:07:01
- Steve Burnett, Times.
- You don't say.
:07:04
- You need a ride?
- Sure.
:07:05
Hop in.
:07:07
- Welcome, Colonel.
- Thank you.
:07:09
You mind getting in the back?
I like to do my own driving.
:07:12
Let the man from the Times
sit up front.
:07:16
Just point me
in the right direction.
:07:24
An exotic little war
in an Asian paradise.
:07:27
That's how one of my colleagues
described it.
:07:30
After the French
were defeated in 1954...
:07:32
Vietnam was divided
between Ho Chi Minh's communist north...
:07:36
and the southern regime
of Diem.
:07:39
The communists launched an insurrection
to capture the south...
:07:43
so America sent 11,000 advisors
to bolster Diem's army.
:07:46
Look at this place.
:07:48
Man, this is a place
worth fightin' for.
:07:51
Can you imagine what it's gonna be like
if the communists get it?
:07:57
God, look at that.
:08:14
Where do they get
all the water from?
:08:17
They terrace the fields
at different levels...
:08:19
and they have a bunch of canals
and dikes and bring it all down.
:08:23
That's fantastic.
:08:30
$$"Military Assistance Command Vietnam"
Gentlemen.
:08:33
Each one of you will be assigned to a
division of the South Vietnamese Army...
:08:38
to act as a senior advisor.
:08:40
The South Vietnamese soldier
is a magnificent fighter...
:08:44
highly motivated,
tough and intelligent.
:08:47
The body counts
given to this office...
:08:50
are nothing short of remarkable.
:08:53
Just take a look.
:08:56
Theirs is a splendid effort,
and it is our job to support 'em.