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History Channel Special 'Vietnam in HD' Shows War in Excruciating Detail (Starts Tonight!)
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Posted on 11/08/2011 9:59:27 AM PST by Scythian
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posted on
11/08/2011 9:59:27 AM PST
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Scythian
To: Scythian
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:02:02 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:02:34 AM PST
by
Scythian
To: Scythian
I believe the new one about the Holocaust is tonight as well.
Right now the idiot with the alien fetish is taking about his fantasies so I’m watching The Universe on H2.
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:03:15 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Thanx, Joe ... I never knew ... nor heard that before.
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:19:25 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
11/8/65 was one of the first major ground engagement for US forces in VN. If you look at the black and white photo on my profile page, the Sergeant Major on the far right was there...
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:24:45 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Scythian
I would imagine they had to go through quite a lot of digital processing on much of that material - virutally all of the action footage will be low-quality video or better but still not HD-quality film footage. The news crews using film cameras were using smaller, portable gear; not the nice theater-quality film cameras a Hollywood production would use.
Definitely interested in seeing this series.
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:30:17 AM PST
by
AzSteven
("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
To: Scythian
The most “excruciating detail” about the Vietnam War, was the traitorous lies told by the Communist American media, led by Walter Cronkite.
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:30:17 AM PST
by
EyeGuy
(2012: When the Levee Breaks)
To: Scythian
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:33:41 AM PST
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: Joe 6-pack
I was in the Saigon RepoDepo on 11-8-1965 waiting to be assigned to the Armor unit. Next thing I know I was reassigned to 11B and was a replacement in the 1st 503rd for one of the fallen soldiers.
It was a eerie feeling to be dropped off in front of a platoon tent and upon entering only seeing about five men sitting on cots. When I asked which one could I use I was told to take my pick as the previous owners were not coming back.
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:38:57 AM PST
by
CIB-173RDABN
(8th of November 1965)
To: onedoug
To: Joe 6-pack
Death in the Ia Drang was written by Jack P. Smith (Son of CBS newsman Howard K. Smith) and is the first hand account of the Vietnam War battle portrayed in the movie and book “We Were Once Soldiers”. This account happens after those depicted in the movie were relieved. The article starts about a third of the way down the page
http://www.mishalov.com/death_ia_drang_valley.html
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:51:27 AM PST
by
Wooly
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
11/08/2011 11:23:39 AM PST
by
Rannug
("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
To: windcliff
Will they highlight the tour of Jon Carry?
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posted on
11/08/2011 11:29:15 AM PST
by
onedoug
(lf)
To: EyeGuy
The most excruciating detail about the Vietnam War, was the traitorous lies told by the Communist American media, led by Walter Cronkite.
Agreed. Another lie still perpetuated is that we "lost" the war. The North violated the 1973 Treaty of Paris, not once but twice. It's NEVER mentioned.
Also never mentioned, is how North Vietnam's VIPs have admitted it was the anti-war scumbags marching in 1968 who gave them the "courage" to continue after we KICKED THEIR @SS during their Tet Offensive.
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posted on
11/08/2011 11:29:57 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: onedoug
To: Joe 6-pack
My Dad served in the 173rd Airborne in 67-68 he is gone now but he will always be a hero to me... Hope this series doesn’t make our men out to be monsters like Stone did in Platoon.
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posted on
11/08/2011 12:19:11 PM PST
by
crazydad
To: oh8eleven
“traitorous lies told by the Communist American media, led by Walter Cronkite.”
There was a true story about Cronkite, told by himself. When Walter was reporting from Germany in the closing days of WW2, some Americans called out his name from a distance. Hearing this, some nearby Germans fled in another direction, supposing they heard “Krankheit”, which means sickness. An apt description of the man, as we later discovered.
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posted on
11/08/2011 12:21:11 PM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: CIB-173RDABN
My dad was 1st 503rd Charlie Co, in 67 and when through all the battles at Dak to. God Bless...
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posted on
11/08/2011 12:27:15 PM PST
by
crazydad
To: TexasRepublic
Hear Hear. I said after that asshole died, he is playing cards with Hitler and Stalin. He was responsible for the USA being labeled losers in the Vietnam War. When in reality our soldiers never lost the Vietnam War, the politicians in Washington lost it. Namely the Democrat party. They all have the blood of 58 thousand young men on their hands. Bastard be dammned to hell. Sorry.
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posted on
11/08/2011 12:31:09 PM PST
by
crazydad
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