Ken Burns - Vietnam - PBS
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It's an era that weighs heavy on my heart, the protests, loss of many friends. Looking forward to the series.
Anything Ken Burns does is interesting and excellent! This should be no different.
My hubby works for the Seattle PBS station. Everyone is looking forward to this. It's hoped that it will help bring in pledges, too. What with a certain bunch of people wanting to de-fund PBS, we are quite worried about him hanging on for another 4 years. So, please, be kind to your local PBS station 
....it was another mess that we should never have been in, but all respect to those who served....none were unchanged and some changed for the worse....no war is good, but this one was miserable.....
In college, I took a history class Civil War to Vietnam. And you know how that goes. They can only pump so much information into a class. We ran out of time and didn't get to study the Vietnam War. That's what I wanted to study. That's what I wanted to learn about. I asked on here one time a good book about the Vietnam experience. An honest, hard hitting book. Someone gave me a suggestion, and I can't for the life of me remember what it was. Anyone have this type of book as a recommend?
I never never understood why GI's were spit on. I thought that was a very shameful part of civilian life. The majority of these kids were drafted. They didn't WANT to go. But they were forced to go.
And but for the grace of God go I.
What happened to them there was a friggin' nightmare.
I did an internship in our local VA hospital. At the time, the youngest veterans were Vietnam. So, the age gave them away. BUT, they were also the most traumatized group of people. I could've been blindfolded and I could always tell the vietnam vets by their interactions. What they said. How they said it. I was scared of them.
....my Uncle was in the USAF for a long spell, most of which was spent in Pleiku......that pretty much sums up all I know.....never ever talked about it, and I never asked.....that experience branded them all as outsiders, only comfortable among their own "kind"....
Absolutely. With the reaction of the people when they came home....disgraceful. Just disgraceful in my opinion. Whether you agree or don't agree with a war, once the kids are there, you want them to come home whole. My heart just honestly breaks every time I see footage of people spitting on them. They were called up. And they went. Some didn't and honestly, I don't judge those people nor do I blame them. I just can't imagine war. The majority were kids. Look at their faces. Babies.
No one comes home from something like this the same. They are different people.
...that painting captured my heart like no other...I first saw it at an outdoor exhibition and literally stopped dead in my tracks....
Just a heads up. This premieres Sunday for those interested.
I can only recall two at this moment. Dispatches by Michael Herr and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.
A couple of weeks ago I saw a new semi and trailer driving on the freeway that was all painted up to advertise this show. It was really cool looking!
I was completely captivated by Ken Burns' film on WWII, so I know I'll like this one, too. I wish so badly that he could make one about WWI, as that is one of my most favorite time periods to learn about.
DVR set to kill. Set for the whole schmere. I'm gonna rock it from the Delta to the DMZ.