concentrate on south vietnam, but a lot of the fighting was going on and many that foughtrs in south viet nam also did fighting in laos against the laotian communists, so if you cannot get a full view of the vietnam war without reading some of the regional perspectives i think at times not only privilege and the of almost focus on an exclusively america focus of the vietnam

>> 500 plus casualties -- i should say 500 died in south vietnam while fighting what we call it the viacom in the south. it's an important detail to focus on. to dismiss them with the insulting nature to use as an american mercenary paid for a lot of the military hardware and transportation logistics and extra pay the troops received and also tends to focus on black-market schemes. but the truth behind it all his soldiers were fighting, thai soldiers were dying. for years, thailand was carrying out their war, what they saw as their war in south vietnam. so the casualties are something we should keep in mind. >> professor ruth, thai u.s. relations. when did they start to really gel because thailand has been an ally for a long time. participated in the iraq war and world war ii. >> absolutely. you can date back to the famous example of offering abraham lincoln for his troubles in the american civil war, but definitely in the 20th century, the ties were always a close u.s. ally in this intensified during the second world war. but pretty much comes in as a strong u.s. ally and definitely a str

a base for many of the aircraft that were flying, bombing missions over the trail, over laos, south vietnam, and so we issue at the- so we, at the time, built seven air bases, developed a court there as well to facilitate the u.s. effort in the vietnam war, and also many american soldiers went on r and r to bangkok and spent a lot of time there, and in terms of direct support and more peripheral support, thailand was a close ally of the u.s. and important part of the war effort. >> host: did they have soldiers in vietnam? >> guest: absolutely, and that's what i concentrate on in the book. thailand spent 37,000 soldiers, half combat, the other combat support troops to fight in south vietnam as allies to the united states. they also spent smaller naval units and air units, but, still, there was combat units fighting outside of saigon and the province working with the united states, working with the south vietnamese and the other allies, the filipinos and south korean. >> host: what about casualties? >> guest: 500-plus casualties -- well, i should say 500 thais died in south vietnam while figh

>> guest: they took 500 plus casualties -- well, i should sa 500 thais died in south vietnam while fighting what we call the viet cong in the south, and i think it's an important detail to focus on because those wo don't know the history of thai involvement tend to dismiss them as the insulting term they sometimes use is america's mercenaries because we paid for the, a lot of the military hardware and transportation and logistics and extra pay that th thai troops received. they also tend to focus on thos thais who were engaged in kind of black market schemes. but the truth behind it all is that thai soldiers were fightin and dying for four years. thailand was sort of carrying out their war, what they saw as their war in vietnam. so the casualties are something that we should keep in mind. >> host: professor ruth, thai/u.s. relations, when did they start to really gel? because thailand's been an ally for a long time, and they participated in the iraq war and world war ii. >> guest: absolutely. i mean, you could date backo the famous example of offe

laughter] >> one of the last name to have been while kennedy was alive was if the assassination of south vietnamwith our ally but then he is assassinated. this raises the question fifth over the next 50 years to argue about, would kennedy have told fed advisers out of vietnam? and you argue indications are that he would have. just to challenge that a little bit and, there is a wonderful book called choosing war that they say the viet cong attacks were doubling in november from the month before in south vietnam and tear the top advisers to honolulu and they warned the viet cong would win if the u.s. did not do something quickly. not to challenge those memories but wouldn't it have presented kennedy with a difficult choice? losing to a peasant army which was beat back by the soviet union? >> kennedy was under pressure with the enormous way and the bay of pigs and said no. that meeting in honolulu was mentioned to me years ago it was very strange they are meeting in honolulu. arad of the country when the president was killed. fascines johnson met quickly before kennedy was buried with and clearly i

war" in which he says that viet cong attacks were doubling in november from the month above in south vietnam. and that there were meetings of kennedy's top advicers in honolulu, which is -- which i think finished up the day before kennedy was assassinated -- a great film -- and they warn the viet cong is going to win if the u.s. didn't do something very quickly. so, not to challenge the memories of people who were involved in this, of course who say kennedy would have pulled out, but has presented kennedy, if he had lived, with a very difficult choice. that is, losing to a army, in effect, a guerrilla force which was obviously being backed by the soviet union. >> we make the argument kennedy had been under pressure from the joint chiefs in an enormous way after the cuban missile crisis and the bay of bigs and he said no. and so he stood up to them. and very strange thing that these guys were meeting in honolulu. that's most of the cabinet, were out of the country when the president was killed in dallas. it seems to have been -- one can argue that johnson very quickly met on that -- the monda

. >> you just got back from an extended tour in south vietnam.what effect is the long drawn out talks having on the moral of the troops there. >> it doesn't expect their moral. those kids go out there to do one year and they do it. they serve with such honor and such integrity it's just amazing and all they do is think about when they're going to go home. they go over there and they'll say well i have 42 more days or i have 18 more days and like i said to the kids in the hospital. he was laying there in japan. i said you're going to see my show tomorrow and he said, no i'm going home. so it makes you feel really big. >> are we ready? >> ♪ i wish that i could kiss each and every one of you ♪ >> you want to get a sample of that? >> reporter: during world war ii he brought his act to troops in the south pacific and entertained 15,000 marines on the island of pavu as they got ready for a big invasion. >> out of the kids 40% never got home. some months later i was going to a hospital, oakland california during my regular comedy routine and a patient c

north and south vietnam, for instance. they divide people so that the pressure will not be on them. that is how i see the system. i see it in prison, how they divide inmates. it is scary if inmates unite, and they do not like that. when i first come to prison, it will be a big thing if i went and sat with the blacks. it would be a big think if they caucasian sat with the asians. we only did that one time, where everybody got together, and we got what we wanted. when you unite, you can conquer. [applause] >> next question is for the commander. how can they community-based organization contact the task force for speaking engagements? >> if you call and ask to speak to jim miller. >> is there any effort to formalize the relationship with a community-based organization? >> right now, we do not have that effort in place. it is a good idea, it is something that we have talked about. it is important for us to understand what the cbos are doing. it is important for them to have specific training for their individuals. they should also have some guidelines and some criteria to evaluate their

north and south vietnam, for instance. they divide people so that the pressure will not be on them. that is how i see the system. i see it in prison, how they divide inmates. it is scary if inmates unite, and they do not like that. when i first come to prison, it will be a big thing if i went and sat with the blacks. it would be a big think if they caucasian sat with the asians.

north and south vietnam, for instance. they divide people so that the pressure will not be on them. that is how i see the system. i see it in prison, how they divide inmates. it is scary if inmates unite, and they do not like that. when i firste

north and south vietnam, for instance. they divide people so that the pressure will not be on them. that is how i see the system. i see it in prison, how they divide inmates. it is scary if inmates unite, and they do not like that. when i first come to prison, it will be a big thing if i went and sat with the blacks. it would be a big think if they caucasian sat with the asians. we only did that one time, where everybody got together, and we got what we wanted. when you unite, you can conquer. [applause] >> next question is for the commander. how can they community-based organization contact the task

parked -- a territorial dispute over parts of the south china sea, which vietnam calls the ec. the chinese now say they are entitled to intercept fishing boats for trespassing. >> this is the last piece of vietnamese territory before the depths of the south china sea, which are increasingly murky. hundreds of vietnamese fishing boats head out into a stretch they call the east seat. -- sea. the islands are disputed between vietnam, china, and taiwan. the skipper knows the dangers. three years ago, he was detained by the chinese, who confiscated his boat. >> in the past, when we were hit by storms, which could shelter of the islands. now, mysterious and boats come to arrest us, and beat us, and pushed us back. >> the chinese occupied the islands, but the vietnamese say there is plenty of historical

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in which he says that the viet cong attacks were doubling in november from the month before and south vietnam and that there were meetings of kennedy's tauter advisers which i think finished up the day before kennedy was assassinated. this would be a good film. and incidentally the viet cong we are going to win if they didn't do something very quickly. so, not to challenge the members of people who were devolve in the sand kennedy would have pulled out, but wouldn't it have presented kennedy if he had lived with the very difficult choice that is losing to the army in effect the guerrilla force which was obviously backed by the soviet union. >> i think we make the argument that kennedy had been under pressure from the joint chiefs in an enormous weight in the cuban missile crisis in devotee of pigs. so he was the one who could stand up to them. that meeting by the way was mentioned years ago by frederick it was a very strange thing and most of the cabinet paper out of the country when the president was killed in dallas and it seems they met on the day before kennedy was buried, it was a sunday

these were south vietnam please. >> you talk about how you hear people refer to them as gooks and itrritated you. >> sure it did. it is a term of prejudice. it is a term that tends to paint everyone with a same negative brush. i've got to tell you the ones i served with in that first tour, they were not corrupt, they were not coward, they are brave patriots. many of them were citizens of north vietnam but they were run out of their homes because they were catholic and they were fighting for their country, they were fighting for their freedom, they were fighting for freements of their home land. all the things that we as americans believe in. that is what they were fighting for. it was not to support a corrupt regime in saigon. that is not what they were there for. i had great respect for them. i did not like it when other americans who didn't know what they were talking about, for the most part, did not know many south have it these talked about them in those terms about them. i was one of them at the time. >> colonel trong? >> amazing man. absolutely, one of the best leaders, combat

and in 1975, april 30, 1975, when the country of south vietnam ceased to exist and as many vietnamese fled by boat or -- by boat or any way they could, and they needed to get a sponsor here in the united states, sometimes the only name they knew was bud zumwalt. and the zumwalt home and the home of his children were filled with vietnamese families. one is here tonight, he knows the story of how 11 of them came and lived in the basement. and the zumwalts helped them understand how to survive here, how to change money, taught them english, helped them get started. and today they're all success. and i use this quote from them that the zumwalts taught them how to be proud americans. and i think it's a real tribute to them. and there are stories that bill clinton told at the 2000 memorial service where some vietnamese family arrived, and the only name they knew was zumwalt, and they called, and zumwalt found them a home and took them in. it's a remarkable, remarkable story. and other aspects of the book that i hope you'll enjoy are his relationships with john warner which were not very goo

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