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We will hear from many activists who participated in the protest 50 years ago. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. I just want to say three things about the program. I will give it to you and terms of numbers. The first number is 1967. You know that we are here because of the demonstration at the pentagon and the draft resistance. Because of the resistance of the vietnamese, the growing opinion of the war. Johnson, mcnamara and west allnew that the work could not be one. It dragged on for ano...

The people and the civil militia arrested a major, american major john mccain, who was shot down with the american plane. It was shot down near the electricity, near the power plant. During the day, 10 american planes were shot down during the same day. John mccain here. This monument. Brian that is a picture from hanoi and the voices of mr. Hung, the cspan minder while we were there for the four days in hanoi. That is a monument to john mccain, on behalf of john mccain. What are we looking at ....

Beleaguered marine, holed up in a chapel, called the peace chapel. Peace church, yes. And it was a dramatic picture of a soldier under the duress of combat right there, with the enemy surrounding the place. It was a really dramatic couple of days for this squad, from a downed helicopter. But that photograph acquired a history all of its own. Can you trace the impact of that photograph . It took on a 37year history that i could never have ever believed or, you know that that would take place over...

] unfire events hasosion of given me ring of an anachronism. U. S. Soldiers fighting on vietnams front lawns lines. They are giving their lives, they are not just giving their advice. To a degree never foreseen by candidates, we hold the destiny of vietnam in our hands, and it holds hours. Hours. And it holds ours. 500,000 american troops, 14,000 american dead, 50 billion american dollars later, their war is not for them to win or lose, it is ours as well. It has become the most divisive and 100...

Over congress, but he had democraticlost 47 seats in the house and two seats in the senate. This was a significant setback. Certainly damaging. L. B. J. s political popularity, pretty steadya decline across 1967. See importantly, what you across 1967 is a kind of breakup centrist coalition that on and beenepended one ofctively in 1964, the biggest landslides in american president ial history. By 196 , he could 1967, he ofld see that was a thing the past and the coalition was fracturing into any ...

Conversation with doug stanton. He was a Brilliant Writer and author and a fellow midwesterner to request lake michigan. Which if any of you that do not know, was the premier for the event in america. When they bring in people like atwood and people like me once in a while. [laughter] he has written several wonderful books, in harms way. About the indianapolis four soldiers, about the first batch of american troops in afghanistan after 9 11 on horses. And soon to be a motion picture, we might ta...

Amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congress lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on american president ial history. Forward into 68, he could see that was a thing of the past. The coalition he had a...

General in afghanistan and iraq. He is the trumpeting editor for military magazine and he teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 a before then, u. S. Senator from nebraska. During the event of war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantry man badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at omaha he worked as a Congression...

Thin. On the back of the pin is in boston a great nation thanks and on her shoe. He United States today, were come to hear about a particular group of vietnam veterans. There were 1000 women from the army and marine car marine corps, abn marines. They were dietitians, Communication Specialists and nurses and much more. Book, she writes. Sergeant major she was. She tells her story. , sher 26 years of service was First Sergeant of four units and served for overseas to hers. In 1967, she was direct...

, the screaming eagles in vietnam, the big picture episode documenting the activities of to therd air force arrival of the spring of 1965 through january 1967. Ok, move out. Sky overut of the vietnam came the screaming eagles. The heroic paratroopers of the 101st. Their exploits during world war ii could never be forgotten. In december of 1944, outnumbered and surrounded by germans, the members of the 101st correct courageously kept fighting. Theyre acting commander gave the historic reply, no, ...