on -- hanoi. a helicopter hit by a mortar on takeoff fell heavily on isabelle and burst into flames. it was the end of the evacuations by helicopter. on march 32 -- [inaudible] started again. on the night of march 23 the pilot's mechanics had been injured inside the plane. happily, the pilot -- lightly wounded -- were -- [inaudible] and the pilot could fly his plane back to hanoi. on march 24 two -- [inaudible] the first plane exploded. the second crashed in the -- [inaudible] the enemy and the aircraft became frighteningly accurate. the dropping of the -- [inaudible] having to be done each time on the same axis. the planes were an easy prey. two more planes landed on the night of march 25, three landings were planned on the night of march 26, and i was in the third. because of trouble from the radio -- [inaudible] the landing strip when we arrived. so shelling intensifyied. -- intensified. the pilot considered to risk it, wait longer pause his engine -- because his engine had showed signs of trou

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and what i would like to ask you is there is a prison in a hanoi underground, 1992 the senate committeeovernment has the gift and before, with nixon in '73 when they said they all came home, just there's no other underground facility were 300 americans were held after the war was over. i would like to know if you would be willing to go with myself to go over to hanoi and insist that john mccain -- >> is billy here? >> yes. >> how are you, billy? >> [inaudible] >> yeah, i would be willing to go, but i don't think it's grin to happen because i don't think they are going to let it happen. they would probably shut it down and the would tell us that, you know -- >> there's the peace in the book about the many americans he believes were left behind in about a failure of the mainstream that covered the story. >> i would be willing to go simply because we would be able to talk with officials.s7s7s7s7 >> thank you for inviting mes7s7 appear.s7s7s7s7s7s7s7 now that this hass7 been raised7 s7want to tells7 you one thing.7 you are ones7 s7of the best in 7 business and you have done more7 for ths7es

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i was in hanoi when robert mcnamara, former secretary of defense held a meeting with the conference with north vietnamese generals and members of the communist bureau. they received him with exquisite courtesy. they could afford to. they had won the war. there was one rough moment. only once in the three days to their tempers flare, and that was when mcnamara repeated the said that i heard time and again even from general william as mollen, he explained that we americans have been a disadvantage because our culture put a higher premium than theirs on human life. well, on the table with the north vietnamese. they grew tense and silent. finally one communist leader said, and he barely disguised his fairy. let me assure you, mr. mcnamara. our mothers grieve for their sons every bit as much as your edges. the fact is that as a young officer during world war ii black america purchased the firebombing of tokyo. it seems to me he will still emotionally unable to see asians as fully human. so it is understandable for me that andrew jackson and the georgians of the era could not acknowledge the i

the g8 you -- top secret documents out of hanoi. they were leaking all over other place. they knew everything we did, we knew everything they did. and in that this is what the north dignity that is a about the period were talking about the general office uprising and 67 and 69. they are attacks were committed. the point a lot you do no more than anything is it was successful. and i end on a common, this is what he had to say in 1991. what sets the record of the nice part is benevolent totally dominate the enemy, they did over appeared over a long period. my book is an interesting read about guerrilla war in the delta. and if you have any questions, i'll answer them now. [applause] >> my husband was in the delta. he did 180 airmobile assaults. he loves his tiger scouts. and my question is he's always had, want to find out what the fate of the tiger scouts is. did the 9th division or the army or anybody every keep up with the fate speak they did not unfortunately it does we took care of the tiger scouts until 1975 and the north vietnamese took over. i hope if it was not goo

ayotte, but senator blumenthal to keep to the state of the union because he told me he took you to hanoi. [laughter] i told for anybody tweeting tonight life - tag is wpcf. the next speaker is congresswoman terri sewell, the democratic class devotee so much more impressive of the class didn't consist of only nine members. [laughter] not even enough to fill a table. but sewell has achievements on her resume, the first african-american woman elected from the state of alabama. [cheering] the first black to allow the torian of high school, her mother was the first black woman elected to the sell the city council and member of travelers on the 1965 march from selma to montgomery, stephen her mother's homestead during that civil rights journey. i do not want to give away her age but she once interned in the congressional office of an alabama democrat named richard shelby. ladies and gentlemen, congresswoman terri sewell of alabama. [applause] >> what an introduction. it's a great pleasure to be with you this evening. it's also a great pleasure to have the opportunity to share the stage with su

ayotte, but senator blumenthal to keep to the state of the union because he told me he took you to hanoi. [laughter] i told for anybody tweeting tonight life - tag is wpcf. the next speaker is congresswoman terri sewell, the democratic class devotee so much more impressive of the class didn't consist of only nine members. [laughter] not even enough to fill a table. but sewell has achievements on her resume, the first african-american woman elected from the state of alabama. [cheering] the first black to allow the torian of high school, her mother was the first black woman elected to the sell the city council and member of travelers on the 1965 march from selma to montgomery, stephen her mother's homestead during that civil rights journey. i do not want to give away her age but she once interned in the congressional office of an alabama democrat named richard shelby. ladies and gentlemen, congresswoman terri sewell of alabama. [applause] >> what an introduction. it's a great pleasure to be with you this evening. it's also a great pleasure to have the opportunity to share the stage with su

ayotte, but senator blumenthal to keep to the state of the union because he told me he took you to hanoi. [laughter] i told for anybody tweeting tonight life - tag is wpcf. the next speaker is congresswoman terri sewell, the democratic class devotee so much more impressive of the class didn't consist of only nine members. [laughter] not even enough to fill a table. but sewell has achievements on her resume, the first african-american woman elected from the state of alabama. [cheering] the first black to allow the torian of high school, her mother was the first black woman elected to the sell the city council and member of travelers on the 1965 march from selma to montgomery, stephen her mother's homestead during that civil rights journey. i do not want to give away her age but she once interned in the congressional office of an alabama democrat named richard shelby. ladies and gentlemen, congresswoman terri sewell of alabama. [applause] >> what an introduction. it's a great pleasure to be with you this evening. it's also a great pleasure to have the opportunity to share the stage with su