Friedman leaves out America’s military costs to fight the war to defend South Vietnam, the war to defend South Korea, the war to defend Afghanistan, and the costs of defending Western Europe and Japan during the Cold War.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/14/amid-falsehoods-and-fantasies-tom-friedman-finally-stumbles-onto-a-not-totally-bad-idea/

He later spent two years in South Vietnam working under Gen. Edward Lansdale, who tried and failed to apply the counterinsurgency and psychological warfare tactics he had used in the Philippines in the 1950s to the Vietnam War.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/10/07/pentagon-papers-daniel-ellsberg-neil-sheehan/

‘In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/07/a-death-sentence-for-people-and-ecosystems-the-climate-emergency-governments-and-the-public-enemy/

Pastor John E. Lee, an Air Force Veteran who served in South Vietnam, will be this year’s speaker at the Memorial Day Service.

Source: https://www.wkok.com/608689-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=608689-2

The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam between November 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/children/brave-new-world/article67090085.ece

What set the M551 Sheridan apart from other amphibious tanks at the time, though, was its air transportability, which made the M551 an asset in the dense jungles and challenging terrain of South Vietnam.

Source: https://www.slashgear.com/1355983/best-american-tanks-ever-built-ranked/

While serving as commander of Detachment A-321, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, during combat operations in South Vietnam, June 17 to 18, 1965, Davis was an adviser to the 883rd Regional Force Company in the vicinity of Bong Son.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/03/07/president-presents-medal-of-honor-to-special-forces-soldier/