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Originally Posted by f50lrrp
When a Tet Offensive documentary film by South Vietnamese reporters was shown to the American audience of more than 200 US Army officers in Fort Benning, Ga. in November 1974, almost 90 percent of them hadn't been informed of the facts. Many even said that had they known the savage slaughter at the time, they would have acted differently while serving in Vietnam.
Mike
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Where were THEY stationed? SVN folks had been slaughtered since the beginning of that conflict. It was common practice for VC to torture, maim, and kill village elders, teachers, and anyone else they could to make a point and maintain control over the villages with which they were charged with manipulating. True, the magnitude of what went on in Hue was horrific but since when is the death of thousands any worse than the death of one innocent? I was at Benning in 74 and saw that film and I do not remember anyone surprised at what went on. What exactly did these stellar officers say they would have done differently? We knew what to expect from the VC and NVA and we prepared our villages with active and passive measures. Here are some shots of folks putting in some barriers for the nasties. They tried and failed.