Posted on Aug 22, 2018

Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam - Aug 22, 1962 - HISTORY.com

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Kennedy administration officials quoted in The New York Times estimate that there are 20,000 guerrilla troops in South Vietnam. Despite hundreds of engagements during the preceding two months and encouraging victories for South Vietnamese forces, the Viet Cong had grown in numbers, and U.S. officials felt that the war had reached a point of stalemate.

Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam - Aug 22, 1962 - HISTORY.com

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Maj Marty Hogan

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Great history read and the key here is it was already at a stalemate early- did we really feel we could make a difference? Morning Mark.

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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Thanks Maj Marty Hogan

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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The way we were doing it, it would be a forever war

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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Amen Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Back then it seemed like it was, then came Iraq.

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SPC Douglas Bolton

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski Just a badly organized war from the beginning.

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