Ep. 38 Vietnam War: Marines (Part 6)
When speaking of the American military serviceman’s experience in Vietnam, it’s important to know that there were many vastly different combat tours, depending on where in the country one was stationed and when they served. An Army soldier “in the bush” down in the rice paddies of South Vietnam’s fertile flatlands in 1970 had a…
Ep 37 Vietnam War: Search for a Strategy (Part 5)
In 1965, the United States appeared to be “in it to win it.” The trouble was, nobody knew what a winning outcome would look like. The government of South Vietnam was hopelessly corrupt and made up of landlords that simply stepped into the exploitative French system that came before them. Capturing territory meant nothing, because the enemy…
Ep. 36 Vietnam War: Run to the Jungle (Part 4)
In 1965, American President Lyndon Baines Johnson deploys large numbers of American troops to Vietnam for the first time. Massive naval installations and airbases are built in the name of defending South Vietnam from attack. But the enemy moves like water to the weakest points and the most opportune times to strike. America needs to…
Ep 35 Vietnam War: Entangling Alliances (Part 3)
By 1964, South Vietnam was a total mess and on the verge of collapse. Trying to prop up the series of incompetent gangster-generals running the show had not worked. The US had a choice: abandon South Vietnam to the tide of totalitarian communism or Double Down. American leadership convinced itself of the latter. Why?
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Podcast
Relatively unknown but awesome (and important) tales from our past, professionally researched and told in “campfire buddy” fashion. As a historian and educator, the Centurion brings you the tales of the daring, the misunderstood, the underdogs, the dynamic people you’ve never heard of because you didn’t have the right teacher to share it with you.
“We are not the only force in the telling of our story…”
Centurion6246, Episode 4
Subscribe
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
