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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 imp...

God, what are we doing here? >> its been like this all weekend in hue. one nasty firefighter after another. rounds going overhead. a fire fight across the perfume river what do you think of at a time like this. >> keeping down bullets flying too fast. >> we werent compared for the combat in the urban area. we to use the marine corps phrase to adapt and overcome and identify the challenges we had. how do you cross a street and attack the fortified position which is a home. >> what are your men ab...

>> daddy tried to the end to get peace with vietnam. >> im no goddamn fascist. im fine to settle this thing. both daughters husbands are going out. one is going to hue and the other to da nang, right there in the middle of it. god knows im more concerned than anybody. >> i followed chuck out to get on the plane to vietnam. and so theres a picture of chuck and me carrying this tin of cookies. and before he left on the airplane, i am now pregnant, but its secret. and he says to me, i have signed m...

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