Vietnam War From a Vietnamese Soldier Viewpoint

[Taffin]

Good article, thanks for posting.  (Although another phrase sounded a bit GetBig;  "This happened all over South Vietnam and was called "land reform," rather than the far more accurate "serious, deep, and exploratory boning."

[Rudee]

It's a crock of shit as far as the claim it was from a Vietnamese soldier.  Typical cracked.com garbage, created from writers to feed its subscriber base.  Work of fiction.

[affeman]

Just imagine if we already had those guys back in Vietnam....

[LurkerNoMore]

It's a crock of shit as far as the claim it was from a Vietnamese soldier.  Typical cracked.com garbage, created from writers to feed its subscriber base.  Work of fiction.

link?

[benchmstr]

cracked, and badassoftheweek are my most favorite websites of all times!

bench

[Rudee]

link?

Link?  C'mon man, just read the story.  The words and phrasing are not that of aging 60's-something Vietnamese soldier.   Not even close.  and craked.com hires writers to write articles such as these.  That's what they do.

[DHEA-100]

The horrible fact there ever was a Vietnam "war" and the sad fact it was pointlessly prolonged fully explains why JFK was killed.  Presidential memorandum #263 was to pull all the soldiers out of vietnam.  Three goddam days after his murder Johnson signed #273 which counteracted JFK's memorandum # 263.

http://bostonreview.net/us/galbraith-exit-strategy-vietnam

http://millercenter.org/president/biography/lbjohnson-foreign-affairs

In the entire war, the United States spent about $140 billion (worth around $950 billion in 2011 dollars) including $111 billion military cost and $25 billion economic and military aid to Saigon regime. - See more at: http://thevietnamwar.info/how-much-vietnam-war-cost/#sthash.TVaatkGK.dpuf

[LurkerNoMore]

Link?  C'mon man, just read the story.  The words and phrasing are not that of again 60's-something Vietnamese soldier.   Not even close.  and craked.com hires writers to write articles such as these.  That's what they do.

link?

[TuHolmes]

Link?  C'mon man, just read the story.  The words and phrasing are not that of again 60's-something Vietnamese soldier.   Not even close.  and craked.com hires writers to write articles such as these.  That's what they do.

They do.

That said, that doesn't mean that this article isn't correct. Could have been done as a ghost writer scenario.

[jr]

The interview was conducted March 2015.  I am pretty sure that everyone in the world with tv and internet knows what an end zone dance is.

I'm pretty sure that most people outside the US don't give a shit about american football, let alone know what "end zone dance" is. And even if they did, there is no way they would casually use it in conversation. Especially an old Vietnamese man who lives in Vietnam.

[Irongrip400]

You'll never see one of these about the Germans in World War Two. Too much self imposed guilt for any of them to truly justify what they did. I'm talking about soldiers, not some of those twisted fucks in the camps that don't care.

[sancho ed]

You'll never see one of these about the Germans in World War Two. Too much self imposed guilt for any of them to truly justify what they did. I'm talking about soldiers, not some of those twisted fucks in the camps that don't care.

The greatest story never told
Caught it on youtube....different perspective of ww2 and hitler.
Thought it was interesting...

[LurkerNoMore]

Maybe it is.  Maybe it isn't.  Maybe the author took liberties with the interpretation.

Anyone find the actual content to be inaccurate?  Seems like a lot of what he said is common sense and widely accepted.

[The Ugly]

Reminds me of the "flags of our fathers" movie and the accompanying one told from Japanese side (sorry forget the name) it is eye opening to hear/watch a war story from a different side as oppose to always being told from the bald eagle stars and stripes freedom side.

Letters from Iwo Jima, even better than Flags.