Henry Alfred Kissinger  (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023)

Henry Kissinger, the influential former U.S. Secretary of State
who earned a reputation as a sagacious diplomat but drew
international condemnation and accusations of war crimes
for his key role in widening the American presence in Vietnam
and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, died Wednesday.

He served as Secretary of State and national security adviser
under two Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Gerald
Ford, and advised powerful leaders in both American political
parties for decades.

Henry Kissinger President Richard Nixon.

Kissinger and President Gerald Ford.

(FOX NEWS)

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Film maker Martin Charles Scorsese emerged as one of the major
figures of the New Hollywood era. Scorsese has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards,
three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, three Golden Globe
Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards.

He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in
1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the
Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in
2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Five of his films have
been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of
Congress.

President John F. Kennedy decided to increase military aid to
South Vietnam without committing U.S. combat troops. He was concerned at the advances being made by the communist Viet 
Cong, but did not want to become involved in a land war in
Vietnam.

Kennedy hoped the military aid would be sufficient to strengthen
the Saigon government and its armed forces against the Viet
Cong. Ultimately it was not, and Kennedy ended up sending
additional support in the form of U.S. military advisors and
American helicopter units