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Episode 9: “The Marine Corps was the thing that I did that gave me my own confidence in myself.”
FromThe American War
Episode 9: “The Marine Corps was the thing that I did that gave me my own confidence in myself.”
FromThe American War
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Some soldiers in Vietnam fought bravely, and then came home to oppose the war they’d served in. Their experiences are a reminder that Vietnam mixed up American notions of patriotism. As Ken and Lynn explain, we’re still trying to piece it back together.
Released:
Sep 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (11)
Episode 1: “We are possessed by a desire not to know about Vietnam.”: In the premiere episode of “The American War,” Alyssa talks to Ken Burns and Harvard professor Fredrik Logevall about Episode One of "The Vietnam War," discussing the stories Americans tell ourselves about what happened to our country during the Vietnam. by The American War