he appoints comber to go out to saigon and set up a new organization called cords. the cords organization working with the south vietnamese. we defeats vie yet kong. and nobody knows it. he sent out general abrams to be the deputy to focus in on the south vietnamese forces. so bunker at the top level. comber dealing with all the villages and all the cities. and abrams working with the forces and westy focusing on search and destroy missions. if you read, these are declassified, all of the cables to johnson which i asked doug pike to do. you can read these. if you read them, they are obviously written for an audience of one. these are official government documents going back to various people. but bunker is writing these to his president and what he is pointing out to johnson is every week we are making progress. something has happened, political, economic, military, in this past week which gets us closer to the day when the south v vietnamese can get closer and our troops can go home. now in november '67. how come general west more land didn't protest? in fact he we

so i'm going from place to place walking around saigon and everything with an empty m-16. one of the times that i did have, should we say, the fear of god put in me was when we were first with the ninth infantry, we went through a week of training and indoctrination, and they took us out on what they could an overnight march. and we made a camp around a rubber tree plantation. and a couple of shots were fired at us. i've got the, should we say, knowledge of what it tasted like to eat dirt, because that's how far i buried myself. well, one of the benefits of being a clerk, a personnel clerk was we could take care of our own guys. we'd get 'em like a seven-day drop which means you'd leave seven days early. so the army said, all right, we'll let 'em out early. so i got a two-day drop, and the day i got those orders it was like seeing our first son born. i mean, it was just fantastic. and i, obviously, sent copies home to everybody, and i just, you know, you start counting the hours, the days and everything. and you went to sheep at night -- to sleep at night knowing that, hop

guy in saigon, i did not want to be. i could brief full colonels and tell them, this is what you guys got to do about village credit committees or local self-defense committees or this and that. the c.o.r.d.s. was working with the vietnamese in the context of their own nationalism. why did it succeed? because of their nationalism. which goes back to my dad's instincts of 1954. paul: i will combine two questions. you have addressed part of this, but i wanted to see it more directly. can you address how you can claim c.o.r.d.s. won, when the victory did not hold? can you still say there was a win? related to that, this question, what about henry kissinger's role during this time period? what was he up to? i shy away from wrapping things up neatly. [laughter] mr. young: this question puts me on the spot. i cannot fully address it because there is no time and there are documents i found which give us a totally new understanding of henry kissinger's role in the negotiations, which i hope to make my next book. briefly speaking

read one week a day the general in i decided to take some time off and go to visit saigon. we went there on a three wheel affair with the carriage. besides spotted a vietnamese fortuneteller behind a table through the general decided he wanted to have his fortune told and they told him he studied the newly appointed to an important position which is true because he just got his first start. he said the generals expecting s great event which was also true. in the fortuneteller said after the reason you're here in vietnam, what a marvelous signaling at the time. i didn't believe him. not bad, how right he was. he died, he was nine years old. he just finished updating his memoir on the failure of military fun and social science in vietnam, republished for as. generation of very well many pentagon officials and social scientists who are treading water with scissors in iraq and afghanistan. thank you. [applause] i don't know how much time i have loved, but i certainly welcome any questions. is there a microphone? >> was the mass lie or ever built -- america can think a lot of us

he is sent to prison in saigon to interview a vietcong prisoner he shows the imprisoned fighter in blocks and says to use see anything on this card that remind you of a, no, sir he replies per cow about the top part, anything there that remind you of a? no, he replied. do you think-- see anything on this ink blot that remind you of a woman's vagina, no, he replied in this went on for several hours and neither man was in a good mood. he was frustrated because he'd been going through these cards, to diagnose personality traits and the prisoner was unhappy. he was employed by an american firm based in cambridge, massachusetts. the company set him to vietnam in 1966 under darpa to help the pentagon understand the growing insurgency, so let's calibrate where we are 1966. at that time there's over 180,000 american troops in vietnam which is as many as were in iraq and afghanistan at the height of our wars they are. the vietcong insurgency had grown tremendously. the pentagon papers estimated about an estimated 280,000 vietcong communist fighters. this was up from what their estimates were of ab

there is an iconic photograph even you have seen of a policeman standing in a busy intersection in saigon, with the viet cong with his hands handcuffed behind his back with a revolver held to his head. a photographer captured him blowing the man's brains out. that bullet not only pierced the soldier's skull, but america's consciousness as well. it told everyone in my generation that there was no end in sight. there was no light. peaceful antiwar demonstrations turned up all over the country, and some turned violent. instead of the war winding down, violence in vietnam exploded the year that we graduated. 17,000 americans killed just that year alone. the war was supposed to end. johnsont lyndon announced he would not seek a second term. then in april dr. king was assassinated, gunned down in memphis. cities, including my own hometown of wilmington, delaware, went up in flames. my hometown is the only city in american history since the civil war occupied by the national guard for seven months. as i walked across that stage to receive my diploma that day, i learned the only political hero i

four weeks later, bodies were being lifted off the top of the roof of the saigon. and the war was ended. was 1968, this is 2017. now it is your turn. you are graduating into a world of anxiety. you are walking across the stage without knowing exactly what you are going to do, what is going to be on the other side. but there is no reason why your generation cannot do the same and better than ours did. you are better equipped, you are better equipped and better educated. you are more informed, you are more engaged the deal with what lies ahead than my generation was. ladies and jenna mike, you are better -- ladies and gentlemen, you have better tools, the iphone you have is 10 times more powerful than all the computers that send the man to the moon. we have 3-d printers, restoring tissue after dramatic injury, actually beginning to be liberty's body parts are transplants, software translates real-time conversations into mobile languages, technology is there to fight climate change, turkey and served -- and cure cancer. i am optimistic. i do not believe there is anyth

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to use that especially in the context of events commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the fall of saigon. >> reporter: the vietnam war dead including 58,000 american soldiers a quarter million south vietnamese soldiers and nearly 2 million civilians. lan diep who is 33 and was born in houston says he is thankful. >> the sacrifice that is my parents' generation went through paved the way for vietnamese-americans of our generations to have the opportunities that we do in america and enjoy the liberties that we do and for that i'm very grateful. >> reporter: when you call the vietnam war pointless, why is that hurtsful. >> reporter: a fellow council member tam nguyen says he plans to talk with lan diep soon. do you think he will be able to recover from this? >> he has a long way ahead of him. this may be a small step but i think from there on, it may be [ indiscernible ] to get closure together. >> reporter: in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> a notorious san francisco landlord has been ordered to pay a $2.4 million penalty for harassing dozens of tenants out of their rent controlled homes. t

quiet san francisco >>> finally tonight, this weekend marked the 42nd anniversary of the fall of saigon. the shadow still cast by the vietnam war. our tom brokaw has spent years chronicling the stories of the world war ii veterans. tonight's inspiring america report. >> reporter: at first tony marshall and jack tremble look like any other pilots. refreshing their skills at randolph air force base in san antonio. maybe just a bit more senior. in the waning days of war in vietnam, they ended up as two of the last fires to be shot down. now the two former weapons systems officers will soar once again, thanks to the air force's freedom flyer program which ensuresed flights that ended in their capture will not be their last. over the last 44 years, the 560th flying training squadron has returned almost 200 former pows to the skies. marshall has vivid memories of the moments after he was cornered somewhere in the vietnamese jungle. >> i was totally angry because if they shot me, nobody would know what had happened or if i survived. >> reporter: and survived both did, fortunate to only be in p

you go to saigon ask there's money coming in, foreign ownership of everything.hat's not happening here? >> yes, i can see there's when you go to the market and say where is it from, they say thailand, vietnam, china it and to find local foods is difficult. but if you talk to it old people, they say we are like the bamboo. when there's too much wind. i was a a monk for one month. i sign for three weeks. i wanted to stay livid. to learn how to disconnect the important things in life. people drink a lot, they like to enjoy, share. it if you don't, the more you give. you go up and down, it's never a good feeling. it's always in the same way. at the end, it's the end. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. [man] beautiful just like you. [woman] oh, why thank you. [burke] and we covered it, november sixth, two-thousand-nine. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ at lincoln, we're all about mak

went through torture and starvation before giving their life or missing in .laces like caisson in saigon i wish we saw the names of the servicemembers who put their country first and themselves second while serving in the dominican republic or iran or el salvador or panama or the persian gulf, as we thought a lot what we will say when we are given the chance to speak on this floor and if our words would be worth even one second of their life. think about the delta operators or black hawk pilot's who gave it all in the dusty sands of somalia, medal of honor recipients like master sergeant gary gordon and sergeant first class randall stood guard who volunteered to go into situations that they knew would claim their life. they were devoted to their duty and their duty was to their brothers and to their country. those who fought and died in bosnia and kosovo and on the uss cole and those who fought them places where we may never know because of threats to us that we never even knew existed. we need to ask if they would give the last eight of their heart for the way in which we legislate our

from refugee camps after saigon fell in to communist hands on this day in 1975. one goal was to encourage younger generations to learn about the refugee experience and its relevance today. >> for younger generations it is about understanding refugee issues that are happening around the world and how does their history and experiences inform what types of issues -- [ indiscernible ] >> catholic charities helped set up today's gathering. >>> bay area universities number one when it comes to getting the most bang for your buck. university of california at berkeley topped the list of best value schools. the rankings take in to account school quality and earnings and tuition and student debt. stanford university is 7th and davis is number 9. half of the top 10 are public schools and half are in the west. >>> group of san jose middle middle middle schoolers are cramming in washington prepping for the national science bowl. they will scare off against bellevue washington tomorrow for the national title. another bay area team made it almost that far. among the last times

i mean, you go to saigon or hanoi?everything. is -- that's not happening here? >> french guy: yes, i can see there is an acceleration now. when you go to the market and you say, where is it from? they say, thailand. vietnam, china, and to find local fruit, it's difficult. but if you talk to old people, they will say -- we are like the bamboo. we are not trees, so when there is too, too much wind, voila, we bend in the wind, we get up. >> french guy: i was a monk for little bit more than one month. in fact, i signed for three weeks. after three weeks i wanted to stay a little bit. they push a lot the way to not suffer. to learn how to disconnect the important things in life. that's why the people, they drink a lot. they like to enjoy, to share. if you don't share, you are poor. more you give, more you're rich. you have money a lot, you lose your money tomorrow, some people will be upset. when you go up and going down, it's never a good feeling. as they say, look at the river. it's go up, it's go down, but always in the

i would also like to call to your attention that 18 from the united nations was sent to saigon to investigate the .harges made against the regime they did investigate those, but as they return to this country, -- that was one of the great tragedies of this whole conflict. the united nations report, which they declined to make official because they thought why bring anything up now. it has been published now. there has been public access to it. and the united nations cleared the regime of any charges that was brought against it. >> let's get senator kennedy in on this. what about your answer senator? senator kennedy: once somebody asked me a question i will answer. >> hands thrown up again. >> what is the correlation of what mr. reagan made use -- to be violated by america's record in vietnam, by its refusal to allow free elections, by supporting -- senator kennedy: i understand now. as i said before, i think that were mistakes that were made over the last 10 years. there were mistakes that which i was involved. excuse me? about the million civilians that have been killed? senator kennedy: i w

the president smoke to vietnamese troops approaching saigon. overrun all south vietnam in three days. 30 years after u.s. became involved in southeast asia and ten years after the marines landed. for which more than 58,000 americans had died which on the verge of defeat. decades later the division by that war continue. ken burns in the "new york times" on the vietnam war. tom is joining us from malibu, california. good morning. caller: good morning steve. i come from military family and over the years i seen patriotism just come apart. there was a picture of burning american flag. i got very upset about it. i like to read you something. it take about minute and a half to tribute to old glory. she's similar of our country. flag of our nation. she's held up right, and proud. her banner can never touch the ground. she's up in the morning and down in the evening at taps. she has a wonderful history. she cross the delaware with georgia washington. she went to tripoli, was bloodied in gettysburg. she was at the halls of montezuma. remained in havana

four weeks later, bodies were being lifted off the top of the roof of the saigon. and the war was ended. that was 1968. this is 2017. now it is your turn. you are graduating into a world of anxiety and uncertainty. you are walking across the stage without knowing exactly what is going to be on the other side, but there is no reason why your generation cannot do the same and better than ours did. you are better equipped. you are better equipped. you are better educated. you are more informed. you are more engaged to deal with what lies ahead than my generation was. ladies and gentlemen, you have better tools. you're in a position now where the power in your iphone you have is computers that sent meno the moon. tohave computers, beginning produce body parts for transplants. software translates real-time conversations into multiple linkages. -- languages. technology is there to fight climate change, cure cancer. i am optimistic. i don't think there is anything we can't overcome. if we were member who we are and what we have always striven to be, a nation grounded in d

what's happening in afghanistan, it really harkens us back to vietnam, where we see kabul the same as saigonwhen you have these terror attacks within the borders, that's trying to show the relevance of these organizations are still at a high premium. when you get out into the surrounding areas, that's where the real fight is. knowing the taliban controls more terrain than they ever have since 2001, that's where we really need to dry up their sanctuaries. we need to be concerned ab their staging basis that are located across the board in pakistan. >> jenna: we know at this time of year it's particularly important. this is when fighting season begins. where the weather changes. it allows some of the bad guys to move more freely. let's bring in to the news of north korea. some have suggested this about afghanistan. that a south korean model should work. we shouldn't expect to be out of afghanistan soon. what do you think about that? >> the number one important strategic objective should be to deny their sanctuary. we cannot allow them to have another base of operations. what we did, allowed the

the best dory 150 people like me and with their telling the pope and the cardinals out to interact saigon back and i google no mention in the "washington post" nobody has covered this meeting. i am thinking he made it all up so union website in ontario canada and it was completely true. he had invited 150 people to teach the cardinals with the catholic church should be doing guys to pick up trash people who are slumdwellers in nairobi people who are organizing the poor people from guatemala. with the automobile like head the save the children the pope brings in all these poor people this guy tries to change the way the church interacts as catholics and atheist interact with each other. is getting is out of power, persona and people don't like that. and the like getting out of my comfort zone with the homeless some believe they should run it this way but he does a great story and about jesus with the woman caught with adultery and they condemn her and he's let the person without sin cast the first doughnut everybody leaves in jesus is on the ground writing in the dirt some guy thought it w

i would like to call to your attention that a team from the united nations was sent to saigon, to vietnam to investigate the charges made against the regime. they did investigate those but as they returned to this country the united nations report which they declined. >> there has been public access to it. the united nations report cleared the diem regime of charges brought against it. >> let's get senator kennedy in on this. what about your answer to the question? >> why doesn't somebody ask me a question and i will answer it. >> can i ask you the question. >> hands brought up again. self-determination principle of which mr. reagan made use seems to be violated by america's record in vietnam by its refusal to allow elections by supporting -- >> i understand now. i would say that as i said before i think there were mistakes made over the period of the last ten years. there were mistakes in which i was involved -- >> do you regard it as a mistake that millions of civilians killed? >> i would regard it as a mistake. i think the civilians being killed in north vietnam or south vietnam, i thi

world and keeps his promise or at least he claims until september 29th, at the beginning of the new saigon offensive, the infantry going forward, sees german machine gunners, my loyalty to my comrades, my promise to my mother, and goes ahead and fires on this german, killed the three german guards who are operating it. the unit moves forward, just can't help himself. and sees german flying face down, i have to know. and the other guy, looks at that and he writes he was not killed his uncle. i keep thinking of him in german lines, an officer came along and started hollering at me what are you doing there? this is no time for souvenir hunting, don't you know we are advancing? i was so hurt i couldn't talk. this is a story, doing the things to prove he was 100% american, and destroy his family, and on the surface it seems he's a loyal american soldier doing exactly what the american military want him to do and these are 40,000 soldiers standing in the hot sun in july near the statue of liberty, standing next to a guy, makes you american. in july but if we peel it back a little bit there is a

the japanese had 50,000 troops in saigon, vietnam, back then french indochina.iving to the fdr and general marcia had the war department worn the bases to go on high alert. if i had an hour, i could go over what happened at pearl harbor. it is the perfect storm of mistakes. everyone there believed -- they were in command, but in command with the attitude it does not matter anyway because we will not be attacked, so why bother? that is a bad way to do it. other commanders had done that, but if it was 1932, 1934, 19 36, and you are a commander in hawaii, you could have that attitude and you could spend two years in hawaii and not do all lot. but in december 1941, it was a poor way to run things. i don't think fdr directing new about pearl harbor, but he knew an attack was coming. for 1900im anti-aircraft guns and given away hundreds of fire planes. they did not have the weapons either. they were very shorthanded. admiral richardson had gotten fired -- we point this out in the book -- he was pacific fleet commander in 1940 and of realist, and a very capable officer

was sent to saigon, vietnam, to investigate the charges against diem's regime they did investigate those, but as they returned to this country, diem was assassinated, which i think was one of the great tragedies of this whole conflict; and the united nations report, which they declined to make official because they thought why bring anything up now that he's been killed, has on the other hand, been published, there has been public access to it, and the united nations report completely cleared the diem regime of any of the charges that had been brought against him. mr. collingwood: governor, let's get senator kennedy in on this. we haven't heard from him in a while. what about your answer to jordan's question, senator? senator kennedy: well, why doesn't somebody ask me a question, and then i'll answer it specifically? jordan: can i--can i ask you the question then? mr. collingwood: hands sprout up again. go ahead, jordan. jordan: self-determination, the principle of which mr. reagan made use, seems to me to be violated by america's record in vietnam, by its refusal to allow free elections

the japanese had 50,000 troops in saigon, vietnam, back then french indochina. moving from french indochina to the philippines or singapore was not an easy thing so fdr and general marshall had the war department worn the bases to go on high alert. had anblem was that if i hour, i could go over what happened at pearl harbor. it is a perfect storm of mistakes and everyone there believes they were in command, but they were in command with the attitude of it doesn't matter anyway because we are really not going to be attacked so why bother? , that is a bad way to do it. other commanders had done that, but if it was 1932, 1934, 19 36, sash or 1936 and you were a commander in hawaii, you could have that and -- attitude and you were fine and you could spend two years in hawaii and not do all lot. in december of 1941, it was a poor way to run things. i do not think fdr directly knew it would be pearl harbor, but he knew an attack was coming. what i blame him foremost with pearl harbor is he had given 1900 and i after -- antiaircraft guns away to other countries and had

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. >> nominees for best revival of a musical is falsetto, "hellow dolly" and miss saigon. >> best play. >>> the nominees for best musical are, "come from away". "dear evan hansen". "groundhog day" the musical. "natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812". there are few more nominations to get to this morning but for all of you watching "cbs this morning" we're going to send it back to charlie, gayle and norah. >> thank you guys >> thank you. >>> that was very nice. right back to us. actor play wright and cbs morning contributor jamie wax joins us at the table. hello. last year hamilton dominated 16 nominations. do you think it's better when there's not a dominant play >> i've been here at the table with you for four years now. i spend my life working in the theater. this is one of the most exciting broadway seasons ever. last year was the year of hamilton. it was a dominant force. this year there's so much good stuff in revivals, in musical, in new american plays. there's really a lot to go around and i think the awards and nomination rebe flekt that. >> "dear evan hansen". >> a great

when saigon fell in 1975, thousands of families were forced to flee their home and many came to america with nothing but hope in their dreams to keep them alive. today, i'm proud to represent little sigeon, the largest concentration of vietnamese. each and every one of them has a personal connection to the sacrifices that their families have made and to the loss of their homes. this shared experience has made the vietnamese community and culture thrive in orange county, california. and i'm honored to represent this community and mourn along side with them and proud that america gave them shelter in their time of need. the u.s. must be a beacon of hope to those without hope. we must continue to stand up for human rights and religious freedom. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to douse for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise to honor mclenahan,of

the when i was ceo of cke one of the first companies, to open restaurants in vietnam, i visiting saigonial activity building is amazing, really was nothing like what i expected. having been kid grew up in vietnam war era very much they liked americans very positive about america. and very negative about china, so i think that -- that certainly the vietnamese will do everything they can to keep american trade they compete with china, from manufacturing activity been able to keep labor prices lower than china, so getting some of that manufacturing activity, as you may have noticed in some labels in your clothing on occasion so they are very interested, in continuing trade with united states, i expect a very positive meeting, i think that president trump has very, very good business sense in this respect will do something meaningful with vietnam. >> andy do you think some countries are protectionist about some exports? the discussion around vietnam has to do with -- catfish i do believe, and that that is more for president trump, and especially for the southeastern united states do you thi