The episode named “Saigon 1965” presented by a podcast called Revisionist History hosted by Malcom Gladwell talks about The Pentagon’s and the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Gladwell also talks about a interview from a former pentagon agent who was sent to Saigon to interview captured Vietcong members to get information out of them. He also talks about how the war was more than just two countries fighting against each other, it was negotiating and trying to intimidate the advisory.
My grandfather fought in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970 and when he was over there he was exposed to “Agent Orange”. He didn’t know why he was sent there and what he was doing there besides killing the Vietcong before they kill him. Before his untimely death in the mid 80s he never talked about what he saw but if he ever did you would probably have nightmares for weeks. War is a brutal thing to happen but sometimes it needs to be done just so that they can protect either your country or even the world.
CorbinGrady 