Vietnam War Secrets
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Artist: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: BCI ECLIPSE LLC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 672 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BCI / Eclipse
Movie Reviews of Vietnam War Secrets
Movie Review: Secrets Revealed
Summary: 5 Stars
Vietnam War Secrets is a professionally produced eleven-hour documentary series. Some episodes such as Great Victory are History channel style reports replete with maps, diagrams, illustrations and rare film footage; another about US Navy aircraft carriers is hosted by Chet Huntley of NBC News. Others are new, full-length interviews with among others, General Nguyen Khanh, the former leader of South Viet-Nam; and Frank Snepp, the CIA's chief analyst in Viet-Nam from 1972 to 1975.
All the interviews and host segments were shot on 16mm film or high definition video in professional television studios with professional cameras, lighting and audio equipment. Accusations by Karl May are outright lies. Apparently, Karl May does not like the message so he resorts to lies to discredit the production.
The interview with General Khanh is the first he has given since ruling Viet-Nam and he discloses the incompetency of U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor and military commander General William Westmoreland; and, that Westmoreland engaged in petty revenge against Vietnamese generals who criticized or disagreed with his bankrupt military strategy. Stanley Karnow never mentions this feud in his seminal book.
Frank Snepp reveals that U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin was incompetent and out of touch with reality which resulted in thousands of Vietnamese agents and employees being sacrificed to the North Vietnamese. Stanley Karnow does not mention such in his book. Karl May does not mention these startling interviews in his bogus review.
Karl is like the dorky nerd you knew in grammar school who was constantly taunted and ridiculed but because he was dimwitted could only reply "I know you are, but what am I."
I will match my credentials anytime against Karl May. I served for twenty eight months in Viet-Nam as a combat infantryman and Long Range Recon team leader. I graduated from the famous MACV 5th Special Force Group RECONDO School, which has long been featured on the History Channel. I was wounded in combat and awarded the Bronze Star for Valor, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).
I returned to Viet-Nam as a journalist and eventually became a producer for ABC News. Subsequently, I have visited Viet-Nam to conduct research for this and other programs. Besides General Khanh, I have interviewed Pham Van Dong, the premier of North Viet-Nam, and Ho Chi Minh's chief deputy.
I have spent months at the National Archives and Center for Military History conducting research. Karl May claims that he knows everything presented in Vietnam War Secrets yet does not offer any new information or rebuttals.
He attacks me for sitting in front of an American flag and my voice which is like killing the messenger because you don't like the message. In reality he is just an angry, incontinent, bigot. If he does not like the message he should say so. Only, a slimeball would tell lies to attack a combat Viet-Nam veteran. So, we know that Karl did not serve in Viet-Nam.
I sincerely recommend you buy and watch the series. The secret about the Gulf of Tonkin was not revealed by the National Security Agency until December 2005. Much of the information has only been officially revealed in the last several years. Books written five, ten or twenty years ago do not include such information. Some of the information I present is based on personal experience and even includes rare films that I shot in Laos and Vietnam during 1970 or in Cambodia during 1979.
I suggest you ask Karl May to refute facts rather than sling cheap insults. Product reviews are suppose to be about the product not personal attacks. Vietnam was a great tragedy and many people died in vain. Ironically, after years of hysterical propaganda, Viet-Nam is again an ally and friend endorsed by President George Bush, Jr. who personally nominated Viet-Nam for membership in the World Trade Organization and invited the President of Viet-Nam to the White House. U.S. Navy ships now make "goodwill" visits to Sai Gon.
Only the truth will free you from political bigots and propaganda.
Summary of Vietnam War Secrets
"Vietnam War Secrets is an explosive documentary series revealing many long-time classified secrets on the Vietnam War and what was truly behind it. Producer Edward Rasen spent five years battling the U.S. Department of Defense for release of classified films and documents that will reveal a great deal of the factual truth. Mr. Rasen has also exposes the real situation in Viet-Nam through a first-time interview with General Nguyen Khanh ruler of southern Viet-Nam during 1964-1965; and Frank Snepp former CIA chief analyst in Saigon from 1972 through April 29 1975." There are thousands of books tens of thousands of newspaper and magazine stories and hundreds of hours of television reports have been produced about what is commonly called the Viet-Nam War. However we are still in the dark on many events and actions as to why and how. Unfortunately most Americans including military personnel were ignorant about Viet-Nam and the true nature of events from 1945 to the fateful day of April 30 1975. We have been misled by political rhetoric and propaganda generated by U.S. presidents and their staffs. Unfortunately the truth became the first casualty of war. Now some of the answers are revealed in "Vietnam War Secrets" a 4 disc box set. Through these never before released top secret documents and interviews these facts undermine many myths which long have masqueraded as the truth. Edward Rasen is the former ABC News producer in Viet-Nam and Cambodia who uncovered the Killing Fields and has been a finalist for the annual Overseas Press Club award for best foreign reporting. He served in Viet-Nam as a combat infantryman and Long Range Recon team leader plus graduated from the MACV-5th Special Forces Group RECONDO School. System Requirements:Running Time: Over 10 Hours (672 minutes) Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 787364728992 Manufacturer No: CARTON QTY 20Similar DVD Movies
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