US pride is gone. Good for you buy do not point out something that should exist but doesn't, because traitors vote traitors in and our country is quite literally being sold to China. Ha. US pride: made in China.
The big question is: What did Vietnam as a whole country achieve in this war? Obviously not much apart from suffering from heavy casualty, loss of life, destruction, division of people's heats and mind and worst of all is that the failed ideology of communism / socialism has been imposed on everyone since 1975.
I recently visited Củ Chi tunnels, by far the best experience ive had in Vietnam that hasn't involved drinking and karaoke. Highly recommend it to anybody that has had a military backround for an Allied nation. It really highlights how resourceful the Vietnamese army was.
@@hsplayerguy00 Don't expect too many requirements, and do not feel unwelcome because of being American. I heard from many people the vietnamese hold no grudges towards Americans(I know some are worried)
two recordings were taken of the viet cong officer's execution, one was a photograph by american photographer and the other was a film recording by my great-uncle when he was working as a cameraman. my great-uncle always mentioned how abrupt the whole event was, and intially they thought the captain was just trying to be intimidating. he spent seven more years covering the war and only made it out eight days before Saigon capitulated. the media was hesitant to release the footage because they thought it was too graphic, but to him it was just another gruesome scene he happened to record. there's probably countless more out there that didn't make it to the public eye, but in the end we'll never truly know.
Oh man it is a pleasure to know a relative of the camera man, yes i recall reading that day they thought they would film an interrogation and instead they witnessed an execution
the man shot apparently just murdered a bunch of innocent families belonging to the local gov't there, that's why they blew his head off as soon as he was captured.
apparently that vc was a civilian killer that assassinated the south vietnamese officers childhood friend and his family (including his 80 year old mother, wife and 6 children)
As a history major I love to analyze war and political development around them and my favorite war to learn about is the Vietnam war, my campus is offering the first ever Vietnam course taught on campus both form China occupying Vietnam, to colonial French Vietnam and then finally the Vietnam war. Thanks Simple history for expanding the knowledge around the Vietnam war!
Is there an opportunity to study in Vietnam? While the war museum in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City is certainly biased, it contains some rare photographs from the war time, and can provide a different viewpoint in terms of the effects of the war. The stories of survivors of the chemical weapons campaigns are especially poignant! While veteran stories from Western and allied forces tell some of that story, the stories of natives were much more moving, IMO. When I was there last, there was a whole section devoted to the long-term issues that natives were experiencing. People born around when I was and after were still suffering with the damage the war caused, physically. And, of course, we can endlessly debate whether this was a war that needed to be fought, or not...
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers. This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
My grandfather participated in fighting the French in the Dien Bien Phu campaign, my father marched to the South to maintain security after liberation and he stayed to continue participating in the campaign to destroy the Khmer Rouge regime after China. .My two uncles joined the fight against the Chinese invaders of the provincesnorthern border. You learn more about the war against Chinese invaders that lasted for 10 years from 1979 to 1989. This was a very fierce war, the number of Chinese soldiers killed was up to 60,000. equal to the number of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam War over the course of 20 years. Welcome world friends who love Vietnam and love Vietnamese history
As a southern chinses from Guangxi, im call your BS, 60000 dead? It was small scale clashes after 1979. I can agree with maybe 5000 dead over the span of 10 years, but 60000? Yeah right.
@@johndoe7270 . Mỹ tạo ra một cuộc chiến tranh ủy nhiệm mà người Ukraine ngây thơ đang là nạn nhân. Tổ chức khủng bố IS cũng do Mỹ tạo nên. Cần phải thay đổi lại trật tự thế giới đa cực
Our country should not have gotten involved in the internal affairs of Vietnam. It tore both of our countries apart and killed so many good people on both sides.
I took a class on the Vietnam war and my professor had us read some amazing books that completely changed my perspective. The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh and Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, the Diary of Damg Thuy Tram literally brought me to tears. Overall such a sad and horrible war that rely should’ve never happened in the first place that killed countless American soldiers and over 1 million Vietnamese.
American used Vietnam Cambodia and Laos as a dumpster to dumped their outdated weapons they mass produced for WW2 which is why a lot of the bombs didn’t work . America were in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism while dealing the Soviet . As soon as Soviet collapsed , they left the dumpster for Vietcong 🤣
Tet is a traditional festive holiday in VN when people are meant to show peace and goodwill to each other . Viet Cong took advantage of the occasion and violated the ceasefire when firing at people of South VN. Their aim was to maximize the horror, the damage to people of South VN at that time. It's a dirty and low-life tactic if you ask me.
@@ongmat4439 yeah but remember who attacked innocent villagers and brutaly killed them for the reason of supporting VC even if there is no proof what a "clean" and "high level tactic"
@@ucdungn2859 Yeah, we do remember who mercilessly slaughtered thousands of innocent lives in the invasion - it was none other than VC. If you want to know the truth, go and ask the survivors who witnessed the horror themselves, or seek out the elders in Hue and listen to the tales of atrocity they will narrate with tears in their eyes. I'll just tell you a little bit of the unforgiven things the VC has done during the Tet 1968. - The innocent people were forced into holes in the ground, only to be killed by grenades thrown at them by the VC. - They used pickaxes and shovels to destroy the heads of those who did not support the VC. - They killed the whole family if the father was in the Republican Vietnam Army. And there are more :), the things I couldn't imagine how they could do that to their own people. The US army, in collaboration with the Republican Vietnam Army, were present on the ground to safeguard and evacuate the people from the clutches of you VC during the Tet 1968. The evidence of this can be seen in numerous footages and documents available to the public, so I wonder where are yours to prove your point? Believe me, I searched for that and there is none. The destruction in Kinh Thanh Hue, with the facing towards the North, is clear evidence that your VC forces were responsible for firing the cannons towards the gates of the city and still you people blame the US army for that.
While I do like some war movies, I can’t help but agree with Jimmy Stewart on why he didn’t like doing war movies: he was a war hero himself who believed that no movie (doesn’t matter if the film is good) can truly capture the horrors and fears during the times. Thank you to all who served, deceased and living.
Everyone had to have been suffering, going through a nightmare like that.
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My heart would drop if I were assigned to do a tunnel rat job because I’m 5’5 and small enough to get into hard to reach places. Plus I hate the dark, snakes, creepy crawlies. I wouldn’t know how to cope with doing that. That’s why I respect the men who did and never came back from those dark places to ever see light or their family and friends again. Hats off 💯
My advice for people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe. Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels. Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil.
Most, if not all of the tunnel rats were volunteers. Most of them were guys with troubled pasts and this was a way to show how tough and valuable they were. It worked if they survived.
@@BMRiding yeah, but those were COOL something's intimidating about a bomb being called "little boy." Like, what's "Big Man?" there was a sense of dread for those
This is the document of the US government trying to justify their failure. in fact if they had won, they wouldn't have had to withdraw and drown in the sea or jostle in helicopters. they did not detail the number of American soldiers killed, the number of B52s shot down or the dropping of bombs and Agent Orange on Vietnam.
My dad served 3 tours in Vietnam as a US marine. Although he rarely spoke of the war, he did share with me pretty much everything you covered on here but let’s just say in more horrifying detail. Mad respect for him and all military that served in Vietnam and all other wars.
@@jozsefflaisz they weren’t beaten by technology and such. They were beaten by will power because it was Vietnam home. If Vietnam would attack America on America soil then the similar outcome would occur.
@@jozsefflaisz US lost 😂 more than 2 millions us troops, 600,000 Koreand Aus Thai …. 1300000 betral VNCH , 15 million tons of boom, 7.3 million liters dioxin … and US DID LOST 🤫
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
I Highly recommend researching about the picture in the thumbnail, it is called "Saigon execution" has a good story and happens that the guy shooting is actually the victim in the situation
Yep. He was a South Vietnamese officer by the name of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, and the guy he executed was a notorious Vietcong officer named Nguyen Van Lem. Lem was accused of murdering South Vietnamese Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Tuan, his wife, six children, and the officer’s 80-year-old mother and was summarily executed by Loan in the now famous photo. Sad thing is, the photo was used for propaganda purposes against the south Vietnamese as being seen as brutal, remorseless killers. Loan would live the rest of his life in shame over that photograph because so few people knew the actual truth behind it. Loan would pass away on July 14th, 1998 at the age of 67.
The most brutal part of the Vietnam war was the politicians trying to run the war from the desk of Washington on a daily basis while wearing their suits and ties
Thật là buồn và đau lòng khi coi lại những thước phim trên, là người vietnam hiện tại chúng tôi không quên được những gì chiến tranh đã tàn phá đau thương, mong hoà bình trên toàn thế giới, chúng tôi đã gác lại quá khứ hướng tới tương lai, chúng tôi muốn làm bạn với tất cả các dân tộc trên thế giới. Giờ vietnam đã bình yên và đang ngày hội nhập sâu rộng, mong các bạn tới thăm quê hương chúng tôi tươi đẹp. welcome to vietnam!
I have been suprised how the vietnamese people have put the evil perpatrated against the people of vietnam aside and moved on. I have not been to your country but i have known several vietnamese that came to my country. i have loved those people.
We are the generation of Vietnamese students, if anyone asks me if I am ready to fight to defend the Fatherland, I will always and forever, even if I become a soul, I will always fight proudly.
What did Vietnamese people achieve in this war? Not much. The country is still divided in people's hearts and mind. A failed ideology of communism / socialism is imposed on the country until now.
@@ongmat4439 As a fellow Vietnamese, I can say that Communism isn't even applied to the core. If the doctrine Communism was applied to Vietnam, why aren't they developing and getting richer? Can't wait for the bộ đội to see how useless Hoe Chi Minh's government was.
@@realdragao6367 vietnam is worse than singapore, indonesia, india, china, japan, south korea, malaysia, and still a lot more from middle east. I don't think vietnam is better than most of asia🤷♂️
I’m a 39yr old American. I understand there are times for war but I have yet to really comprehend the reason this one went so far. I understand supporting allies yet this war still seems mostly senseless
It was literally the same situation as in Korea, the US helped the defenders not the attackers. If they succeeded they would be praised but winners write history
Yep 1.1 million north vietnamese without counting the kids infected by the toxic material left by the us bombing. The us lost on his side 60.000 soldiers. Litterally a near genocide
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
I was a young ignorant 18 year old Marine in 1971 , served. 17 months out of Danang and Phu Bai with 5th ANGLICO and the intervening years have told me , I had no business in those people country.
My grandfather and grandmother participated in the war against the US invasion of Vietnam, it is an honor to both receive medals, I am very honored for that. America had a senseless war in Vietnam and that's when I saw their machinations, but that's all in the past, today America and Vietnam are almost total partners. Put aside the past and look towards a beautiful future for friendship and cooperation relationships for mutual development.
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers. This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
The Vietnam war was instigated by the North VN. emboldened by the international communism led by Russia and China. As part of the grand scheme, Russia and China wanted to spread the communism/socialism across Viet Nam. The leader of North VN at the time was Ho Chi Minh being a member of the international communism. The deal was that Russia and China supported HCM politically (kept him in power), supplied North VN with weapons/logistics and HCM would need to do his part, which is to spread communism in VN. To do it, HCM and the Northern aggressors started a destructive war against the South. At that time, the Southerners were living in peace and they were generally thriving in a young democracy and developing economy. Facing the attack from the Northern aggressors, the South only defends themselves with the help of the US. Regrettably, the US messed up their war efforts and cut off the supplies in 1973. As a result, the South run of ammo and the war ended. What did the Viet Nam as a country achieve in this destructive war? Obviously not much apart from loss of life (estimated 4 millions), destruction and chaos, division of people's heart and mind and the worse of all is that the failed ideology of communism / socialism has been imposed on the whole country ever since.
@@HereGoesKevinso why are you living in the USA? Go back to your own country then, cuz apparently you definitely don't have an American father, do you?
I was active in the Vietnam antiwar movement. We knew we were on the right side of history after reading the history of Vietnam and its long struggle against foreign invaders. The Tet Offensive was truly the turning point. I was a high school student but I remember how shocked everyone was. Before Tet most Americans were for the war. Tet changed that. By the fall of '69 most Americans were against the war. The antiwar actions across the country were massive.
@@stevelee6283 Its pretty controversial ideas. I born in 2003, most of the time I hear that boat people they want to left Ho Chi Minh because they do not want to live in a crucial environment and they think communist come and take everything from them. In case after 80 yrs of independent. VN has been developing and citizen leave in property now. Also some people don’t like the current political system so they leave
I used to work with a former officer in the South Vietnamese army in a US factory. He was bitter towards the US. He knew I was an organizer against the war. We rarely talked politics. He used to always say that he could not understand this country. He said the day that Saigon fell (4/30/75) North Vietnamese military cadre were going door to door asking if anyone knew where he was. Apparently, he was well known to them. And very much wanted. I heard about 10 years ago that he had a stroke.
Thank you @jaysonbiggs8979 We are always grateful to the peace-loving American people who always took to the streets to protest the Vietnam War. We were also taught by the government about what the American people did in those years. We really love you very much and need peace, welcome you from Vietnam
This war was one the USA shouldn't have stuck their noses in. It was way to brutal and the majority of the people fought eigther for communism or against USA...
After having been to Vietnam and learned what they were fighting for and how the French tried to colonize then and then the states jumped in to prevent a domino effect but half the small country with not the best weapons had the balls to fight them off.....I have a different opinion.
My father fought in Vietnam. Did what his country told him to do and was treated horribly when he came home on leave and eventually came home for good.
I am sorry to hear that. A large number of the Americans misunderstood the nature of the VN war, they even got on the side of Northern Vietnamese communists like Jane Fonda. The anti-war movements initiated by the hippies and deserters really did damage to American society.
@@ongmat4439 i like how this american hypocryite youtuber simply avoided the mai lai massacre where US troops murdered an entire village of 500 women and children. and what do you mean by mad respect. you americans intervened in the vietnam war with zero justification, destroyed the country and murdered millions of innocent people. When russians invade ukraine, their called war criminals, but when you americans invade vietnam, you expect people to respect you. explain this hypocrisy please.
That Communist terrorist in the photo is deserved for Battlefield Execution without a trial because he killed a lot of innocent people including the best friend's family members of ARVN General Loan Nguyen. I really hate American Press took this act wrongly to support Anti-War movement and support North Vietnamese Communist propaganda 🤔😢😠😡
It's impressive how a small country can beat the world's No. 1 power. The Vietnamese are always ready to fight the invasions of other countries, but when you come with goodwill and desire to cooperate, the Vietnamese are very friendly.🇺🇲🤝🇻🇳
@@lazytoreplynonsencewords yeah I learnt Vietnam won thanks to their unity, commitment of the leaders and patriotism. I have no idea who I should believe in. Sometimes history sounds fucked up.
they where pretty well equipped ask the french at dien bin phu who were on the receiving end of soviet heavy artillery. the nva was much better equipped than the viet cong.
@@Jay-jb2vr iam not so sure about that either the us had pleanty of problems but equipment was generally not one of them if anything they where to well equipped for the sort of jungle fighting they where doing.
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
i'm a Navy Vet who was stationed aboard the USS Iwo Jima, named ater the famous Mt Sirabachi and the amphibious assault on that island and the iconic flag raising during WWII, i've learned about the a lot about the 5 flag-raisers and know of the sacrifices that were pasid to have a command named after them. so, i am at a total losss about why I have not heard abut this 2nd Lt John Paul Bobo until this video, why there hasn't been a movie made about him, or why there isn't a Marine Base named after him, when there are bases that have been named after honored members who have done far less. just my 2¢, throwin' it out there..
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
My friend’s grandpa was General Nguyen Ngoc Loan. He died after living a quiet life in Northern VA/DC Metro area. Apparently he was often harassed and called a murderer during his initial arrival to the states
Though it looks undisciplined when he as a high-rank security official shot the Viet cong guerrilla in that manner. Publicly, it did more damage than good to himself and his reputation. However, I can be totally sympathetic with him when knowing that the same Viet cong guerrilla killed 4 members of his family. The high tension and extreme pain can make people have knee-jerk and irrational responses. It would have been better if responsible people at that time were aware of the possible consequence and took action to separate him from seeing the Viet cong guerrilla.
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
In 2019 I went down into those tunnels at Củ Chi and I thought I was going to pass out. My greatest fear was that someone would get claustrophobic just in front of me and panic. It was hot and confining in the tunnels and it's something that I will never do again, but I do have video. I also have nothing but respect for the men they called Tunnel Rats.
why you respect them, you cannot respect the pp who beat you from behind. they disturb the south vn pp live, killed pp who work for south vn goverment, pp who not follow them also got killed.... communist is the most evil...
@@TakanNick why have to respect them?? they disturb the south vn pp life, they keep killing and take food frim neibourg... they was blind from communist regime... there was 200k pp gave up on communist and back to the Vn republic side.
I really hate war. My grandfather joined the revolution of the Communist Party of Vietnam, went to the south to support the southern liberation army to unify the country. My grandfather had a lot of difficulties, but until now he tells them all very haunting.The US imperialists released poison throughout the forest, causing the trees to slowly die, the streams were polluted, the Vietnamese soldiers were deformed or poisoned to death.
Vietnamese went through thousands of years from the invasion on old Chinese kingdom. Many people today just see one side of the story. If you can see another side for example: A young guy who is at 18 years old go harvesting foods. When he is returning he saw that many innocence people were killed and is blamed they are enemy. Many girls in the village got raped and then killed by the soldiers including his lover.
After all the brutal things they caused in Vietnam ( My Lai massacre, the bombing campaign in Hanoi 1972,...), a lot of politicans, usually from the US still talk about the thing that they called "human rights and democracy" when they visit Vietnam, I wonder how do they explain about the crimes that their army caused in the war 😝😝😝
The the nova invaded south VN over land and political gain but we don’t ever talk about that or how china and Russia was aiding the NVA but yea let’s blame it all on the US
@@jonathanhall9726 the support of Russia and china is just a droplets in the ocean if you compare to the supply that the US spend for the "arvn", Americans are experts in making excuses with the fact that they made up "The gulf of Tonkin" incident to intervene in south Vietnam to protect the regime that was built by the French, a brutal regime that kills a lot of Vietnamese innocent civilians under the French (before 1954) and Americans (from 1954 to 1975) command, they want to separated Vietnam like the north and south korea but finally they failed and have to run away in the last day of the April, 1975, if the US respect the Geneva agreement in 1954 that deadly and brutal war will not happen.
Vietnam is currently one of the countries most heavily contaminated with landmines and mines in the world. Particularly the number of bombs, the US military used in the Vietnam War about 15.35 million tons.. My country is proud to have repelled the imperialists who invaded us. From Vietnam
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
Its a shame that police officer never got the proper publicity for killing that psychopath. Dude would target the wifes and childern of southern police officers and military members.
20 yards from where that photo was taken was a mass grave that psychos squad filled with civilians and set it ablaze. He was rightfully executed to the smell of burning bodies he was directly responsible for. Considering the undue backlash that officer had to put up with the rest of his life it really is a shame SImpleHistory is using it as clickbait for a brutality of war video.....
Is it real or just a cover up by the US like so many cases, can you give me any proof ? Specifically the photo you mentioned. You give me an international newspaper about it, I don't expect a tabloid page to talk about it with unclear evidence.
@@mandi8345 Is it real or just a cover up by the US like so many cases, can you give me any proof ? Specifically the photo you mentioned. You give me an international newspaper about it, I don't expect a tabloid page to talk about it with unclear evidence. Hope that the picture you gave it is not a picture of a mass grave containing both VC soldiers and civilians after an American air raid and shelling.
I'm no stranger to killing civilians and saying that the VC did it, where I have a lot of it. Even South Vietnamese soldiers had to build a secret cellar in their house to protect their family members from American soldiers, I am not surprised that it is real (who is that South Vietnamese soldier, you ask, G of my cousin house)
@@Rice8730 I'm confused by your comment.. Are you saying your cousin was in the south Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War, and that he intentionally targeted and killed south Vietnamese civilians? That's messed up man.. If he were my cousin I would turn him into the authorities not brag about what he did on the internet..
It's weird to me how "point blank" became a synonym of "contact distance" when it's really not. Point Blank is really just the max distance you can fire & still be on target without having to account for bullet drop. When you zero a rifle, one method is "MPBR" (Maximum Point Blank Range). So if you have say an 8" circle for a vital zone, you zero to be able to hold dead center & never be more than 4 inches high or 4 inches low. This range can be 400+ yards with some rifles. So "Point Blank" can be 4 or 5 football fields (well over in some cases) but in common usage, people usually mean contact distance or near contact distance.
So we know that Koreans and Americans were fighting together. Which means that they were probably based together (or at least close.) Bruh, the food at base must’ve been *BUSSIN* 😩 🤤
There were limited amounts of Canadian troops in Vietnam as well. This is often left out because they weren't Technically a part of it but significant amounts of Canadian soldiers did fight in Vietnam
@@User-sb6er Unless they became us citizens before being soldiers, I don’t think they would fall as under U.S. military. It was probably a joint operation
My advice to people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe. Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels. Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil. The tour operators always want to promote this place due its historical value and for the dollars. Don't fall for it until too late.
My grandfather was the U.S. medic helicopter pilot. He told me that help with the evacuation and declined escaping the country and staying back to defend his church. He was captured for 12 year until he was released and move to the U.S.
The Northern Vietnamese aggressors started this destructive war when Ho Chi Minh was advised / ordered by the international communism to spread their failed ideology of communism / socialism across VN. International communism was led by Russia and China at that time. They provided the Northern aggressors with weapons and logistics on credit. The South VN only wanted to live in peace and they were thriving at that time. They tried to defend themselves with the help of the US. However, the US proved that they messed up their war efforts and in the end they cut the supplies to South VN. South VN run out of ammo and the war ended. What did Vietnamese people achieve in this VN war? Not much except the destruction, the division of people's heart and mind, and the Vietnamese people have to live the failed ideology of communism / socialism until now.
as a vietnamese i feel very proud of my ancestors vietnamese ancestors defeated china invaders 1000 years , mongolia , defeated french , japan , england , american and rvn America's vassals), Polpot and China (the border in 1979), there really is no other country that has had as many wars as us Vietnam.
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
All the damn boobie traps scare me, but the one that especially scares me is the punji Pits. Saw an episode of Tour of Duty and some newbie walked right into one literly feel in,* I mean dead as a door nail. Had have sucked. There was another trap that gets almost no talk was one that when you stepped on a trip wire your leg was gripped by a roped and you were then flung into a wall of sharp bamboo sticks. Saw this in John Wayne's, Green Berets near the end of the movie his South Vietnam counter part walked onto this type of trap. Dead. Probably not as common as the others but still scary to think of it. Glad I was too young only 2 years old, if I was in that conflict knowing my luck the Punji Pit would be my demise, sad 😐 to say.
If I ever fell in a snake pit the snakes wouldn't even have to bite me. I'm sure id die from a massive heart attack. I can deal with the spiders and other insects, but snakes just freak me out. I won't even touch non venomous ones.
The thumbnail image is a still photo taken from a film of the Saigon police chief shooting a VietCong in the temple. In the actual film, which is rarely seen, blood flows from the skull like a water hose turned onto full.
Perhaps one shouldn't look at this as a strictly black-or-white issue and instead look at it as something far more complex. Many wars are unnecessary. The Vietnam War is easily one of the greatest mistakes of the 20th century. However, if it weren't for countless brave men & women in the 1940s, a certain unbelievably evil German dictator would have taken over the world. Most of us wouldn't be here if that had happened.
51:06 Although we're now united as one country, there's still some animosity between the north and south, mostly from the south because they lost XD. Whenever that happens north vietnamese still makes fun of south vietnamese trying to hang onto the last evac helicopter 😅😅
