Video: 'Cam ne safer'

(Tuesday, August 3, 1965; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — CBS News reporter Morley Safer documented an American “search and destroy” mission today in the South Vietnamese village of Cam Ne (considered a Viet Cong stronghold), filming U.S. Marines burning homes using flamethrowers and Zippo cigarette lighters.

Video: 'PBS LBJ Part 2' (Aug. 3, 1965, at 55:02)

Safer’s report on this event was broadcast on CBS News two days later (Aug. 5, 1965) on The CBS Evening News, being among the first reports to paint a bleak picture of the Vietnam War.