Great song and movie...
The Vietnam war.
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For years I thought the John Williams who composed the films theme tune was the English classical guitarist rather than a (the) American composer
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I don't know why I got so interested, happens occasionally
I do it occasionally, find something interesting to study, go into it in detail, could be historical, mechanical, or etc. - trouble is, only a little of it sticks
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An interesting video if you are interested in the history of the Vietnam war.
Same here I've usually forgot about it a week laterI do it occasionally, find something interesting to study, go into it in detail, could be historical, mechanical, or etc. - trouble is, only a little of it sticks
I was reading about the Cleveland balloon disaster a few days ago, I was telling a few people at work about it they'd never heard of it....I couldn't believe it happened...
I'll watch that later
Parked up in Bangkok harbour with B52’s taking off to bomb North Vietnam. Wave after wave of them. Of course America never used bases to bomb Laos although strangely there was a lot of munitions falling out of the sky somehow.
Friend of mine was conscripted and showed me his photo album with a bear dressed as a “Grunt” who they used to take into town for a few beers.
Friend of mine was conscripted and showed me his photo album with a bear dressed as a “Grunt” who they used to take into town for a few beers.
No Bugles No Drums was the first 'Nam' book I read as a young teen. I have read a few since. Great book. Part of it focussed on the popular pastime of 'fragging' an officer (lieutenant) whom you thought was an idiot and would likely get the platoon killed. In fact 'LT's' had a very short life expectancy at one point during the war.
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There’s a conspiracy theory that Kisinger faked peace talks as an excuse to continue the bombing in the early 70’s. A similar CT suggests that the same happened with Irann before Trumpf attacked.That is to say it was a ruse to get an electronic tag on the leadership in order to take them out
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Its a good watch and very interesting too.I'll watch that later
I had never heard of it too!
