The Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated NOVEMBER 13, 1982, honoring 58,000 American troops who died.
U.S. forces inflicted over a million enemy fatalities, yet involvement by politicians thwarted victory.
North Vietnamese colonel, Bui Tin, received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975.
Bui Tin called the American "anti-war peace movement" essential to the Communist cause:
"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 and ministers gave us confidence that we should hold on in the
face of battlefield reverses.
We
were elated when Jane Fonda, wearing a red Vietnamese dress, said at a
press conference that she was ashamed of American actions in the war and
that she would struggle along with us."
After the war, Bui Tin became vice chief editor of the Communist Party's official newspaper in Vietnam,
People's Daily, but he grew disillusioned with Communist corruption and, in 1990, fled to Paris.
In an interview, Bui Tin stated:
"The
roots of the Vietnam War - its all-encompassing and underlying nature -
lie in a confrontation between two ideological worlds: socialism versus
capitalism...totalitarianism versus democracy...
The conscience
of America was part of its war-making capability, and we were turning
that power in our favor. America lost because of its democracy; through
dissent and protest it lost the ability to mobilize a will to win."
Commenting on this dangerous trend is retired Major General Patrick Brady, considered the most decorated living veteran.
A Medal of Honor recipient, he flew over 2,500 combat missions in Vietnam, rescuing over 5,000 wounded.
As told in his book,
Dead Men Flying,
he once rescued 51 wounded in one day, flying 3 different helicopters
which were shot up with over 400 holes from enemy fire and explosions.
Major General Patrick Brady wrote, June 4, 2013 (WND.com):
"The greatest danger ... the feminization, emasculation and dismantling of our military.
The
two most important elements of national survival are the media and the
military ... We know the media are failing - God help us if the military
does also ...
Benghazi
... Unprecedented rates of suicide ... Cut benefits to veterans ...
Quad-sexual military with all the health, readiness and moral issues
that come with exalting sodomy ... Sexual assault ... Women will be
tasked to lead bayonet charges ... Billions of defense dollars are
unaccounted for ... Christianity is under military attack, and Bibles
have been burned to appease Muslims ...
Just as the way forward
for America is a return to the morality and values of the past, so too
must the military return to the readiness standards and common sense of
the past."
Get Combat Survival-Life Stories from a Purple HeartA first-hand account of the Vietnam War is from Marine Sergeant George Hutchings in his book,
Combat Survival-Life Stories from a Purple Heart.
He
wrote that on October 12, 1967, during Operation Medina, Charlie
Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division, was ambushed by North
Vietnamese in the Hai Lang jungle:
"Thirteen
men were killed in front of me and countless more behind me. I was in
shock; never had I heard such noise or saw so many dead. Nevertheless, I
returned fire and my M-16 jammed...We had walked into an ambush of an
enemy four times our size..."
Pinned down in the jungle on top of a hill, George Hutchings continued:
"We
slowly crawled...to see who was alive...The next morning...the captain
ordered me to water detail...I cursed about the order and Corporal
Bice said, 'George, I'll go for you'...
Just after he left, a
sniper battle erupted...By the time our perimeter was cleared, several
hours passed, and I went to check on Corporal Bice. I found him - head
and boots.
We knew his boots because they bore his signature.
He had been hit in the chest with a light anti-tank weapon. My inner
voice said, 'He died for you; Christ died for you...'"
In 1968, George Hutchings was shot three times, bayoneted and left for dead, as he wrote:
"On March 14th I stepped on a pungie stick. Luckily ... it went through the bottom of my boot and out the side ...
March
18th ... shot rang from the right rear. I hit the dirt. Was I shot?
... Remembering my training, I didn't look at the wound, If you look
... you might go into shock.
I felt my hip with my hand and it
came back bloody ... I was better off than the two men who had been
directly in front of me. They lay dead...
Corporal Ed Grant ... crawled over to me ... with a shotgun ... 'If you get overrun, you'll need this,' he said ...
Laying
there with no cover, a machine gun battle raged just over my helmet
... 'Oh God, get me out of here and I'll live for you the rest of my
life.'"
Of the Vietnam Memorial, George Hutchings said:
"On that wall is the name of Corporal Quinton Bice, who was hit in the chest with a rocket while running a patrol in my place.
A Christian, Corporal Bice had shared the Gospel with me, but I didn't understand it till he gave his life in my place."
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