Lost Heroes of the War on Terror: Gallant Deeds and Untold Tales
Jimmy if you served in Nam, I thank you for it.
If you want to know about the partition of Vietnam, you should really find out why this was done and what where the terms of the Geneva Accords, and who violated them. You should then read the SEATO treaty and see why we where supposed to go. The only thing I will agree with you in this matter is the idea that when you fight a war you fight to win, and we did not. We don’t seem to be able to do that any more. However, we where not defeated in Nam, we did not loose, even when we left in 1973 the South Vietnamese where holding their own against the North and its allies by themselves. Furthermore, they continued to do so until 1975 when our congress eliminated the funding they had committed to provide them. At the time we were providing around 300 million dollars a year while the Soviets were providing over 1 billion. Once we did this the South could not defend itself. Check the history. Incidentally I served 1967-1970.
