Ken Burns Vietnam Doc

[LaSalleAve]

anyone watch this documentary? Damn it’s powerful, and really made me realize I knew absolutely nothing about the Vietnam war.

 

[GREG]

anyone watch this documentary? Damn it’s powerful, and really made me realize I knew absolutely nothing about the Vietnam war.

What channel is it on? Might have to keep an eye out for it.

 

[LaSalleAve]

It’s on Netflix 10 part series

 

[COTiger]

Here's a link to PBS where you can apparently watch all 10 episodes at no cost.
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/

 

[LaSalleAve]

Here's a link to PBS where you can apparently watch all 10 episodes at no cost.
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/

You watched it yet? Did you serve in Vietnam?

 

[COTiger]

You watched it yet? Did you serve in Vietnam?

I haven't watched it yet and yes I was in Nam from 69 - 70 at Bien Hoa air base.

 

[LaSalleAve]

I haven't watched it yet and yes I was in Nam from 69 - 70 at Bien Hoa air base.

You fly Huey’s or something? My father in law was a Corpsman in Vietnam. Injured by a bamboo mine. 69 and 70 were the years that the soldiers were really starting to question authority wasn’t it? My namesake died there in Tay Ninh in 69.

 

[COTiger]

You fly Huey’s or something? My father in law was a Corpsman in Vietnam. Injured by a bamboo mine. 69 and 70 were the years that the soldiers were really starting to question authority wasn’t it? My namesake died there in Tay Ninh in 69.

I was enlisted worked in Logistics. I didn't start to question it until I returned home and saw all the craziness.

 

[LaSalleAve]

I was enlisted worked in Logistics. I didn't start to question it until I returned home and saw all the craziness.

So you have to be impressed with the way the NV were able to utilize the Ho Chi Minh trail right? Those people were pretty brave.

 

[GREG]

Here's a link to PBS where you can apparently watch all 10 episodes at no cost.
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/

My man. Right on.

 

[COTiger]

So you have to be impressed with the way the NV were able to utilize the Ho Chi Minh trail right? Those people were pretty brave.

At Bien Hoa we had the modified C-123s that flew the Ranch Hand missions that sprayed defoliant over the Ho Chi Minh trail. I flew a couple of missions. Despite heir efforts those bastards continued to get through.

 

[GREG]

So you have to be impressed with the way the NV were able to utilize the Ho Chi Minh trail right? Those people were pretty brave.

The Ho Chi Minh should've been kept on perpetual napalm strikes. Keep their main supply route burning hot an bright, and they would've caved early on.

 

[COTiger]

The Ho Chi Minh should've been kept on perpetual napalm strikes. Keep their main supply route burning hot an bright, and they would've caved early on.

If I had a dollar for every bomb dropped on the trail I would be living in a mansion and have a private box in Tiger Stadium.

 

[LaSalleAve]

They moved mostly at night, and didn’t use lights. But sometimes their convoys would get bogged down or stuck and when that happened they were fish in a barrel but yeah more tonage was dropped on the trail by the US military than in the entire 2nd world war by the US.

 

[COTiger]

They moved mostly at night, and didn’t use lights. But sometimes their convoys would get bogged down or stuck and when that happened they were fish in a barrel but yeah more tonage was dropped on the trail by the US military than in the entire 2nd world war by the US.

Including a shitload by BUFFs.

 

[GREG]

Including a shitload by BUFFs.

WTF is a BUFF?

 

[COTiger]

WTF is a BUFF?

Big Ugly Fat Fucker

 

[GREG]

Big Ugly Fat Fucker

I assume that's a big ugly fat ass bomb.

 

[COTiger]

I assume that's a big ugly fat ass bomb.

I was going through some old threads and came across this one. A BUFF was an acronym for a B-52 bomber.

 

[Bengal B]

If I had a dollar for every bomb dropped on the trail I would be living in a mansion and have a private box in Tiger Stadium.

Instead of dropping all those bombs in the jungle they should have bombed Hanoi and mined Haiphong Harbor.