:13:00
Government soldiers came to our village
with the support of American advisors.
:13:05
Your village will be safe.
:13:07
They built barricades
against the Viet Cong.
:13:09
It's part of the new Binh Ky hamlet.
:13:12
Many of you will be asked
to take militia training...
:13:17
...so you will be prepared...
:13:19
...to resist the Communist rebels!
:13:22
You will be rewarded...
:13:24
...with food and money.
:13:26
Your older children will be sent to camp...
:13:29
...for military training.
:13:31
But younger children can go to school.
:13:35
Your village will be happy and peaceful.
:13:40
Do you have any questions?
:13:43
Go to your leader.
:13:49
The soldiers ate our food,
slept with our women...
:13:52
...and searched us just as the soldiers
of the warlords had centuries before.
:13:57
But the government leader, whose name
was Ngo Dinh Diem, America's ally...
:14:02
...was a Catholic, like the French...
:14:04
...and that alone made him suspicious
to the Buddhists in our area.
:14:09
The Northern leader, Ho Chi Minh...
:14:12
...had been a great patriot
against the Japanese and the French.
:14:16
We heard stories of his compassion
and his love for Vietnam.
:14:36
What are they? Americans?
:14:40
They say they all have blind blue eyes
behind their glasses.
:14:44
If you take their shoes off,
they have soft feet and cry in pain.
:14:48
Take away their glasses,
their boots, they can't fight.
:14:52
Not very good soldiers.
:14:54
Not very good fence.
:14:56
Your president, Ngo Dinh Diem,
wants to know...
:14:59
...what will you do if you see a Viet Cong...