tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post8149207837988138325..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: "I would rather feed you to the sharks than live under the communists" Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-49345139289403900052015-06-01T00:21:43.308-04:002015-06-01T00:21:43.308-04:00Thanks.Thanks.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-37020254419521369322015-05-31T23:59:41.534-04:002015-05-31T23:59:41.534-04:00Thanks. Might be of consideration:
"In order...Thanks. Might be of consideration:<br />"In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.": Thich Nhat Hanh - Vietnamese monk, activist and writer.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-57258946305608720052015-05-31T14:05:37.191-04:002015-05-31T14:05:37.191-04:00Lord, only knows and I just searched again. Every...Lord, only knows and I just searched again. Every-time I think of it, I search hoping someone put it on line.<br /><br />Fare Thee Well! And If Forever 'Still, Forever Fare Thee Well!<br />Chinh Luan (Newspaper) Nguyen Tu (Correspondent)<br />Cung Son, March 23 (1975)<br />Nguyen Tu who accompanied the huge exodus column from the Central Highlands describes his emotions in Tuy Hoa, where local scenes evoked memories of the allied forces who fought alongside the Vietnamese combatants. - EDITORS.<br /><br />Might be of interest.<br />http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=274&highlight=evacuationBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-77062703679694938122015-05-31T13:21:12.540-04:002015-05-31T13:21:12.540-04:00I can visually imagine. I have read of such atroc...I can visually imagine. I have read of such atrocities thru out perpetrated by<br />privileged governments such as the US who use the word of media to justify<br />their massacres. These desperate people were sacrifices for politics and<br />monetary gain. <br />How did the third page get separated from the other two?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-39287612163307219032015-05-31T00:49:54.971-04:002015-05-31T00:49:54.971-04:00April 30th was the saddest day of my life, but thi...April 30th was the saddest day of my life, but this story would run second. As I mentioned, I have two of the three pages written by a Vietnamese reporter who was accompanying them. Heart rendering, to say the least. I had all three when I was evacuated, but the final one disappeared. I ought to at least post the first two I guess, because the other one is gone forever I'm afraid. All you need to know about Communism is below.<br /><br />Many trucks were hit by shells and burst into flames and exploded. The trucks were crammed with soldiers, children, women and old people. They fell everywhere. Those who walked fell to machine gun bullets. Their blood flowed in tiny streams. The roaring artillery, crackling small arms, screams of the dying and crying of the children combined into a single voice from hell.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-74282621726595290512015-05-31T00:16:45.451-04:002015-05-31T00:16:45.451-04:00Poor people. Thanks for your insight. They did n...Poor people. Thanks for your insight. They did not give up but bravely tolled onward<br />for some escape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-60217655135067648362015-05-30T22:53:48.306-04:002015-05-30T22:53:48.306-04:00I assume they were all killed though some may have...I assume they were all killed though some may have escaped into the mountains. Retreat is the most difficult of all military maneuvers and to attempt it taking along 400,000 civilians was insane, though initially it went well with bridges blown up behind them, but once the communists started targeting the civilians, mayhem reined. <br /><br />"the leading part of our convoy got through the ambush point under a screen of supporting fire. But the tail end had to leave the road and pass through the jungle. I was in the tail end. Rebel mountain tribesmen armed with our [American] weapons and Communist B-41 rockets and AK-47 rifles shot into the convoy, while Communist artillery struck from all directions. Many trucks were hit by shells and burst into flames and exploded. The trucks were crammed with soldiers, children, and old people. They fell everywhere. Those who walked fell to machine gun bullets. Their blood flowed in tiny streams. The roaring artillery, crackling small arms, screams of the dying and crying of the children combined into a single voice from hell.<br />Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-31152526899523645442015-05-30T22:32:03.523-04:002015-05-30T22:32:03.523-04:00They knew about Communism and the desperate flight...They knew about Communism and the desperate flight for freedom. But what they<br />didn't know was the Communist subversion within the military.<br />Brock, what is your opinion on what happened to the missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com