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First of its kind,lets take it down a notch,first helo. assault Royal Marines Suez 1956, lets not forget 1st Air Cav. helo air assault was the only reason they existed.First helo.assault by Canadians in A-stan would be a more modest and accurate description.                                    ...

I have been following this thread and the story on the MSM and one thing strikes me ,the spirit of appeasement abroad in the World.The maritime expert claiming violence is not a solution that we should negotiate and pay up.I personally cannot think of better way to convince pirates to continue...

Well folks thanks to Tomahawk6 "the fat lady has sung". This post sums up completely the impression I formed from reading all the books that I could get my hands on concerning this war.Why the interest in this war?, one that Canadians had no involvement,because the US defeat was also a defeat...

Going to Quebec always used to do that to my blood pressure, pretending to be American helped to get served in Quebec City. I have mellowed somewhat since then.Cholesterol does it for me now.       Sorry for the levity on a such a serious subject.                         Regards

A couple of comments to the points raised above,the will of the people in a communist dictatorship is largely irrelevant, the will of the Great Leader is what counts,and Ho Chi Minh seem to have that in spades. He wanted to unite Vietnam under his control and did not seem to care how many...

I beg to differ ,the WW1 German Army was convincingly defeated in the field the US Army never was.Even Col.Moore`s 1/7 Cav.battle at LZ X-Ray oft described as a defeat,230 US soldiers died and they found 450 NVA dead on the field of battle,given that the NVA did  their best to remove their dead...

In 1963 the US was barely involved in the ground war so this constant harping on Diem`s corrupt gov.is somewhat irrelevant to this discussion.The political situation did improve in the South,efforts were made to ease the situation of the peasants, but this was an Asian country and not Ontario.I...

I remember it quite well, it was one of a serious of incidents that the Ottawa journal tried to pin on the Airborne Regt.The others were the huge punch up in a disco in Hull and dynamite fishing in a lake in the Petawawa area.As a member of the Airborne at the time I know we had nothing to do...

Given the fact that after "Tet" in 68 the Viet Cong had virtually ceased to exist and glorious uprising of the down trodden Vietnamese people had also failed to materialise.Gen. Giap was faced with a disaster.The US political leadership and Walter Cronkite got him off the hook,Cronkite after a...

I feel the decision to fight the Vietnam War by the US was the right one.The "Domino Theory" seemed very real in the early 60s,the Viets were fomenting a communist insurgency in Laos and a little latter in Cambodia all with the help of their sometime friends,the Chinese.Both countries had...

I just finished rereading the long discussion about Gen Haig in WW1 and found very interesting,a shame it just tapered off.However I am sure we could generate am equally interesting discussion on the subject of the Vietnam war. Mods if you feel this is in the wrong forum please move. This war...

RIP Rod,and condolences to the family.Served with Rod in 1RCHA when he had the unenviable job of CSM of the GD Bty. otherwise known as Air Defence Bty.Will not be forgotten.                                 Regards

Russians forming elite unit to enforce its Arctic claims,heard on France 24 news today,looks like their serious.Are we?.                               Regards

More than 1.8 billion Dollars cost overruns Two years delivery date delays Manufacturers missmanagement and failure of the wing structure The A400M?, no folks the C17,Aviation Week Mar.1993. Some things never change                               Regards

Just another nail this clown drove into the coffin of an effective Canadian Armed Forces.                       Regards

This discusion concerning the "moral highground"by people who are as far from the struggle as its possible to get and have never fought for anything in their lives and have no intention of ever doing so,is getting on my nerves.The IDF knows from history that the moral highground is only of any...

A story from the other side of the wire.I was a PTI with the QORofC depot in the early 60s,it was a beautiful Alberta winter morning,20 below in brilliant sunshine,recruits whining about it being too cold to do our endurance run.As this happened every time it went below zero,and usually the same...

Democrats at work,insuring America`s security.                             Regards

While I am not a great believer in learning history from movies there is often a kernel of truth in most depictions of history in movies.I recently watched the Russian movie "The Ninth company" the story of a company of infantry in A-stan,the thing that stands out in this film is the incredible...

A question to the economics experts out there,when one prints money to solve your present problems does that not cause inflation somewhere down the line?,and as Pres O is printing huge amounts of money does that not mean massive inflation somehere in the near future.Or am I reading the wrong...