america in the 1970s without understanding how the decade began in relationship to the war in vietnam. >> normally casualties are released on thursday, but fighting has been so bitter, that military sources released the casualties unofficially today. 340 americans and 527 south vietnamese were killed last week. enemy dead were reported to be more than 5,000. >> there was some grumbling among numbers of young g.i.s taking part in assaults questioning whether the objective is worth the bloodshed. >> how the here in this clearly difficult war, i think history will report this may have been one of america's finest hours. because we took a difficult task and we succeeded. you're doing your job. i can assure you we're going to fry to ours to see that they don't fight in vain.