>Cong stated that he and other villagers used machetes early in the fighting when they did not have access to guns.[1] >Cong was present at the hamlet of Ap Bac, near the village of Tan Thoi, when it was attacked in 1963, in what became known as the Battle of Ap Bac.[1] Along with other Viet Cong, Cong had prepared trenches and bunkers so that the guerillas could take cover from American and South Vietnamese fire. Cong and fellow soldiers were able to destroy a series of American helicopters sent as reinforcements to the village.
>Am*rican "Soldier": >"Hurr a shell exploded and my arm got a wound from splinters, now I have PTSD for life"
>Vietchad Volunteer: >"HAHA we slaughtered American dogs with machetes. Was good time"
Dominic Russell
>Marine Roger Harris (Vietnam 1967) recalls calling his mother to tell her not to believe what she reads in the newspaper or sees on TV. “We’re losing the war… everybody in my unit’s dying. I probably won’t be coming back.” >“You’re coming back,” Harris says his mother responded. “I talk to God every day and you’re special.” >“And I said, ‘Ma, everybody’s mother thinks their son is special. I’m putting pieces of special people in bags.” kino
>American officials were stunned by the Buddhist suicides, and pressured Diem to make some sort of settlement. Showing she was made of sterner stuff, a swaggering Madame Nhu called for beating the monks “ten times over” and dismissed the suicides as a “monk barbecue show.” Not to be outdone, her husband further inflamed the situation by sneering, “If the Buddhists wish to have another barbecue I will be glad to supply the gasoline and a match.” Finally the Americans prevailed upon Diem to meet with Buddhist leaders, and he issued a mollifying communiqué. Upon learning of this, Madame Nhu accused Diem of cowardice and called him a “jellyfish” for even negotiating.
