Compact disc. Duration: 3:30:00. Hosted by Audie Cornish. Original material broadcast on National Public Radio, 1971-2012.
Contents:
(5:46) -- by Audie Cornish (1:15) ; A Vietnam vet in his own words : News & notes, April 29, 2005 (5:57) ; May Day War Protest in Washington, D.C. : All things considered, May 3, 1971 (10:12) ; Gulf of Tonkin's phantom attack : All things considered, August 2, 2004 (20:38) ; POW wives : Morning edition, September 28, 1972 (3:53) ; Soldiers' stories : protesting Vietnam : Morning edition, April 29, 2005 (3:28) ; A Red Cross worker's war memories : Weekend edition Saturday, April 30, 2005 (3:54) ; Dick Gregory : ideologies and war () ; All things considered, June 17, 1971 (3:48) ; A soldier's daughter : Morning edition, April 25, 2005 (2:49) ; 'Dangerous man' Daniel Ellsberg reflects : Talk of the nation, February 18, 2010 (10:11) ; A Vietnam vet in his own words : News & notes, April 29, 2005 (5:46) -- (15:55) -- Vietnam homecoming : Communism and memories : All things considered, November 29, 1989 (12:28) ; McNamara, Morris, and "The Fog of War" : All things considered, December 20, 2003 (7:11) ; The Vietnam War, through Eddie Adams' lens : All things considered, March 24, 2009 (5:07) ; "Zippo songs" of Vietnam : Weekend edition Saturday, July 10, 2004 (10:26) ; At Vietnam Memorial, unlikely bond began : Morning edition, May 28, 2012 (3:44) ; My Lai eyewitness : Weekend edition Saturday, March 16, 1996 (5:11) ; A wartime diary touches Vietnamese : All things considered, November 15, 2006 (10:12) ; Vietnam homecoming : Communism and memories : All things considered, November 29, 1989 (15:55) -- ( 21:27). Saigons and bygones : All things considered, April 23, 1988 (11:57) ; Shots still reverberate for survivors of Kent State : Morning edition, May 3, 2010 (7:31) ; Billy Bang's "Vietnam : the aftermath" : Weekend edition Saturday, January 3, 2004 (8:48) ; Remembering reunification : Morning edition, April 27, 2005 (2:59) ; Goodbye, Saigon : All things considered, April 29, 1985 (25:49) ; Saigons and bygones : All things considered, April 23, 1988 ( 21:27).
Summary:
NPR looks back at one of America's most controversial wars with a collection featuring accounts from the various players including soldiers, government officials, protesters, and those who lived in Vietnam during the war.
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