My Pops was in The Battle of dongha. Sylvester Bracey 3rd div 2nd batt 9th Marine Recon. I was born in 1970 I could tell u the story of Battle of dongha w out watching this. Pops said the Battle of Dongha was his most fierce Battle in Vietnam. Mark no matter how much you shoot guns won't shoot no more they too hot. THE ENEMY WAS EVERYWHERE. It was too many. They kept popping up

One battle among many in a tragically ran war. DC calling the shots of how to fight ultimately led to that 10 year disaster.

When will they make a movie about this battle? One of the biggest in Vietnam.....

The lack of willingness of the Vietnamese people to fight was stunning in many ways. Our kids were drafted and sent there to fight for them and they had no draft that I know of, until 1975, after the communists took over? There have been many stories of their incompetence and willingness to allow US Marines, Soldiers, Navy to fight and die for them. I have also heard of extreme bravery on their part as well.

Trying to find out if anybody knew my brother named Jerome Pryor a marine and he was a black Kia May 2nd of 68 I was told he was called a magnificent bastard any type of pictures or information

50th Anniversary Reunion US National Archives kzread.info/dash/bejne/lH6W1NKggKeXoto.html Magnificent Bastards Video kzread.info/dash/bejne/doODqpSJf7u1hJM.html

Notice that the officers received the CMOH.

There are so many Marines is this battle that should have received metals. Just think about every Marine killed what hero's they were, and the majority were ignored, given only a purple heart. A purple heart is given for being wounded or killed and does not reflect the bravery they showed.

If the ARVN troops would have protected the "left" West flank, like they were supposed to have. There wouldn't have been nearly so many Marine deaths. In fact, the ARVN's had been to the West of Dai Do for many months prior to this battle and had to have known that the NVA were in those villages!! Of course, the "Coward" ARVN must have made some type of "ARRANGEMENT" with the NVA to "leave" each other alone !!

@sartainja

2 жыл бұрын

Too busy dropping their never fired rifles or pimping whores from the back of Honda motorcycles.

@jonhenson5450

Жыл бұрын

Yes, same in HUE. Inside the Citadel, arvn left their positions, without notifying A 1/5 before they jumped off. NVA we're waiting in arvn's abandoned pos. A 1/5 was roughed up so bad, it became ABC 1/5 by the time they secured.

Could you not advance towards the villages another way than across open fields like sitting ducks?

@1915oz

Жыл бұрын

Except for the new road the old battlefield is very much the same

Yeah it's all well and good but you still lost the war and American would go on to lose war's from then on.