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NPR American Chronicles: The Vietnam War
- Narrated by: Audie Cornish
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's 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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