We weren't there to fight, but only as advisors. Yeah... right.
That's the tip of the camel's nose poking under the tent. If you don't put a stop to it, eventually the entire camel is in the tent.
I was in Saigon January of 64, and going up the Saigon River, the crew was told to stay below decks because of snipers, going on liberty we came upon a Green Beret who gave us a tour of Saigon in the evening-we were informed that Charlie owned the bridge 3 klicks down the road. The indicators at that time the Americans were advisors.
As to the Tonkin FF, I have written about that several times. The ship I was on was 7th Fleet Flagship till August 64. Saw a lot of history and after putting a few dots together, was able to question the narrative..
100% what I was talking about! Advisors were sent to South Vietnam to help train the SVA. But, when "advisors" started going out on patrol with the SVA and some of them were killed (and very brutally) that's when the "advisor" roll switched to combat troops.
Didn't the U.S. provide "advisors" to Viet Nam?
We weren't there to fight, but only as advisors. Yeah... right.
That's the tip of the camel's nose poking under the tent. If you don't put a stop to it, eventually the entire camel is in the tent.
Absolutely right. I remember when we kept being told that the US troops in Vietnam were only "advisors." I've seen this movie before.
I was in Saigon January of 64, and going up the Saigon River, the crew was told to stay below decks because of snipers, going on liberty we came upon a Green Beret who gave us a tour of Saigon in the evening-we were informed that Charlie owned the bridge 3 klicks down the road. The indicators at that time the Americans were advisors. As to the Tonkin FF, I have written about that several times. The ship I was on was 7th Fleet Flagship till August 64. Saw a lot of history and after putting a few dots together, was able to question the narrative..
100% what I was talking about! Advisors were sent to South Vietnam to help train the SVA. But, when "advisors" started going out on patrol with the SVA and some of them were killed (and very brutally) that's when the "advisor" roll switched to combat troops.