Today is National Vietnam Veterans Day. First, thanks to all who served in that war. Second, our leaders during that war were never adequately held accountable. Johnson, McNamara, Westmorland, Nixon, and more, knew what was happening and 1) got us in deeper or 2) delayed far too long getting us out. That is a group who should never have statues. A case can be made that some of the divisions of that war linger in our acrimony today.
The Apocalypse Now scenes are used too often, so here is a helicopter scene from Hamburger Hill.
The Apocalypse Now scenes are used too often, so here is a helicopter scene from Hamburger Hill.