general westmoreland came on the radio and said the embassy is secure and we have defeated the enemy.not seem very secure, and as strapped to get him to be able to escape. apparently is not going to end anytime soon. >> doesn't play a role in playing grace? >> this particular book the story ends just before the tet offensive. i am dueling around on a sequel which will correct that. >> already a sequel. >> people have told me we might read it. you're never quite sure until you do. give some perspective from 1961 until the fall from the saigon government the u.s. spent more than 141 billion about $7000 for each of south vietnam people can billion dollars in today's dollars. how do you process that today? >> all of the corruption that occurred. and all the u.s. supply that went missing and was sold on the black market ended up in the hands of the vietcong. it was an amazing stream of men and material there was no way anybody could keep track of where everything went. which also plays into the plot of this book. in any servicemen that was serving there could see that. the whole premise of

the show the man all four star general westmoreland came up on stage. bob, i want to thank you and talented troop for a wonderful. there's a very distinguished in the audience who has seen bob show for four years at this time i would like to introduce the vice of the republic of vietnam nguyen cao ki ki. so would like to take this opportunity to express to all my fellow fighters on behalf of people, my country. our gratitude. we know how big your sacrifice. we know how big you dedication i'm sure the generation of vietnamese today and those to come will remember merry christmas and happy new year to all of. vice presidency presented me a turban and robe. how about that liberace eat your heart out. then we were joined by the vietnamese lady bird madam kate. and here's our ambassador ellsworth bunker. and next to him, the very carolus bunker. our ambassador to the pound, and one of my favorite golf pigeons. our host for the day, general bruce palmer. clark airbase in the philippines was known as up. but there's no saying no to colonel bob gates. they sent

westmoreland requests more and more troops. robert mcnamara does not that it was a mistake all along. what do you think motivation was back here in? washington to push this forward. you know, i don't know. i don't know if it was just inertia that we were so locked into our antics mentality at that that we we couldn't quit because it would be a defeat for american prestige and american around the world that allies would not respect. what we did. and, you know, there could have been that kind of damage to america's reputation role in the world. but i still think that would have been less deleterious than just causing more suffering for several more years, because we couldn't end this war. and of course, the you know, there were all these missed opportunitie way. ho chi minh had been helped by the office of strategic s at the end of world war two, when declared independence for north, he used some words from declaration of independence. he had worked as a dishwasher here in new york. he knew something about america, and they had a

. >> i've asked the commanding general, general westmoreland what more he needs to meet this mounting aggression. he hasd told me, and we will met his needs. i have today ordered to vietnam the airmobile division and certain other forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000, to 125,000 men, almost immediately. needednal forces will be later and they will be set as requested. this'll make it necessarily to increase our active fighting forces i raising the monthly draft call from 17,000 over a a period of time that 35,000 per month. and for us to step up our campaign for our voluntary enlistments. >> host: peter prichard, what do you think when you hear that nearly 60 years later? >> guest: well, it reminds me of the spring of 1967 when i walked out to my mailbox in amherst massachusetts and there were two letters inside. and it opened the first one and it was from the peace corps, and they said they had accepted me as an english teacher in micronesia. .. skirts and me teaching people micronesia and. i opened the second letter and it was from general louis b hershey, and h

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