there in saigon and june of 1962 at that time, saigon still had the atmosphere of the french colonial city. when i arrived in saigon, i checked in at the caravel hotel that was a residence where a peas start, those who were in and out of the country always stayed the war then was between north and south vietnam. but as it intensified, american presence in saigon grew. the 1st 400 u. s. military advisors checked into the rex hotel. but some stayed at the caravel enough to interest the journalists there. what was interesting to me as a journalist, that in the hotel the caravel, we're staying, we're crew cut young americans in the bar and walking around in the restaurant of it. it turned out that they were american soldiers on leave, from the, from bang military advisors in the countryside. clearly things were moving along to me as a journalist to indicate that there was a real story. at that time, inside on our net journalistic intuition was spot on in 1963 south vietnam was in disarray. the unpopular and autocratic president was deposed in a qu, backed by the u. s. and the caravel was

additional activities are available in another recreation area just outside of saigon saigon. water sports are enjoyed by those who like boating or or water skiing. dancers help to a man's mind off the war. for many men, special arranges r&r to hawaii. this gives many soldiers the opportunity to see their wives and families again, even if for limited time. here in the soothing atmosphere of hawaii, the soldier is refreshed and filled with vigor again to return to duty in vietnam vietnam. from the first day when each man becomes a member of the u.s. army, his as an individual is of utmost importance to special services. as time passes, every soldier comes to realize that in the army, as elsewhere in life. his personal values and he gives of himself are recognized the fullest degree. is his experience in the army results in the broader development of a man's and personal character, maturity of mind and body are achieved. above all. by weather across the seas or at home. the effort continues. special services of the united states army seeks more and norway is to serve as soldier

there in saigon and june of 962 at that time, saigon still had the atmosphere of the french colonial city. when i arrived in saigon, i checked in at the caravel hotel that was a residence where a peas stop. those who were in and out of the country always stayed me. the war then was between north and south vietnam. but as it intensified, american presence in saigon grew. the 1st 400 u. s. military advisors checked into the rex hotel. but some stayed at the caravel enough to interest the journalists there. what was interesting to me as a journalist, that in the hotel the caravel were staying there were crew cut, young americans in the bar, and walking around. and the restaurant of it turned out that they were american soldiers on leave, from the, from being military advisors in the country side. clearly things were moving along for me as a journalist to indicate that there was a real story at that time in saigon. arnett, journalistic intuition was spot on. in 1963 south vietnam was in disarray. the unpopular and autocratic president was deposed in a qu, backed by the u. s. and the cara

than merely send advisors to, preclude a collapse of this pro-american anti-communist regime in in saigon? and so so ultimately in response to the escalation in response to to this this this existence of a of a of a state of war in in southern vietnam, lyndon johnson decide, deploy, combat troops begins with 3000 marines and it keeps going up from there. he deploys these combat troops to two southern vietnam and at the same time he initiates a sustained and bombing campaign against against the north. the idea being that the north to be punished for all the troubles in the south as far as johnson and his advisers are concerned whatever difficulties the americans are facing in the south are all the result of this collusion by by by hanoi, of this involvement hanoi. and as we established on on tuesday as it turns out. right, the insurgency in southern vietnam was actually begun by southerners against the wishes of of hanoi. so so so johnson's approach is to to fight the insurgents. the south with american military personnel and then to bomb the north for its support of of this state of war i

in saigon, and also. but this was one line nixon power. he believed that these withdrawals were absolutely to counteract the piecemeal and convince the country he ending the war were one step ahead of the share was the nixon phrase. and by this he meant congress, moderate groups. the antiwar movement had concentrated on political action, building candidacy of george mcgovern for president in 72 and seeking to elect more anti-war people to the house and the senate. the more radical antiwar groups viewed this as wasted energy. members of congress kept making speeches introducing resolutions that never pass. and then election day. george mcgovern was defeated by a landslide. however, when you look at the record this point of view seems myopic in his concession, mcgovern had uttered words more apt than he realized, quote, there can be no question at all that we have pushed this country in the direction of and if we have shortened the vietnam war, even by days, every minute, every hour, bone crushing effort in this campaign was worth it. indeed

there was a wide gulf of distress between washington and saigon. in eight months of talks in paris, there had been no negotiations directly concerned with a final settlement and therefore we moved on several fronts at. we frustrated the attack, which was launched in late february. as a result, the north vietnamese armies and the viet cong failed to achieve their military objectives. we restored a close working relationship with saigon and in the resulting atmosphere of, mutual confidence. president hue and his government have taken important initiatives in the search for a summit. we speeded up the strengthening of the south vietnamese forces and i am glad to report tonight that as a result, general ed burns told me on monday that progress in the training had been excellent and that apart from any developments that may occur in the negotiations in paris, the time is approaching when south vietnamese forces will be able to take over some of the fighting fronts now being manned by. in weighing alternate cost courses, we have had to recognize the situ

why were they tied down in saigon? because if you were a single reporter for a newspaper or a radio or some some anyway, your editor who had spent a lot of money get you there, wanted you to file a lot of copy and you couldn't wander around vietnam and and file two stories a week or. you you had to sort of stay where you could get a story every day or every other day and where was that was going to the 5:00 follies, the 5:00 follies, the and the american and the vietnamese handed out sheets of what happened. what they said happened during the war in the 24 hours, what units were doing and so on and you could put that together and could pleasure editor back home and file five or 600 words for for him to do so there was there weren't a lot of reporters, though there were hundreds of reporters accredited there weren't all that out in the field looking for the new york times had four reporters when i was there. so we had the luxury of being able to let people go out, spend time doing stories. and we one of the interesting

a march was held to honor those of the republic of saigon and american allies. they also remember those who died in southeast asia in their journey to freedom. the fall of saigon forced millions to seek refuge around the world, including 100,000 vietnamese americans who came here to santa clara county. >> i'm here to thank you. to thank you for coming to america. for having the courage to make that journey, to sacrifice in the face of so much tragedy. >> this is the 11th annual black april commemoration where the community invited to share their experiences to preserve and spread the heritage, history and culture of vietnam. >>> up next, the giants making history in more ways than one this weekend. how the team fared against the padres in mexico city today. >>> plus, the home run that's making mlb history. >>> and it's opening day on the bay. we'll take you to san francisco for the blessing of the fleet. >>> a lot of white caps across the water today. a windy and cooler finish to the weekend. right now winds close to 30 miles an hour in san rafael. more wind ahe

hour remembering the fall of saigon nearly half a century later. the end of the vietnam war paved the way for so many families to start a new life here in the bay area. >>> plus, an interview you can only see here on cbs news bay area. as the antioch police department reckons with the racist text message scandal. >> you are kind of taken aback a little. you think i mean, wow i have worked for this person and i have trusted this person. >> chief steven ford tells our katie nielsen what it was like to read those shocking texts that caused national outrage. >>> until the vietnamese that this would be the end of the line. most of those who wanted today leave their country, this would be their last chance. >> the voice of the late ed bradley covering the fall of saigon for cbs news in 1975, 48years ago today. the last u.s. personnel evacuated the capital effectively ending the vietnam war. >> many settled in san jose and as len ramirez reports, today the city came together to remember. >> reporter: well, the flag of the republic of vietnam flies right a

songs like bruce springsteen's born in the usa, billy joel's goodnight saigon, charlie daniels in saigon. so there's a there's a moment, and i think it overlaps with film that's happening of really of looking at the war and you're seeing you're seeing the second version of that story emerge. we don't hear too many women's voices on the rock side, certainly on the source, frieda payne, who many people might know from a really hit called band of gold, but she a hit with a song called bring the boys home. in 7172, which it's a big hit. again, are selling records they're they're on the radio. and as the war came to an end in this country, at least active hot part of the war. by 1973 to 75, that music, of course, died. i know that by like 1974, the top hit from that year was billie don't be a hero by o'donnell. so my agents, which is the definition of insipid but it was a that's about the only anti-war movie song there was. and by that time so i guess people just lost interest the subject was over and the field moved on. well you know protest, music as such is not as popular as we get into th

and in saigon. and i'm struck as i read over the document by the effort that went into the terms of that peace and the seriousness with which all the different components of it was studied. we know it all ended in failure. i don't think that that was absolutely predetermined. and here i have to mention the inevitable villain of the piece the counterfactual that haunts the nixon administration must always be what if there had not been watergate? what if nixon's position had not collapsed underneath him because of watergate? and more broadly, what if had not seized weakness of nixon as an opportunity to assert its complete control over policy with respect, at least to aid to south vietnam? remember, it's inconceivable that south korea would have survived if there hadn't been aid in the in the period after the end of the korean war. but there's no aid for south vietnam. it's basically cut off and this day, henry kissinger argues not. i think in sincerely the south vietnam had a shot in 1973, but withou

the fall of saigon and the collapse of south vietnam forced millions to seek refuge around the world, including more than 140,000 who came here to santa clara county. >> thank you. thank you for coming to america, for having the courage to make that journey, to sacrifice in the face of so much tragedy. >> this is the 11th annual black april commemoration where the community is invited to share their experiences to preserve and spread the heritage history and culture of vietnam. >>> tomorrow is may day, known as international workers day. it commemorates the historic struggles of workers and labor union. in san francisco, the international longshore and warehouse union is holding a rally. it's happening at the headquarters on north point street, that's at 12:30 p.m. in san jose, a may day march being held at 3:00. it will start at roosevelt park and end at the plaza de cesar chavez. >>> a rescue after a car plunged over a cliff. >>> the giants, they wrap up a historic trip to mexico city facing off against the padres. see how the team is making an impact off the field when we come back

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. >>> today in san jose, city and state leaders gathered to commemorate the fall of saigon. they also remembered those who fled vietnam by boat only to die at sea. the fall of saigon and the collapse of south vietnam forced millions to seek refuge around the world, including more than 140,000 in santa clara county. >> our people are here to thank you for coming to america, for having the courage to make that journey, to sacrifice in the face of so much tragedy. >> this is the 11th annual black april commemoration where the community is invited to share their experiences to preserve and spread the heritage history and culture of vietnam. >>> tomorrow is mayday, also known as international workers day. it commemorates the historic struggles of workers and labor unions. in san francisco the international longshore and warehouse union are holding a rally tomorrow. the event happening at its headquarters on north point street at 12:30 p.m. and then in san jose a mayday march is being held at 3:00. it'll start at roosevelt park on east santa clara street. organizers of both events

the oldest chinatown in the united states, one of three japan towns in the united states, little saigon, the filipino cultural heritage district and so many communities that reflect the diaspora of r ap community it's because of all of you. all of you who represent this amazing diversity who are leading in so many ways, and i just want to thank you for that. we have so much to celebrate this year, and i'm not just talking about academy awards. i'm talking about the progress that we re making after very challenging. several years as we are bringing our community back after covid in the wake of anti asian hate, as we move things forward, and each of you again has been a part of that. i also want to say that san francisco this year there's so much that we are doing to continue to anchor our status as the asian american capital. and that includes the fact that this fall in november san francisco is going to be the host city to apec, which is the asian pacific economic cooperation leadership summit where we will be hosting literally heads of states from countries to our east, representing wh

many of the attacks happened in little saigon.hey are working with the das office to see if they can add hate crimes to the charges. >>> the search continues for a dog stolen waiting for its owner in a tesla. it was caught on the camera. thieves pulled up in a black sedan, one of them broke a window and then took a 2-year- old french bulldog. the thieves also got away with a purse in the trunk. the owner says the dog is distinctive with spots over her eyes. >>> police are thinking the public for its help for putting a accused arsonist behind bars. luis is accused of putting a exclusive near the front doors of a bank last friday. these are surveillance photos. detectives arrested the 41-year- old man earlier today. he was booked for attempted arson and possession of the device. >>> the governor is continuing his push for renewable fuel. the air resources board approved new rules to phase out diesel trucks by 2035. they must be 100% electric. the governor defended the push saying the state is leading the way while creating six times

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was there between these two things were four things, you know, the sort of general ease of life in saigon and and these horrors outside and so that that's when i started to worry about how to how to write about the whole thing. and it and i learned more about the context about the war and about the vietnamese who still was there. and so when i started writing this book, i still didn't quite know how i was going to be able to deal with. it's really paradox in some ways that wandered into this circumstance and found to be as complicated as you did, but you set out to write an extra ordinarily ambitious book and as a very young journalist on the ground, you recognize at the time you were beginning work the level of ambition that would be required to pull it off. i guess not. i wouldn't. well, it worked out, which is good. well, i thank john for for boosting it. very kind of him. well, thank you. so, fred, you have as a historian who has studied the vietnam a great deal from the distance of the aftermath of the war, can you tell you something about your own interest, this work, what drew you

and my father took the report from the table and left the office and read it. sent my brother to saigonith other recommendations, great growth recommendations and taylor kennedy knew what he wanted and knew that my father would provide it, what he did prepared a detailed report on the effectiveness of the south vietnamese government, and the ability to achieve them superiority through military force, given the situation in south vietnam, kennedy ordered his brother to report to the secretary of defense mcnamaria, and here in in turn ordered general harkins commander of us forces in vietnam to begin withdrawing troops. the pentagon took a long time to come up with a detailed plan, and in may of 1963, mcnamara called a meeting, one of the board's most important finds, to review the record from that meeting. mcnamara said it's too slow to speed up. i want to withdraw a thousand people in december before the end of the year. i want people to be taken out in whole parts, and not at random. he demanded. it was this plan for the withdrawal of troops that was approved in in september 1963, kenn

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investigators say they committed a string of burglaries around little saigon neighborhood. you may remember a week ago the police said they had arrested a group of criminals of individually targeting asian americans in strong-arm robberies and the store owner said they are relieved that arrests are made, because they are known that they are lucrative targets. >> it is known that asians will carry cash and jewelry and this is an asian mall. >>> come up, robert handa is going to tell us what the police are doing to make the customers feel safer and if they will be charged as hate crimes. >>> another bank going down and taken over by federal regulators. maybe you heard of it, san francisco's first republic bank is being sold, and you have been following this for weeks now, and this is a transition, and what do the customers need to know now? >> well, the basic thing is that if you are a depositor in first republic bank, your money is safe in jpmorgan chase. all of the headquarters have been transferred to jpmorgan chase, and all of the mortgages and money is safe. >> these are

. >> san jose officers on foot patrol is a welcomed sight in the little saigon neighborhood, because thieves have been targeting the shopping centers in the vietnamese american communities. today, they have announced group of men who investigators are saying are responsible for 13 robberies and five grand thefts and countless burglaries, and many of them took place outside of the grand century mall, and many were relieved to hear about the arrests. >> there a big concern about the asian community of multiple robberies going on, and luckily for us inside of the grand century shopping mall, we have higher private security and the san jose police department. >> reporter: they say they are working with the district attorney's office to add hate crimes with the office to reassure the aapi community. >> we want people to know if you are frequenting these shopping centers, these crimes are not going to go unpunished. >> charles wong is pointing out that state law is specific when it comes to hate crimes. >> it is very difficult to prove a hate crime unless somebody says something very speci