Clint Vaught
19 Years in Vietnam: Murder Mines and Mayhem
The enemy in Vietnam was known as “Charlie”. “Charlie” may be any place and any one; man, woman or child. Guerrilla warfare strategy was “bold, tough and crafty”. Preferring to avoid open conflict and fight from ambush or infiltrate civilian populations whilst spreading confusion and terror by murder, mines and mayhem. Nearly 350 years ago William Shakespeare wrote the words ‘Come like shadows so depart.’ In Vietnam, American combat soldiers must heed these words as they probed for and pursued a shadowy enemy. In this final episode we will see how opposition to the Vietnam War in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S forces in 1973.
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19 Years in Vietnam: Unaccompanied, Unarmed and Unafraid
The ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union intensified the battle being fought in the Vietnam War. The United States hardened its policies against any allies of the Soviet Union and in 1955 President Eisenhower pledged his firm support to South Vietnam. As troops on the ground took part in armed combat it is said that the aviators had one of the riskiest jobs in the world. Most combat pilots carried their defenses with them but there were some that travelled unarmed. The part these men played in the Vietnam War goes under the label of “tactical recognizance”. Throughout the war these planes flew over combat targets, carrying cameras as “the eyes of the army”. The intelligence they brought back kept commanders abreast of enemy activity. It was the perilous job of the brave combat aviators to fly over the most hostile territories “unaccompanied, unarmed and unafraid”.
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19 Years in Vietnam: Beans, Bullets and Bandaids
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and disruptive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its main ally, the United States. Careful, strategic planning was needed to win this war and all of the armies involved shared the common problem of “logistics” - getting their soldiers what they needed to be able to win. During WWII military operations required substantial logistical support. With large armies fighting on a range of terrains, worlds away from each other, the logistical planning took center stage. The lesson learned from those previous conflicts was clear - the will to win must be matched with the means to achieve that victory. Here we will see the logistical efforts necessary to keep the soldiers in Vietnam supplied with “beans, bullets and bandaids”.
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