Caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] reel america, a 14 minute portion of a july 1965 u. S. Army big picture episode titled not for conquest. Defense secretary Robert Mcnamara updates reporters on the vietnam war at a pentagon briefing. A narrator then reviews military efforts around the world that assertsnse department on offer conquest but are required to maintain peace. [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [playing taps] peace is a time when sons b ury fathers. War is a time when fathers bury sons. Peace and freedom is the most valuable possessions of any society. Peace, every day of it, must be bought and paid for. As the principal power in the military alliance of the free world, the goal of the United States is to use its strength to maintain the peace against the threat of conquest. In a dangerous and changing world, a massive military establishment is necessary to our common defense. This is the responsibility of the president. And under him, by law, the secretary of defense is charged with securing and maintaining that military establishment. The secretary is mr. Robert s. Mcnamara. Sec. Mcnamara i have here one of the new family of communist chinese weapons. Ofs is a light machine gun their 7. 62 class. Ammunition for this can only be supplied from chinese sources. This gun bears the chinese arsenal mark. It has obviously been supplied obviouslyry, been manufactured in that country and supplied to North Vietnam. A chinese gun. Roots of infiltration. The secretary keeps americans informed through News Conferences. For an informed nation is a prepared nation. The United States today is prepared against every form of aggression, from guerrilla warfare to Ballistic Missiles. An american desert. This is an early test, before our country, along with over 100 other nations, agreed to cease the use of nuclear weapons. Today, our Nuclear Power is such that, in the words of our president , the combined destructive power of every battle ever fought by man, is like a firecracker against the sun. [explosion] [explosion] this is the awesome power. And the power we have today is more than that of any adversary or combination of adversaries. The fact that we have it is the greatest deterrent to nuclear war. Helping to protect us against nuclear attack, our radar installations, networks of sensitive nerve ends, part of a Ballistic MissileEarly Warning system called the news. A nerve center of our defense alert system is the underground headquarters of the Strategic Air command. No surprise ballistic attack could catch us unprepared. Four in underground silos, another of our retaliatory power would survive to ensure the destruction of any aggressor nation. [explosion] but across the world, the flames of war are fanned by everincreasing aggression against South Vietnam. Treachery and cruelty by the viet cong, not only villages and towns destroyed, but transportation as well. The South Vietnamese military forces have been fighting the viet cong for years. Wherever they could find them. Sometimes, it was across the dry, hot plains under a merciless sun. Sometimes it was in rice paddies during the steamy monsoon season. And sometimes, it was from the very trains the viet cong tried to destroy. [gunshots] whatever the season, there was always the jungle tangled, hostile, forbidding. A jungle where the viet cong melted away into the dense undergrowth whenever attacked. [explosion] wherever they fought, the South Vietnamese gave no quarter and asked for none. Viet cong and infiltrated north the enemies are fleshed out step by step while the search continues by wary patrols, day in and day out. And like all wars, this war demands its cruel price in terms of human suffering. At the request of the South Vietnamese, the United States, under three american president s, has been providing military assistance and advisers without interruption. [explosion] in the air, we developed a way to overcome the rugged vietnamese terrain by making air highways with helicopters. And then, suddenly, aircraft and airstrips were damaged as infiltrators from North Vietnam grew more bold, striking directly at u. S. Equipment and at our men. Living quarters of american advisers to the South Vietnamese are destroyed. The infiltration commanded and directed from North Vietnam increases. Secretary mcnamara holds a News Conference to tell of our response. Sec. Mcnamara south Vietnamese Air force and u. S. Navy and air force strikes against North Vietnam have been designed to impede this infiltration of men and materials. An infiltration which makes the difference between a situation which is manageable, and one which is not manageable, internally, by the government of South Vietnam. The airstrikes have been carefully limited to military targets, primarily to infiltration targets. Barracks, ass, the applied to oppose, to supply depots, ammunition depots, routes of communication, all feeding the infiltration lines from North Vietnam into laos and hence into South Vietnam. More recently, there has been added to this target system, railroads, highways, and bridges, which are the foundation of the infiltration routes. These strikes have been designed to increase the dependence on an already overburdened road transport system, by denying the use of the rail lines in the south. The summary of our objectives have been to force them off the rails on to the highways and off the highways onto their feet. [explosions] the fighting in South Vietnam continues. Although military targets in North Vietnam are heavily hit, the numbers of infiltrated North Vietnamese soldiers into the south steadily increases. The viet cong terrorizes the countryside continually with savage hitandrun tactics. The rapid increase of infiltration begins to create an unfavorable manpower balance. Secretary mcnamara addresses the nation on this serious problem. Sec. Mcnamara according to the latest intelligence Information Available to us, the number of hardcore, fulltime viet cong communists, regular combat and , support forces in South Vietnam totals approximately 65,000 men. In addition, there are between 80,000 and 100,000 parttime or irregular drills. The regular and irregular drills forces their total about 165,000. The secretary goes on to announce that there will be a buildup of american Ground Combat forces in South Vietnam to overcome the unfavorable manpower balance. This increased military support by the United States starts arriving shortly and is the largest free world contribution to South Vietnams struggle against communist aggression. In addition to these american troops, other nations, great and small, contribute Financial Support and manpower, including combat troops from australia, new zealand, and korea. Our combat forces were deployed to areas known to be viet cong strongholds. Once again, the helicopter becomes indispensable in the struggle against the communist terrorists who, like quicksilver, break up and spread to inaccessible areas when they are attacked. But very little, if anything, is inaccessible to our troops in helicopters. But helicopters and modern equipment cannot be the full answer. For here in vietnam, it is up to the individual fighting man, still, to go by foot, to seek out, find, and destroy the enemy. Tactical airstrikes support the infantrymens efforts helping , eliminate the hardcore viet cong. [explosions] the navy provides fighter support for ground operations. [explosions] [gunfire] [explosions] and finally, prisoners of war. All of this massive american effort, because the people and the government of the United States, have a commitment to the South Vietnamese people, and to freedom. For us, our commitment is a matter of national honor. We intend to keep it. Our objective in Southeast Asia is a limited one. We are not seeking to destroy the North Vietnamese people. We do not seek military bases in South Vietnam. We are seeking to help the South Vietnamese people retain their right to control their own destiny. To develop politically, economically, and socially, as they choose. Without interference from forward directed aggression. Directed aggression. This is our commitment in South Vietnam. And, every commitment must be bought and paid for. Sec. Mcnamara in a world of 120 nations, the defensive freedom remains its duty. All day, every day of the year. As president johnson said, upon our strength and wisdom rests the future. Not only of our american way of life, but of the Great Society of free men. The president has also said let the world know we walk the road of peace. Because we have the strength we need. With our strength, we seek to shelter the peace of mankind. We are armed to ensure our own security and to encourage the settlement of International Differences by peaceful processes. The United States does have and will continue to have a commanding superiority of arms. But those arms are not for conquest. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this weekend on the cspan networks, politics, books, and American History. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on netroots nations closed immigrants. Gal and sunday, governor Chris Christie on national security. 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Coming up next, a Panel Discussion is the history of the commission. Herbert hoovers leadership, and the american volunteers who went to belgium to help here the Herbert Hoover president ial library and museum hosted this event. It is about two hours. It is my very great pleasure to introduce the speakers. Ive known them for quite some time. At my age, quite some time, mean something definite number of years between five and 10. I came to the library to do research on various aspects on the relief in belgium, and i am thrilled to give him a chance to share what he has learned with you. When i get to the world war i era and talk about the crv i speak of over feeding millions, hooever feeding millions, who for organizing, hoover, hoover. And perhaps understandably, it is the hoover president ial library, but even as a give the