Comments on: The Battle at Ap Bac Changed America's View of the Vietnam War http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: T Ho http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-726239 T Ho Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:02:53 +0000 #comment-726239 Part of failure was the American. When the first CH-21 was down, all war efforts were abandon, only focus on a rescue mission the downed CH-21's crew. They were still 200m away from VC's position, no harm. Further more, there were still a good number of Vietnamese 1st Battalion soldier on board. The rescue mission lead by Lt Colonel Vann was chaotic and complete failure Part of failure was the American. When the first CH-21 was down, all war efforts were abandon, only focus on a rescue mission the downed CH-21's crew. They were still 200m away from VC's position, no harm. Further more, there were still a good number of Vietnamese 1st Battalion soldier on board.

The rescue mission lead by Lt Colonel Vann was chaotic and complete failure

]]> By: Jocko http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-704025 Jocko Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:46:07 +0000 #comment-704025 Archie, Pleez reright ur comments to make it shorter. I am 2 lazy 2 reed it all. Archie,

Pleez reright ur comments to make it shorter. I am 2 lazy 2 reed it all.

]]> By: Austin http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-546194 Austin Tue, 03 May 2011 01:04:40 +0000 #comment-546194 US military forces were not involved in the Battle of Ap Bac, at this point we were only there as advisors. US military forces were not involved in the Battle of Ap Bac, at this point we were only there as advisors.

]]> By: Archie http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-523716 Archie Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:32:10 +0000 #comment-523716 Kevin, I do not appreciate your comments towards Jay. This was indeed a great article but was a bit long. Many elderly often usethe word disrespectful to describe teenagers and I get tired of it because they don't consider their words. I have a feeling that a high schooler looking up this article is not going to be sitting on war videogames. Try to remember being in high school and how much work you had to do in such a short amount of time and how you needed information in short for your papers. I find it quite immature of YOU to call out a high school who was probably cramming for a paper and needed the information this article provided. Try to be a bit more considerate of young folks. Kevin, I do not appreciate your comments towards Jay. This was indeed a great article but was a bit long. Many elderly often usethe word disrespectful to describe teenagers and I get tired of it because they don't consider their words. I have a feeling that a high schooler looking up this article is not going to be sitting on war videogames. Try to remember being in high school and how much work you had to do in such a short amount of time and how you needed information in short for your papers. I find it quite immature of YOU to call out a high school who was probably cramming for a paper and needed the information this article provided. Try to be a bit more considerate of young folks.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-283166 Kevin Sun, 23 May 2010 18:35:36 +0000 #comment-283166 Excellent article. Great comments too, except the last one. Consider the audacity of this high-schooler, demanding that the author rewrite his excellent article because he is too lazy to read anything that lacks the entertaining visage of pictures. Sorry, kid, time to grow up: Vietnam was not a video game. As the saying goes, "better to keep silent and be suspected a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Quite the outrageous sense of entitlement. Amazing that he fit so much immaturity into so few words. Excellent article. Great comments too, except the last one.

Consider the audacity of this high-schooler, demanding that the author rewrite his excellent article because he is too lazy to read anything that lacks the entertaining visage of pictures. Sorry, kid, time to grow up: Vietnam was not a video game. As the saying goes, "better to keep silent and be suspected a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Quite the outrageous sense of entitlement. Amazing that he fit so much immaturity into so few words.

]]> By: La batalla de Ap-Bac « La última batalla http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-281740 La batalla de Ap-Bac « La última batalla Fri, 21 May 2010 18:22:08 +0000 #comment-281740 [...] “Vietnam, la guerra que nunca acabó” Lázaro Minué www.americanwriters.org www.vhpa.org www.historynet.com Dejar un comentario Dejar un comentario por mucho Dejar un comentario Suscripción RSS a los [...] [...] “Vietnam, la guerra que nunca acabó” Lázaro Minué http://www.americanwriters.org http://www.vhpa.org http://www.historynet.com Dejar un comentario Dejar un comentario por mucho Dejar un comentario Suscripción RSS a los [...]

]]> By: Jay http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-273273 Jay Sat, 08 May 2010 22:23:09 +0000 #comment-273273 this was WAY to long. shorten it. im a high schooler. im not going to read all this with it not having pictures. this was WAY to long. shorten it. im a high schooler. im not going to read all this with it not having pictures.

]]> By: Robert Brent http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-135758 Robert Brent Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:09:40 +0000 #comment-135758 Interesting article! The Batle of Ap Bac was, indeed, a portent of things to come. I've been contributing to a timeline of the Vietnam War at http://timelines.com/topics/vietnam-war, where there are videos and images associated with major events of the conflict. Our idea is to create an interactive historical record of anything and everything, based on specific events that combine to form timelines. We're trying to achieve a sort of user-created multimedia encyclopedia, in which no event is too big and no event is too small, and where everyone is free to contribute. Interesting article! The Batle of Ap Bac was, indeed, a portent of things to come. I've been contributing to a timeline of the Vietnam War at http://timelines.com/topics/vietnam-war, where there are videos and images associated with major events of the conflict.

Our idea is to create an interactive historical record of anything and everything, based on specific events that combine to form timelines. We're trying to achieve a sort of user-created multimedia encyclopedia, in which no event is too big and no event is too small, and where everyone is free to contribute.

]]> By: Don Clarke http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-59510 Don Clarke Fri, 08 May 2009 15:41:15 +0000 #comment-59510 Ap Bac was a victory for the National Liberation Front because it showed their appreciation of the struggle as both a political & a military one. They abandonned the classic guerilla tactic of withdrawing in the face of overwhelming odds and inflicted a headline grabbing, morale sapping victory over the US forces & those of the corrupt regime in Saigon. The patriotic Viet Minh had fought the French colonialists, then the Japanese invaders & again the French who used released Japanese POWs (!) until the US stepped in with military aid. The Hanoi government was reluctant to commit support to the NLF until Ap Bac showed them that effective resistance in the South (apart from being a patriotic duty) was a credible route to national independence for the whole country. Ap Bac was a victory for the National Liberation Front because it showed their appreciation of the struggle as both a political & a military one. They abandonned the classic guerilla tactic of withdrawing in the face of overwhelming odds and inflicted a headline grabbing, morale sapping victory over the US forces & those of the corrupt regime in Saigon. The patriotic Viet Minh had fought the French colonialists, then the Japanese invaders & again the French who used released Japanese POWs (!) until the US stepped in with military aid. The Hanoi government was reluctant to commit support to the NLF until Ap Bac showed them that effective resistance in the South (apart from being a patriotic duty) was a credible route to national independence for the whole country.

]]> By: George Porter http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm#comment-12244 George Porter Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:08:52 +0000 #comment-12244 If the communist spies were the victors at Ap Bac, why did they announce their victory from Cambodia? If the communist spies were the victors at Ap Bac, why did they announce their victory from Cambodia?

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