“Soviet troops in North Vietnam. These SAMs shot down a lot of my brothers.”
You can thank Macnamara for that. It was hands off and the SAM sites were never cleared. Terrible circumstances, and the traitorous scum were never hanged for their treachery.
May those who perished rest in peace. My blood still boils when I think about that.
Every decision based on politics; nothing on military objectives. Men died due ot this interference.
Best book on this is Going Downtown: The War Against Hanoi and Washington by Jack Broughton