越战50年（2015）

Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered S01E06

Part 8 Nov. 23, 2021, 1:03 p.m.

凌晨时分
The North Vietnamese
begin their attack
北越军以北部为突破口
on Kon Tum from the north
装甲部队与步兵团齐上
with both tank and infantry.
攻向昆嵩
Air support from
a Claw helicopter
直升机的空中支援
destroys nine tanks, two
machine guns, and a truck.
摧毁了9台坦克两艇机关枪一辆卡车
The attack halts
barely after sunrise.
日落之后攻势才得以停止
But as darkness falls,
但随着夜幕降临
the North Vietnamese
step up their game
北越军故态复萌
and attack once more.
发起了又一次袭击
Two B-52 strikes
neutralize them.
两架B-52飞机的坠毁才使得局势暂时平息
May 27th, 1962.
1962年5月27日
The 44th Regiment
awaken the next morning
44军团在第二天早上
to find enemy tanks 50
yards from their bunker.
发现敌方坦克在距自己燃料库50码的地方
There was, it seems, a flaw
in the defensive perimeter.
这看起来是一次防守的疏忽
If the tanks make it further,
如果坦克走得再远些
they will invade Kon
Tum and take the city.
他们就能攻占昆嵩占领城市
They're stopped by LAW missiles.
他们遭到轻型导弹的袭击
The next day, the
North Vietnamese
次日北越军队
manage to take over a number
成功夺取这座城市的
of buildings and
bunkers in the city.
一些建筑和碉堡
They are, however, on their own
不过由于供给线遭到盟军切断
as supplies are cut off
by the allies air support.
他们孤立无援
Beaten, the North Vietnamese
筋疲力尽的北越军队
begin a retreat by June 6th.
于6月6日开始撤退
What is left of their forces
而剩余的军队
are cleaned out in a
building to building sweep
则遭到南越军队的
by South Vietnamese forces.
阵地式清剿
On June 9th, the city of Kon Tum
6月9日昆嵩市
is decleared fully secure.
宣布收复
A tragic footnote involves
但是一场悲剧
Lieutenant Colonel Vann.
却发生在范恩中校身上
As he is carried in
his helicopter from
victory that night,
他当晚乘坐直升机凯♥旋♥之时
his pilot fails to see a
stand of trees in the fog.
飞行员在迷雾中撞到一排树木
- Well, I worked at the burn
unit one time, for a while.
我曾经在烧伤部门工作过
1966—1967年美军少尉玛丽·戈尔登
And we had 75 to 85%
与飞机一起坠落的飞行员
burns from chopper
pilots who went down
有75%到85%
with their plane,
with their choppers.
都会烧伤
And we would have to go in,
我们会进入
mask, gown, gloves, et cetera.
戴着面具防护服手套等等
We'd take sterile water.
我们用无菌水
We'd wash their bodies down.
清洗他们的身体
Then we'd take these big jars
然后我们用我们所称的
of what we call Sulfamylon,
大瓶的甲磺灭脓
which was an antibiotic cream,
这是一种消炎药膏
put our hands in it
and just literally
涂在我们手上
ice down their bodies
with this cream.
然后用这些药膏给他们身体消炎
- [Voiceover] At age 47,
范恩中校
Lieutenant Colonel
Vann is killed
在直升机爆♥炸♥中遇难时
in the resulting
helicopter explosion.
年仅47岁
The chief pallbearer
at his funeral
其葬礼的护柩者
is none other than General
Westmoreland himself.
不是别人正是威斯特摩兰将军本人
President Nixon
posthumously grants
尼克松总统之后
Lieutenant Colonel Vann
授予范恩中校
the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
总统自♥由♥勋章
The citation reads,
授奖词如下
"Soldier of peace and
patriot of two nations.
两国的和平战士与爱国者
"The name of John Paul Vann
约翰·保罗·范恩的名字
"will be honored
as long as free men
将永远被那些
"remember the
struggle to preserve
为南越的独♥立♥
"the independence
of South Vietnam."
而斗争的人所铭记
June 17th, 1972.
1972年6月17日
Back in Washington,
D.C., the security guard
在华盛顿
for the Democratic
National Committee's
民♥主♥党全国委员会水门总部的保安
Watergate Headquarters
notices signs of a break in.
发现有人闯入
Tape is placed over
the building's locks.
大楼立刻被封
When the police arrive,
当警♥察♥到来时
they catch five burglars
抓到五名窃贼
who have connections to
President Nixon's committee
他们与尼克松总统的
to reelect the President.
重选总统委员会有关
They had been
setting up wiretaps
他们当时在电♥话♥上安装窃听器
on DNC phones and
photocopying secret documents.
并且偷♥拍♥机密文件
April 30th, 1973.
1973年4月30日
- Last June 17, while
I was in Florida
去年6月17日当我从莫斯科回来
trying to get a few days' rest
在佛罗里达
after my visit to Moscow,
度假的时候
I first learned
from news reports
从报纸上看到
of the Watergate break in.
水门事件的报道
I was appalled at this
senseless, illegal action.
我对这种愚蠢的违法行为感到震惊
And I was shocked to learn
当我得知
that employees of the
reelection committee
重选委员会的雇员
were apparently
among those guilty.
牵扯此案时感到十分吃惊
I immediately ordered
an investigation
我立刻下令相关部门
by appropriate
government authorities.
进行调查
On September 15,
as you will recall,
9月15日你们也许记得
indictments were brought against
此案中有7名被告人
seven defendants in the case.
遭到起诉
- [Voiceover] Nixon
will deny any connection
尼克松拒绝与水门事件
with the Watergate break in.
有任何牵连
But for days after,
the President
但是数日之后
had secretly provided payoffs
总统秘密向五名窃贼
to the five burglars
and two accomplices.
以及两名共犯提供赎金
His subsequent plans
are to get the CIA
他后来的计划是让CIA
to stop the FBI investigation.
阻止FBI调查
The Watergate scandal
will not be the only thing
水门事件不是唯一
that will come back to
haunt the President.
令总统寝食难安的事件
The nation is stunned
1972年6月19日
when in the June 19th,
1972 edition of Newsweek
《新闻周刊》
the magazine's Saigon
Bureau Chief Kevin Buckley
西贡版总编凯文·巴克利
and Alexander Shimkin
以及亚历山大·西姆金
exposed the military
Operation Speedy Express
揭示了从1968年12月到1969年5月
from December 1968 to May 1969.
所进行的“速递行动”