vietnam war

Vietnam war history - 1 of 4

CAUTION: violent scenes - viewer discretion advised. How the US got involved in Vietnam

Tet Offensive & Khe sahn vietnam war footage

from the documentary 'Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam'

MUSIC OF THE VIETNAM WAR

VIETNAM COURAGE AND FEAR SOUNDS AND PICTURES OF THE TIMES DEDICATED TO ALL WHO FAUGHT ON AND OFF THE BATTLE FIELD EDITED BY THEA WHALEN WORKMAN

Please no discrimination, ultra-nationalistic comments, hate against the countries involved. If you do not like the video, or the ideals involved with this war, simply do not watch it. Please note that the song is NOT the "theme song" of this war, rather just a song to play with the footage. At no point was it ever intended to be the "themesong" of the vietnam war.

First Kill - Vietnam War Documentary 1/8

What is the psychology of war? Do soldiers become murderers when they enjoy killing? Is war beautiful? Are all humans capable of monstrous acts? FIRST KILL examines these and other questions, as it explores what war does to the human mind and soul. Interviews with several Vietnam veterans evoke the contradictory feelings that killing produces - fear, hate, seduction and pleasure. FIRST KILL also includes a discussion with Michael Herr, the former war correspondent who wrote the screenplays to Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, and wrote Dispatches, the best and most important book about the experiences of the combat soldier in the Vietnam War. For the last ten years Herr has refused to give any interviews, but in FIRST KILL he descends into his own dark experiences one more time. "If war was hell and only hell and there were no other colors in the palate... I don't think people would continue to make war," he says. For other people war is just work. Immediately after taking his well-known photograph of a Vietnamese general shooting a Vietcong soldier in the head, Eddie Adams went out to lunch. Other Vietnam veterans talk about similar numbing experiences, many of them continuing to suffer nightmares and are still struggling with their traumas. On the other hand, former "tunnelrat" Billy Heflin openly admits that, despite his aversion to war, he is addicted to killing, and longingly recalls his wartime experiences.

Vietnam War: US Army, Air Force and Navy in South Vietnam - The Fight for Vietnam Documentary

DVD: www.amazon.com More Vietnam War films: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com The US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, MACV, (mack vee), was the United States' unified command structure for all of its military forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. MACV was created on February 8, 1962, in response to the increase in US military assistance to South Vietnam. MACV was first implemented to assist the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Vietnam, controlling every advisory and assistance effort in Vietnam, but was reorganized on May 15, 1964 and absorbed MAAG Vietnam to its command when combat unit deployment became too large for advisory group control. The first commanding general of MACV, General Paul D. Harkins, was also the commander of MAAG Vietnam, and after reorganization was succeeded by General William C. Westmoreland in June, 1964, followed by General Creighton Abrams (July 1968) and General Frederick C. Weyand (June 1972). With the signing of the Paris Peace Accords all American and third country forces were to be withdrawn within 60 days of the cease-fire. MACV was therefore disbanded on March 29, 1973. Major component commands of MACV were: * United States Army Vietnam (USARV) * Naval Forces Vietnam (NAVFORV) * Seventh Air Force (7AF) * III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) * I Field Force, Vietnam (I FFV) * II Field Force, Vietnam (II FFV) * XXIV Corps * 5th Special Forces Group * Civil Operations and Rural Development Support (CORDS) * Studies and ...

CIA Archives: Vietnam War - Battle of Ia Drang Valley (1965 Documentary Film)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) (referred to by US fighting units as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) during the Vietnam War). The two-part battle took place between November 14 and November 18, 1965, at two landing zones (LZs) northwest of Plei Me in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam (approximately 35 miles south-west of Pleiku). The battle derives its name from the Drang River which runs through the valley northwest of Plei Me, in which the engagement took place. "Ia" means "river" in the local Montagnard language. Representing the American forces were elements of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The North Vietnamese forces included the 66th and 1st battalion/33rd Regiments of the NVA as well National Liberation Front (NLF) (known world wide as the Viet Cong) of the H15 Battalion. The battle featured close air support by US bombers. Both sides suffered heavy losses and both claimed victory. The US lost 234 dead, with 242 wounded; November 17 was the deadliest ambush for Americans in the entire Vietnam War, with 155 men killed and 126 men wounded. The battle is the subject of the critically acclaimed book We Were Soldiers Once... And Young by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. In 2002, Randall Wallace depicted the first part of the battle in the film ...

Vietnam War through O'Brien's The Things They Carried

PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING! Please do not repost the same comment over and over. I have to approve your comment before it is visible. If you keep reposting it, you will be banned. If you plagiarize someone else and post it without credit, I will delete it and then ban you. These are simples rules of netiquette. This is a video presentation by Weinlein and Dwyer that investigates Tim O'Brien's perspective of the Vietnam War through his work, The Things They Carried. Submitted for Mr. Mody's American Experience class at Burnt Hills HS. Please keep in mind that despite some of the content , this video (and all those connected to my account) is intended for use by primarily high school students. This means I will not approve comments with vulgarity or with questionable, derogatory, or inflammatory content. You are free to comment on whether or not you like/agree with the video and/or the novel it is attempting to summarize. Criticism is fair game in my eyes, as long as it is insightful and in good taste. The old song used in this video was "This is War" by Smile Empty Soul, but WMG blocked it so it had to be changed to "Fade Away" by Seether through YouTube's AudioSwap. It doesn't have anywhere near the same effect.

Martin Luther King, "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam"

Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. against the "triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism." Audio. This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy (in 1972, according to Wikipedia, in 1970, according to Grammy website) for the Best Spoken Word Recording. Excerpts of a Sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967. Text of entire speech: husseini.org Real Audio file of entire speech: www.africanbynature.com

China - Vietnam War 1979 ( Battle of Cao Bang)

China - Vietnam War 1979

Vietnam War Film

Movie made of still images from the Vietnam War

Vietnam Napalm

South Vietnamese planes dropped Napalm on a village near Saigon by mistake, during a battle with the North Vietnamese nearby. Many civilians including children and babies were badly injured. www.itnsource.com ITN T29067201

The Vietnam War

Featuring footage from such Vietnam classics as Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, and Platoon, this compilation combines all these works of art together to create a bold and uncompromising look at the Vietnam War. Music featured: The End by The Doors, In The House/In A Heartbeat by John Murphy, and East Hastings by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Vietnam - War Pigs

Music video about Vietnam was featuring War Pigs by Black Sabbath

Vietnam war - attack on viet cong village

Footage from 'The Anderson Platoon' (1966)

Vietnam War to Fortune Son

Vietnam slide show to the song fortune son

Vietnam War - The Impact of Media

Vietnam War - "The Impact of Media" explores in detail the 'media distortions' due to television's misrepresentations during the Vietnam War. It rebuts the view promoted by PBS 's 13-part documentary series, "Vietnam: A Television History". The rebuttal also applies to "The Ten Thousand Day War" series. "The Impact of Media" is a must-see for historians and politicians alike. The late president Ronald Reagan lauded this rebuttal video when he watched it and said that it's "something all Americans should see". Made in 1984. You can download the full one hour version here (high quality): www.megaupload.com **** My Lai Massacre, Hue Massacre, Buried Alive, Tet Offensive 1968, Vietnamese New Year, Anti-war's distortions, Boat people, Genocide, Pol Pot, Truong Nhu Tang, Defector, Vietcong, Embassy, Memorial, Veterans, Guerilla War, Communists, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NLF, Nguyen Van Thieu, Ngo Dinh Diem, Richard Nixon, Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Cao Ky, Vo Nguyen Giap, Communism, Cold War, Anti-war Pro-war demonstrations, Mao Tse tung, Journalistic Errors, Executing a Vietcong, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Reconstructed, Eddie Adams, Khe Sanh, Hanoi, Bombing, General, Television, Propaganda.

Operation Montagnard Against the Viet Cong: Vietnam War - US Army Special Forces Training

DVD: www.amazon.com More Vietnam War films: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com The Degar (referred to by French colonists as Montagnard) are the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The term Montagnard means "mountain people" in French and is a carryover from the French colonial period in Vietnam. In Vietnamese, they are known by the term thượng (highlanders) - this term can also be applied to other minority ethnic groups in Vietnam. Thượng is the Vietnamese adaptation of the Chinese "Shang" (上). Montagnard was the term, typically shortened to "Yard", used by US military personnel in the Central Highlands during the Vietnam War. However the term has been viewed as derogatory and the official term is now Người dân tộc thiếu số (literally means minority people). Before the Vietnam War, the population of the Central Highlands, estimated at between 3 and 3.5 million, was almost exclusively Degar. Today, the population is approximately 4 million, of whom about 1 million are Degars. The 30 or so Degar tribes in the Central Highlands comprise more than six different ethnic groups who speak languages drawn primarily from the Malayo-Polynesian, Tai, and Mon-Khmer language families. The main tribes, in order of population, are the Jarai, Rhade, Bahnar, Koho, Mnong, and Stieng. Originally inhabitants of the coastal areas of the region, they were driven to the uninhabited mountainous areas by invading Vietnamese and Cambodians beginning prior to the 9th century ...

CIA Archives: Vietnam War Special - Con Thien Battle (1967)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Con Thien (Tiếng Việt: Cồn Tiên, meaning the "Hill of Angels"), was a United States Marine Corps combat base located near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone about 3 km from North Vietnam. It was the site of fierce fighting from February 1967 through February 1968. In September 1967 the NVA started their major shelling. 152mm howitzers, 120mm and 82mm mortars and 122mm rockets hit the base daily. During the climax of the attack (September 19--27, 1967) over three thousand rounds of artillery pounded the fire base. On September 25, a reported 1200 rounds pounded the hill sides of the 158m mound of red dirt. September and October 2nd Battalion 4th Marines was involved three major battles. Sept 21st the Battle of Phu Oc southeast of Con Thien with the 90th NVA Regiment. Oct 14th the Battle of WashOut Bridge south of Con Thien on route 561 also with 90th NVA Regiment. Oct 25 - 27th the Battle for Hill 48 northeast of Cam Lo. The BN CO was wounded and the BN XO was killed. The Marine Corps rotated battalions in and out of Con Thien every thirty days. The constant shelling and the threat of an NVA assault took a psychological toll on the Marines, the base was nicknamed "Our Turn in the Barrel" and "the Meat Grinder", while the DMZ was said to stand for "Dead Marine Zone." More than 1400 Marines were killed and nearly 9300 wounded in the fighting in and around Con Thien. NVA losses were put at nearly 7600 killed in action and 168 ...

The American War: The US in Vietnam

summary: Pinky & Bunny discuss the origins of the Vietnam War (also known as the 'American War' in Vietnam). The episode is comprised of four short chapters: 1. Misrepresentations. 2. Desire and Struggle: a basic timeline of events. 3. Searching for Reasons. 4. Consequences. For more information visit: www.pinkyshow.org

Vietnam War-House of the Rising Sun

A Vietnam war video I made with The Animals House of the Rising Sun. Please comment and rate. I do not own the rights to the music featured in this video.

Many Die Vietnam War Footage

I took this movie, M-16 one hand and 8mm camera in other during a combat air assault in Vietnam on April 11, 1971. Dedicated to 11 brave soles who lost their lives on Easter Sunday, including the Chaplain. Also dedicated to the 174th Sharks, Dolphins, 116th Hornets & other Aviation units who supported Grunts in Vietnam. Bird (Helo) sounds added, tried to be as accurate as possible. For you young ones, 8mm movie cameras didn't have sound.

Vietnam War - The Real Story

Vietnam War - "The Real Story" rebuts the view promoted by the 13-part documentary series, "Vietnam: A Television History" made by PBS in 1983. The rebuttal also applies to "The Ten Thousand Day War" documentary series. Participants: Archimedes Patti, John McCain, Edward Lansdale, Elbridge Durbrow, etc. "The Real Story" is a must-see for historians and politicians alike. Made in 1984. You can download the full one hour version here: www.megaupload.com **** My Lai Massacre, Hue Massacre, Buried Alive, Tet Offensive 1968, Vietnamese New Year, Anti-war's distortions, Boat people, Genocide, Pol Pot, Truong Nhu Tang, Defector, Vietcong, Embassy, Memorial, Veterans, Guerilla War, Communists, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NLF, Nguyen Van Thieu, Ngo Dinh Diem, Richard Nixon, Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Cao Ky, Vo Nguyen Giap, Communism, Cold War, Anti-war Pro-war demonstrations, Mao Tse tung, Journalistic Errors, Executing a Vietcong, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Reconstructed, Eddie Adams, Khe Sanh, Hanoi, Bombing, General, Television, Propaganda.

Vietnam War Tribute

For all who served in Vietnam, I thank you. The Patriot Guard Riders will always ride for you. Please feel free to rate and comment this movie. Protester comments will be deleted, this is not a political forum. This is to honor and remember those who stood tall and took it like a man, while you ran to Canada. The Song is "The Wall" by John McDermott

Vietnam War footage

More than 60 original pics about the VietNam war. I made this video by Windows Movie Maker. The music by THE DOORS HAS BEEN DELETED. A NEW SOUNDTRACK HAS BEEN ADDED BY YOUTUBE. THE SOUNDTRACK IS CALLED: "INCIDENTAL PIECES" by Wil Malone album Death Line.

Black Soldiers In Vietnam

Digital Narrative

Remembering Vietnam war - Music Video

Great Music! Vietnam war picture compilation accompanied by music. PLEASE NOTE: Its not my purpose to substantiate any opinions about this war either from the american or vietnamese point of view. Its all about the relation and impression of these pictures along with this very powerful music. Music by: Taichi - EoD musician www.eodmod.com www.myspace.com www.myspace.com Tracks: 1. Fired Up 2. Juju Rainfall 3. Please

Vietnam War, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Pictures and some videos of the Vietnam War. I made this for US History.

Vietnam War Documentary: A Nation Builds Under Fire - Republic of Vietnam

thefilmarchive.org South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" (1949--55) and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" (1955--75). Its capital was Saigon. The terms "South Vietnam" and "North Vietnam" became common usage in 1954 at the time of the Geneva Conference, which partitioned Vietnam into communist and non-communist zones at the 17th parallel. South Vietnam's origins can be traced to the French colony of Cochinchina, a subdivision of French Indochina, which consisted of the southern third of Vietnam. After World War II, the Việt Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh, proclaimed Vietnamese independence in Hanoi. In 1949, non-communist Vietnamese politicians formed a rival government in Saigon led by former emperor Bao Dai. Bao Dai was deposed by Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem in 1955, who proclaimed himself president after a fraudulent referendum. After Diệm was deposed in a military coup in 1963, there was a series of short-lived military governments. General Nguyen Van Thieu led the country from 1967 until 1975. The Vietnam War began in 1965 with an uprising by Việt Cộng forces supplied by North Vietnam. Fighting climaxed during the Tết Offensive of 1968, when there were over 1.5 million South Vietnamese soldiers and 500000 US soldiers in South Vietnam. Despite a peace treaty concluded in January 1973, fighting continued until the North Vietnamese army overran Saigon on April 30, 1975 ...

Toxic legacy of the Vietnam war

Thirty-five years on from the end of the Vietnam war, the devastating effects still linger. Agent Orange, the chemical used by US forces during the war, is still poisoning the environment of the country and the health of its people, Vietnam says. The US says that cannot be scientifically proven. The subject is sensitive for both countries, but Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state who is attending a security summit in Vietnam this week, is expected to address the issue. And as Tony Birtley reports from Danang, Vietnam, help from the US -- which has so far refused to accept responsibility -- may now be coming. (July 22, 2010)

Vietnam War Ambush Audio Part 1

This is a recording of two Recon Teams (RT's) who are in dire straits. Both RT's are loosing a battle wherby death is immenient. Those RT's are: RT Colorado with Pat Mitchel being the 1-0, Lyn St. Laurent as the 1-1, and David "Lurch" Mixter as the 1-3. RT Colorado is an eight man team including the five Indigenous troops. The other was RT Hawaii with Les Dover as the 1-0, Regis Gmitter the 1-1, and John Justice the 1-2 (I believe this to be the case with this recon team as far as who was what on the team through natural progression of skills learned in combat.) May not be accurate though, reader and listener take note. Also, it is unknown to me how many Indigenous Troops made up RT Hawaii at that time. RT Colorado is the team that is running for its life. RT Hawaii is holding their own. Both RT's have called out a "Prairie Fire" in Laos near the Ho Chi Minh Trail and are approximately 10 miles apart as the crow flies. Colorado has just been hit by a North Vietnamese platoon of 40 men who desire no more than to wipe this team completely off the face of the Earth. During this Prairie Fire, David Mixter is killed when he saves Mitchel's life by shoving him to one side and exchanging fire with an NVA armed with an RPG. Mixter and the NVA exchange fire immediately. The NVA fires his RPG as Mixter fires his weapon. The RPG hits Mixter in the knee area and kills him instantly as the NVA drops dead by Mixter's return Fire. 1) Plasticman John Plaster's personal call sign while on ...

Unknown Soldier by The Doors - Vietnam War Music Video

****Update Jan 17, 2012 - Thanks for over 500k views! Please refrain from rude comments, and also, please refrain from rude comments towards rude commentators. Positive conflict is encouraged. ****Update Nov 27, 2010 - 175k views?? Holy crap, I didn't mean for this video to get so many views! Honestly, I put it on YouTube so I wouldn't lose the video. Thanks so much for the positive input. This was a project that I did as a sophomore in high school for history class. The pictures are a little out of sync with the beat, but that's because movie maker sucks. Hopefully you enjoy the video because The Doors are amazing, and in my opinion, the Vietnam War is the most interesting war to study since the people and media were so involved! Disclaimer: All footage was taken legally from education websites for educational purposes and the song Unknown Soldier by The Doors is not intended to infringe copyright laws. All material is solely for educational purposes.

The Vietnam War - Da Nang

Short video clip about the Vietnam War and the arrival of American ground troops in the province of Da Nang in 1965 to counter heavy guerilla activity. (This is a first part of a short video series I uploaded, be sure to check for my video responses for the continuation.)

Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth"

A slide-show with clips of anti-Vietnam War protests and marches set to Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth." I made this last year to go with some school project.

Vietnam War - Operation Baker 1967

Silent footage shows infantry and tanks uneventfully on patrol. The latter part shows troops setting fire to civilian huts, shooting farm animals and putting Ace of Spades playing cards into the mouths of dead Viet Cong. US Army footage from Operation Baker of the 3rd BDE, 25th Infantry Division on 5/11/1967

Vietnam war music video door gunner

VIETNAM MUSIC VIDEO welcome home to all Vietnam vets thanks all gave some some gave all What Did You Do in the War, Daddy ? call of duty black ops filmed around Volunteers Good Morning Vietnam The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. Military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. US involvement escalated in the early 1960s and combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet Offensive. Despite Paris Peace Accords, a peace treaty signed by all parties in January 1973 and Case-Church Amendment, a legislation passed by the US Congress in June 1973 prohibiting further direct US military intervention without Congressional authorization, the US was still heavily invested in the war until 1975. The capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese army, in April 1975, marked the end of Vietnam War. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam platoon we were soldiers Casualties and losses Exit of the French, 19501954 South Vietnam . Kingdom of Laos . US . South Korea . Australia . New Zealand . Thailand North Vietnam & NLF . PR China . Soviet Union The Vietnam War was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States ...

Tribute to Australians who served and died in the Vietnam War

Tribute to Australians who served and died in the Vietnam War. From 1962, approximately 50000 Australians, including ground troops, air force and navy personnel served in Vietnam. 520 died and close to 2400 were wounded. The images on the video are from Vietnam Veterans 1 RAR (1st and 2nd tour of Vietnam) - Many thanks to Brian Lees, Tom Smith, Clive Williams and Rick O'Brien. 1 RAR was the first Infantry Battalion posted to Vietnam. VIETNAM 1965-66 The Battalion based at Holsworthy was warned in March 1965 for service in South Vietnam and after a rapid preparation departed by charter aircraft and HMAS SYDNEY. After concentration at the Bien Hoa air base in early June 1965the Battalion was placed under command of the 173rd US Airborne Brigade (Separate) and formed part of the perimeter for the defence of the base. This period saw intensive training with helicopters and armoured personnel carriers (APC) and also patrolling with the US troops. On the 25/26 June the Battalion carried out the first of many successful operations against the Viet Cong (VC) and afterwards in conjunction with the remainder of the Brigade conducted operations in such well known areas as 'War Zone D', 'Ben Cat', 'The Iron Triangle' and other notorious VC areas. New Years Day 1966 saw the Battalion open Operation Marauder in the 'Plain of Reeds' then from there to Operation Crimp where it was the first unit to air assault into the 'Ho Bo Woods'. It was later found that the Battalion had in fact ...

Vietnam War Raw Footage: ARVN Airborne Repell Vietcong Attack, Saigon, South Vietnam (1968)

thefilmarchive.org The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN, from alternate spelling of Vietnam) , sometimes parsimoniously referred to as the Southern Vietnamese Army (SVA), was the land-based military forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), which existed from October 26, 1955 until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The ARVN is often erroneously used as a collective term to refer to all South Vietnamese military forces, including the Vietnam Air Force and Republic of Vietnam Navy. They are estimated to have suffered 1394000 casualties (killed and wounded) during the Vietnam War. After the fall of Saigon and the communist victory, the ARVN was dissolved. While some members had fled the country to the United States or elsewhere, hundreds of thousands of former ARVN soldiers were sent to reeducation camps by the newly unified Vietnamese communist government. On October 26, 1955, the military was reorganized by the administration of President Ngo Dinh Diem who then established the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. The air force was known as the VNAF. Early on, the focus of the army was the guerrilla fighters of the Vietnam National Liberation Front (NLF), a shadow government formed to oppose the Diem administration. The United States, under President John F. Kennedy sent advisors and a great deal of financial support to aid ARVN in combating the Communist insurgents. A major campaign, developed by Ngo Dinh Nhu and later resurrected under another name was the ...

Riz Khan - Wounds of the Vietnam war

Millions of Vietnamese are still dealing with the impact of the Vietnam War more than three decades after its end. Generations are suffering from the effects of Agent Orange, a chemical defoliant used by the US military to strip the land of vegetation to deny food sources and hiding places for Viet Cong fighters.

Vietnam war history - 2 of 4

CAUTION: violent scenes - viewer discretion advised. The US gets deeply embroiled in Vietnam

VIETNAM WAR'S VIDEOS

13 original Vietnam war's videos. 1st.Eisenhower's speech (1955). 2nd.Real"GoodmorningVietnam"(Radio speaker). 3rd.Welcome by Army Sergeant to"Good Unit". 4th. Real fight combat video. 5th. Real fight combat video in the Viet forest. 6th. Battle of Khe-shan (few seconds). 7th.Live Bombing view. 8th.Rescue-pilots 9th. Marine speaks. 10th.Tet offensive. 12th.Evacuation of Vietnam. 11th Memorial. 13th. Vietkong entered in Saigon. They are 100% original.

Interview with William H. Phillips, Vietnam War veteran. CCSU Veterans History Project

Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. William Phillips joined the US Army in 1963 at the age of 18, with the goal of having a career in the military. He attended basic training at Fort Jackson, SC which lasted for 12 weeks. He then went to Fort Gordon, GA for Advanced Infantry Training and upon his graduation he went immediately to Jump School. Jump School consisted mainly of practicing jumps and techniques. He also went to Ranger School and Special Warfare School before going over to Vietnam. In these schools he learned techniques in communications and intelligence gathering, along with other Special Forces skills. He was part of the 5th Special Forces Group with a base in Danang, however much of his time was spent as part of small team of both Americans and Vietnamese soldiers that ran reconnaissance missions in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and up and down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, as part of the Special Operations Group. His first assignment on this team was as a radio man, and then after six to seven missions he was made team leader. Phillips describes what the missions were like, what their basic objectives were, and the outcome of some of those missions. After a year in Vietnam, he was transferred to the 8th Special Forces in Panama, where the duties of the Special Forces team were more typical than they had been in Vietnam. There he was part of teams that would go into South America and teach indigenous people warfare techniques among other assignments. After a year in ...

Vietnam war history - 4 of 4

CAUTION: violent scenes - viewer discretion advised.The US pulls out of vietnam

Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War-Draft

"My conscious won't let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn't put no dogs on me, they didn't rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father... Shoot them for what? ...How can I shoot them poor people, Just take me to jail."