The Viet Minh and the Viet Cong

Originally posted by FMF
Who in Vietnam benefitted from U.S. interests drilling for oil in Vietnamese waters?

Nobody. Because there weren't any.

Originally posted by FMF
Who in Vietnam benefitted from U.S. interests drilling for oil in Vietnamese waters?

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
Nobody. Because there weren't any.

There was no U.S. oil drilling in Vietnamese waters?

Originally posted by FMF
There was no U.S. oil drilling in Vietnamese waters?

I never heard of any.

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
I never heard of any.

Why were U.S. military ships protecting Texaco - certainly in 1973 but perhaps as early as 1970 or even earlier - while they were drilling for oil off the Vietnamese coast, then?

Originally posted by FMF
Why were U.S. military ships protecting Texaco - certainly in 1973 but perhaps as early as 1970 or even earlier - while they were drilling for oil off the Vietnamese coast, then?

Once again, I never heard of that happening, or of any off shore oil wells around Viet Nam. Some "friend of a friend" story is all it is.

Originally posted by FMF
Why were U.S. military ships protecting Texaco - certainly in 1973 but perhaps as early as 1970 or even earlier - while they were drilling for oil off the Vietnamese coast, then?

They weren't.

Originally posted by caissad4
I met him at Disbursing "A" school in San Diego but he had been in the Navy for at least 3 years, so it was earlier.

Wish I had a nickle for every BS story I heard in the military. Navy guy once told me that there was a huge Titanium deposit found in Viet Nam in the early 60's, that's why we went in, and we left as soon as it was mined out in '73.

Everything he told me about his military days smelled fishy.

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
Everything he told me about his military days smelled fishy.

That's one of the problems with Titanium. And ordinary soap never seems to do the job.

Originally posted by FMF
Why were U.S. military ships protecting Texaco - certainly in 1973 but perhaps as early as 1970 or even earlier - while they were drilling for oil off the Vietnamese coast, then?

ya im gonna need you to back that up w/some facts. some hard evidence so we can get to the bottom of this.c'mon you can do it

Originally posted by utherpendragon
ya im gonna need you to back that up w/some facts. some hard evidence so we can get to the bottom of this.c'mon you can do it

I can't. Apparently it's an urban myth. Several posters have pointed it out.