2006-06-30 12:50:12 · 7 answers · asked by cdable2000 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
On November 8th, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1200 V.C.
Forty-eight American soldiers lost their lives that day.
qbqbqb, I hate to break the news to a historian, but there's no such thing as a "VC Regular." There's VC (Viet Cong, Victor Charley, which was like a militia) and there's NVA (NVA Regular Army). The the case of the Ia Drang Valley, those were NVA.
TOYS 'R' US KID, don't mind what sgt_k says, you're welcome to your opinion. I'd like to see 'em come home too.
2006-06-30 12:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the answer of the 173rd brigade is correct. Then on November 14-17,1965 the 1/7 Cav flew by chopper in the first major airmobile fight of the war which landed 400 US Soldiers against 4000 VC regulars in the Ia Drang Valley(We Were Soldiers the movie).
2006-06-30 21:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1965.html
According to this the US conducted a major air strike against the Viet Cong....no idea what you were thinking?
2006-06-30 19:53:28 · answer #3 · answered by netjr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TOYS R US KID - Your mother is incorrect that this is "Vietnam all over again". Our mission in Iraq is clearly defined, it is achieveable (both militarily and politically) and it is one that the men and women of our armed forces believe in.
I can tell you FOR A FACT, the 95% of the "insurgents" in Iraq are from countries other than Iraq. They come from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Yemen ... just about every country except Iraq. Many speak English very well, and most say the same thing. They have come to Iraq ONLY for the opportunity to kill Americans. With that mindset, there is no talking sense to these people. There is only one thing they understand, and that is the language of firearms, the language of ambush, the language of bombs, the language of death.
We cannot do a lot to influence what or how they think. What we can control, to a great degree, though, is the time and place we fight. Our Commander in Chief, President Bush, has chosen now to be the time and Iraq to be the place. It is a decision that the vast majority of people in the military agree with.
If we were not in Iraq fighting these very bad men, many of them would choose to try to come to America to kill Americans. They only want to kill Americans. They go to Iraq because Americans are there, and it is easier for them to get there. If we were not there, they would have no choice but to come to the United States to commite their vile acts.
Who do you think stands a better chance against fighting terrorists? American soldiers who have volunteered to fight them, been trained to fight them and truly understand what needs to be done? Or ordinary American citizens like you and your mom?
Where do you think is the better place to fight them? Iraq - where a great many number of terrorists are now concentrated and we can kill many of them at one time? Or in America - where they live amongst us, learn our ways and use that knowledge to kill thousands of us like 9/11?
Make no mistake about it - fighting these terrorists is a necessary evil. If we do not fight them in Iraq now, we would be fighting them in New York tomorrow. Or Los Angeles. Or Houston. Or Topeka. Or Miami.
The men and women of our armed forces see the answer to this question clearly. The their lives on the line on a daily basis so that you and your mom don't have to worry about dying in your own community at the hands of terrorists. It is a task we take on gladly because we truly see what is at stake.
I can understand your mom's feeling that too many lives have been lost in Iraq. In one sense, she is right. Any life lost is an irreplaceable tragedy that will have unknown impact of the US and the world. At the same time, their sacrifice is saving an untold number of innocent lives who simply want to live life to its fullest.
Realize that for every terrorist we fight and kill over there - by men and women who VOLUNTEER to do it - we make this country a little safer for every American citizen over here.
2006-06-30 20:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by Outlaw 1-3 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
STS Too many people lost there lives.
Wish our troops would come home now, my mom said it Vietnam all over again. She lost many friends.
2006-06-30 19:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by TOYS R US KID 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm, a bunch of soldiers died
2006-06-30 19:55:28 · answer #6 · answered by Danielle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
another day wreck by America
2006-06-30 20:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋