bonj91 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

kinda makes you wonder, would there have been a big difference if John Paul Vann didn't die? Would the ARVN hold out longer?

oceanlillys (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Looking relative! Was a Viet Refugee. Worked at Ford Plant (Lorain OH) in 1977! Please help! Will Pay for help!

lafal (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

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jlhkia (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

It is interesting to see him in person after reading about his efforts in Vietnam.

tachikaze222 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

yup, that's Vann. He was effectively the (civilian) 3-star general equivalent in charge of MR2 at the time. Too bad PAVN wanted Kontum more than ARVN . . . without direct US armed intervention, with Kontum so went Pleiku, An Khe, Qui Nho, and the rest of MR2. But for ARVN to hold the MR2 frontier it would have had to pull troops out of MR1 or MR3. Fascinating strategic challenge. ARVN was doomed with the 1972 "peace" treaty.

jlhkia (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

The interviewee looks like John Vann who was instrumental in halting the fall of Kontum in May 1972, but was to die in an helicopter crash about two weeks later - perhaps a month or so after this interview.