"patriotism and pride of those who fought" ???? We fought for each other! Many of us were confused as to why our leaders got involved in this mess in the first place. The only Vietnamese who wanted the war were the rich. Our "leaders" were out of touch with reality and continuously trying to appease the "peaceniks" with bullcrap tactics and command decisions that were not going to win the war. When I returned from the Southeast War Games and went right back to work I was asked by a senior co-worker, who was a WW2 vet, "how does it feel to lose the only war in US history?", to which I replied, " people of my generation were not the ones making the command decisions, it was your generation!" To which he quickly shut up. If We are not going to fight a war to win, and win as quickly as possible in order to limit American casualties, we shouldn't get involved. Go in with overwhelming force, get the job done and get out, World Opinion be dammed! "Gunships, GOD bless 'em"!
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