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  • NPR American Chronicles: The Vietnam War

  • By: Audie Cornish
  • Narrated by: Audie Cornish
  • Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary

NPR reports on the Vietnam War, from its origins to the major battles, through the Fall of Saigon, to repercussions of the conflict still felt today.

Contents:

  • Introduction by Audie Cornish
  • "At the Vietnam War Memorial"
  • "May Day War Protest in Washington, D.C."
  • "Gulf of Tonkin’s Phantom Attack"
  • "POW Wives"
  • "Ruth Harrison"
  • "Soldiers’ Stories: Protesting Vietnam"
  • "A Red Cross Worker’s War Memories"
  • "Dick Gregory: Ideologies and War"
  • "A Soldier’s Daughter"
  • "‘Dangerous Man’ Daniel Ellsberg Reflects"
  • "A Vietnam Vet in His Own Words"
  • "Cronkite on Vietnam War"
  • "McNamara, Morris, and The Fog of War"
  • "The Vietnam War, Through Eddie Adams’ Lens"
  • "'Zippo Songs' of Vietnam"
  • "At Vietnam Memorial, Unlikely Bond Began"
  • "My Lai Eyewitness"
  • "A Wartime Diary Touches Vietnamese"
  • "Vietnam Homecoming: Communism and Memories"
  • "Forgotten Ship: A Daring Rescue as Saigon Fell"
  • "Shots Still Reverberate for Survivors of Kent State"
  • Billy Bang’s "Vietnam: The Aftermath"
  • "Remembering Reunification"
  • "Goodbye, Saigon"
  • "Saigons and Bygones"
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  • Categories: History
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