, the screaming eagles in vietnam, the big picture episode documenting the activities of to therd air force arrival of the spring of 1965 through january 1967. Ok, move out. Sky overut of the vietnam came the screaming eagles. The heroic paratroopers of the 101st. Their exploits during world war ii could never be forgotten. In december of 1944, outnumbered and surrounded by germans, the members of the 101st correct courageously kept fighting. Theyre acting commander gave the historic reply, no, and they stood until the germans were defeated. It is in this tradition that they serve on the battlefront of vietnam. On a warm spring day in 1965, several Army Aviation companies arrived in vietnam aboard the carrier uss you will team up iwo jima. It is the beginning of the first of the assault helicopters that will soon fill the air over this embattled land. Although South Vietnam is infested with the viet cong from the north and spread down the ho chi minh trail. Like a disease, they spread
[applause] you did a fine job. Thank you. Announcer you have been watching the weekly series american artifacts. You can do this in all of our other programs online at cspan orcs history cspan. Org history. Announcer you are watching American History tv. It 48 hours every week. Follow us on twitter for information on the schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with history news. Each week, American History tvs real america brings you archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. On march 8, 1965, 3500 marines were deployed to vietnam. Marking the beginning of the u. S. Ground war. By the end of 1965 almost 200,000 americans were in the country. When the war ended in 1975, more than 300 million americans had served in the conflict. And 58,000 lost their lives. Up next, the screaming eagles in vietnam, a u. S. Army big picture episode documenting the activities of the air force division from its arrival through january of 1967. Ok, moveout. From out of the sky over
Just israel a potentially transformed. Is he a new judgment willing and able to make the kind of choices necessary, forget concluding the peace agreemen agreement about t advancing that process to its next phase. A year ago i got a letter from a man that said stop smearing me. Im going to do it. Speak but as for one to 67. You can say these numbers and i dont know if anyone has heard him say one step or two steps in 1967 to have him utter these numbers when he was speaking to the conference and then i see him saying they are going to be a part of israel. He has to made up his mind. Im not going to get into the name game. They are going through a transformation and i know that they have taken so much. Ii am not comparing this conflt with any other conflict. This is about history, religion, failure, and with enough honestly it is difficult for me and then but at the end of today its time for decisions, not negotiations. I want to live with a two state solution. They start preparing his p
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