Vietnam war

[draco]

these vets need access to high quality weed at nominal prices. they gave more than we can give back

so

if you know a vet, thank him with a jar of weed!!

 

[Puffin13]

I was going to recommend Chickhawk but I see it's already been mentioned. An excellent and not-too-Hollywood film is 84 Charlie Mopic.

 

[tomfooler]

Im looking for a good book on the Vietnam war. I have the 'Dispatches'
book by Herr. Any recommendations? Any Vietnam veterans on here with their own stories, take on the war and how they feel about it now? (I know there was the guy who wrote the 'Log Cabin In the Wilderness' thread which was awesome).....

Michael Herr's "Dispatches" was a good read as was Tim O'Briens "The Things they Carried"

"Fields of Fire" by James Webb and "Meditations in Green" by Stephen Wright" are novels by authors who served in Vietnam

 

[old grunt]

Try the website www.cacti35th.org click on war stories . Read the one called plei trap remembered ,I was there and a few other place"s in 68 and 69 with 2/35th Inf.

 

[theclearspot]

Try the website www.cacti35th.org click on war stories . Read the one called plei trap remembered ,I was there and a few other place"s in 68 and 69 with 2/35th Inf.

Thanks for that link ive been reading some of them stories; it doesnt get more real or harrowing than that. must have been hard for you man. all the best

 

[greekgardner]

1-5th-m-25th-1966.com tropic lightning

 

[Useful Idiot]

Look for the book called, Nam.great book ,I have read it 2 times so far.I looked for it to find more info for ya...can't find it at the moment. Nam. Find it ......be amazed....all true stories.

 

[old grunt]

Greekgardner Welcome home brother. The 2/35th was part of the 25th Inf. Div. on loan to the 4th Inf. Div. from about 67 to 72 to be used as the task force for the 4th and once in while we did some work with the 173rd airborne.

 

[greekgardner]

thank you oldgrunt and welcome home to you as well brother,2/34th armor batallion was attached to the 25th at cu chi ,we also worked many missions with the 173rd airborne,1st infantry,11th armored cav. we operated in the *Iron Triangle* area along the Cambodian border,was a long time ago but the memories stay with us forever it seems.........peace and god bless The Greek

 

[TanzanianMagic]

Im looking for a good book on the Vietnam war. I have the 'Dispatches'
book by Herr. Any recommendations? Any Vietnam veterans on here with their own stories, take on the war and how they feel about it now? (I know there was the guy who wrote the 'Log Cabin In the Wilderness' thread which was awesome).....

There are some exceptional books that I think everyone should read:

1) Slow Burn, by Orrin Deforest

By a CIA station chief. Apparently the best intelligence doesn't come from torture. Who would have thought it. (Torture is usually only used as either punishment or to get confessions, not information.)

2) The Special Forces At War, by Shelby L. Stanton

Great overview of all the Special Forces projects (Delta, Leaping Lena, etc.). It also shows the transfer of the Special Forces from CIA control to US Army control under General Creighton Abrams.

3) A Vietcong Memoir, by Truong Nhu Tang

This book gives an overview of the 'above ground' side of the National Liberation Front (NLF) or Vietcong.

The Tunnels Of Cu Chi - A harrowing account of America's Tunnel Rats in the Underground Battlefields of Vietnam, by Tom Mangold

Unique account of a very special way of warfare - underground tunnels.

 

[mrcreosote]

I agree with subrob, the 13th valley is excellent fiction on Vietnam - maybe the best. For non-fiction I'd recommend A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan or The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

Seconded for Neil Sheehan.

Lots of insight into the political and military mindset behind the scenes as well as the historical aspects. A scholarly work written with a journalist's skill and a novelist's sense of drama.

Highly readable.

 

[wantaknow]

plese every body go to facebook and see what has happened at the nations capital there is a news blackout about what went down ,it is amazing!

 

[trichrider]

please elaborate, i don't do fb...

 

[wantaknow]

well the vets marched on dc and the truckers showed up too! the vets tore down the barricades and hand carried them to the white house riot controle were in full force and some were sent packing !Obama has ordered the barricades back up ,now a larger 2nd protest is in order ,this very well many be what sets off the civil war ,the cops took a American flag from a protester / vet and it just about started a pork roast !there are videos on utube now,better look before there gone ,gorillamedia .org is down screen says forbidden site,wtf?

 

[minds_I]

links

 

[imnotcrazy]

A man also immolated himself on the national mall:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/24415219

US news sources are not calling it immolation and insisting he had mental illness

 

[Max Headroom]

if you want a big picture, i recommend:
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy
by Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty

 

[TanzanianMagic]

if you want a big picture, i recommend:
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedyby Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty

If you like that, you may want to check out:

War Is A Racket, by Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler. On Prescott Bush, Brown Brothers Harriman, and the attempted coup against FDR. He was fighting for the same Rockefeller corporations then too.

Think of it as a prelude to:

Family Of Secrets, by Russ Baker. On the Bush family and their longstanding ties to the CIA, Yale, etc.

Republicans only get into power through coups. Nixon negotiating with the South Vietnamese behind President Johnson's back (treason, as LBJ called it). Reagan negotiating with Iran to hold on to the hostages until after he won the elections. GW Bush being appointed President by a corporatist Republican Supreme Court.

They simply can't get most voters to vote for what they are selling.

 

[noyd666]

just watched a doc on mcain and brace= longest serving prisoner of war Vietnam 7years 10 months.

 

[moses wellfleet]

Where they lay, Earl Swift... About the search for remains of US servicemen in Vietnam still to this day, focuses on the site of a helicopter shot down in battle. Tells the story of the crew and how they lost their lives in one of the biggest helicopter battles in history. I highly recommend this book!