I've been doing some searching and have been coming up empty handed.
I'm looking for the TV news coverage of the Embassy Takeover in Viet Nam. This happened in 1968. I remember seeing it on TV. My roomate was there and he was the MP that pulled the MP that was hit off the wall.
Can one of the more Net savy super persons help me?
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you have a pretty famous roomie >.>
Tailmon wrote:
I've been doing some searching and have been coming up empty handed.
I'm looking for the TV news coverage of the Embassy Takeover in Viet Nam. This happened in 1968. I remember seeing it on TV. My roomate was there and he was the MP that pulled the MP that was hit off the wall.
Can one of the more Net savy super persons help me?
I'm looking for the TV news coverage of the Embassy Takeover in Viet Nam. This happened in 1968. I remember seeing it on TV. My roomate was there and he was the MP that pulled the MP that was hit off the wall.
Can one of the more Net savy super persons help me?
Wow you are old.
Edited, Oct 29th 2007 10:10pm by jackjeckel
I told you all I was! Roomate is 61 now.
Tailmon wrote:
I told you all I was! Roomate is 61 now.
And how old are you?
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Per the Great Age poll done not long ago. (I was one of the oldest)
I'm 47
I'm 47
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Yeah, I suck at the paying attention thing.
Not a news report, but Is this what you are looking for
Ill keep looking but finding actuall video footage may be kinda hard.
Not a news report, but Is this what you are looking for
Ill keep looking but finding actuall video footage may be kinda hard.
They had Tet offencives every year. But, it was durring that.
Roomate went through an earlier one and was one of 6 men that survived in their coumpound out of 397 men.
Roomate went through an earlier one and was one of 6 men that survived in their coumpound out of 397 men.
Tailmon wrote:
They had Tet offencives every year. But, it was durring that.
Roomate went through an earlier one and was one of 6 men that survived in their coumpound out of 397 men.
Roomate went through an earlier one and was one of 6 men that survived in their coumpound out of 397 men.
Well, the one in '68 made the news in a lot of newspapers whose archives require subscriptions, so I assume it was kind of a big deal. But, you know, whatever.
Quote:
...in 1968, the General launched a major surprise offensive against American and South Vietnamese forces on the eve of the lunar New Year celebrations. Province capitals throughout the country were seized, garrisons simultaneously attacked and, perhaps most shockingly, in Saigon the U.S. Embassy was invaded. The cost in North Vietnamese casualties was tremendous but the gambit produced a pivotal media disaster for the White House and the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Giap's strategy toppled the American commander in chief. It turned the tide of the war and sealed the General's fame as the dominant military genius of the 20th Century's second half.
Edited, Oct 29th 2007 11:23pm by Samira
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
I found this just doing a quick search, not sure if it helps. What you're looking for might be hard to find, though. You might try going right to one of the news agencies, like NBC or CBS, and searching their archives or even email them with what you're looking for.
Still no luck here also. Sigh
Okay, try this. Do a search for vietnam war videos in Google. I found a lot of stuff about Saigon and the US embassy there, but I don't know exactly what you're looking for.
There are some archives that may require registration or money, I'm not really sure. There are also a lot of DVDs and what not for sale. /shrug
Some of the footage is fairly graphic, though maybe not by Internet standards.
There are some archives that may require registration or money, I'm not really sure. There are also a lot of DVDs and what not for sale. /shrug
Some of the footage is fairly graphic, though maybe not by Internet standards.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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