NPR American Chronicles: The Vietnam War

By: NPR

Narrated by: Audie Cornish

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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