[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"



From a Must Visit Site
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.

[The Mayor]

08 Jun 56 - 1st American advisor was killed

I was 4 months old and enlisted in March of 76 at 20 years old.

What a long War! God Bless you Tonk!

[glock rocks]

All gave some... Some gave all.

Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

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[Smartass]

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[BIGLOOK]

The "Lost Platoon" and the battle in the Ia Drang valley was an American military victory. Units from the Air Cav unknowingly discovered an NVA division while seeking to recover a platoon pinned down by insurgents. Ia Drang was a turning point. The NVA had a presence in SVN.

Air Cav prevailed over superior numbers. We suffered losses which were reported in the US press.

General Vo Nguyen Giap (Victor of Dien Bien Phu) recognized at that time that Americans could be defeated through the Press and its influence on the American populace.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!

[blackie]

God Bless our Vietnam Vets ~ Bump!