Our Vietnam Generation is a documentary film containing oral histories of Michigan’s Vietnam War veterans, as well as interviews with family members and academics. The DVD also contains a tour of today’s Vietnam.
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Karl Marlantes in Vietnam: What It Takes to Be a Hero
A highly decorated Vietnam veteran—and author of the stunning war novel Matterhorn—relives a bold charge, and his moment of truth.
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DVD Review – Wartorn 1861-2010, from exec. prod. James Gandolfini
Wartorn goes back to our nation’s deadliest war, to letters written by Pennsylvania rifleman Angelo Creapsey describing his despair, and shows how in a century and a half we’ve barely moved off the dime to address the issue of PTSD.
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Letter from Vietnam magazine – June 2011
An intergenerational brotherhood The war in Vietnam ended nearly four decades ago, but for […]
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Book Review – The Mayaguez Incident: Testing America’s Resolve in the Post Vietnam Era, by Robert J. Mahoney
The Mayaguez Incident by Robert Mahoney explains how Washington dealt with the capture of Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge at the end of the Vietnam War, and the dramatic rescue mission carried out by the U.S. Navy, Marines and Air Force
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Light My Fire: Zippos in Vietnam
While the austere Zippo lighter was ubiquitous among GIs during WWII, it became a cultural icon in Vietnam.
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My War – Ned E. Seath
While in a firefight, he reassembled an M-60 from two damaged guns and stood up to finish off the NVA who were coming up on a line, about 30-40 feet away, earning him the Navy Cross 44 years later
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Ned Seath Awarded Navy Cross
Marine lance corporal receives citation for action 45 years ago, in ceremony on Feb. 11, 2011, at Marine Corps Museum in Quantico
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‘Howlin’ Mad’ WWII Marine General Goes to War with Army
When a Marine general fired an Army general on Saipan, all hell broke loose
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Senate Sets March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Vets Day
Post your Comments: This year marks the 38th Anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. combat and combat-support units from Vietnam