Back in the latter 60s a small group of people began listening to Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, later admitted to be communists, and joined them in rallying against the war in Vietnam. This group was relatively small but very active. The silent majority of Americans allowed this political activism that evolved in the early 70s into an anti-military movement to occur unopposed. Following an unfortunate incident at Kent State, this activism moved to transportation centers and many military bases (with police protection). These protests, sometimes violent, but always vile and denigrating, were conducted against members of our Armed Forces AND THEIR FAMILIES entering and departing military installations. I know this through personal experience. A little known fact is that the significant majority of those who served in the Vietnam War were not draftees, but volunteers. People who enlisted in the armed forces during that conflict of their own volition. Also little known is the fact that the majority of those who served would willingly do it again. The Vietnam War is recorded in American History as a military defeat that occured in May of 1975. That is true, but it was NOT an AMERICAN MILITARY DEFEAT, it was a defeat of the South Vietnamese military. There were NO American Combat troops in South Vietnam in 1975. That war ended for the US on 27 January, 1973, in Paris, France, with signing of a Peace Treaty by all parties. As a result of that treaty, all American combat forces were withdrawn from South Vietnam by 29 March, 1973. The only American forces remaining were the Embassy Security forces and some advisors that were completing the training of operation and maintenance of equipment provided to the South Vietnam military.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:59:31 +0000
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