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seeking its independence
from France.
:31:04
The Ho Chi Minh of'56,
:31:06
I don't think could have got elected
dogcatcher in South Vietnam.
:31:10
Ho Chi Minh, uh, dead--
[Laughing]
:31:14
could beat any candidate
we've ever put up in Vietnam.
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[Man]
You asked me about my oldest son Bing.
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He was a graduate of Harvard, 1965.
:31:29
And he was not a soldier at heart.
:31:32
Uh, but he realized,
I'm sure, there's no question,
:31:36
he realized he was part of a big job
that had to be done,
:31:42
and he was gonna do it
the way he did everything--full out.
:31:47
And he went out on this mission--
Minh River--
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and it was a big assault mission
bringing elements...
:31:53
to this area just south of Da Nang
along the railroad line.
:31:57
And they encountered heavy, sustained,
uh, automatic weapons fire.
:32:02
And the helicopter ahead of him,
I believe,
:32:07
was, uh, uh, destr--
was shot down.
:32:11
And then he went in
and his helicopter was, uh, uh--
:32:16
He was actually killed in flight.
That's what they--
:32:21
And the airplane crashed,
and he and his co--He was killed.
:32:25
His copilot was very badly injured.
:32:28
And I think there were 12
out of 15 or 16 of the people aboard...
:32:33
were either killed or badly hurt.
:32:47
[Man Speaking Vietnamese]
:32:50
[Translator]
Many bombs, many coffins.
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These are for children.
:32:58
Eight or nine hundred a week.
I have lost seven children myself.