The Vietnam war

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9 hours ago, WILF said:

I was in ‘Nam……Dagen’nam !

I’d be tom berenger in platoon 

you’d be lt Dan 

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1 minute ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I’d be tom berenger in platoon 

you’d be lt Dan 

I’d be Sgt Alias……

You’d be Sgt Bilko ! 

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1 minute ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I’d be tom berenger in platoon 

Oliver stone does a podcast with joe rogan,he based Sgt Barnes on a real sergeant he met in Vietnam who was also unhinged and had a facial gunshot scar.

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5 minutes ago, WILF said:

I’d be Sgt Alias……

You’d be Sgt Bilko ! 

Seek help ! 

id be major dick winters 

you’d be general accident 

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1 minute ago, mackem said:

Oliver stone does a podcast with joe rogan,he based Sgt Barnes on a real sergeant he met in Vietnam who was also unhinged and had a facial gunshot scar.

That was me 

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Remember as a nipper watching the news when the Vietnam war was on some images stayed in young minds for a long time . Always remember that clip where they caught one of the fighters and some military official drew a revolver out and shot him in the head on the street.

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19 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Remember as a nipper watching the news when the Vietnam war was on some images stayed in young minds for a long time . Always remember that clip where they caught one of the fighters and some military official drew a revolver out and shot him in the head on the street.

Eddie Adams Saigon execution pic.

 

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Just now, mackem said:

Eddie Adams Saigon execution pic.

 

That's the one mate what's the exact year. Remember vaguely reading the story behind it. 

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11 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

That's the one mate what's the exact year. Remember vaguely reading the story behind it. 

Just googled the story behind it sounds like he got what he deserved. That other memorable clip from the veitnam war of that young girl running up the road with all the skin burnt off her back due to a napalm bombing. As the words in the song WAR absolutely good for nothing rings true. 

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16 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

That was me 

Splash your face with water !

Id be Walter E Kurtz……

You’d be Walt Disney !

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Had a look around the war museum in Hanoi a few years ago, interesting bit of history 

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On 16/04/2025 at 08:24, chartpolski said:

They beat us in 1783 ! LOL !

Cheers.

 

Did they though? In so much as the USA defeated GB in a proper war. The USA did not exist, it was an uprising in one of our colonies and the calculated decision was made to let them have their independence rather than commit too many resources and weaken our protection of India which was considered more valuable. Then we had a war with the USA a few years later when they tried to claim Canada and we kicked their arses. 

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37 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

Did they though? In so much as the USA defeated GB in a proper war. The USA did not exist, it was an uprising in one of our colonies and the calculated decision was made to let them have their independence rather than commit too many resources and weaken our protection of India which was considered more valuable. Then we had a war with the USA a few years later when they tried to claim Canada and we kicked their arses. 

It’s debatable, but the 13 colonies declared independence in 1776, and Washington became President of America.

The war ended in 1783, so it was a win for America.

We didn’t let them have independence, the British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the American Army at Yorktown in 1781 leading to the British Parliament voting to end the war and withdraw.

so, at the beginning of the war, it was colonists rebelling, but by the end of the war it was an independent country defeating its former colonial master.

Thats just the way I see it, others will have differing opinions, which I can respect while disagreeing.

Cheers.

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22 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

It’s debatable, but the 13 colonies declared independence in 1776, and Washington became President of America.

The war ended in 1783, so it was a win for America.

We didn’t let them have independence, the British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the American Army at Yorktown in 1781 leading to the British Parliament voting to end the war and withdraw.

so, at the beginning of the war, it was colonists rebelling, but by the end of the war it was an independent country defeating its former colonial master.

Thats just the way I see it, others will have differing opinions, which I can respect while disagreeing.

Cheers.

My basic, and I stress basic, understanding, is that when the French lent the support of their navy, with an eye on India, king George III, said f###k it, let them have it.Not willing to weaken our navel power on the other side of the Atlantic. 

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3 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

My basic, and I stress basic, understanding, is that when the French lent the support of their navy, with an eye on India, king George III, said f###k it, let them have it.Not willing to weaken our navel power on the other side of the Atlantic. 

Evidently King George was loathe to give up America and Parliament over ruled him.

Theres a disputed saying supposedly from the Russian Czar “ I fear my cousin George has gone mad ! He should have given up London and kept the Americas “ ! 
Maybe not accurate or true, but definitely thought provoking !

Cheers.