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"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." - Time magazine editorial about Roger Allen LaPorte, an American pacifist who set himself on fire in protest of American policies in Vietnam, 1965 89. "Everything depends on the Americans.
Aug 31, 2022 · 33 – “It is overwhelming to stand in this profound place knowing that behind each of these more than 58,000 names lies an incomprehensible tragedy. An individual human being whose life was cut short by the Vietnam War. And a family that has endured immeasurable, devastating loss.” – Ken Burns, filmmaker, 2017 Memorial Day Observance
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Nov 11, 2016 · 21 famous quotes to recognize the men and women of American armed forces on Veteran's Day. This Veterans Day, take a moment to offer thanks to the extraordinary men and women who have protected...
- President Dwight Eisenhower
- George Kennan
- Võ Nguyên Giáp
- Le Duc Tho
- Senator William Fulbright
- Madame Nhu
- Lieutenant William Calley
- President John Kennedy
- General William Westmoreland
- Mcgeorge Bundy
President who subscribed to the domino theory and initiated the USA’s military relationship with Vietnam.
First articulated the Containment Doctrine (1947) that became a central tenet of Far East policy and was a key justification of the Vietnam war.
Ho Chi Minh’s premier general in the earliest days of the Viet Minh. His military brilliance was evident in the First Indochina War, and he supervised the anti-US war effort.
Negotiated a peace deal with Henry Kissinger in Paris in 1972, agreeing to a ceasefire and then an end to official US involvement.
An Arkansas Senator and figureheard of the anti-war movement, Fulbright published The Arrogance of Power (1966) which criticised Johnson and his war strategy.
A francophile, de facto first lady of the Diem regime (married to Diem’s brother Dinh Nhu) who was contemptuous of a public that truly hated her. She evaded the 1963 coup.
US Army Lieutenant and the only soldier prosecuted for participating in the My Lai massacre(1968.) He was given a life-sentence in 1971, but was paroled in 1974.
Increased the US military’s advisory presence in Vietnamto 16 200 by late 1963 and supported a military coup against the Diem regime.
A US General who instituted the ‘search-and-destroy- tactic which dominated US strategy in the late 60s and, with its attritional logic, heightened casualty figures on each side.
As special assistant for national security affairs under JFK and LBJ, Bundy consistently pressed for escalation before quitting in 1966.
Nov 14, 2018 · “In war you lose your sense of the definite, hence your sense of truth itself, and therefore it’s safe to say that in a true war story nothing is ever absolutely true.” “For the common soldier, at least, war has the feel—the spiritual texture—of a great ghostly fog, thick and permanent.
Winning Hearts and Minds is a collection of poetry about the war and Vietnam, written and edited by Vietnam veterans, compiled and published by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. The book is one of the most powerful and emotionally compelling statements against the war that I have read.
‘Who is the Enemy Here?’. The vietnam war Pictures That Moved Them Most. While the Vietnam War raged — roughly two decades’ worth of bloody and world-changing years — compelling...
