REMEMBERTHESEBRAVE

MEN AND WOMEN

THE GREAT DEFENDERS

YES, SOME WENT

ANYWAY

War\woer\n, 1 a (1) a state of open and declaredhostile conflict between states or nations

Webster’s 9th Collegiate Dictionary

IN WHICH MEN AND WOMEN GET KILLED OR WOUNDED

VIETNAM

THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE DAY

SINCE DECEMBER

1968 THAT I

HAVE NOT THOUGHT

ABOUT MY TIME

IN VIETNAM

NO T

ONE

A NOTE FROM A DEAR FRIEND

N O T ONE

TheCold War

The Cold War – Pre Vietnam

1948 - Communist Russia attempts to starve 2.5 million in Berlin Germany

1948 - US and Great Britain respond with Berlin Airlift

1949 - USSR detonates ATOMIC DEVICE US & USSR NUCLEAR EQUALS

1949 - China falls to Mao Tse-Tung/communists & recognized by USSR

1950 - North Korea, supported by Communist China invades South Korea

US leads United Nations’ forces in response STALEMATESTALEMATE

1956 - Russian installed government is ousted in Hungarian rebellion The Soviets respond and CRUSHCRUSH the rebellion in response

1957 - SPUTINK launched by The SovietS THE HIGH GROUND OF SPACETHE HIGH GROUND OF SPACE

1959 - Castro overthrows Cuba - CommunismCommunism now 90 miles from US

1961 - East Germany, puppet government of USSR erects The Berlin Wall

1961 - Bay of Pigs = Covert US led overthrow of Castro FAILUREFAILURE

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis

SUPER POWER CONFRONTATION OF GREATEST MAGNATUDESUPER POWER CONFRONTATION OF GREATEST MAGNATUDE

WHY??

BAY OF PIGS

SPUTNIK

SOVIET UNION - RUSSIA

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

WHO IS THIS MAN?

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV

PREMIER OF

THE SOVIET UNION

SPUTNIK

THE SOVIET UNION IN SPACE

OCTOBER

4

1

9

5

7

AS CHILDREN, WE PERFORMED AIR RAID

DRILLS

DRAWING THE BLINDS INOUR CLASSROOMS

HIDING UNDER OUR DESKS FOR

PROTECTIONFROM RUSSIAN

NUCLEAR ATTACK

DO YOU KNOW

THIS MAN?

FIDEL CASTROCUBAN REVOLUTIONARY

FIDEL CASTRO

SHOWN HERE WITH FELLOW REVOLUTIONARY

CHE’ GUEVARRA

OVERTHROWS THE SMALL ISLAND

NATION OF CUBA.

A MERE 90 MILES FROM???

1959

U.S. CIA leads exiled Cubans in an attempt to overthrow the new Castro regime. The plot fails and The U. S. and its President, John F. Kennedy

are severely embarrassed.

Cuba, 90 miles from the United States, is now ripe for Communist

cultivation.

THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION

1961

REMEMBER THIS GUY?KHRUSHCHEV OF THE SOVIET

UNION

REMEMBER THIS GUY?CASTRO OF CUBA

1962

1. High altitude surveillance shows missile sites on the island of CUBA

2. Airplanes photograph missiles on Russian ships bound for CUBA

3. US Naval vessel observes Russian ship carrying missiles to CUBA

WHERE COULD THOSE MISSILES GO?

“Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread..and we weren’t counting days or hours, but MINUTES.”

Soviet GeneralAnatoly GribkovArmy Chief ofOperations

PRINCETONNEW JERSEY

AND THAT HAS WHATWHAT TO DO WITH

Vietnam ?

NORTH VIETNAMWAS COMMUNISTAND SUPPORTED

BY

RUSSIA AND

CHINABOTH COMMUNIST

COUNTRIES

DeMilitarized ZoneTHE 17TH PARALLEL

THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (SOUTH

VIETNAM) SOUGHT TO BE A

FREE AND DEMOCRATIC

SOCIETY

Geneva agreementsof July 20, 1954

SO WHY WOULD A YOUNG GUY LIKE ME

19 YEARS OLD

ENLIST IN

THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

?

WAR IS AN UGLY THING, BUT NOT THE UGLIEST OF THINGS. THE DECAYED AND DEGRADED STATE OF MORAL AND PATRIOTIC FEELING

WHICH THINKS THAT NOTHING IS WORTH WAR IS MUCH WORSE.

(regarding the U.S. Civil War) John Stuart Mill

“THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL, IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING.”

(regarding the American Revolution attributed to) Edmund Burke

“WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARECREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATORWITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE

LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS….

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

THATWHENEVER ANY GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE TO THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT.”

BUT MOSTLY FOR THESE REASONS

FEBRUARY 4, 2002

SOME THINGS JUST NEVER NEVER NEVER CHANGE

INTERESTING

MY TOUR OF DUTY

VIETNAM

NOVEMBER 1967 - DECEMBER 1968

12 MONTHS 20 DAYS 2 MINUTES 9 SECONDS

THE MEN OF 1ST ENGINEER BATTALIONRELAXING AT “CHINA BEACH”

THE GUYS OF 1ST MARINE DIVISIONLANDMINE WARFARE SCHOOL

TEACH OTHER MARINES HOW TO STAY ALIVE

REMEMBER THIS SHAPE

WE’LL SEE ITAGAIN

VIET CONG WEAPONS

AND THESE SHAPES

VIET CONG WEAPONS

TEACHING MARINES TO HELP LOCAL VILLAGERS

BATTALION LANDING TEAM 2/26

IN PREPARATION FOR OPERATION “MEADE RIVER”

BATTALION LANDING TEAM 2/26

BATTALION LANDING TEAM 2/26

BATTALION LANDING TEAM 2/26

___ _

YOU ARE NOW ABOUT TO

ENJOYA TYPICALWEEK IN THE LIFE

OF A COMBAT ENGINEER

IN

VietnamGooooOD LUCK!!

DEPART THE REAR AREA OF DANANG AND TRAVEL NORTHWEST TO……

… AN AIR STRIP AT PHU BAI SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF HUE CITY AND THEN TRAVEL BY CHOPPER

NORTHWEST TO….

Hill – 146, OVERLOOKING A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY

FIND A PLACE TO LIVE………THIS COMFORTABLY ACCOMODATES 3…..

MEET YOUR NEW ROOMATES AND GRAB SOME DELICIOUS CHOW

AND GET DRESSED AND READY TO GO TO WORK

MEET MY GIRLFRIEND

F A E

FUEL AIR EXPLOSIVE

ME AND FAE

FAE IS UP THERE IN THE JUNGLE

AND FAE CAN BE DANGEROUS IN THE JUNGLE

A SHORT BREAK IN THE ACTION

AND GUESS WHAT WE FOUND

REMEMBER

THESE??

WELL THIS IS THE REAL THING

THE

RESULTS

BACKTO

THE HILL

TAKE A WELL DESERVED BREAK

GRAB

A

BOX

OF

CHOW

SOMETHING WITH

WHICH TO COOK

AND EATAND EAT

B-1 UnitsMeat Choices (in small cans):    Beef Steak    Ham and Eggs, Chopped    Ham Slices    Turkey Loaf Fruit:     Applesauce     Fruit Cocktail     Peaches     Pears Crackers (7) Peanut Butter Candy Disc, Chocolate     Solid Chocolate     Cream     Coconut Accessory Pack*  

B-2 UnitsMeat Choices (in larger cans):     Beans and Wieners     Spaghetti and Meatballs     Beefsteak, Potatoes and Gravy

    Ham and Lima Beans     Meatballs and Beans Crackers (4) Cheese Spread, Processed     Caraway     Pimento Fruit Cake Pecan Roll Pound Cake Accessory Pack*

B-3 UnitsMeat Choices (in small cans):     Boned Chicken    Chicken and Noodles     Meat Loaf     Spiced Beef Bread, White Cookies (4) Cocoa Beverage Powder Jam     Apple     Berry     Grape     Mixed Fruit     Strawberry Accessory Pack*

HILL 146 WAS VERY REMOTE AND SUPPLIES HAD TO BE CHOPPERED IN

REINFORCED BUNKERS PROVIDED PROTECTION

SNIPERS WOULD FIRE ON ENEMY TROOPS

WORK DONE, IT IS TIME TO LEAVE HILL 146

R + R

IN

HAWA I I

I GOT TO MEET 2 HIPPIE CHICKS!!

THEY SOLD

ME A

POSTER

MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE HIPPIES OR YIPPIES IN THE 60S

FREE LOVE

FREE SPIRITS

TURNED ON

TUNED OUT

FLOWER POWER

SEX DRUGS ROCK & ROLL

THEY WERETHEY WERECOMMITTED TOCOMMITTED TO

THEY TRAVELLED TOPLACES LIKEWOODSTOCK

IN GAILY DECORATED BUSES

WHILE OTHERS TRAVELLED FROM PLACES LIKE HUE CITY

SO, WHO WASCOMMITTED?

?

Colonel Bui Tin, formerly of the North Vietnamese General Staff Was interviewed by Stephen Young for an article to appear in the August 3rd 1995 Wall Street Journal.

Q. What about the results (of the 1968 Tet Offensive)?

A: Our losses were staggering and a complete surprise. (General) Giap (North Vietnam’s leading General and war strategist) later told me that Tet had been a military defeat, though we had gained the planned political advantages when Johnson agreed to negotiate and did not run for re-election.

Q. Was the American antiwar movement important to Hanoi's victory?

A. It was essential to our strategy. Every day our leadership would listen to world news over the radio at 9 a.m. to follow the growth of the American antiwar movement. Visits to Hanoi by people like Jane Fonda, and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark … gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses. We were elated when Jane Fonda, … said at a press conference that she was ashamed of American actions in the war and that she would struggle along with us.

GOT MY ORDERS

GOT MYFREEDOM BIRD

GOT MY TICKETFROM LA TO

PHILA

BUT NOT EVERYONE

WAS AS

FORTUNATEFORTUNATEAS

I WAS

58,260…only the dead know the end of war…Plato

Forever Twenty Three

RICH SCOTT

Photo by Evan Scott

I HAVE WORN YOUR BRACLET FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS

IN THE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD RETURN

IT WAS NOT TO BE

THE YOUNGSTERS WHO HAVE SIGNED THISKNOW WHO YOU WERE,

WHAT YOU DID AND HOW COURAGEOUS

YOU WERE

THANK YOU

LOST 3 JUNE, 1967

REMAINS RETURNED

8 September, 2000

KILLED IN ACTION -- BODY NOT RECOVERED

SGT TIMOTHY R. BODDENPANEL 21 EAST LINE 42

1150NAMES APPEAR

WITH A +THEY

WERE MIA

OR PRISONERS AT WAR’S

END

THOSE LATER

FOUND TO BE DEAD

WILL APPEAR

+

PRISONER OF WAR MISSING IN ACTION

THE MYTHS OF VIETNAM

TOOK OUR YOUTH

OLDEST KIA = 62 22 52 YEAR OLDS OLDEST KIA = 62 22 52 YEAR OLDS

11% kia = 32 + YEARS AVG AGE KIA = 23 11% kia = 32 + YEARS AVG AGE KIA = 23

ONLY 101 18 YEAR OLDS = KIAONLY 101 18 YEAR OLDS = KIA

TOOK OUR UNEDUCATED

MEDIAN SCHOOLING = 13 YRS 80% HS GRADSMEDIAN SCHOOLING = 13 YRS 80% HS GRADS

VS 45% WW II VS 45% WW II ONLY 60% IN USA IN TOTALONLY 60% IN USA IN TOTAL

3 X THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE GRADS IN WWII3 X THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE GRADS IN WWII

THE DRAFT 33% 33% VSVS 67% IN WW11 77% KIA = VOLUNTEER 67% IN WW11 77% KIA = VOLUNTEER

PREYED ON MINORITIES

5% KIA = HISPANIC < % DRAFT AGE POP5% KIA = HISPANIC < % DRAFT AGE POP

12.5% Kia = black < % DRAFT AGE POP12.5% Kia = black < % DRAFT AGE POP

YES MS. BAEZ, PERHAPS YOU COULD HAVE BETTER CONTRIBUTED

INSTEAD YOU AND YOUR KIND DETRACTED, DISGRACED, DEMEANED AND VILLIFIED THOSE WITH THE COURAGE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

REMEMBERTHESEBRAVE

MEN AND WOMEN

THE GREAT DEFENDERS

War\woer\n, 1 a (1) a state of open and declaredhostile conflict between states or nations

Webster’s 9th Collegiate Dictionary

IN WHICH MEN AND WOMEN GET WOUNDED AND KILLED

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

VIETNAM

VIETNAM

WAS

THE

60s

WAR IS AN UGLY THING, BUT NOT THE UGLIEST OF THINGS. THE DECAYED AND DEGRADED STATE OF MORAL AND PATRIOTIC FEELING

WHICH THINKS THAT NOTHING IS WORTH WAR IS MUCH WORSE.

John Stuart Mill

“THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL, IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING.”

Edmund Burke

“WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARECREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATORWITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE

LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS….THAT WHENEVERANY GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE TO THESE ENDS, IT IS

THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT.”

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

BUT NOT EVERYONE

WAS AS FORTUNATE FORTUNATE AS

I WAS

58,260…only the dead know the end of war…Plato

Forever Twenty Three

LOST3 JUNE, 1967

REMAINS RETURNED

8 SEPTEMBER, 2000

KILLED IN ACTION – BODY NOT RECOVERED

SGT TIMOTHY R. BODDENPANEL 21 EAST LINE 42

1150NAMES APPEAR

WITH A +THEY

WERE MIA

OR PRISONERS AT WAR’S

END

THOSE LATER

FOUND TO BE DEAD

WILL APPEAR

+

PRISONER OF WAR MISSING IN ACTION

REMEMBERTHESEBRAVE

MEN AND WOMEN

THE GREAT DEFENDERS

VIETNAM

WAS

THE

60s

YES, SOME WENT

ANYWAY