL"
The Vietnam war was not lost on the battlefield. No American force in ANY other conflict fought with more determination or sheer courage than the Vietnam Veteran.  For the first time in our history America sent it's young men and women into a war run by inept politicians who had no grasp of military strategies and no moral will to win. They were led by "top brass" who were concerned mainly with furthering their own careers, most neither understood the nature of the war nor had a clue about the impossible mission with which they'd tasked their soldiers.  And the war was reported by a self serving Media who penned stories filled with inaccuracies, deliberate omissions, biased presentations and blatant distorted interpretations because they were more interested in a story than the truth! It can be debated that we should never have fought that war. It can also be argued that the young Americans who fought so courageously, never losing a single major battle, helped in a huge way to WIN THE COLD WAR.

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Long Cut]

Great post, Brother. I've gotten tired of the media invoking Vietnam like an incantation of failure, myself.

My cousin and Godfather, Richard, died in VN when his medevac helicopter, MARKED WITH A RED CROSS, was shot down in 1969. His mother and father visit his grave every year on his birthday to this day.

It disgusts me to see how his, and their, sacrifice is denigrated to this day.

[Aeronaut]

GWB is my President. He can do what's required in my name, anytime.

[DollyCali]

Good Post Tonk.

Did you see the movie : The Quiet AMerican? 2002 . Michael Caine.

Set in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1952 during the French Indochina war, THE QUIET AMERICAN is based on the mystery story by Graham Greene - a good flick.. NOt well publicized or seen on many screens. Interesting take on how things "got started"

[Larry Lucido]

Thanks for that!

[ODC-GIRL]

Thank you for posting this. The braying from the DemoncRATS about a "Vietnam-like Quagmire" is nauseating and disgusting. It does a huge disservice to the men and women serving. It places them in even more danger by providing aid and comfort to the enemy. Oh for a GIANT ROLL of DUCT TAPE!

[Laura Earl]

Bravo!

[Protagoras]

I like Ike.

[kellynla]

Thanks for the ping and the post.

Welcome Home!

Never Forget!

Viet Nam Veterans Against John Kerry
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[SevenofNine]

Okay so what is Dubya is he like Reagan or he just his own man

Is that article refer to 68???

Be honest with you Dubya take on his mom side of the family I THINK

[7thson]

Amen! I was not there - too young as I graduated from HS and enlisted in 76 - but our service members who served were dishonorably treated, especially by those who were there and came back to protest. The best and brightest were in Nam, not dicking the dog here in the states!

[metesky]

bttt

[Blue Scourge]

Good post...the troops didn't lose Vietnam, the politicians left them out to dry....lets hope we never repeat those mistakes.

[editor-surveyor]

"And the war was reported by a self serving Media who penned stories filled with inaccuracies, deliberate omissions, biased presentations and blatant distorted interpretations because they were more interested in a story than the truth!"

Almost right Tonk; It wasn't just any story they wanted, they wanted a story that would totally demoralize America.