Battlefield Vietnam: Ep 11 "Peace With Honour " (1/6)

[BrendaQG]

@Lachausis What they describe was technically not a "crime". Assassination is a accepted part of espionage. Both sides did it.

[BrendaQG]

@Lachausis I saw this back when it was first on PBS. The voice is the same as it was there. as for changing his voice when talking about that it happens for other events. Such as the communist purge in 68 when they controlled hue.

[gerry301]

@BrendaQG Not sure if you are refering to operation phoenex, But if you are you are probobly thinking of testemony given by a Lt who was part of the program for 3 months and reported murders and assassinations galore etc etc. While there is at least 1 known incident and probobly a few unknown, there was no wholesale assassination. The program set in place was to identify and arrest (if possible) or ambush VC collecting tazes or food illegally. These often resulted in firefights.

[Quantumgeometer]

@gerry301 NO I am talking about when the NVA and Viet Cong killed hundreds of civilians who they thought would not be loyal communist in the City of Hue. This was during the period where they held that city after the Tet offensive. They behaved the same way between the first battle of Quang Tri city and the second.

[gerry301]

@Quantumgeometer Actually the number murdered by the NVA and VC at Hue was around 2,000. Most were buisinessmen and shop owners who had dealings with the military or student leaders. These were innocent people who just wanted to make a living. Not spies. While the US may have killed innocents, it was not policy and the US went far out of their way to insure locals were not killed. For the VC and NVA it was policy to do so if the tribaal chiefs or elders did not comply with their demands.