Lost Battles of the Vietnam War
The popular myth that the US “never lost a battle
during the Vietnam War” should finally be put to rest.
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“One theme presented by supporters of the
American empire is the U.S. military is invincible and can never lose unless
stabbed in the back by impatient politicians. They claim the U.S. military
never lost a battle during the entire Vietnam war.
On August 30, 2011, President Barack Obama proclaimed to a gathering of veterans: "But let it be remembered that you won every major battle of that war. Every single one."
…This myth was disputed by America's most decorated officer
of that war, Col. David Hackworth, in his book "About Face." The
U.S. military had every advantage, yet mistakes were made and battles lost.
...98 lost battles of the Vietnam war:…”
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Soldiers of the southern National Liberation Front ('Viet Cong') advance in 1968. Three Lions, Hulton Archive / Getty Images
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