Listened recently to the memories of a German Vietnam war correspondent had of his time in Vietnam. Covered war from 1965-1969.
There during the TET offensive. Communists invaded hundreds of towns and cities. Lost over half their soldiers. Won by US & Vietnamese.
”Catechized“ by grandmother during WWII bombing in Leipzig. So, German American Immigrant
One thing that I knew and that affected me Sang in my head the German Lutheran Liturgy (Kyrie)
There a various vocations that we Christians live out as we show love toward God and neighbor…one of them is soldier...
Luther compared the work of being a soldier to that of a surgeon, who might have to cut off a limb in order to save the body.
Everyone of these soldiers that returned were called a baby-killer at some point. One was kicked out of his church cuz he had a cru-cut yet and wore his uniform.
Both the culture and the media created a false conception of the war that led to the loss of the war. South Vietnamese lost after we cut off arms and support to them.
