It looks like the guy who was hit went on to fight in a few more battles. He came home, graduated university, wrote a few books about his experience, then gave an interview in the comments of this video :P. Weird seeing history in that context.
I think this clip demonstrates perfectly the frustration that's symbolic of the Vietnam war. Intense moments of fear, adrenaline, violence, action that results in inconclusive encounter with no clear outcomes. Just being that frustrated continually against an enemy that's more motivated, and dogged determined. You can drop a millions of pounds of bombs on them but 2 more pop up for every 1 you kill.
I couldn't resist
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The guys that worked in the press and walked into firefights like this are fucking awesome. We'd never have such amazing documentation if it wasn't for their bravery and those who protected them.
Some day I want to be bad ass enough to fire an M60 single handedly from the hip.
[QUOTE=JDER14;52853446]I think this clip demonstrates perfectly the frustration that's symbolic of the Vietnam war. Intense moments of fear, adrenaline, violence, action that results in inconclusive encounter with no clear outcomes. Just being that frustrated continually against an enemy that's more motivated, and dogged determined. You can drop a millions of pounds of bombs on them but 2 more pop up for every 1 you kill.[/QUOTE]
Same thing can be said about the Taliban.
Entirely relevant: Last month Ken Burns released his comprehensive Vietnam War documentary. It's all free to watch on the [URL="http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/watch/"]pbs website.[/URL] It's 18 hours of really hard hitting stuff, but one of the best documentaries I've seen.
[editline]4th November 2017[/editline]
Never mind, they were all free to watch during the airing, but it seems like they've restircted the free online viewing to episodes 5 and 6 now.
Also its interesting to note, vietnam war nearly won, if it wasn't for the American media reporting on war without that much restricted access for the first time, the ted offensive was a military defeat, but it became a propaganda victory for the VC and the US pulled out
Don't read the YouTube comments
"The uploader has made this video unavailable in this country"
but why
Not available in Canada... ok I guess
-life is pain. i sn-
[QUOTE=JDER14;52853446]I think this clip demonstrates perfectly the frustration that's symbolic of the Vietnam war. Intense moments of fear, adrenaline, violence, action that results in inconclusive encounter with no clear outcomes. Just being that frustrated continually against an enemy that's more motivated, and dogged determined. You can drop a millions of pounds of bombs on them but 2 more pop up for every 1 you kill.[/QUOTE]
And that's just the american perspective. Imagine how it was for the vietnamese, civilians or military.
[editline]5th November 2017[/editline]
I don't know how accurate this documentary is, I know that casualty estimations regarding the vietnam war have very wide ranges, but nothing so far has me doubting the validity of the documentary and it's worth a look.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWcxmZxeUZU[/media]
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;52855209]Also its interesting to note, vietnam war nearly won, if it wasn't for the American media reporting on war without that much restricted access for the first time, the ted offensive was a military defeat, but it became a propaganda victory for the VC and the US pulled out[/QUOTE]
Nearly won how, exactly? We never really made progress wiping out the Viet Cong. Even if we managed to occupy the entire country, they would've just popped back up the moment we turned our heads.
The main issue(IMO) that stunted the US's ability to abruptly end the war in Vietnam was the fact that, due to politics, we weren't allowed in Cambodia or Laos. The NVA and Vietcong used both of those countries to maneuver troops, transport supplies, and mount large scale attacks against South Vietnamese and US troops. They were almost untouchable as long as they remained in those countries and they knew it.
[QUOTE=exhale77;52855665]-life is pain. i sn-[/QUOTE]
can this be the new default snip
[QUOTE=wallyroberto_2;52855519]Not available in Canada... ok I guess[/QUOTE]
Change the "tube" in youtube to "pak"
Works for 99% of all blocked videos.
what an interesting era though
the combination of ww2 styled uniforms and modern weaponry is an interesting sight to see
[QUOTE=Fire Kracker;52857423]what an interesting era though
the combination of ww2 styled uniforms and modern weaponry is an interesting sight to see[/QUOTE]
We were still using some ww2 weapons as well
[t]https://puu.sh/yf81l/8b72daea35.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Fire Kracker;52857423]what an interesting era though
the combination of ww2 styled uniforms and modern weaponry is an interesting sight to see[/QUOTE]
Oh dude, Thompsons, Garands, M3 Grease guns, MG34's, and quite a few other weapons that were used during WW2 were used in Vietnam, too
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;52855209]Also its interesting to note, vietnam war nearly won, if it wasn't for the American media reporting on war without that much restricted access for the first time, the ted offensive was a military defeat, but it became a [B]propaganda victory[/B] for the VC and the US pulled out[/QUOTE]
Which was exactly what it was supposed to be. The NVA and the VC never intended to stay in Hue, where the bulk of the fighting took place, but instead use it as an example that, despite being the superior force on paper, the US was fallible. Just taking the city proved that, and drummed up a lot more support for their cause.
It certainly didn't help that the US had no long term objectives outside of halting the spread of communism and what often determined a mission's success was the body count. That's not sustainable.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52857224]Nearly won how, exactly? We never really made progress wiping out the Viet Cong. Even if we managed to occupy the entire country, they would've just popped back up the moment we turned our heads.[/QUOTE]
As a military force, if US wanted to push all the way to Hanoi, they could, but they weren't willing to go all the way like they did in Korea, plus China could invade.
If they wanted to fully occupy they could, but its the instugency they might have to deal with that could cause problems
[QUOTE=OBOESHOES;52857269]The main issue(IMO) that stunted the US's ability to abruptly end the war in Vietnam was the fact that, due to politics, we weren't allowed in Cambodia or Laos. The NVA and Vietcong used both of those countries to maneuver troops, transport supplies, and mount large scale attacks against South Vietnamese and US troops. They were almost untouchable as long as they remained in those countries and they knew it.[/QUOTE]
Aviators of the era hated it. Convoys in those regions were the lifeline of the NVA and VC. Without them, the war would have progressed quickly.
Here's more footage for anyone interested:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5iTw5g_KiA[/media]
Also there are some weird trippy parts with some asian guy showing a finger telling about rules or something I'm not sure wtf that part it.
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