I was in the Navy in Japan relaying messages to ships off the coast of Vietnam from December 1972 through November 1974, just as America was desperately trying to get out of that war. Watching the final episode of Burns & Novick’s film tonight surely didn’t make me feel very good about the promises we …
If you haven’t been watching this, you should be. It’s wonderfully good and it’s not pulling any punches about American misconceptions while at the same time explaining the politicians’ and the generals’ thinking. If you’re my age you recognize a lot of the music playing in the background or during interludes. The film and cinematography …
Part Two of the USS Kirk’s story aired this morning on Morning Edition. Part One below. Part Three here, later this evening.
Most of us have seen the photo of the helicopter leaving the embassy roof in Saigon on April 29, 1975. (It wasn’t actually the embassy but rather an apartment building where senior CIA employees lived, but never mind.) NPR is airing a three-part story on All Things Considered beginning today which tells the story of …