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In reply to the discussion: Ken Burns, Vietnam. We are half way through episode 5. My wife and I are at a loss for words. [View all]FuzzyRabbit
(1,969 posts)I usually don't watch movies or TV shows about the Vietnam war, until this series. Great series so far, although it leaves out a lot of important stuff, ie the role that American businesses played in prolonging the war.
I was in college in Tacoma during the mid and late 1960s. Fort Lewis and McChord AFB was where most GIs returned from Vietnam. Talking to returning GIs was a real eye opener.
I remember one evening at a south Tacoma coffee house, The Shelter Half.
A soldier back that day from Vietnam came in and announced that US soldiers had massacred a Vietnamese village, and the army was trying to cover it up. Suddenly all the GIs had shocked and dismayed looks on their faces.
I heard nothing more for a long time and wondered if what he said was true. Several months later we learned from the news about the My Lai massacre.
My Lai happened in March 1968. I wonder why it was left out of this evenings show, which covered the first half of 1968.