I found out years after my mom passed away that her father had served in WW1. I do not know if she was aware of his service or not, she never mentioned him being a veteran. Mom was born in 1939 so it was well after that war ended. I do remember her telling me how German POWs on our family farm were deathly afraid of her father. He spoke their language and when he would walk out of the farm house into the yard, all of the POWs would jump up and come to attention, regardless of what they were doing. She said more often than not after he spoke to them one of the soldiers would have soiled themselves. I do remember Mom telling me no one in the family understood why or how he knew German, they just figured it was something he learned “up north”.
*Vietnam basically told the Soviets they weren’t going to get the rest of the Third World without a fight.* They’re investment was material-who won?
NATO-stay or leave? The French are leading the formation of a European army independent of us. They’re being brave-no war.
Korea/Japan? They’re rich. The Philippines? Corrupt. Ripe for internal or external intimidation. No one there likes the Chicoms.
Viet Nam bought us time for capitalism in China/USSR? Not worth 58k lives.