Tag Archives: My Lai

The War that Won’t Go Away – John Gregory Dunne (September 1986)

Posted on May 22, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Memorial Day, 1986. Laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, President Ronald Reagan paid special attention, in his remarks, to ‘the boys of Vietnam…who fought a terrible and vicious war without enough support … Continue reading →

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How Much Can 1968 Tell Us About 2020?

Posted on September 1, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… I repeated a basic observation: When chaos is everywhere, voters tend to reward politicians who promise calm — which is what Nixon seemed credibly to do in 1968. But campaigning for congressional candidates in 1970, Nixon responded to metastasizing … Continue reading →

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The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher Goscha – review

Posted on September 2, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A destroyed French tank and an aircraft propeller that are still kept as war relics in the Dien Bien Phu valley. “In 40 years, the relationship between the United States and Vietnam has swung about as widely as is possible … Continue reading →

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Kent State shootings

Posted on May 2, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre, were the shootings on May 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, … Continue reading →

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The Unlearned Lesson of My Lai

Posted on March 17, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“When U.S. Army soldiers ended their massacre of elderly men, women, and children in a South Vietnamese hamlet 50 years ago—on March 16, 1968—perhaps 500 civilians lay dead. The green troops expected to meet Vietcong forces, but instead found unarmed … Continue reading →

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The Tiger Force Atrocities

Posted on October 13, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Members of Tiger Force on patrol in October 1967. “The memory haunts Bill Carpenter even 50 years after his tour in Vietnam ended. An elderly villager dressed in white had just carted geese over the dark Song Ve River when … Continue reading →

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‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam

Posted on August 10, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Richard Brummett was born into a family of true believers—in Jesus, in war, and in a particular idea of America. He spent his youth at odds with, and trying to live up to, his father, a combat veteran of World … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Schell

Posted on June 26, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Jonathan Edward Schell (August 21, 1943 – March 25, 2014) was an American author and visiting fellow at Yale University, whose work primarily dealt with campaigning against nuclear weapons. His work appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, and TomDispatch. … Continue reading →

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Winter Soldier (1972)

Posted on June 3, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Winter Soldier is a 1972 documentary film chronicling the Winter Soldier Investigation which took place in Detroit, Michigan, from January 31 to February 2, 1971. The film documents the accounts of American soldiers who returned from the War in Vietnam, … Continue reading →

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On the fiftieth anniversary of the My Lai massacre

Posted on March 18, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Mosaic at the memorial at My Lai “Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the My Lai massacre. On the morning of March 16, 1968, American forces entered the village and gathered up all living things: elderly men and women, infants … Continue reading →

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