Lots of people like to say "the war is over, it's time to move on", but that isn't how the communist government of Vietnam see's things.

In 1963 West Point graduate and Green Beret James "Nick" Rowe was take prisoner in Vietnam. He was held prisoner for 5 years, most of it spent in a 3x4x6 foot bamboo cage. When it was discovered that he was actually an intelligence officer his captors ordered his execution. And when he was walked deep in the jungle to be shot, his guards were distracted by a US helicopter and Rowe was able to overpower them and escape. He was rescued on Dec. 31, 1968 when he managed to signal a helicopter.

In 1981 he took everything he learned from his time as a POW, his successful 5 year deception where he passed himself off as a civil engineer for the military and his successful escape from an execution detail to help design and build the SERE program for the US military.

And it was at this point when the people who say "the war is over, it's time to move on" think that should have been the end of it.

But in 1989 while working with the Philippine government, the New People's Army - a communist insurgency that threatened to overthrow the existing government, targeted him for assassination along with several other prominent individuals. On April 21, 1989 his vehicle was ambushed and shot 21 times and Rowe was killed when he was shot in the head.

Communists never seem to think "the war is over, time to move on."

We should also keep in mind that the current communist government is the exact same government that locked Rowe in a bamboo cage for 5 years and then ordered his execution. Today Vietnam is often found on Top Ten lists of best places to retire in the world and many US companies have moved their production facilities to Vietnam.