to secure the only entrance to saigon. when they arrived at dawn, they met the enemy the time with the same orders. that started what we call about a of saigon. that was the second stage. the enemy had been defeated on phase one and phase two and they change their tactics. they decide they're no longer on the offensive. they want to go on the defensive that you had to dig them out. you had to find them. that was difficult. we only had about a thousand men in the field. the reason was we had 4500 casualties that had to be replaced. mostly we didn't have the means to do it because the organization was a right. vietnam we needed a for company battalion and we were stuck with a three company battalion. but everything changed in june. in june dogtown was raised. we got rid of all the defensive to ensure we all had responsibility for four provinces. and so we were able to build up the troops. we told our companies you have to have 120 men in the field everyday. infantry company is 160 people. soon we had huge number of people th

as early as 11:00 the at 23 manager says the radar picked up the huge movement of enemy south the saigon we were ordered to go south they had strict orders to secure the only entrance to the south we arrived at dawn they captured the papers and that started the battle of saigon. that was the second phase. the enemy was defeated -- defeated phase one and phase do but decided they were no longer on the offensive but to go on the defensive. they would not come down and you had to find them. that was difficult for us with only 1,000 men in the field but 4500 casualty is. mostly we did not have the means to do with because the organization was not right we need for company battalion we had three but everything changed in june but then downtown was ready and we got rid of the static defenses and had responsibility for four provinces so weaver able to build up the troops and told the company you have to have 120 men in the field every day. 15% overhead 73% in the field so we had a huge number of people when we went from 27 to 39. that is 44% increase the next thing we had to do was get rid of t

many of the refugees created ended up in the squalor of saigon where morning schaefer opened the c.b.s. news bureau in one nine hundred sixty five. first appeared that the marines had been snipe gas and that a few houses were made to pay. an officer told me he had orders to go in and level the string of hamlets that surrounds needs village and all around the common paddy field that cedes these hamlets. five hundred fifty homes were leveled in retaliation for a burst of gunfire. on the first operation that i was on in country. went into a village called five fingers and it was that typical koran in search which is you surround a village and then you sweep through it and hopefully when you're sweeping up anybody running from you they're going to run into the of course the surrounding troops on the other side and they get wiped out but we received fire as we walked into the village and we took no casualties but we did end up with a body count no weapons were found so apparently they were civilians the next day in the morning should i say they rounded up the entire village. all of them. an

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over the issue with didn't exist is easy enough people mention the geneva agreements their ration of saigon is only a temporary one. in one thousand four. according to the geneva accord the division was to be temporary with elections in one thousand nine hundred fifty six to settle the matter of reunification those elections never took place their refusal was amply justified if only because the kind of election in visit by the geneva agreement up nineteen fifty for a free election could not have been hell anyone who thinks that a free election was possible in communist north vietnam knows little about how communist operate and could have fallen into a moscow peeping trap and he ought to set me on the foreign relations committee in one thousand nine hundred fifty six when our intelligence forces brought in their reports whining that if the election called for by the geneva accords were july nineteenth fifty six were openly and would be elected president in south viet nam i'd least eighty percent of the load and i are trying to read it boasts about believing in self-determination used its pow

mentioning the geneva agreements the ration of saigon is only a temporary one. in one thousand four. according to the geneva accord the division was to be temporary with elections in one thousand nine hundred fifty six to settle the matter of reunification those elections never took place their refusal was amply justified only because the kind of election in visage by the geneva agreement of one nine hundred fifty four a free election could not have been hell anyone who thinks that a free election was possible in communist north vietnam knows little of how communist operate and could have fallen into a peeping trap. and he got upset with me on the broader relations committee in one thousand nine hundred fifty six when our intelligence forces brought in their reports warning that it be a luxury called for by the geneva accords were july nineteenth fifty six were openly and would be elected president in south viet nam by least eighty percent of the vote and i had a dream that boasts about believing in self-determination used its power and its prestige and it didn'

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. >> the scene at the -- at the airport was something like out of saigon. people crying, yelling, first first fights. fight -- fistfights. >>> when democratic ideals and calls for the right to vote vote, we can't say now is the time to block a vote from the people. >> republicans have said they will not allow the license/registration ballot. we have more on this at ktvu. >>> security guards at sunday's super bowl have their work cut out for them, in addition to everyone going into koi stadium, they will be patting down fans who will be outside the game. 5,000 fans are paying to watch the bowl from the screen outside. >>> it is 7:19. physical education teachers will honor the memory of jack lalanne by stretching and doing calisthenics today. this this is alead of -- ahead of the service. lalanne died at the age of 96. he was a bay area native who opened his gym in 1936. >>> a mother in the north bay says she suffered her son's death all over again when she went to put flowers on his grave and instead found cemetery workers moving his coffin. here's a picture

powell led a battle who once saigon fell he moved to fresno and helped people resettle in the u.s.y got the word, the u.s. army denied a request to have him buried at arlington national cemetery. >> that was his last wishes that he gets recognized for his life long contribution to america. >> i would give my spot as a korean combat veteran. i would give my spot for that man. >> he was told that powell couldn't have the spot because he would take the place of an american veteran. he plans to appeal the decision. general van powell died last month at the age of 81 leaving behind 25 children. >>> two twins from vallejo are on their way to serving their country. >> against all enemies. >> born and domestic. >> melissa and her sister took the ceremonial list of enlistment this morning. we first told you about them last month. they made the decision to enlist shortly before their mother died of cancer on christmas eve. the pair says that they have been through a lot together but the hardest may still be to come. >> we have only been separated about a week and now i'm going to get my sist

the awful time we pulled people out of vietnam we pull people out of saigon and some of the troops that we had the had tattooed on their arms kill communists, and i wonder what happened to those people. but i knew could you know some of my friends are put in the camp for 18 years. what happened is the tiger scouts is a good question. i wish i knew. but i'm sure they treated them harshly because they were people who surrendered and then fought back. any other questions? >> thank you very much for your time. [applause] this event was part of the annual association of the u.s. army meeting. for more information, visit ausa.org. >>> coming up next, book tv presents "after words," an hourlong program where we invite a guest hosts to interview authors. this week, a global intelligence expert george friedman discusses his latest book, "the next decade." and at the former political science professor recalls the u.s. an imperialist power the will be forced to reduce the dominance. the author of the next hundred years predicts china and turkey will challenge the remaining superpower in the coming

. >> reporter: all little snow and rain in saigon. when has left cold, clear weather.e '30s. here on highway 17 it is closer to freezing. all of the moisture is gone which means their roots are there. there's not a lot of ways to deal with. keep the heater going it is very cold. >> mark: san jose fire officials say they discovered a marijuana growing operation will putting at a house fire. no one was home at the time, firefighters say the fire did 150-$200,000 damage. >> reporter: we found several things inside the lead them to believe it was a marijuana crop region. >> lithium batteries they have car on fire. that gives is our problem of hazardous materials. secondly, we had found the dead bypass the meter this posed a problem because they could not stop the car in the crotch of large bridge signs of marijuana. --to launc it from. >> there's no indication this is going down. quiet neighborhood. generally we all know what is going on we see people coming in. we know most of the people. this is a surprise. >> mark: firefighters are still looking out the exact cause, mar

would call on the chinese allies and that the chinese with applied them, pilots and aircraft to bomb saigon. this would enable lemay to retaliate against china and take out its developing nuclear capacity. well, the wargame was a disaster. the red team retaliated in a very astute way. it did not retaliate militarily. a retaliated psychologically. and the impact of bombing not only were minimally in terms of the military context, but it worked very badly in terms of the world opinion of what we were doing. and curtis lemay was furious at the final session and he leaned forward and yelled at general bob wheeler who had been head of the red team. he said you know cardillo mollified upon your country, you are going to bomb mine. and wheeler says i know that's what she wanted to do and that is the last thing in the world i'll do. and then lemay said and i'm sure he said it many times, we can bomb those people back into the stone age in 12 hours. there was a long silence and then george bundy said perhaps our problem is that they are too close to the stone age as it is. that was the last i saw of

upon there chinese allies and the chinese would supply them pilots and aircraft to be used to bomb saigon. this would enable curtis lemay to retaliate against china and take out its developing nuclear capacity. the war game was a disaster. red team retaliated in a very astute way. did not retaliate militarily. it retaliated psychologically and the impact of bombing not only works minimally in terms of military context the worked very badly in terms of world opinion of what we were doing. and curtis lemay grew furious at the final session of the war game and leaned forward and yelled at general bose wheeler who was head of the red team and said you know if firebomb your country you're going to bomb mind. and wheeler said i know that is what you want me to do and that is the last thing in the world i will do. than what they said as he said many times we can bomb those people back into the stone age in 12 hours. there was a long silence and then george bundy said perhaps our problem is they are too close to the stage as it is. that was the last i saw of those people. let's shift our focus no

it reminds me in the vietnam war there was 5:00 fawleys in saigon where they were told what happened that day when the reporter was watching it that day. doesn't need the analysis of the colonel to tell them. and i'm only raising the question, but you have answered it in a way, that maybe what people want is less of the analysis, unless maybe you have done studies on this and you have concluded -- >> one thing i may have stressed pretty much, when i say it's the reader's expectation, i'm not saying there is a survey and the "new york times" and other american newspapers are ewing to the dictates of the leadershipship survey. the overall newspaper or mission, which is to explain the most important events, to describe and lay out the most important events of the day before in the jim roberts' resuscitation the hour before, the way of that hasn't changed. it was different 60 years ago. that's not so much, based on readership surveys but if you have a core mission that you are responsible for, you have to change in the way you deliver it. >> absolutely. let's call about this new thing ca

we turned over to the embassy and saigon tremendous equipment delivery and security mission in february of 1973. >> i believe you testified that when you were in iraq previously that it was rock and roll in terms of what you were dealing with. one of the concerns is we don't want to put our personnel in that position again where the circumstances under which they are working and i am sure you share that concern as well, what circumstances do you anticipate that you may recommend to your superiors that we approach the iraqi government and ask for an extension of the 2011 deadline? >> let me put it differently. the assumptions i have made that we -- i would go beyond adequate. we can do security uncomfortable with putting people out there based upon the continuation of the current security trends. attacks down 90% from the high point with the iraqi security forces on the job. they still have areas that need to be improved and that exposes their weaknesses and the inner security, most of the time they fend off most of the threats particularly the tactical military threats and we have to wo

so, we have the hazelnuts, we have saigon cinnamon, which is a red hot flavor, and then the cayenne pepperawberry. first we dip it in the chocolate. >> don't take the leaves off. hold it by the leaves and dip it. >> let it drip off. >> oh, okay. so, we dip all the way in right there. >> uh-huh. >> pull out, let the extra fall off. you've created a dipping station. >> exactly. so, it helps to -- if you're going to sit them on a rack, put a little parchment paper underneath to catch the drippings so you can reuse them. i'm going to take some of these and sprinkle them on top. adds a nice addition. something complex. >> looks nice. the colors, they look good to eat, which always helps. one more step left and that's to stick these in the fridge. here we are now at the final stage of this. the strawberries are just out of the fridge, looking good. chocolate has hardened up a little bit. >> the finishing touch. now, i have some chocolate mousse set up. >> thank you so much. this was delicious. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> enjoy your valentine's day. >> i will. you, too. >> for chef he emi

it reminds me in the turn of the vietnam war there used to be 5:00 falling in saigon where the reportersuld tell what is that happened the day when the reporter was there watching it that day. does it need the analysis of the colonel telling, and i am only raising the question but you've already answered it in a way that maybe what people want is less of the analysis and maybe you've done studies on this and conclude. >> one thing i may have stressed too much. what i say of the reader's expectation i guess i'm not saying there is a readership survey of "the new york times" and other newspapers i'm saying the newspaper said changed hardly at all. the overall mission which is to explain the most important event is to describe and explain and lee of the most important events of the day before indigent roberts rustication before i think the way of doing that has had to change but it's always had to change 60 years ago so i would argue it's not based on their readership surveys, that's based on the core mission that you're responsible for it stands to reason and the way you deliver it. >> let

we turned over in saigon and a tremendous equipment delivery and security mission said in february, 1973. >> ambassador, i believe you testified that when you were in iraq previously that it was sort of rock-and-roll in terms of why you were dealing with. one of the concerns -- what you were dealing with. one of my concerns is we do not want to put our personnel danger. i am sure you share those concerns. want do you -- what do you recommend? >> the assumptions i have made that we can do -- i would go beyond adequate -- that we can do security that i am comfortable with, based upon the continuation of the current security trends, with attacks down 90% from the high point in that era, with the iraqi security forces on the job, they still have areas they need to be improved, and that exposes weaknesses, but there the our security, and we are the inner security, if you will. most of the time, they send off most of the threats. we worry more about bombs and snipers as opposed to pulled -- to assume-sized ambushes. if that were to change, and the security forces could no longer control large

their chinese our lives and the chinese would supply them pilots and aircraft to be used to bomb saigon enable them to retaliate against china and take out the developing nuclear capacity. the war game was a disaster. the red team retaliated in a very astute way. it did not retaliate militarily. it retaliated psychologically. the impact of bombing not only worked mentally in terms of the military context but it worked badly and terms of world opinion about what we were doing. curtis lemay grew furious at the final session of the war game. he leaned forward and yelled at the general who had been the head of the red team and said you know god damn well a five bomb your country, you're going to bomb tied. wheeler said i know that's what you want me to do, and that's the last thing in the world i will do. that he said, and that sure he said it many times, we come of those people back into the stone age in 12 hours. there was a long silence and that george bundy said our problem is that they are too close to the stone age as this. that was the last i saw of those people at less shift our foc

it is unfortunate analogy, but i was involved in the transition, we turned over to the embassy in saigonmendous equipment delivery in february 1973. >> ambassador, i believe you testified when you are in iraq previously it was rock and roll in terms of what you were dealing with. one of the concerns i have is we don't want to put our personnel in that position as well where those are the circumstances under which they are working. what circumstances do you anticipate you will recommend to your superiors that we approach the iraqi government to ask for an extension of the 2011 deadline? >> let me put that differently. the assumptions i have made that we can do i would go beyond adequate. we can do a security based upon the continuation of the current security trends. that is, with a tax down 90% from the high point -- with att acks down 90% from the high points. we are the inner security. most of the time de fend off most of the threats, particular the the bigger military threats. we have to worry more about bombs, ied's and that kind of thing as opposed to platoon- sized ambushes. if the

it reminds me in the vietnam war there was five o'clock follies in saigon where reporters were told byhe cornels what happened that day. does it need the analysis of the colonel to tell them, and i'm only raising the question, but you already answered it in a way, that maybe what people want is less analysis and less maybe there's studies on this and you concluded. >> just one thing that i think i may have stressed too much, when i say it's the readers' expectation, i'm not saying there's a readership sur vie and newspapers are saying to dictate the readership survey, by the overall mission of the newspaper changed hardly at all. the overall mission which is to explain the most important events, describe, explain, and lay out the most important events of the day before in the jim roberts recessation as in an hour before, it had to change, but i mean, it had to change. that's not based on readership surveys, but if you have a core mission you're responsible for, it stands to reason you have to change it over the years. >> absolutely. let's talk about the new thing called a pay wall. i'm