When I was in Nam, I talked to a USAF A-37 pilot, who told me the Vietnamese always seemed to know where they were going to fly their missions. I just chalked it up to the grapevine. Years later, I wondered if the Walker spy ring was the cause of that? Probably yes, I would say.
What is clearly etched in my memory about Viet Nam was how we would stop fighting for two weeks, to hold Peace Talks, every time the the Viet Cong or NVA ran short on ammunition.
Were you aware that our pilots weren’t allowed to attack anything within 20 miles of the coastline in North Viet Nam?
Or that all targets had to be approved by the Soviet officer who was in charge of Security at the UN? He would place a 48 hour freeze on the target, after it was approved, against it being attacked which gave the NVA time to set up their SAMs knowing an attack was coming.
Myself, I think the blame is with politicians who get us involved in wars that they have no intention of allowing us to win.
The longer we fight in a war the more money there is to be made from that conflict. That is a fact politicians don’t like to admit especially when you remind them that Americans are dying because of their sorry assed policies.
Much of what they told us is still probably classified but this has been publicly available in news papers and official reports. Walker gave them flight plans and the capability to intercept communications. Yes the Russians and Vietnam k ew.