of peace and nonviolence, and nominated him for the nobel peace prize. you can very well describe the practice of buddhism as the practice of a kind of art, the art of peace. he spoke several languages, travelled widely and wrote more than 100 books on mindfulness and meditation. he was a pioneer of the zen movement he called engaged buddhism, which influenced many a home of hollywood celebrities and the silicon valley boardrooms. a stroke in 2014 left him unable to speak and four years later, he returned to vietnam to live out his final days in the city of hue, where he was born. thich nhat hanh s death
the remains of an old tower fortress built more than a century ago again is put to combat use. that s the north vietnamese strong point, that s where the rocket firing had been coming from. now the marines are trying to silence the firing with grenade launchers. i had a strong group of marines, they were magnificent in every way, unwavering in going forward under intense fire. [ rapid gunfire ]. after 24 days of heavy fighting the americans and the south vietnamese troops finally pushed the enemy out of the citadel. the estimate was that 80% of the city was damaged or destroyed, and 80% of its population was homeless. in order to preserve the city of hue, we had to destroy the city of hue.
that s the north vietnamese strong point, that s where the rocket firing had been coming from. now the marines are trying to silence the firing with grenade launchers. i had a strong group of marines, they were magnificent in every way, unwavering in going forward under intense fire. [ rapid gunfire ]. after 24 days of heavy fighting the americans and the south vietnamese troops finally pushed the enemy out of the citadel. the estimate was that 80% of the city was damaged or destroyed, and 80% of its population was homeless. in order to preserve the city of hue, we had to destroy the city of hue. whatever price the communists pay for this offensive, the price to the allied cause was high.
the estimate was 80% of the city was destroyed and 80% of the population was homeless. in order to preserve the city of hue we had to destroy the city of hue. whatever price the communists paid for the offensive the price to allied offensive was high. if the intention was to restore peace ander issent and normalcy to the country. the destruction of those qualities to this city is a setback. wamter cronkite had a language audience and when he delivered when he did from vietnam it had an impact. it is increasingly clear to this reporter the only rational way to be get out not as victims but as an honorable people who