I seem to have been mis-informed !! For years, I was under the impression that the South Vietnamese, fearful of being overrun by Chinese -armed and equipped North Vietnamese communists,( a bit like in Korea ) had approached the United States and ASKED for their HELP !! I didn"t realise that it was simply a case of the US mounting an all-out INVASION of Vietnam, presumably just for the hell of it.Thankyou for pointing out THE TRUTH , "Tunesmith " ------Now we all know the REAL story !!!