to. >> robert mcnamara leaves office.s by that point tortured on a personal level by the war. >> tonight the communists hit the very heart of saigon, the brand-new u.s. embassy building. and at least ten cities in that war-torn country. >> the tet offensive was the big show of the vietcong. >> it's huge. they've got the americans and south vietnamese completely by surprise. >> it exposed how tenuous the u.s. hold was. >> who won and who lost in the great tet offensive against the cities? i'm not sure. the terrible loss in american lives, prestige, and morale, and this is a tragedy of our stubbornness there. it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. >> when walter cronkite, who is the most trusted man in america said that, lyndon johnson said "if i've lost walter, i've lost middle america." lyndon johnson realized he was no longer in charge of the war. the war was in charge of him. >> what did you lose? >> i had 36 when we started. we got 21 killed. >> what were you

look, i like marines, but, you know, i'm not robert mcnamara, but it seems to me if you go to war toot what you're going to be doing. people of your age, what's your attitude to the military bases? >> as long as we're not living near the base, it doesn't affect us that much. >> right. near the base it makes a difference? >> right. >> you know right away, i mean, it's got two parlors, strip clubs, vape shops. >> also, you know, it's very loud. that's a big issue. >> tourism is probably the future of okinawa. you have beautiful weather. beaches. if the bases leave, it's going to be big hotels and resorts and golf courses. which is worse? chinese tourists or american marines? >> i'll stick with the marines. >> semper fi. not everybody here agrees with vivian, by a long shot. okinawans may be easy going and laid back, but the island is also a political hotbed of activism, provoked by what okinawans see as high handed treatment from a central government with different cultural and historical traditions who don't consider their needs or priorities. their hugely disproportionate shouldering