according to the national 11,360 three000 -- of them were killed or died there in 1967. , unreal america "where we stand in vietnam." it is a critical assessment of the military situated at the time posted by charles collingwood. the program includes a variety of field reports from vietnam and interviews with u.s. political and military leaders, soldiers. >> this is the first of two cbs news special reports -- "where we stand in vietnam." in the final analysis, it is their war. they are the ones who have to win it or lose it. we can help them, give them equipment, send our men out there as advisors, but they have to win it, the people of vietnam, against the communists. [explosions] charles: the explosion of events has given the ring of anachronism and agent history to those words four years ago of john f. kennedy. these are u.s. soldiers, fighting on vietnam's front lines. they are giving their lives, they are not just giving their advice. doing -- to a degree never foreseen by kennedy, we hold the destiny of vietnam in our hands, and it holds hours. 500,000 american troops, 14,000 amer