Saturday, September 4, 2021

John Paul Vann Re-post 2009 NamSouth


             May be an image of aircraft and text that says '87 Picture of John Paul Vann, taken outside Kontum City, June 6th 1972, three days before the fatal helicopter crash.'

       May be an image of outdoors and text that says 'ब Image courtesy of Bob esselbem This H/17th Cav LOH cockpit. Note the grenade launcher used by the scout pilot to blow away vegetation for look; smoke grenade by observer seat; observer M-60 resting handrest between missions: all-important body armor chicken plate' resting on seat (It has been said this isJohn Paul Vann personal chopper).' 

"This is a political war and it calls for discrimination in killing. The best weapon for killing would be a knife, but I'm afraid we can't do it that way. The worst is an airplane. The next worst is artillery. Barring a knife, the best is a rifle — you know who you're killing."
 
--John Paul Vann

"We don't have 12 years experience in this country. We have one year's experience 12 times."
--LTC John Paul Vann
At the end of his 1962-1963 tour in Vietnam

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