Our Year of War by Daniel P. Bolger

Author:Daniel P. Bolger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

As I rode back in my helicopter after hearing how well we were doing, smoke was billowing up in Saigon, flames shooting up in the air. I have estimated that we can defend Saigon seven more times, and then we’re going to be faced with the embarrassment that there’s no city left. And I don’t know how we’re going to explain these nine successful defenses of Saigon, but no goddamn city.67

The week of Mini-Tet saw more Americans killed than any other during the entire Vietnam War.68 To what end? For the remaining true believers, men like Ewell and Westmoreland, all that mattered was the scoreboard. But back home, with peace talks beginning and Lyndon Johnson neutered, it all looked like good money after bad, precious American blood down a rat hole. How many more lives, how many more Chuck or Tom Hagels, was this lost war worth?

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