Archimedes Patti person
also: Captain Archimedes Patti, Patty, P-A-T-T-I
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▶ 8:47
By the time the first Americans arrived in Hanoi on August 22nd to help prepare for the formal Japanese surrender, Vietnam men were firmly in control of the North. The man in charge of the American mission to Hanoi was named Captain Archime…
▶ 9:16
Greetings in English festooned the city alongside demands for Vietnamese independence in English, Chinese, and French. Patty witnessed the first parade of the Viet Minh troops and the first international ceremony where the Vietnamese flag w…
▶ 9:44
They actually gave the U.S. primetime spot. Vo Nguyen Giap, G-I-A-P, who would later become famous as the Viet Minh's preeminent military commander, said, quote, this is the first time in history of Vietnam that our flag has been displayed …
▶ 11:10
also angered the French. Although the Viet Minh in the South did not enjoy the same level of control as they did in the North, they were every bit as concerned with making a positive impression on the Americans. Dewey, like Patty, was royal…
▶ 15:55
that was a party to the French because they were very, very resentful of the fact that the U.S. had entertained Vietnam being free. So just let you guys know that. One of the guys that was part of this whole thing I mentioned was Archimedes…
▶ 16:25
He ends up a lieutenant colonel in the Army. He was part of the OSS. And let's see, there was a couple of things. He was originally from New York City. And he basically got volunteered. He didn't necessarily volunteer himself to go to Vietn…
▶ 16:56
And I wanted to read this statement from him. It was during an interview that he did in 1981. In my opinion, the Vietnam War was the greatest waste. There was no need for it to even happen in the first place at all. None whatsoever. During …
▶ 17:26
Never was I approached by anyone in authority. However, I did prepare a large number, and I do mean well over 15 position papers on our position in Vietnam, but I never knew what happened to them. Those things just disappeared. They went do…
▶ 18:18
for their own benefit. This Wikipedia entry on this guy goes on and it acknowledges the fact that he was part of the OSS deer team and that they worked directly for a major Allison Thomas and with Ho Chi Minh. And it says that…
▶ 18:47
Patty arrived in Hanoi on a mercy mission with an OSS agent, Carlton B. Swift, and a French government official by the name of Jean Chantini. His primary mission was to assist with the repatriation of Allied prisoners of war as the U.S. gov…
▶ 19:16
Patty met with Ho Chi Minh over lunch at his residence in Hanoi. Several days later, Ho Chi Minh read a draft of the Vietnamese Proclamation of Independence to him. Patty offered some corrections to the wording in the opening sentence, whic…
▶ 20:16
It says later Patty retired from the military in 1957. He worked for the Office of Emergency Planning. And I guess he's the one, and I don't know if this was the first mentioning of it, but that Julia Child had actually worked in the OSS as…
▶ 20:48
Let's see. Says, Patty stated that Julia Child had worked in the OSS in 1945, had allegedly submitted his position papers on Vietnam to the appropriate authority. By the way, in which he had found them upon his retirement was exactly as she…