Just like today, an ounce of prevention...but the kooks don't get it..
Yes, and the recent events in Korea still weighed a bit heavy on some.
It's interesting to the casual observer such as myself. Mention French Indochina and the only thing the average American can think of is Dien Bien Phu (if that). Even after 9 years of conflict. That's all they know.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
