Vietnam War Video - All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix - DiverseLA

The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975 when Saigon fell. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other capitalist nations.

The Viet Cong, a lightly-armed South Vietnamese communist-controlled common front, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The North Vietnamese Army engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery and airstrikes.

The United States government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the United States, and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a US puppet state. United States military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned borders, with Laos and Cambodia heavily bombed. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet Offensive. After this, U.S. ground forces were withdrawn as part of a policy called Vietnamization. Despite the Paris Peace Accords, signed by all parties in January 1973, fighting continued.

The Case-Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress prohibited use of American military after August 15, 1973 unless the president secured congressional approval in advance. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese army in April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year.

The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, 750,000 to one million Laotians and Cambodians, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers.

[ taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War ]

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[Oasix21]

Who is that guy on 0:40 I have seen him on a lot of videos that deal with Vietnam.

[DiverseLA]

@Oasix21 That's Ho Chi Minh. He was the leader & president of the North Vietnamese.

[1945joshuaruiz]

My father and my grandma were seeing the war in Vietnam on cbs while my grandpa was fighting over there. My grandpa died over there he was 26 on January 28,1968 the tet offensive

[DiverseLA]

@1945joshuaruiz I'm sorry to hear about that. May your grandpa rest in peace.

[morganjefford]

We droped so many bombs over there,They will never find them all,People should know,It might be history for us but they are still living it Everyday,People are still dieing over there,What a waste.

[DiverseLA]

@morganjefford Vietnam is pretty peaceful today. Where did you hear people are still dying from bombs?

[MrRonnieG]

Served in The Nam 6/69 - 7/70. If you missed it, get down on your knees and thank God. If I could have shot Johnson and Nixon DEAD I would have grabbed that chance. 58,000 died for NO reason. How many lives were touched by those 58 THOUSAND???? The mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, friends, girl friends, grandfathers, grandmothers and on and on and on. I am still PISSED about it all.

[DiverseLA]

@wallballbrothers A combination of many factors. First, let me state that every major battle in Vietnam was a US victory. The US didn't lose militarily - it just failed to complete the objective, as the people at home put pressure on their politicians to bring the troops home and end the draft.

Main reasons we didn't succeed: 1.) Restrictions placed on our troops. Certain bombing targets in the North was off limits, as was Cambodia 2.) Guerilla warfare and jungle terrain 3.) Protests at home

[mrstenify]

@DiverseLA I think he may be talking of mine fields, last I heard a couple years ago there still clearing them and they'll never get them all.

[dog070]

my grandfather did 3 tours over there, he died 2 years ago on thanks giving... But he shared alot of stories with me, and after he passed going thru a lot of his stuff... well lets just say he was a pack rat and didn't like to give stuff back to the army after they issued it. The doctors said he died from long cancer... probably brought on by agent orange. Since he died I always where his dog tags around my neck.

[Bird76Mojo]

You see the shit those planes were spraying? Agent Orange. My grandpa had a gallon glass jar of that stuff in powder form. 1/8th of a cup mixed with water would kill a 70 year old oak tree and everything around it within 100 feet. Within 2-3 days. Dead. Now I can't have children. I sense a connection..

[Maples01]

@LEERAMSEY76 There is one well known video of a girl running naked, she is on fire, you don't see the flames, napalm burns clear, it was severe, requiring numerous skin graphs and extensive care, a horror that should never be repeated. 

[Maples01]

My dad was there, he served in the Marine Corps, he told me he was on part of the mission known today as the 8th of November, he was in a different location than where all those soldiers died, yet same offensive, he was able to hear it going on the radio, that night was a true nightmare. He doesn't talk about his service in detail, mentions I was there when watching it on TV, is still in contact with some of his service buddies, I don't really ask either.

[LEERAMSEY76]

thie little girl running nakid in 1:32 is not some sick persons object of desire she is a burn victim & in order to give her relife her parents/parent told her to so all you wonderin or uapauled get over yourselves!..........still do not understand the war but to all those who gave the greatest sacrfice i salute you

[totaldramailand1]

why is everyone, standing for the gooks? they deserved aall the bombs.

[1945joshuaruiz]

@Joshua65761 your welcome 

[Joshua65761]

RIP THANKS for His sacrifice.

[Toedrip]

Teared. We lost too many WAY too many. Great video