he want to answer from those that thought the united states wasn't doing enough to help south vietnam, titled peace without con quest, the address attempted to explain why southeast asia was a vital interest to the united states and worthy of economic development in vietnam. u.s. military personnel went from about 23,000 in january of 1965 to over 180,000 by the end of the year. >> during the current academic year this marks the second occasion on which johns hopkins has been privileged to welcome our chief exec itutive to this campus. ladies and gentlemen, i present the president of the united states. [ applause ] >>> mr. garland, senator brewster senator tydings, members of the congressional delegation, members of the faculty of johns hopkins, student body my fellow americans. last week 17 nations sent their views to some two dozen countries having an interest in southeast asia. we are joining those 17 countries and stating our american policy tonight which we believe will contribute toward peace in this area of the world. i have come here to review once again with my own people the

they serve in south vietnam. also known as the republic of vietnam. they have amazing stories of the vietnam war, and their journey to kentucky. i'm going to introduce our speakers. starting on the left is dr. gary tran. he was a cabinet member and vice minister of agriculture for the republic of vietnam under the president during the vietnam war. today, he is a veterinarian and operates a reading school in louisville, kentucky. he is the first vietnamese american to be a kentucky colonel. [ applause ] >> next, we have mr. nguyen. he was an air force pilot in vietnam. he works for charities where he sets up refugees in louisville. [ applause ] >> mr. hung lee was also a trained air force pilot. today, he is an entrepreneur in louisville and involved in the veteran activities and service. [ applause ] >> dr. khue tran was in the army of the republic of vietnam. today, he works as a doctor at force knox. [ applause ] >> finally, we have mrs. hao tran. she was a pharmacy student when shemar married during the war. today, her and her husband reside in eli

we provided support to all for military areas in south vietnam. let me tell you a little about a friend i flew with. i flew a 190 gunship. it was converted to a gunship. this aircraft provided close fire support for south vietnamese and friendly troops. it had the ability to fly up to 6000 feet. they had hadley accuracy. -- they had deadly accuracy. submission for this was to attack the ho chi minh trail. one night on november, 1971, it was thanks giving day. we found the north vietnamese with trucks. this was a rare catch for our group. we went up to 2000 feet. we opened up on the trucks with all the guns. they disappeared in a cloud of dust. we showered them with thousands of rounds in about 10 minutes. another night that i cannot forget was when an area was about to be overrun. they wanted us to cover them. one night, in the summer of 1972 right near the border of cambodia the vietcong attacked the camp easily. we were outnumbered. they were about 100 yards from the camp. we threw up a flare to identify the attack. i saw hundreds of the at tong

anchor: the government of south vietnam surrendered. at 10:00 on the 30th, general doung van minh, who had been president only two days called on south vietnamese troops to lay down their arms. then he met with reporters inside the palace. he said that the provisionary revolutionary government forces would be there any moment. and so, everyone just waited. [explosions] reporter: 12:00 noon. the first soldier carrying the flag of the national liberation front. smashing through the fence of the gates and rolling on to the grounds of the independence palace. the great soviet built t-54 tanks. then they all burst into spontaneous firing. this is jubilation, not directed at any, in the air. [gunshots] reporter: and the prg flag. the palace guard. there was no resistance from the palace guard. they were disarmed quietly and then lined up on the grass their weapons taken away. jack: well, if the north vietnamese troops were given to celebration, i guess from their point of view, it was quite something to celebrate. it was an awfully long way an

south and north vietnam? >> well you just see the troops rolling down past the street now, and you can see they are north vietnamese troops led by north vietnamese officers and led by the poll it will bureau in hanoi. they're the power in all of vietnam now there are some who talk about politics and participation. but in fact the north vietnamese do control the country entirely. and they will determine the political future. >> you mean in fact it is reunified today if not in name? >> in fact it has been reunified, of course. >> the military might that is assembled here is worth noting. these combined weapons with china, the soviet union. plus all the weapons that american aid left behind. vietnam now has got the biggest military force in asia outside of china. the new government has been recognized by a number of diplomats. we have the chinese and the soviets. >> these are the guns and the tanks that finally led to the great debacle. it took only 50 days of the south vietnamese army to totally disintegrate. a

nbc news reports on the capture of south vietnam pots capital by north vietnamese communist forces. it details events in the weeks following the vietnam war. an nbc news special report from 1975 communist saigon, on american history tv on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv's reel america bring you archival films that tell the story of the 20 century. "the true glory" is a reduction of the office of war and information the british information -- british ministry of information, chronicling events from the d-day invasion until the east surrender of 1945. -- the nazi germany surrender of 1945. the film was digitally restored using software and a more tedious manual process to remove dirt, dust and scratches from

saigon, the capital city of south vietnam, falls. the 15-year-long vietnam war comes to an end., 40 years later, economic reforms have brought remarkable development to vietnam. it's a young vibrant country. less than half the population experienced the war, but many vietnamese still bear the scars. [ speaking foreign language ] ' . >>> agent orange is a chemical defol yapt. the united states and south vietnamese armies sprayed large quantities over the jungle. their aim was to strip the trees bare. without cover, enemy soldiers couldn't carry out attacks. agent orange contains dieoxin, a substance toxic to the human body. this family has been suffering from the effects for three generations. t imt et is a former soldier who was exposed to agent orange on the battlefield. soon after being discharged, he began experiencing live and kidney problems. he's been on daily medications ever since. his son started suffering joint problems at the age of 6 and eventually lost the use of his hands and feet. >> translator: i had a sickness. none of the people around me wanted anything to do

nbc news reported on the april 30th aperture of south vietnam's capital by communist forces. g the end of the vietnam war. n nbc news special report from 1975. communist saigon on american history tv on c-span3. >>> tonight on the communicators. acting executive director of first net, kennedy on the creation of one nationwide broad band emergency communications network for first responders. >> it would be able to provide especially a data and broad band network for first responders. police officers emergency medical technicians responding to the incident that are on the zeen scene of the incident would have the ability to have video of things from the scene being sent to incoming responders. to have pictures from the scene. to be able to have important situational awareness data on where everybody is on that particular scene. today, not everybody would have the ability to see where the other ambulances are staged that might be coming in to pick up additional patients. a mass casualty situation, you'd be able to leverage it for triage. today, there is technology like fit bits a

saigon, the capital city of south vietnam, falls. 15 years of war comes to an end.s exactly 40 years later. the government that's holding a grand celebration to commemorate the unification of vietnam. joining the parade are veterans who fought in that war. we dug up an old film reel. ♪ it shows the farming village in north vietnam during the height of the war. it opens to the scene of quiet paddy fields. then images of a village. a village moving head long into socialism. in the village square, a performance is under way. the lion dance. but this is not a festival. there's a banner. it's a slogan calling for fighting spirit. the villagers have come out to cheer on a group of young men, they're going off to war. ♪ ♪ the people who shot that film worked from an office in this hanoi hotel. a japanese tv news agency opened its office in hanoi in 1964. indian staff reported on the situation in north vietnam until the war ended more than a decade later. here's one example. an indian report from 1966. it shows american military planes bombing hanoi. at the time, u.s. offic

and in south vietnam, we owned south vietnam ever after. the phrase nation-building is as absurd as orchid building. orchids are organic and so are nations. we do not know how to build nations any more than we know how to fix english-speaking home grown detroit. >> where does that leave the debate in 2015 and '16 about what we need to do with all the mideast going to hell in a hand basket and putin and all the threats we all know about. >> various republicans and presidential candidates are being drawn by the logic of criticism we should go back in with ground troops. credit the sincerity and logical nature. >> most are not talking about a reinvasion. talking about 10,000 20,000. >> that would count as be a invasion, it seems, 20000 people going back into a country. beyond that, the lesson is isis is a big problem for barack obama. the more they criticize him it's a big problem for republicans who will be challenged, you have to will the means to that end and what are your means? >> both topics isis and iraq are going to be big issues for w

nbc news reported on the april 30th capture of south vietnam's capitol by north vietnamese communist forces. at nbc news special report from 1975. on american history tv on c-span 3. >> to mark the 150th anniversary of the surrender of lee to grant on april 9th 1865 the national park service invited hundreds of living history experts to camp at the national historic park in virginia. american history tv visited the park to learn about a reconstructed traveling blacksmith forge. when we stopped by, the blacksmith was just starting a fire.

saigon, the capital city of south vietnam, falls. the 15-year-long vietnam war comes

we owned south vietnam ever after. fourth and most important, the phrase nation building is absurd as the phrase orchid building. we do not know how to build nations anymore than we know how to fix home grown detroit. >> where does it leave the debate in 2015 and 16 with all we need to do with the middle east going to hell in a hand basket and putin? >> various presidential candidates are being drawn by the logic saying we should go back in with ground troops. you have to credit the censerty -- >> both of them are not talking about a reinvasion. they're talking about ten or 20,000. >> that could count as an invasion seems to me. leaving that aside beyond that the lesson is that isis and islamic state is a big problem for barack obama. the more they criticize him, hst going to be a big problem for republicans who are going to be challenged, if you will the end, you have to will the means to that end. >> isis and iraq are going to be big issues for whoever the next president is. there's no way the battle against isis wil

it also reminds people that the philippines hosted boat people fleeing from south vietnam in the 1970's. genie: let's move to africa, with the situation in burundi that is continuing. the president did survive the coup attempt last week, but the protests are continuing. >> despite the threats protesters are holding strong in burundi, so much so that the president has postponed the election by a week. this is playing high in the french press because burundi is annexed belgian colony. -- is an and-belgian colony. demonstrations are said to continue until the president steps down. he is speaking from rwanda which is where he has taken refuge. he is quoted as saying, "for 10 years the president has plundered burundi's riches and has put in place a militia at the drop of a hat." another french paper, says critics of the government accuse the burundian government of trying to awaken ethnic tensions to muddy the waters in a crisis that has so far been fairly political. genie: just to wrap up, you found a great little story about william shakespeare and how our perception of him might be inco

. >> flag of old south vietnam flying tonight in sap jose in honor of the 40th anniversary of the fall of sigh g.o.p. we were at city hall event for the flag raising ceremony tonight to mark the day when the vietnam warrened and thousands of lives changed forever. large crowd attended ceremony inside. thousands rescued by ship and helicopter the family split apart can never forget what they went through. >> 3 night 3 day on the ocean. we drank basically survive on sugar cain juice and have what we have clothes on our back. >> her family was eight months on the island eventually settling in san jose. >> big names in and out support of bringing the new warriors arena in san francisco mission bay neighborhood after new opposition to the plan was raised. katie was at public meeting addressing the concerns tonight and joins us live with the new details. >> sales force ceo and tech financier big donor to ucsf new group out of the arena spinning a story and nitd a member of that group water practically booed at community meeting. jack davis not well received by everyone at the mission bay com

the north vietnamese took over as much as a third of south vietnam during the easter offensive of 1972. >> i see people dying every day before my eyes. >> reporter: nick ut's iconic photograph of a young vietnamese girl accidentally hit with napalm during the north vietnamese invasion of the south marked the beginning of the end of the diminishing public support for the war by many americans. >> right at the beginning, they say that picture went anti-war everywhere. that means the war will be over. >> reporter: only a teenager at the time, nick ut was a self- taught photographer who had replaced his photographer- brother killed earlier in the war. he covered the collapse of the south vietnamese army and the mass exodus of retreating military and civilians. all seeking a last sanctuary in the saigon area in april, 1975 >> even me i didn't think saigon fall right away maybe next two months, maybe two or three years. >> reporter: photojournalist nick wheeler on assignment for newsweek and u.p.i covered the fall of bien hoa. the last major military base just outside of saigon. and the init

. >> flag of old south vietnam flying tonight in sap jose in honor of the 40th anniversary of the fall of sigh g.o.p. we were at city hall event for the flag raising ceremony tonight to mark the day when the vietnam warrened and thousands of lives changed forever. large crowd attended ceremony inside. thousands rescued by ship and helicopter the family split apart can never forget what they went through. >> 3 night 3 day on the ocean. we drank basically survive on sugar cain juice and have what we have clothes on our back. >> her family was eight months on the island eventually settling in san jose. >> big names in and out support of bringing the new warriors arena in san francisco mission bay neighborhood after new opposition to the plan was raised. katie was at public meeting addressing the concerns tonight and joins us live with the new details. >> sales force ceo and tech financier big donor to ucsf new group out of the arena spinning a story and nitd a member of that group water practically booed at community meeting. jack davis not well received by everyone at the mission bay com

nbc news reported on the april 30th capture of south vietnam's capital by north vietnamese communist forces. it detailed events in the weeks following the end of the vietnam war. an nbc news special report from 1975. communist saigon. on american history tv on c-span 3. >>. each week american history tv's real tv brings you archival films that held tell the story. 35 years ago on may 18th, 1980, an earthquake beneath mt. st. helens caused volcanic eruption that killed 57 people and destroyed almost 150 square miles of forest. >> mount saint helen's a 9776-foot sleeping volcano nestled in the wild abundance of the national forest in southwest washington. >> on march 20th 1980 mount st. helen's ban to show tell tale signs that her slumber was ending. >> we're directly over mount st. helen's and there's no question at all the volcanic activity has begun. you can see smoke and ash pouring from the top of the mountain. >> a concern for safety cause ad closure. what scientists had anticipated the eruption of mount saint helen's before the end of this century had begun. the morning of may 1

nbc news reports on the april 30 capture of the south vietnam capital by north vietnamese forces. it details events following the end of the war. nbc news special report from 1979, communist saigon on american history tv on c-span3. >> up next, a discussion on naval navigation during the war of 1812. at the outset, the british royal navy was far more sophisticated than the american navy. we will hear about the tools that sailors on both sides of the conflict used to dominate the sea. the octagon house in washington, d.c., where the treaty of ghent was signed 200 years ago, hosted this event. it is about 25 minutes. kyle: welcome. i am kyle dalton, the administrator. i am also the author of a blog. today, i am going to be talking about the united states navy the war of 1812, and navigation. all three of these topics intersect at the octagon house. the eldest son of the owners of the house, john tayloe iv, was enlisted in the navy in 1890 as a midshipman. it was his responsibility to learn the trade of sailors and officers, to learn how to command ships, and how to work them. the un

eastern on american history tv an nbc special report, "communist saigon," reporting on the south vietnam capture by north vietnam forces. a detailed report at the end of the vietnam war. a report from 1975, communist saigon, on american history tv on c-span 3. >> you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span 3. follow us on twitter @c-span history for information on the latest history news. >>> may 8th marked the 70th anniversary of ve day when germany surrendered to allied forces ending world war ii in europe. next, from the memorial in washington, d.c., a ceremony commemorating the victory. speakers include white house national security adviser susan rice and world war ii historian alex kershaw. and later following the ceremony a fly-over of the national mall with the planes flying in formation representing the major battles of world war ii from pearl harbor to the final air assault on japan. >> good morning. >> good morning. what a beautiful day today. on behalf of the national park service, welcome to the world war ii nationa

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. >> flag of old south vietnam flying tonight in sap jose in honor of the 40th anniversary of the fallg.o.p. we were at city hall event for the flag raising ceremony tonight to mark the day when the vietnam warrened and thousands of lives changed forever. large crowd attended ceremony inside. thousands rescued by ship and helicopter the family split apart can never forget what they went through. >> 3 night 3 day on the ocean. we drank basically survive on sugar cain juice and have what we have clothes on our back. >> her family was eight months on the island eventually settling in san jose. >> big names in and out support of bringing the new warriors arena in san francisco mission bay neighborhood after new opposition to the plan was raised. katie was at public meeting addressing the concerns tonight and joins us live with the new details. >> sales force ceo and tech financier big donor to ucsf new group out of the arena spinning a story and nitd a member of that group water practically booed at community meeting. jack davis not well received by everyone at the mission bay community ad

that is behind me the old flag of south vietnam. it's the flag that many who moved here recognize that moved here after the fall of saigon. today, we talked to two of them. >> i remember that day. >> april 30th, 1975 she and her family ran towards the beach to try to escape on a boat. >> stay together. try to stay together. we have to survive somehow. wherever mom goes, follow her. where is our father? what's happening to him? >> she spotted a u.s. cargo ship she and her family were lucky. others had to stay behind. >> looking down at their relatives, their husbands uncles brothers, stuck down there. i could not forget that. >> her family was one of the thousands of people in saigon who tried to escape in a helicopter. he never could but got on a boat and three months later they were reunited in arkansas thanks to the american red cross, today she's a red cross silicon valley board member and involved in a program reuniting families called restoring family links. the school principal in encompass academy. >> every day, the work i do

that is behind me the old flag of south vietnam. it's the flag that many who moved here recognize that moved here after the fall of saigon. today, we talked to two of them. >> i remember that day. >> april 30th, 1975 she and her family ran towards the beach to try to escape on a boat. >> stay together. try to stay together. we have to survive somehow. wherever mom goes, follow her. where is our father? what's happening to him? >> she spotted a u.s. cargo ship she and her family were lucky. others had to stay behind. >> looking down at their relatives, their husbands uncles brothers, stuck down there. i could not forget that. >> her family was one of the thousands of people in saigon who tried to escape in a helicopter. he never could but got on a boat and three months later they were reunited in arkansas thanks to the american red cross, today she's a red cross silicon valley board member and involved in a program reuniting families called restoring family links. the school principal in encompass academy. >> every day, the work i do

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nbc news reported on the april 30th capture of south vietnam's capital by north vietnamese communist forces. it detailed events in the weeks following the end of the vietnam war. an nbc news special report from 1975, "communist saigon." on american history tv on c-span 3. >> this year c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next a look at our recent visit to ft. lauderdale, florida. you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> patsy west has worked closely with the seminole and mick sukkie tribes in southern florida for 30 years studying their history to help tell their story. >> these are cypress. we've talked about cypress. sign ves also used to make the seminole chickees to make the posts, and these are items that would have been made for tourists. a little turtle. >> visited her home to talk about her book "the enduring seminoles: from alligator wrestling to casino gaming." and to see her personal collection of tribal artifacts. >> in discuss inging native americans in the u.s. obviously it was not necessarily the

kennedy is then assassinated it's chaos in south vietnam. i was in the pentagon and.and great pressure from all of us. mcnamara would come back the white house and say the president we will take a decision in the midst of a campaign. the day after the election mcnamara had five alternatives ready and improvement. sent mcnamara twice. not always reluctant. finally agrees. the only person that opposed it was george walden the government. and clifford the washington lawyer was offering the toughest memorandum on how we should not do it which is exerted in the book and that chapter. with everyone else pushing he finally does much less than was recommended, but 75,000 men and then the constant buildup. i think by the end of 67 he was really determined to end the war in his presence -- in his presidency. in retrospect i did not know that the amount of position at the time but he decided to make clifford secretary of defense he used to say he never knew whether he resigned or was fired. he was the only person that said that. clifford was put their stuff. when he pulled out o

tv, and nbc news special report -- communist saigon from may 25 1975 reports on the capture of south vietnam's capital by north vietnamese communist forces. the details the weeks of the end of the the and him working and nbc news special report from 1975 -- communist saigon on american history tv on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, law professor lea vandervelde tells the stories of slaves who use the law as a pathway to freedom in the pre-civil war era. she describes how slaves contributed to building frontier communities and discusses several legal cases that illustrate the struggles of both enslaved and freed blacks in the antebellum west. this event from the national archives is about 45 minutes. dr. vandervelde: i should say good morning. it is still morning, right? a few minutes until noon. i want to thank the national archives and doug watson for this opportunity to speak. it is particularly a pleasure for me since it is like history -- black history month and because the stories i'm about to tell you about our heroes of -- are heroes of black history in my opinion. in the his

the flag of old south vietnam flying in san jose. abc was there for the flag raising ceremony to mark the day the vietnam war ended and thousands of lives changed forever. a large crowd attended a ceremony inside. families were split apart that day 40 years ago. thousands rescued by ship and helicopter can never forget what they went through. some families spent eight months on an island for refugees until allowed to come to the u.s. eventually, many settled in san jose. >>> 5:05. time for a check of the weather the first day of may. >> let's look at temperatures. inland east bay and look at the mildness, around danville, 50. san ramone, 53 dublin 54. then pleasanton, 55. livermore, pleasant hill, 56. concorde, 57. walnut creek 59. low to mid-60s for pittsburgh. we have upper 50s to low 60s on most of the bay shore. foster here's a look at the peninsula where it is clear. no need to worry. inland east bay will be the warmest. may need the air conditioning this afternoon. 86 to 93. coast to san francisco, cooling this afternoon. sea b

but south vietnam has been trying to hang on, to no avail.g are relentless in their drive south. the u.s. marines and air force use helicopters to airlift more than 1,000 american civilians out

but south vietnam and north vietnam were one country that had been fighting the chinese for a thousand years. yet we thought the chinese were going to take them over. we didn't understand. i'm not sure we understand exactly what's going on today in the middle east. >> think is the most dangerous possible place to cover. i think it's more dangerous than vietnam. at least vietnam you had a safe place to go back to for all intense and purposes in saigon. but being an american or european correspondent in that area might as well throw big sign say "kidnap me" or "kill me" it's really tough. there's no independent reporting coming out of there at all. they're picking up all sorts of isis propaganda but that's not how you want to get your facts. >> people say weren't you afraid in vietnam. it was a war. and actually we were very safe in vietnam. we knew which highways were dangerous. we knew where not to go. there were no suicide bombers. we are in such a much more dangerous world in terms of reporting. those who have reported from syria have taken such enormous risks to tell a story. i thin

marines landed in south vietnam, marking the start of the u.s. ground war in vietnam. that same day, in alabama, state troopers beat back civil rights protesters in selma trying to walk over the edmund pettus bridge. weeks later, the first teach-in against the vietnam war was held at the university of michigan. by 1968, the u.s. had half a million troops in vietnam. the war continued until april 1975. some scholars estimate as many as 3.8 million vietnamese died during the war, up to 800,000 perished in cambodia, another one million in laos. the u.s. death toll was 58,000. today we spend the hour airing highlights from a recent conference titled "vietnam: the power of protest." it was held at the new york avenue presbyterian church in washington, d.c. speakers included former oakland congressmember ron dellums, who chaired the armed services committee. colorado's pat schroeder, one of the youngest women ever elected to congress. tom hayden, who helped to found sds, students for a democratic society and wayne smith, who served as a combat medic during vietnam. democracy

nbc news reports on the capture of the south vietnam capture. he details of events following the end of the vietnam war. a special report from 1975 on american history tv. >> to mark the 40 anniversary of the end of the vietnam war, new york university hosted a discussion on the lessons of it. elizabeth holtzman: gives a keynote address. this program is a little over one hour. elizabeth holtzman: i'm on her to be at this conference. i'm honored to be asked to be keynote speaker. i have to say that i don't know of you are aware but chuck hagel was supposed to have this honor and for whatever reason he was unable to fulfill that task. i can't say to myself, why was i selected for this? what dwight i have to do with chuck hagel? i remembered that actually mother jones magazine had a dream cabinet. i was the secretary of defense present is probably why i am here today. [inaudible] i want to acknowledge and thank and recognize those people in this audience who have strongly opposed the war in vietnam stood up against the injustice and the impropriety

nbc news reports on the capture of south vietnam pots capital by north vietnamese communist forces. it details events in the weeks following the vietnam war. an nbc news special report from 1975 communist saigon, on american history tv on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv's reel america bring you archival films that tell the story of the 20 century. "the true glory" is a reduction of the office of war and information the british information -- british ministry of information, chronicling events from the d-day invasion until the east surrender of 1945. -- the nazi germany surrender of 1945. the film was digitally restored using software and a more tedious manual process to remove dirt, dust and scratches from the scans of each frame of the 81 minute film. ♪ >> i have been asked to be the spokesman for this expeditionary force in saying a word of introduction to what you are about to see. it is the story of the nazi defeat on the western front. so far as possible, the editors have made it an account of the really important thing in this campaign -- the enlisted soldiers, sail

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squad were sent to a military base, he and his squad for the many battles throughout junk unless south vietnam his greatest battle started when he came back. >> 58,000 people dead later i think that people out to pay attention to those veterans. >> reporter: he says that the honoring vietnam and its veterans is often neglected. we remember and commemorate world war two every d-day but on the 50th anniversary of vietnam equivalent he feels we try to forget it ever existed. >> i'm proud to have served and i'm proud of the people i got to serve with. i think america out to be proud of them as well. >> reporter: he now spend his time shining a light on the untold stories of valor and helping his fellow brothers feel valued this fall he is hosting commemoration of the first african-american to receive medal of valor in vietnam, too often untold story of the men who died so robert and rest of his squad could live. in olde city, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good evening everyone. traveling out and about right now is going to be slow. all of the usual culprits, schuylkill, 95 taking

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it is the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, 50th anniversary of the was invading south vietnam.e singing about it, what happened? why was it difficult to hear your songs? >> i did not know the time, but i found out 20 years later apparently administration johnson and dixon administration's, apparently, they drown my career, the career of her thicket, taj mahal had problems him and i was told irate over broadcast or live on the air at the beginning of an interview -- this was in the 1980's. richard nixon was gone. the democratic administration and republican administration apparently had downed a lot of careers for being outspoken. i don't think was just that i had written "universal soldier" and "now that the buffalo is gone." i think it is because i got famous and oh shooting my mouth off on "the tonight show." it was because i had maxing covers. billboard magazine had named me best new artist on the year the beatles came to america. i had a lot going on. but i spoke out. when "until it's time for you to go" which is just a pop love song, when it was been recorded by elvis pres

-vietnam military ties comes amid china's active presence in the south china sea. vietnam can't hope too much china's growing military clout without u.s. support. for washington's part, it needs allies to maintain its influence in the asia-pacific region. it believes a stronger vietnamese military could counterbalance china and improve stability. 40 years have passed since the vietnam war ended. former enemies, vietnam and the united states are looking towards a new era as economic partners and military allies. kazuo shimizu, nhk world, ho chi minh city. >>> some visitors to kyoto are not just looking at ancient buildings and learning about the past they are also making a little history of their own by turning their visits into a lasting memory. >> reporter: this is not a wedding or a fashion shoot. it's a little bit of both. this couple from hong kong have come to kyoto ahead of their big day to be photographed among the cherry blossoms. >> i feel good and the weather is very nice now. and city is very pretty. and it's historical buildings nearby. >> reporter: kyot

johnson had to decide are we going to accept the loss of vietnam to the north, south vietnam and north. are we going to accept it and get the hell out of there or go in there heavy and win the damn war, or go somewhere in the middle. he decided to go somewhere in the middle and muddle through for x many years until we were all exhausted and we came home. what is the best selection? go in all the way, whatever that means, 100,000 troops on the ground. lindsey graham says 100,000 troops. go in and really try to win the battle, or pull the hell out, or something in the middle. and what's his name? mccain, john mccain says a few special forces troops on the ground will make the difference. >> those are the three options. and i've been wrestling with this all day. i think i'm on the pullout side. >> get the hell out. >> to go in heavy, it's going to take 200,000 or more. >> so let the beheadings continue there is a consequence here. >> well, if you're going to stop the beheadings, you can't just stop them in iraq. you've got to go into syria. you've goat to solve the syrian civil war. so wh