It was for fear of being beaten to this beat that black soldiers avoided the Saigon bars where their white comrades kept the jukeboxes humming with Hank Williams and his kind, sonic signposts that said, in essence, You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it first., In World War One, they called it shell shock. Phil Ochs, born in 1940, became the most successful male singer-songwriter in the 1964-65 period. The war exacted anenormous human cost: estimates of the number of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians killed range from 966,000to 3million. US news report on the Paris peace agreement (January 1973) And perhaps because they won. 'They say whatever you're looking for, you will find here. Kennedy responds to a question on Vietnam (February 1962) Quotations about the massacre at My Lai hamlet (1968) Robert McNamara reflects on Americas failures in Vietnam (1995) We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of South Vietnam who have bravely born this brutal battle for so many years with so many casualties. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health, Against US Aggression For National Salvation, From Saigon to Katum: Two Exchanges of War, Unwilling Warriors: Surviving the Vietnam War, Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5. I believe that within the next century, future generations will look with dismay and great disappointment upon a Congress which is now about to mistake such a historic mistake.Senator Wayne Morse(D-OR) on the Senates impending voteto adopt theGulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964. Excerpts from Gen. Petraeus's 1987 doctoral thesis. An Australian press report on the Tet offensive (February 1968) Chinese forces directly invaded Vietnam in the 1979Sino-Vietnamese War, with subsequentborder conflictslasting until 1991. Ho Chi Minh on founding the Inodchinese Communist Party (1930) We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it.I do not intend to remain silent in the face of what I regard as a policy of madness which, sooner or later, will envelop my son and American youth by the millions for years to come. It would authorize whatever the Commander in Chief feels is necessary. SenatorWilliam Fulbright(D-AR) during the Senatedebateon August 6, 1964 over the passage of theGulf of Tonkin Resolution. A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. Ho Chi Minh. The US Congress Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (August 1964) Publication Date: 1988-02-11. Our long-term objectives are to see installed a self-governing nationalist state which will be friendly to the US We have an immediate interest in maintaining in power a friendly French Government, to assist in the furtherance of our aims in Europe. War, Thinking, Vietnam 8 Copy quote Show source Movements are not radical. This immediate and vital interest has in consequence taken precedence over active steps looking toward the realization of our objectives in Indochina. Department of State, Policy Statement on Indochina, issued on September 27, 1948, explaining why the United States supported French policy in Vietnam even though U.S. officials believed it ran counter to their long-term objectives for the region. Edict of Emperor Minh Mang against Christians in Vietnam (1833) The Vietnam War From 1962 to 1973, more than 60,000 Australians served in the Vietnam War as part of an allied force led by the United States. The year 1979 quote, www.theatlantic.com. I believe that within the next century, future generations will look with dismay and great disappointment upon a Congress which is now about to mistake such a historic mistake.Senator Wayne Morse(D-OR) on theSenates impending voteto adopt theGulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964. The Vietnam war is one of the best documented events in U.S. history. //